Risk, resilience and foresightActivities and resources Page contents Page contents Overview The early prediction of natural hazards helps monitor and anticipate risks, react before and during emergencies and manage recovery efforts. The JRC provides early warning and crisis management tools and services for authorities and humanitarian organisations worldwide.By looking at possible developments that could affect EU policies, the JRC’s foresight work helps policymakers to take smarter, future-oriented policy decisions, to ensure that Europe is prepared for the demands of tomorrow. Disaster risk management Accident preventionClimate change impact on critical infrastructure: thawing permafrost in earthquake-prone areasNatural and man-made hazardsPreventing industrial accidentsTechnological accidents triggered by natural hazards European resilience Helping EU defence become climate resilientProtection of public spaces from terrorist attacksResilienceResilience to hybrid threatsStrengthening EU resilience: hybrid threats and critical entities Foresight Strategic foresight Related resources Tools and databasesCopernicus Emergency Management ServiceDisaster Risk Gaps Explorer (Forest fires)Global Human Settlement LayerPolycrisis exploration toolReference Foresight ScenariosScenario Exploration SystemMegatrends HubJRC Indicators ExplorerSOCRATES - Social multi-criteria assessment of European policiesLaboratoriesEuropean Crisis Management LaboratoryEuropean Laboratory for Structural Assessment: Large Hopkinson Bar FacilityEuropean Laboratory for Structural Assessment Reaction WallEU Policy LabCompetence and knowledge centresCompetence Centre ForesightCompetence Centre on Behavioural insightsDisaster risk management Knowledge CentreKnowledge Centre on Earth ObservationTrainingESA JRC Summer School on GNSS See all JRC science areas >