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This guide outlines the steps and tools needed to develop impact-based forecasting: from understanding risk to producing, issuing and verifying fit for purpose impact-based forecasts and warnings.

This paper argues that there is a need for a new policy framing that Disaster Risk Reduction (DRR) investment is imperative that will generate dividends for governments and society at large. Under the auspice of the Sendai Framework for disaster risk

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

Avec les changements climatiques, le temps devient plus chaud et les périodes de sécheresse extrême plus fréquentes, d’où l’augmentation du risque d’incendie de forêt. Parmi elles se trouvent les hêtraies montagnardes d’Europe centrale. Or, celles-ci

Forest fire activity in the Alpine region will probably increase in the near future, due to the increasing intensity of drought periods and heat waves and the increasing fire hazard resulting from rural abandonment and more recreational activities. This

The aim of this paper is to analyse existing risk communication systems available in different countries and thereby gain an understanding of the state-of-the-art. 

Over the course of 2016-19, the Z Zurich Foundation invested USD 10 million through the Global Resilience Partnership’s Water Window to enhance community resilience to floods. This report highlights the achievements of the projects that together

En 2018, la Suisse a essuyé une nouvelle fois un été exceptionnellement chaud. Avec une température moyenne de 15,3 °C pour les mois de juin, de juillet et d’août, ce fut le troisième été le plus chaud depuis le début des mesures en 1864, après ceux de