First state-wide warning day in Rhineland-Palatinate

26. Feb 2025 | General

On 13 March 2025, a state-wide warning day will take place in Rhineland-Palatinate for the first time. The aim is to test the warning systems, raise awareness among the population and test the processes in the new Civil Protection Situation Centre in Koblenz. At...

Programme of the German Conference on DRR is online

26. Feb 2025 | Fachtagung, General

The programme for the German Conference on DRR (Disaster Risk Reduction) is now online. The hybrid German Conference on DRR will take place on 26 and 27 March 2025 and is dedicated to the topic ‘From climate change to crisis’. Experts will discuss the challenges and...

Webinar: “Healthy Land – Healthy City: Rural-Urban Solutions for Land, Climate and Justice”

25. Feb 2025 | Allgemein

As part of the Resilience Hub Bonn Virtual Forum and in anticipation of International Women’s Day, this webinar will examine the outcomes of COP 16 UNCCD through an urban and gender perspective. Expert facilitator Tina Beuchelt will host a panel featuring UNCCD Deputy...

Review 2024: THW looks back on an eventful year

25. Feb 2025 | General

Our institutional partner, the German Federal Agency for Technical Relief (THW), looks back on an exciting 2024. A total of 14,000 THW employees were mobilized to help in the event of severe flooding. In addition, 13,500 helpers played a key role in ensuring the...

Climate change as a security risk

25. Feb 2025 | Climate Change, General

Climate change poses a growing threat to security in Germany and Europe. According to the first National Interdisciplinary Climate Risk Assessment (NiKE), extreme weather events such as heatwaves, droughts and floods will occur more frequently in the future –...