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While all communities are prone to natural hazards some communities and HHs have lower resilience and ability to cope. When planning for disaster risk reduction, it is essential to consider the demographic and socioeconomic profile of the community.

Through its partnership with GEF, FAO is investing in the legacy of our lands by helping countries and communities scale up sustainable agrifood system solutions to reduce and reverse land degradation and build climate resilience for future generations.

This seismic risk profile of Moldova, 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.

The ABRA aims to identify the potential for disasters, exposed population and their vulnerabilities to disasters, and estimate impact, so protective measures can be taken to reduce damage and harm to the population and environment.

This paper explores the social protection response to the COVID-19 pandemic in Armenia, Azerbaijan, Georgia, Moldova and Ukraine to learn lessons on how to build the resilience of their social protection system.

In recent decades, South-East Europe has experienced extreme climatic disasters, followed by mass migration and mobility. Direct barriers to education arise from infrastructural damage to schools as well as school closures following extreme flooding.

This regional synthesis report identifies common and divergent patterns of climate displacement as well as barriers to education for climate displaced persons in several countries in South-Eastern Europe.

Chisinau municipality is the first city in the Republic of Moldova to join the UNDRR flagship initiative – Making Cities Resilient 2030 and the first city to use the Preliminary Disaster  Resilience Scorecard for Cities and the Public Health Addendum.