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The Porto City Hall, trough its Serviço Municipal de Proteção Civil do Município do Porto (Municipal Civil Protection Service) provides online information in Portuguese concerning preventive protection measures
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This brief displays the July 2024 updates for the Early Warnings 4 All initiative.
Early Warnings for All initiative (EW4All)
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Documents and publications
This policy brief asserts that the UK needs coordinated plans to stop homeowners resorting to emissions-creating air conditioning. Overheating is already a problem in UK homes, resulting in increasing levels of discomfort, illness and death.
Documents and publications
This study focuses on the risks that tourists would face during a tsunami on the island of Stromboli and discusses how to best inform and prepare them.
Father protects his children with umbrellas from the sun on a very hot day.
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Greece, Italy, Spain, Portugal, France and Morocco experienced extreme heat in July 2024, causing at least 23 fatalities, widespread wildfires and bringing public life to a hold.
World Weather Attribution
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This communications guide provides healthcare professionals with key talking points for talking about climate change and health, and countering myths about the importance of taking immediate climate action in Europe.
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Monitoring, evaluation, and learning (MEL) systems are about ensuring we implement climate change adaptation more effectively and more efficiently.
International Institute for Sustainable Development (IISD)
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This paper aims to illuminate the issue that most countries’ disaster risk management approaches remains centered on mitigating the direct effects of disasters.

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