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https://doi.org/10.5194/nhess-26-955-2026
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Lessons learned in institutional preparedness and response during the 2022 European drought
Riccardo Biella
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Department of Earth Sciences (LUVAL), Uppsala University, Uppsala, Sweden
Centre of Natural Hazards and Disaster Science (CNDS), Uppsala, Sweden
Anastasiya Shyrokaya
Department of Earth Sciences (LUVAL), Uppsala University, Uppsala, Sweden
Centre of Natural Hazards and Disaster Science (CNDS), Uppsala, Sweden
Ilias Pechlivanidis
Swedish Meteorological and Hydrological Institute, Norrköping, Sweden
Daniela Cid
Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering, Universitat Politècnica de Catalunya, Barcelona, Spain
Maria Carmen Llasat
Department of Applied Physics, University of Barcelona, Barcelona, Spain
IdRA, Water Research Institute, University of Barcelona, Barcelona, Spain
Faranak Tootoonchi
Department of Crop Production Ecology, Swedish university of agricultural sciences, Uppsala, Sweden
Marthe Wens
Institute for Environmental Studies (IVM), Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam, Amsterdam, the Netherlands
Marleen Lam
Water Resources Management (WRM), Wageningen University & Research (WUR), Wageningen, the Netherlands
Elin Stenfors
Department of Earth Sciences (LUVAL), Uppsala University, Uppsala, Sweden
Centre of Natural Hazards and Disaster Science (CNDS), Uppsala, Sweden
Samuel Sutanto
Earth Systems and Global Change Group, Wageningen University and Research, Wageningen, the Netherlands
Elena Ridolfi
Dipartimento di Ingegneria Civile, Edile e Ambientale, Università degli Studi di Roma La Sapienza, Rome, Italy
Serena Ceola
Department of Civil, Chemical, Environmental and Materials Engineering, Alma Mater Studiorum Università di Bologna, Bologna, Italy
Pedro Alencar
Chair of Ecohydrology, Technical University of Berlin, Berlin, Germany
Giuliano Di Baldassarre
Department of Earth Sciences (LUVAL), Uppsala University, Uppsala, Sweden
Centre of Natural Hazards and Disaster Science (CNDS), Uppsala, Sweden
Monica Ionita
Paleoclimate Dynamics Group, Alfred Wegener Institute Helmholtz Center for Polar and Marine Research, Bremerhaven, Germany
Forest Biometrics Laboratory – Faculty of Forestry, “Ştefan cel Mare” University of Suceava, Suceava, România
Mariana Madruga de Brito
Department of Urban and Environmental Sociology, Helmholtz Centre for Environmental Research, Leipzig, Germany
Scott J. McGrane
Department of Economics, Strathclyde Business School, University of Strathclyde, Glasgow, UK
Applied Physics Department, Stanford University, Stanford Main Quad, CA, USA
Benedetta Moccia
Dipartimento di Ingegneria Civile, Edile e Ambientale, Università degli Studi di Roma La Sapienza, Rome, Italy
Viorica Nagavciuc
Paleoclimate Dynamics Group, Alfred Wegener Institute Helmholtz Center for Polar and Marine Research, Bremerhaven, Germany
Forest Biometrics Laboratory – Faculty of Forestry, “Ştefan cel Mare” University of Suceava, Suceava, România
Fabio Russo
Dipartimento di Ingegneria Civile, Edile e Ambientale, Università degli Studi di Roma La Sapienza, Rome, Italy
Svitlana Krakovska
Ukrainian Hydrometeorological Institute, Kyiv, Ukraine
National Antarctic Scientific Center, Kyiv, Ukraine
Andrijana Todorovic
Faculty of Civil Engineering, Institute for Hydraulic and Environmental Engineering, University of Belgrade, Belgrade, Serbia
Patricia Trambauer
Deltares, Delft, the Netherlands
Raffaele Vignola
Earth Systems and Global Change Group, Wageningen University and Research, Wageningen, the Netherlands
Claudia Teutschbein
Department of Earth Sciences (LUVAL), Uppsala University, Uppsala, Sweden
Centre of Natural Hazards and Disaster Science (CNDS), Uppsala, Sweden
Department of Landscape Hydrology, Faculty of Forest Sciences and Forest Ecology, University of Goettingen, Göttingen, Germany
Uppsala University Future Institutes (UUniFI), Uppsala University Conflicting Objectives Research Nexus (UUniCORN), Uppsala University, Uppsala, Sweden
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The study draws on a unique dataset collected from a survey of nearly 500 water managers engaged in addressing the 2022 European Drought. It offers valuable insights into how preparedness influences outcomes during large-scale drought events and highlights pathways to strengthen European Drought Risk Management. The manuscript is accompanied by a companion paper, "The 2022 Drought Needs to Be a Turning Point for European Drought Risk Management" (egusphere-2024-2069), which focuses on the drought’s impacts and response. Together, the two studies underscore the urgent need for coordinated action and conclude with policy recommendations for establishing a European Union Drought Directive
The study draws on a unique dataset collected from a survey of nearly 500 water managers engaged...
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This research by the Drought in the Anthropocene (DitA) network highlights the crucial role of forecasting systems and Drought Management Plans in European drought risk management. Based on a survey of water managers during the 2022 European drought, it underscores the impact of preparedness on response and the evolution of drought management strategies across the continent, showing how organisations with preparedness measures in place responded faster and more effectively.
This research by the Drought in the Anthropocene (DitA) network highlights the crucial role of...
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