Start of COP29

11. Nov 2024 | Allgemein, COP

The UN Climate Change Conference (COP29) begins today in Baku, Azerbaijan. The programme consists of over 800 meetings and side events with a wide range of presentations, discussions and workshops on the topic of climate change. This year, in addition to the...

Visiting the Academy for Flood Protection

11. Nov 2024 | Allgemein

As part of the symposium ‘Challenges for disaster control’, the DKKV visited the Academy for Flood Protection in Stuttgart on November 08. Together with numerous participants, including from the fire brigade, THW and DLRG, the lessons learnt from the 2021 flood...

Next event in the career guidance series

8. Nov 2024 | Young Professionals

Last Monday, an event was held as part of the career orientation series organised by our young professionals. In this series of events, our young professionals invite DKKV members from various fields to share their professional careers and experiences.This...

UN report gives insight in hunger hotspots

8. Nov 2024 | General

The Organisations United Nations (UN) and the World Food Programm (WFP) warn that acute food insecurity will worsen across 16 hunger hotspots in 8 countries. At the highest concern level remain Sudan, Palestine, South Sudan, Haiti and Mali. The new UN report...

Prof Katrin Böhning-Gaese – New managing director of UFZ

8. Nov 2024 | Allgemein

Katrin Böhning-Gaese has recently been appointed Scientific Director of the Helmholtz Centre for Environmental Research (UFZ). Her plans include strengthening the interfaces between the UFZ and society, improving communication with politicians and establishing new...