Risk assessment determines the nature and extent of existing and potential future risk and its components.

Disaster prevention expresses the concept and intention to completely avoid the adverse impacts of hazards through actions taken, normally, in advance of a potentially disastrous event.

Early warning systems (EWS) are critical life-saving tools when environmental hazards arise.

Disasters affect human life and have profound impacts on local and national economies, sometimes setting back development gains by many years in countries with limited resources.

• Preparation of special products for climate-related diagnosis (i.e.