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This report analyzes the degree of coherence between national policies and plans focusing on the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs), disaster risk reduction (DRR), and climate change adaptation (CCA) in Europe and Central Asia.

UNDRR Bonn Office
United Nations Office for Disaster Risk Reduction - Regional Office for Europe & Central Asia
United Nations Development Programme (UNDP)
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This report focuses on the exploration of existing low-emission cooling solutions to extreme heat through the review of international and UK evidence, with a particular focus on London in addition to 14 case studies from around the world.

Grantham Research Institute on Climate Change and the Environment
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A new report commissioned by RSA Insurance, an Intact company, and The Wildlife Trusts shows that every £1 invested in natural flood management (NFM) is expected to deliver £10 of benefits over 30 years.

The Wildlife Trusts
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This guide provides prompt questions to help business advisors discuss resilience to climate change with businesses. It is designed as a discussion tool, rather than to provide definitive advice, as every business will be facing different contexts.

Scottish Government, the
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The Adverse Weather and Health Plan aims to protect individuals and communities from the health effects of adverse weather and to build community resilience.

United Kingdom - government
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This report is the governmental explanation and picture of current and future flood and coastal erosion risk in England, covering areas including flood source and characteristics​, distribution, and potential changing factors.

United Kingdom - government
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This article uses postcolonial theory to examine optimal risk communication practices of new risks and scientific information to non-indigenous communities.

International Journal of Disaster Risk Science
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This publication is a project outcome aimed at addressing the gap in user-friendly overheating metrics amongst different stakeholders, focusing on Islington, a London borough.

Grantham Research Institute on Climate Change and the Environment
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