Piotr Matczak

TL;DR: The first public product of the Intergovernmental Platform on Biodiversity and Ecosystem Services (IPBES) is its Conceptual Framework as discussed by the authors, which will underpin all IPBES functions and provide structure and comparability to the syntheses that will produce at different spatial scales, on different themes, and in different regions.

TL;DR: Koutsoyiannis et al. as discussed by the authors interpreted differences in flood hazard projections over Europe and identified likely sources of discrepancy, and discussed potential implications of these differences for flood risk reduction and adaptation to climate change.

TL;DR: In this article, the authors investigated the degree of diversification of flood risk management strategies and related flood risk governance arrangements at the national level in Belgium, England, France, The Netherlands, Poland and Sweden, as well as these countries' achievement in terms of the three capacities.

TL;DR: In this article, the authors analyzed eight paired floods, that is, consecutive flood events that occurred in the same region, with the second flood causing significantly lower damage, and found that lower damage caused by the second event was mainly due to significant reductions in vulnerability, for example, via raised risk awareness, preparedness, and improvements of organizational emergency management.

TL;DR: The European Union Water Framework Directive (WFD) requires EU member states to produce and implement river basin management plans, which are to be designed and updated via participatory processes that inform, consult with, and actively involve all interested stakeholders.