Reminder – DKKV Sponsorship Award 2025 – Only 3 days left until the application deadline!

17. Jun 2025 | General, Promotional Award

The application deadline for the DKKV Sponsorship Award 2025 is June 20, 2025!So apply quickly!Have you written a bachelor’s or master’s thesis with a focus on disaster risk reduction or disaster management? Then take the opportunity to make your research...

Start of the June Climate Meetings in Bonn (SB 62)

16. Jun 2025 | COP, General

Today, June 16, 2025, the meeting of the Subsidiary Bodies (SB 62) of the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change (UNFCCC) has started in Bonn, which will take place until June 26, 2025. The meetings of the Subsidiary Bodies, the Subsidiary Body for...

Reminder- June 13th – RISKKAN – Webinar: WG Cities and critical Infrastructure

12. Jun 2025 | Allgemein

Tomorrow at 1pm another RISKKAN webinar on the topic “WG Cities and Critical Infrastructure ‘Societal resilience and infrastructure – who is forgotten in post-disaster recovery?’ will take place. Prof. Dr. Alexander Fekete, personal member of DKKV, and Mark Pelling...

Newly Published – Disaster Loss Data Management: Current Practices, Challenges, and Opportunities in Europe

12. Jun 2025 | AHEAD, General

The European Commission has published the report “Disaster Loss Data Management: Current Practices, Challenges, and Opportunities in Europe”. It examines the collection and management of disaster loss data in 17 countries and reveals major differences in legal bases,...

The 2025 update of the UNDRR-ISC Hazard Information Profiles

12. Jun 2025 | General

The United Nations Office for Disaster Risk Reduction (UNDRR) and the International Science Council (ISC) have published the updated Hazard Information Profiles (HIPs) 2025. The comprehensive revision provides reliable, science-based information on 282 hazards,...