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Austrians fear extreme weather most, followed by health emergencies and political tensions. They trust less in government services during disasters compared to the EU average, however, are generally more aware and prepared for disasters than EU citizens.

This paper aims to illuminate the issue that most countries’ disaster risk management approaches remains centered on mitigating the direct effects of disasters.

The subsidised public-private drought insurance system for agriculture adopted by the Austrian government combines indemnity-based insurance with weather index-based products.

This seismic risk profile of Austria, 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 report explores the potential for CRAs to be used as a tool for assessing adaptation effectiveness, expanding on the implications of designing or updating CRAs and monitoring, evaluation, and learning (MEL) systems for NAP processes.

This paper aims to close the gap about how demographic trends challenge their capacities, abilities, and plans to manage flood risks.

This CSS Risk and Resilience Report provides a comparative analysis of national risk assessments. Specifically, it compares the assessments made by nine European countries and Swiss Re respectively of five types of cross-​border risks.

Austria's Voluntary National Report for the Midterm Review of the Implementation of the Sendai Framework for Disaster Risk Reduction 2015-2030 (MTR SF).