12. Mar 2025 | Allgemein
Given the current geopolitical situation, particularly the war in Ukraine and the political change in the United States, the urgency of improving German civil protection becomes particularly clear. The geopolitical events and the associated shift in the international...
12. Mar 2025 | Allgemein
The worldwide melting of glacier ice is reducing the available freshwater resources in many regions and at the same time leading to a sustained rise in global sea levels. A new study conducted as part of the Glacier Mass Balance Intercomparison Exercise (GlaMBIE) and...
11. Mar 2025 | Allgemein
In 2023, the National Consortium for Societal Resilience [UK+] (NCSR+) published its strategy for promoting societal resilience, followed by two practice-oriented modules. The third module has now been published, focussing on how to diagnose and improve the resilience...
11. Mar 2025 | Allgemein
The RIMMA2025 conference, held for the first time in Switzerland at the University of Bern from January 27th to 31st, 2025, brought together around 230 participants from 30 countries. Co-organized by leading experts from the University of Bern, ETH Zurich, and the...
10. Mar 2025 | Allgemein
The book ‘Development and Disasters: Natural Hazards and Vulnerability Reduction’ by James Lewis and Ilan Kelman 2025 has been revised and offers deeper insights into the complex relationship between development, vulnerability and disasters. In particular, this second...
