Denmark

National policies, plans and risk and governance profile(s)

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The Denmark report emphasizes cybersecurity threats, extreme weather, and floods as major concerns. While citizens trust risk information, they have taken fewer preparedness measures, highlighting a need for more accessible information.
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This report presents novel approaches rooted in co-created and tested processes to navigate complexity in using social media and crowd-sourcing in disasters primarily for organisations.
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This seismic risk profile of Denmark, 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.
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This report presents the findings from a comparative study of climate change adaptation policy in Denmark, Finland, Iceland, Norway, and Sweden.
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This articleprovides insights and lessons from two case studies of unprecedented landslide-triggered tsunami risk in recently deglaciated areas that have not previously been described in the relocation literature: Iceland and Greenland.
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The Project aimed to empower children and youth to play an active role as contributors to societal resilience and to remove barriers to their active involvement in prevention, preparedness, response, and recovery.
Policy brief: Nordic perspectives on transboundary climate risk
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As open economies, the Nordic countries can be exposed to transboundary climate risks (TCRs). This report makes recommendations on how the Nordics can better address TCRs together, through joint research, awareness raising and private sector engagement.
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This study develops a novel approach for prioritizing hazards for the risk assessment of infrastructure. It is applied to hazard scenarios that could cause serious disruption to the infrastructure in the Øresund region over a period of 5 years.

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