ARGUS is the corporate coordination mechanism (process and procedures) of the European Commission to manage and coordinate trans-boundary / multi-sectoral crises, requiring action at European level (e.g. public...

The data show that over the 50-year period, weather, climate and water hazards accounted for 50% of all disasters (including technological hazards), 45% of all reported deaths...

The European Flood Awareness System (EFAS) of the Copernicus Emergency Management Service supports the national authorities with complementary flood forecast information. On 9 and 10 July, the EFAS...

The Seveso III Directive is widely considered as a benchmark for industrial accidents policy and has been a role model for legislation in many countries worldwide. This is the first report under...

Summer of 2021 saw floods devastating parts of Western Europe and fires ravaging Mediterranean countries causing human, environmental and economic losses that could make recovery...

On the 29th of September, JRC organized an Ask-a-Scientist event within the pre-cop26 All4Climate initiative. The event involved scientists from the ETH Zurich, the Scuola Superiore Sant’Anna Pisa, the Instituto...

Working with the Disaster Risk Management Knowledge Centre (DRMKC) and the Cooperation Network for Risk, Safety & Security Studies (CONRIS Network), the Department for Disaster and Emergency Management...

The dramatic flooding event that occurred in Germany and Belgium on the 15-16 July 2021, affecting also neighbouring countries, has highlighted a clear gap between available scientific...

Embedded in these 100 activations, the service, operational for more than eight years, has delivered more than 700 products (712 as of 01/07/2021) related to disaster preparedness and recovery...

In 2016, the Commission and Member States carried out a survey to gather information about the framework that was established for flood risk management under the Floods Directive in the EU...