This report presents the REnnovates approach and provides a case study demonstrating the application of the concept in the Netherlands based on the ‘Stroomversnelling’, which forms the foundation of the REnnovates concept.

This report reviews the emerging evidence on remote learning throughout the global school closures during the COVID-19 pandemic. Its goal is to help guide decision-makers to build more effective, sustainable remote learning systems for current and future crises.

This document, titled "RHC Barriers to Overcome, Challenges, Solutions, Best Practice," addresses legal and regulatory barriers hindering the transition to renewable heating and cooling (RHC) systems. It delves into challenges faced by the heating and cooling sector, providing insights from stakeholder surveys and an analysis of legislative and regulatory acts. The focus is on understanding and overcoming obstacles such as split-incentives, legislative complexities in multi-family buildings, and conflicts of interest. The document aims to identify solutions and best practices, offering country-specific analyses for Austria, Germany, Spain, North Macedonia, Bulgaria, Croatia, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Slovenia, and Serbia.

This deliverable provides the description of the modelling activity related to the implementation of several adaptation measures (from specific adaptation strategies planned and implemented by the three RESCCUE research sites) to reduce multi-hazards and risks related to flooding, water quality and drought in the three research sites.

This report, "Regulatory, Policy and Operational Analysis" (Deliverable 2.4) from the RESCUER project, focuses on enhancing the safety and efficiency of First Responders (FR) in hazardous environments using innovative technologies. It guides legal, ethical, and societal considerations, especially regarding privacy, data protection, and technology acceptance. The document also addresses the balancing of rights and interests among different groups affected by disasters, including victims, FRs, and bystanders. Additionally, it outlines policies for preventing misuse and ensuring compliance with data protection laws. This deliverable is part of a series leading up to WP11, which sets out the ethics requirements for the project.

The overall project goal is to develop recommendations for measures that could help reduce degradation, restore previous damage, and improve management and stewardship of Arctic wetlands. This report highlights important knowledge gaps that if addressed, could contribute to implementation of policies, engagement of publics and indigenous communities, and greater resilience of Arctic wetlands.

This report examines the interplay between enhancing the resilience of cities to environmental changes and optimizing their resource efficiency to minimize environmental impacts. Aligning with global policy frameworks like the Sustainable Development Goals and the Paris Agreement, the report is segmented into resilience, resource efficiency, and their nexus. It delves into definitions, benefits, limitations, and practical applications of each concept. The conclusion underscores that resource efficiency is pivotal to urban resilience and is most effective when integrated within a resilient system. Through its analysis and case studies, the report highlights the combined approach's potential to tackle global issues like climate change and poverty.

To be able to strengthen the resilience of tropical fruit value chains, the first step is to identify the main challenges and constraints that the value chains are facing vis-à-vis major external shocks, long term stresses and risks. The study also aims to bring companies in the avocado and pineapple sectors closer to the topic of resilience.

The purpose of these guidelines is to bring together a wide range of advice and guidance on agreed best practice in the establishment and maintenance of resilience within telecommunications networks and services, for those Communications Providers which are considered to be part of the UK’s Critical National Infrastructure (CNI), either because of the scale of their operations or because they provide key services to other parts of the CNI.

This briefing gives insight in the challenges and solutions of the resilience of global supply chains through information on the significance and dynamics of global supply chains, the impact of the pandemic, possible policy responses - expert views, EU actions, measures on the world stage and prospects and the role of international cooperation.

The aim of this report is to assess how resilient the financial system is to natural disasters and what can be done to improve this resiliency.

This report considers the latest scientific evidence concerning the impact of extreme weather on people throughout the world. With maps and models it indicates where high densities of vulnerable people are more likely to be exposed to floods, droughts and heatwaves in coming decades and assesses actions that can help prevent disasters. It shows how, with forethought and planning, societies can do more than simply cope with extreme weather, and can instead adapt, progress and develop: how they can build resilience.

This Guide aims to offer FLAGs ideas and inspiration to help their local communities become more resilient, socially, environmentally and economically, making strategic use of technology and the opportunities of digitalisation for better communication and governance processes. These topics are covered in three chapters about strengthening the social fabric of local communities, environmentally resilient economies and a digital future.

The COVID-19 pandemic has exposed global vulnerabilities, especially in food systems, and highlighted the importance of resilience and equity. This report, a part of the IIASA-ISC Consultative Science Platform, discusses the transformation needed in food systems, emphasizing the importance of technological innovation, international collaboration, and a strengthened science-policy interface to ensure sustainable development in the post-pandemic world.

The report emphasizes the increasing need for industry resilience in the face of climate change, disasters, and pandemics. Drawing from global case studies, it provides policymakers with strategies to enhance industrial competitiveness against these challenges, emphasizing risk understanding, strategic planning, mitigation, and coordinated crisis response. The goal is to safeguard industries from growing threats and ensure business continuity.

This briefing provides an overview of the current state of knowledge on social relationships as a determinant and/or mediator of health and social outcomes, an overview of what works to build social relationships and the interventions that can impact upon them, and lastly recommendations on the role of public agencies in relation to social networks.

The report highlights the escalating challenges in global tourism due to climate change, natural disasters, and the COVID-19 pandemic, jeopardizing its growth and competitiveness. "Resilient Tourism: Enhancing Competitiveness in the Face of Disasters" advocates for incorporating resilience into tourism strategies. It introduces a Resilient Tourism Framework, emphasizing risk understanding, planning, mitigation, response, and long-term climate action. The report urges stakeholders, including the public sector, industries, and tourists, to collaborate and reinforce the tourism sector's resilience.

The European Commission-funded project RESIN – Climate Resilient Cities and Infrastructures – has seen practitioners from four European cities working closely with research partners to develop adaptation tools for use in practice. This approach has encountered two sets of challenges: 1) those faced by practitioners from the four RESIN cities (Paris, Bilbao, Bratislava and Greater Manchester) in adapting to climate change, and 2) those involved in undertaking collaborative research that bridges science and practice.

The focus of the report is describing the context on the Adaptation Pathway design: i) propose an operational method to decide on the most suitable adaptation pathway at different scales (the city level and site level) starting from the step-by step methodology defined in a previous project funded by the European Commission (RAMSES); ii) explore how the step-by-step methodology can be simplified (balancing semi- quantitative versus quantitative data, literature review versus modelling) through cocreation activities with Bilbao and Greater Manchester cities.

Standardisation is a powerful tool to achieve better interoperability. However, it needs to overcome a lack of interest and modest participation from stakeholders. Also, promising research results are not always used as the basis for new standards. The overall goal of ResiStand is to find new ways to improve the crisis management and disaster resilience capabilities of the European Union and individual Member States through standardisation.