Following the previous Report, Science for DRM 2017: knowing better and losing less, the current Report will approach the Disaster Risk Management cycle through the potential...
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This report present basic criteria that could be used for the estimation of wildfire risk at the pan-European level. The report has been elaborated in consultation with the national experts in the Expert...

The Social Media in Crisis Management Workshop was held in the European Crisis Management Laboratory (ECML) of the Joint Research Centre in Ispra, Italy, from 11 to 12 October...
This report summarizes a year of drought events through the monitoring and forecasting activity of European (EDO) and Global (GDO) Drought Observatories, as part of the Copernicus Emergency Management Service...
This report describes the concept and methodology of INFORM Severity Index. INFORM is a multi-stakeholder forum for developing shared, quantitative analysis, relevant to humanitarian crisis and disasters globally to establish...

INFORM partners believe that the availability of shared analysis of crises and disasters can lead to better coordination of actors and better outcomes for at-risk and affected people. Specifically, INFORM...

The INFORM COVID-19 Risk Index is an experimental adaptation of the INFORM Epidemic Risk Index and aims to identify: “countries at risk from health and humanitarian impacts of COVID-19 that could overwhelm...

On the afternoon of August 4th 2020, two massive explosions devastated the port of Beirut and the surrounding area. DG ECHO immediately activated Copernicus Rapid and Risk &...
The 2020 Atlantic hurricane season was extremely active, with 30 “named storms” (tropical storm or higher strength), including 13 hurricanes, which is more than double...
This study assesses the global mountain population, population change over the 1975–2015 time-range, and urbanisation for 2015. The work uses theWorld Conservation Monitoring Centre (WCMC) definition...