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The overriding goal of the Baltadapt Action Plan is to promote the implementation of the Baltic Sea Region Strategy for Adaptation to Climate Change and to specify priority activities for the macro-region in the field of adaptation to climate change

Documents and publications

This Compendium is the final publication of the first phase of the IDMP Central and Eastern Europe (IDMP CEE) and provides an overview of the programme’s outputs and accomplishments achieved in the period from 2013 to 2015.

The focus of IDMP CEE was to

Documents and publications

This report reviews the availability of data in Lithuania, to report against the indicators recommended to measure the global targets of the Sendai Framework, and identify current gaps.

Documents and publications

This Strategic Framework presents the results of a project to improve the integrated management of water resources using the basin approach in the climate change context. The Project addressed the increased risks of dangerous hydrometeorological phenomena

Cover and source: Global Facility for Disaster Reduction and Recovery
Documents and publications
These risk profile for Lithuania provides a preliminary view of disaster risk at the national level, and distribution of risk across regions of the country and types of assets.
Meteoalarm uses simple colour coding and jargon-free explanations to help the public understanding real-time weather risks (Photo: Meteoalarm)
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Rolled out in the wake of one of the deadliest storms to strike Europe in decades, the continent-wide weather information service Meteoalarm plays a life-saving role by raising public awareness of how to curb risks, and fosters international cooperation into the bargain.
United Nations Office for Disaster Risk Reduction - Regional Office for Europe & Central Asia
Documents and publications

These guidelines are aimed to support the development and implementation of risk-based Drought Management Plans ([DMP) in the context of the European Union Water Framework Directive – as part of the River Basin Management Plans (RBMP).

The objectives of

Documents and publications

In recent years, dramatic river flooding has occurred in several regions of Europe causing numerous casualties and the damage reached unprecedented proportions. The protection of human and capital assets from natural hazards is high in the agenda of the


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