Finland

National policies, plans and risk and governance profile(s)

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Finnish citizens perceive a high level of vulnerability to disasters, demonstrate strong disaster preparedness, and show exceptional trust in authorities, primarily relying on official sources for information.
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The report examines the use of foresight techniques in the context of long-term disaster risk management.
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This article examines recognition of differences in the capacity of people to deal with floods in Flood Risk Management (FRM) in England (United Kingdom), Finland, Flanders (Belgium) and France. Flood risks worldwide are increasing due to climate change.
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This seismic risk profile of Finland, 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.
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This study analyzes the actor networks unfolding from flood risk management plans to visualize the diversity of roles and connections between actors participating in flood risk management measures.
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This report explores the potential for CRAs to be used as a tool for assessing adaptation effectiveness, expanding on the implications of designing or updating CRAs and monitoring, evaluation, and learning (MEL) systems for NAP processes.
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This report presents the findings from a comparative study of climate change adaptation policy in Denmark, Finland, Iceland, Norway, and Sweden.
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This CSS Risk and Resilience Report provides a comparative analysis of national risk assessments. Specifically, it compares the assessments made by nine European countries and Swiss Re respectively of five types of cross-​border risks.

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