Latest additions to the knowledge base

The Swiss Seismological Service is now cataloguing suspected mass movement events recorded on its network.

The landslide in Brienz (GR) in 2023 kept Switzerland on tenterhooks for weeks. Researchers from ETH Zurich, WSL and SLF used a model to provide a highly accurate blind prediction of where the sliding mass would come to rest.

For its second phase the Alliance ambitiously committed to build the resilience of 2 million people and increase investment towards resilience by USD 1 billion. As of the end of 2023, the Alliance surpassed these goals.

This report represents the third installment in a series focused on identifying and analyzing trends significant for civil protection in Switzerland.

25 years after Hurricane Mitch, Nicaragua has a robust DRR system, thanks to Switzerland's long-term contribution. Christoph Graf returns 25 years later to share his insights.

This seismic risk profile of Switzerland, 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.

This paper describes how increasing natural hazards and complex emergencies require optimizations in the Swiss civil protection system – joining the EU’s Copernicus program could ensure satellite imagery access for disaster risk reduction, saving lives.

This paper looks into how the increasing frequency and magnitude of climate-exacerbated hazards, coupled with the growing vulnerability of societies worldwide, are raising the financial costs of disasters.