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Slovakians feel most vulnerable to extreme weather, health emergencies, and floods but show high disaster awareness, trust in authorities, and proactive preparedness.

This seismic risk profile of Slovakia, produced by the Global Earthquake Model (GEM) Foundation summarizes key metrics of seismic risk, allowing stakeholders in risk management to get an overview of the risk in the country.

The article focuses on the mapping and assessment of fluvial flood risk at municipal level of Slovakia.

This country profile for Slovakia provides a summary of available evidence on climate hazards, health vulnerabilities, health impacts and progress to date in health sector efforts to realize a climate-resilient health system.

Slovak Republic’s average annual temperature increased almost 2°C between 1881 and 2016, and the temperature rise is expected to continue. Warming is expected to change energy demand patterns, boosting power demand for cooling and reducing it for heating.

Eastern Europe was praised for being exceptional during the first wave of the pandemic but its pandemic experience has been dramatically different this autumn.

These guidelines explore natural small water retention measures and are part of a bigger project on an integrated drought management programme in Central and Eastern Europe, conducted by the Global Water Partnership and WMO. 

The guidelines conclude that

The aim of this technical paper is to provide the state-of-play in policy and practice for assessing social vulnerability and developing socially just adaptation responses to climate change in urban areas in Europe.

The paper is organized as follows: It