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Join the one-day conference organised by the Copernicus Emergency Management Service (CEMS) taking place online on 13 October 2023. You're invited to a unique event showcasing...

One of the world’s most active volcanoes, Mount Etna, erupted on Sunday – spewing lava and clouds of ash high over the Mediterranean island of Sicily. This image...

The Commission welcomed the provisional agreement reached between the European Parliament and the Council on the Nature Restoration Law. Once adopted and applied in the EU Member States, the law will...

Statement by David Cooper, Acting Executive Secretary of the Convention on Biological Diversity on the occasion of the International Day for Disaster Risk Reduction - 13 October 2023

Last year, the Copernicus Emergency Management Service (CEMS) launched the deployment of a new Aerial Component which operates in support of the Rapid Mapping and Risk and Recovery Mapping...

Anticipatory action is the practice of forecasting disasters and acting before they occur or reach their peak. The goal, in a nutshell, is to use data on weather, conflicts and many other stress...

ECFAS builds on the CEMS framework to demonstrate the technical feasibility of a coastal flood awareness system and coast-targeted mapping products for CEMS Rapid Mapping as well as Risk and Recovery...

Since then, the service has never stopped evolving to better serve its users and has become a reference in the emergency management ecosystem.

As warmer air can hold more moisture, meteorologists were already warning earlier in the year that the extreme temperatures might result in higher than normal monsoon rains...

In April 2022, for the first time since the beginning of its service, the Copernicus Emergency Management Service (CEMS) Risk and Recovery Mapping module has been activated to perform...