CEDIM Report on the global heat wave 2023

11. Aug 2023 | General, Heat

The “Center for Disaster Management and Risk Reduction Technology” of the Karlsruhe Institute of Technology has published a report on the current global heat wave. The report describes the climatic conditions that are a prerequisite for such a heat wave,...

BBK study: funding support for resilience-building measures

10. Aug 2023 | General, Members

The Federal Office of Civil Protection and Disaster Assistance (BBK) published a study this week on funding opportunities for resilience-building measures. The study presents existing resilience-related funding in Germany and the EU, including brief overviews of...

BSKI meets DKKV

9. Aug 2023 | General

On August 8, 2023, the DKKV welcomed the BSKI to its office in Bonn. The “Bundesverband für den Schutz Kritischer Infrastrukturen e.V.” (Association for the Protection of Critical Infrastructure BSKI) has the task of reducing security risks for critical...

Earth Overshoot Day on August 2, 2023

8. Aug 2023 | General

Earth Overshoot Day marks the day in the year when those ecological resources of the world are used up that could be restored in one year. It fell on Wednesday last week, 02 August, in 2023. According to the calculations of the Global Footprint Network, we have used...

Union Civil Protection Mechanism: Federal Agency for Technical Relief is on its way to Slovenia

7. Aug 2023 | General, international disaster management, Members

Yesterday, the Slovenian government sent a request for assistance to the Emergency Response Coordination Centre of the European Union (ERCC). In response to this and within the framework of the Union Civil Protection Mechanism (UCPM), the German Federal Agency for...