Country risk and governance profiles

Uncover the trends of disaster risk and learn more about country-level capacities to prevent disasters.

Understanding disaster risk is crucial for effectively preventing disasters. This page provides comprehensive and up-to-date risk profiles for countries around the world. The profiles offer in-depth information on risk for each country; they help identify and prioritize risk, guiding risk management.

Access detailed reports on each country's vulnerability, exposure, and resilience to various disasters, explore informative maps that visualize disaster risks, and understand key indicators and metrics used to assess disaster risk.

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Nepal disaster resilience second DPC with Cat DDO (NDRC): Annex - Climate change technical note

The DPC builds on Nepal's NDCs under the Paris Agreement, focusing on adaptation and resilience in high-risk sectors. It underscores the importance of strengthening institutions and resource allocation to address growing climate challenges effectively.
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Disaster risk awareness and preparedness of the EU population: Lithuania

Lithuanians show high disaster awareness and preparedness, feeling most vulnerable to extreme weather, cybersecurity, and health threats. Relying on informal channels for information, standardized communication could further strengthen their resilience.
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Disaster risk awareness and preparedness of the EU population: Italy

Italians feel most vulnerable to extreme weather but show low disaster awareness and preparedness. With moderate trust in authorities, citizens would benefit from increased public efforts to enhance disaster preparedness resources.
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Disaster risk awareness and preparedness of the EU population: Ireland

Irish citizens feel most vulnerable to floods, with average disaster risk awareness but low preparedness. Trust in public authorities is high, yet information is primarily sourced through informal channels like media and personal networks.
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Disaster risk awareness and preparedness of the EU population: Coatia

While Croatians are more aware of disaster risks, especially extreme weather, their preparedness remains low. Many struggle to access but desire to learn more about risk information, and have lower trust in public authorities compared to other EU nations.
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Disaster risk awareness and preparedness of the EU population: France

French citizens feel most vulnerable to extreme weather, cybersecurity and terrorism, showing an average level of disaster awareness, preparedness and trust in authorities compared to other EU countries, with media being their primary information source.
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Disaster risk awareness and preparedness of the EU population: Hungary

Hungarians feel most vulnerable to human health emergencies, with rural residents more at risk and lower awareness and preparedness among EU countries, highlighting gaps in public services and the need to improve disaster readiness and empower citizens.
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Sri Lanka disaster management reference handbook 2024

This updated Sri Lanka disaster management reference handbook provides an overview of the country’s disaster management practices and details the systems in place to help communities cope with emergencies.
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