UNDRR Webinar “Financial incentives as a strategy for promoting disaster resilience”

13. Oct 2025 | Allgemein, Recent Events, Webinar

On 13 October 2025, under the theme “Fund Resilience, Not Disasters”, a webinar titled “Financial incentives as a strategy for promoting disaster resilience” will take place at 12:00 PM. The event is organized by the United Nations Office for Disaster Risk Reduction...

International Day for Disaster Risk Reduction 2025 – „Fund resilience, not disasters“

13. Oct 2025 | General

Today, on 13 October, the International Day for Disaster Risk Reduction (IDDRR) is being celebrated. The day is a reminder of how crucial prevention, preparedness and joint action are in disaster control. Under this year’s motto, ‘Fund resilience, not...

Workshop: ‘Communicating flood risk – How can local authorities raise awareness among the affected population?’

10. Oct 2025 | General

On 9 October 2025, the workshop ‘Communicating flood risk – How can local authorities raise awareness among the affected population?’ was held in Cologne – organised by the Hochwassernotgemeinschaft Rhein e.V. (HWNG) in cooperation with the Information and Advice...

New ‘Disasters Avoided’ newsletter: Focus on climate and disasters

8. Oct 2025 | General

The latest issue of the Disasters Avoided Newsletter focuses on the interface between climate change and disasters – just in time for the upcoming COP30 climate conference in Belém, Brazil. In addition to an editorial by Taichi Minamitani (JICA), the issue features...

Risk | Resilience | Reaction: Second Lunchtalk Session on Youtube

7. Oct 2025 | Allgemein, Risk I Resilience I Reaktion

In the second session of the DKKV Lunchtalk series, Prof. Dr.-Ing. James Daniell offers insights into nearly two decades of work analyzing and modeling the socio-economic impacts of natural disasters worldwide. Drawing on experience from research, industry, and...