DKKV at the Summer School Disaster Risk Reduction

17. Jul 2023 | Summer School 2023 eng

Last week, the Summer School “Disaster Risk Reduction” took place at the Environmental Campus Birkenfeld, organised with the support of DKKV. International students from a wide range of scientific disciplines met for six days to learn more about the basics...

2nd anniversary of the flood disaster in the Ahr valley

14. Jul 2023 | Flood 2021, heavy rain

In the night of 14 to 15 July 2021, an extremely heavy rain event occurred in western Germany, in the course of which large parts of the Ahr valley were also destroyed. The flood disaster led to the death of 190 people and caused property damage of about 33 billion...

Approval at first reading of the EU Nature Restoration Bill

13. Jul 2023 | General

In 2020, the European Environment Agency published a report stating that 81% of EU-wide habitats are in unfavourable to poor condition. In response, the European Commission introduced a Nature Restoration Law (pp.48 ff.) about a year ago, which was voted on yesterday...

Special UN Global Assessment Report on Disaster Risk

12. Jul 2023 | General

“Mapping Resilience for the Sustainable Development Goals” is the topic of the Special Report of the United Nations Office for Disaster Risk Reduction. The UN Global Assessment Report on Disaster Risk Reduction (GAR 2023) highlights how resilience can be...

Medical-Meteorological Hazard Indices of the DWD

11. Jul 2023 | General, Heat

The heat warning system of the German Meteorological Service (DWD) is a well-known means of knowing when the heat is posing a danger to health. For today, for example, the Black Forest region is under a warning for extreme heat stress and the entire southwest of...