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UNU Climate Resilience Initiative - Eurac Research

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Eurac Research is a private research center​ based in Bozen-Bolzano. Our researchers come from a wide variety of scientific fields and all parts of the world.

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The devastating floods in July 2021 in Germany, Belgium, Austria, and the Netherlands have raised a lot of concern regarding the state of prevention, preparedness, response and rehabilitation in case of natural hazards of this dimension within all states affected. Based on the fact that UNU has institutes in three of these countries, a transboundary, inter-institutional initiative was decided at director´s level.

<table><tbody><tr><td>Aimed outcomes of the initiative are:<ul><li>Evidence-informed research agenda (based on gaps identified during initial phase)</li><li>Joint opinion paper</li><li>Policy brief (based on comparative analysis, comparison of different countries)</li><li>Knowledge-sharing events (e.g. public platform event in early 2022 bringing together different stakeholders from all levels, public webinars).</li></ul>Unique selling points of this initiative and collaboration are:<ul><li>Regional presence</li><li>Complementary foci (EHS, MERIT, CRIS)</li><li>Portfolio of perspectives (e.g. different sections at EHS)</li><li>Research in global south that enables learning from other regions.</li></ul>Research themes/clusters & questions related to the flood impact are:<ul><li>Understanding risks</li><li>Risk perception and behavior (topic with GLOMOS involvement)</li><li>Prevention, preparedness and emergency response (topic with GLOMOS lead)</li><li>Adaptation and sustainability transformations.</li></ul> </td></tr></tbody></table>

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