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The coordination group reiterated the importance of multilingual educational materials on tsunami preparedness to raise the awareness of the general public, accessible to schools and emergency response agencies. A proposal was made to start developing National and Local Tsunami Preparedness and Response Programmes, modeled on successful initiatives developed in other regions of the world...

This report provides an assessment of the achievements and progress made in disaster risk reduction (DRR) by Cyprus during the International Decade for Natural Disaster Reduction (IDNDR).

This joint report presents a cooperative audit based on eight individual national audit reports from Austria, Bulgaria, Cyprus, Malta, the Netherlands, Norway, Russia and Ukraine, and a fact-finding study by the European Court of Auditors. It reveals that

'It may seem to be costly to take actions regarding adaptation to climate change but it will be much more costly if we do absolutely nothing.' said Cyprus Agriculture, Natural Resources and Environment Minister Sofoclis Aletraris...

New research from the Max Planck Institute for Chemistry report warns: Western Europe has the worldwide highest risk of radioactive contamination caused by major reactor accidents...

Working together in Europe and the Mediterranean for the prevention of disasters, preparedness and response:

The objective of this plan is to provide a political and technical instrument containing priorities and guidelines for the action of the European

How to improve resistance to damage of important infrastructures and their functioning without interruption during and after hazardous events is the main focus of the workshop on Emergency Preparedness and Disaster Mitigation for Critical Facilities’ Failure organised by the EU-funded PPRD South Programme in Cyprus, from 21 to 23 March 2012...

The Tsunami Early Warning and Mitigation System in the North-eastern Atlantic, the Mediterranean and connected seas (NEAMTWS) will be tested on 10 August. The purpose is to ensure effective communication between regional and national centres and tsunami warning focal points...