One Platform to Understand and Manage Multiple Risks
Scientists, policymakers, risk planners, and the private sector can now access a new user-friendly digital platform that helps anticipate cascading hazards, such as droughts triggering forest fires or floods worsening water shortages. MYRIAD-EU has developed the Dashboard to support more effective multi-hazard risk planning and response.
Why a dashboard and why it matters
When it comes to managing the growing risks from climate change, natural hazards, and other interconnected threats, we need more than just data. That's where the MYRIAD-EU Dashboard comes in with clear, practical guidance. It walks users through a six-step process for systemic multi-risk analysis - from defining the system to evaluating risks and planning adaptive strategies.
The tools now available on the MYRIAD-EU Dashboard were co-developed and tested in five European regions, each facing a unique combination of hazards and vulnerabilities.
A) In the Danube region, recurring floods and droughts threaten agriculture, inland navigation, and local economies. Myriad-EU team used a macroeconomic agent‑based model to simulate how compound floods, droughts and earthquakes can ripple through different sectors across the region and to explore more coordinated strategies for protecting infrastructure and livelihoods.
B) On the Canary Island La Palma, communities face a complex combination of volcanic eruptions, wildfires, and climate-related hazards. Researchers applied multi-risk simulation tools to better understand how these hazards interact and developed a Tourism Resilience Scorecard, a tool that helps tourism businesses measure their preparedness and ability to recover from and adapt to disasters.
C) In one of Italy's most climate-sensitive areas, the Veneto region, local authorities and researchers collaborated to create planning tools that combine artificial intelligence and qualitative approaches like interviews, storylines, and disaster risk management capabilities assessment. These tools help anticipate risks such as flooding, heatwaves, and infrastructure strain, contributing to more resilient development.
D) In Scandinavia, systemic risk analysis tools were used to examine how a single event, such as a severe storm or power outage, can create cascading effects across various sectors. A macroeconomic model was also used to explore both direct and indirect costs across different regions of the unprecedented 2018 combination of hazards hitting the region. The analysis carried out by MYRIAD-EU researchers highlighted impacts on energy systems, food supply chains, public health, and ecosystems, helping stakeholders better understand and manage interconnected risks.
E) The North Sea Region developed future climate risk storylines to support long-term resilience planning and learned from past disasters, such as the devastating 1953 floods. These storylines are narrative-based scenarios that combine scientific data with local knowledge to explore how climate and disaster risks might evolve under different conditions. By presenting possible futures in an accessible way, the storylines helped engage local communities in meaningful discussions about emerging risks and encouraged collaborative planning for more resilient outcomes.
Dashboard features
Key features of the Dashboard include:
- Risk planning tools: Tools and pathways for planning adaptive, multi-risk strategies.
- Case Studies: Real-world examples from five European regions to adapt best practices locally.
- Expert Resources: Handbooks, scenario tools, and repositories to support evidence-based decision-making.
About MYRIAD-EU MYRIAD-EU is a Horizon EU project whose mission is to catalyse a paradigm shift in risk management. Instead of addressing hazards individually, leading scientists from across Europe are co-developing the first harmonised framework for multi-hazard, multi-sector, and systemic risk management. The project tested this approach in five pilot regions (Canary Islands, Veneto, Scandinavia, North Sea, and Danube), where the interlinkages between hazards and economic sectors were studied to guide practical, forward-looking strategies.
Driving Change By uniting data, methodologies, and case studies, the MYRIAD-EU Dashboard enables smarter decisions, fosters collaboration, and transforms systemic risk management across Europe.
The MYRIAD-EU project has received funding from the European Union's Horizon 2020 research and innovation programme call H2020-LC-CLA-2018-2019-2020 under grant agreement number 101003276.