Statement ‘Strengthening the resilience of critical facilities (KRITIS umbrella law)’

5. Sep 2025 | General, Statement

The draft bill for the KRITIS umbrella law is entering the next round. With the status of 27 August 2025, comments were once again requested from professional associations. The German Committee for Disaster Prevention (DKKV) published its statement on 4 September...

DKKV organises a workshop for the conception of a resilience centre

5. Sep 2025 | Allgemein

In view of today’s complex threats – from military and hybrid challenges to civil defence, pandemic risks and new technological risks to the consequences of the climate crisis and extreme weather events – a fundamental rethinking of security policy is urgently...

ADPC training programmes 2025

4. Sep 2025 | General

In 2025, the Asian Disaster Preparedness Centre (ADPC) is offering several training programmes to support cities in disaster preparedness, climate adaptation and inclusive development. Topics include risk-informed urban planning, multi-hazard early warning systems and...

Publication series No. 48: ‘Detecting Disaster Root Causes’ now available online

4. Sep 2025 | General, Publications

For many years, the DKKV has been publishing its own series of publications dealing with key topics in disaster prevention and management. Publication No. 48, ‘Detecting Disaster Root Causes – A Framework and an Analytic Tool for Practitioners’ from 2013, is now...

New UFZ newsletter

3. Sep 2025 | General

The latest edition of the newsletter published by the German Research Centre for Environmental Sciences (UFZ) focuses on the results of the UN negotiations on the plastics agreement in Geneva, new findings on nanoplastics in the North Atlantic and five steps for...