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Agricultural losses from disasters, including floods, fires, droughts, and other catastrophes, average USD 13 billion per year globally, according to the FAO report "The Impact of Disasters and Crises on Agriculture and Food Security,"

This seismic risk profile of Bosnia and Herzegovina, 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 West Balkans Drina River Basin Management facilitated integrated basin planning and management between Serbia, Montenegro, and Bosnia and Herzegovina, benefitting over 1M people through enhanced use and protection of the watershed’s vital resources.

Cities are at the forefront of understanding risks and devising ways to manage them. Extreme weather events are on the rise, putting dense urban centers with their high concentrations of people and capital, in the line of fire.

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.

Bosnia and Herzegovina has become one of 41 countries in the world, and the second in the Western Balkans, which has finalized and submitted its climate change National Adaptation Plan (NAP) to the UNFCCC.

A three-day disaster simulation exercise was held in Prijedor from November 28 to 30, 2022, which concluded with a demonstration of a rescue operation in realistic conditions and providing first aid.