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Following the emergence of a novel coronavirus (SARS-CoV-2) and its spread outside of China, Europe is now experiencing large epidemics. In response, many European countries have implemented unprecedented non-pharmaceutical interventions including case

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The current overview of the climate adaptation related regulations and activities at the national, regional and local levels in Baltic Sea Region (BSR) countries is based on a document review using the latest national communications of the countries

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The world’s first pure-volcano catastrophe bond taps into investor appetites for insurance-linked securities while ensuring better community preparedness.
Reinsurance News
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‘The government’s priorities for Danish development cooperation 2019’ sums up important priorities in the Finance Bill for 2019, and it should be seen as a ‘Year 3’ implementation of The World 2030.

The Government’s 2019 Finance Bill continues the

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After the Paris Agreement that put stronger emphasis on the development of climate change adaptation policies and on the definition of financing mechanisms, there is a patent need to track whether actual planning efforts are proving sufficient. This

Documents and publications
This is the second edition of the National Risk Profile. The publication comprises 13 incident types, which potentially can lead to major accidents and disasters in Denmark.
Documents and publications

This study maps how concerned members of the public are that Denmark will be affected by a range of emergency incidents within the next five years, how concerned they are that they will be directly affected, how likely they believe such incidents are to

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At the recent ICLEI Resilient Cities forum, DRR practitioners and government officials shared lessons learned from urban resilience projects. Lessons reflected the importance of involving the private sector and all members of a restoration process, as well as the importance of including cultural and situational considerations in resilience plans.
Canadian Risks and Hazards Network

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