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Learning from past shocks to scale up disaster and climate resilience in Algeria

A study titled “Diagnostic on Climate and Disaster Risk Management in Algeria” provides the country disaster and climate risk profile, estimates the macro-economic impacts of disasters, and evaluates Algeria’s current disaster risk management efforts.
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Diagnostic sur la gestion des risques climatiques et de catastrophe en Algérie: Diagnostic sur la gestion des risques climatiques et de catastrophe en Algérie

Ce document vise principalement à fournir un état des lieux sur la GRC en Algérie et identifie un certain nombre de domaines d’actions prioritaires en vue de renforcer la résilience en Algérie.
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Algeria seismic risk profile

This seismic risk profile of Algeria, produced by the Global Earthquake Model (GEM) Foundation summarizes key metrics of seismic risk, allowing stakeholders in risk management to get an overview of the risk in the country.
Heat wave, France
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Extreme April heat in Spain, Portugal, Morocco & Algeria almost impossible without climate change

A large area of South Western Europe and Northern Africa experienced extremely high temperatures usually only seen in July and August, at the end of April 2023.
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Algeria: Voluntary National Report of the MTR SF

Algeria's Voluntary National Report for the Midterm Review of the Implementation of the Sendai Framework for Disaster Risk Reduction 2015-2030 (MTR SF).
La Palma volcanic eruption in 2021
Disaster learnings
04 Mar 2024

Five forgotten disasters: 2021

From Haiti to China, a look back at some of the forgotten disasters that struck in 2021.
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Student survey: ETH Zurich Europe seismic risk poster

Your comments and answers will help ETH Zurich improve their latest seismic risk model products and make them more accessible and understandable.
ETH Zurich
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Proculther takes further steps towards a common European approach and methodology for the protection of cultural heritage at risk of disaster

This event is intended to complement the efforts made in strengthening cooperation between EU Members and 6 Participating States for the safeguard of cultural heritage.
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