MiMapper Training: Mapping Multi-hazard Landscapes – Google earth Engine
The free online training “MiMapper: Mapping Multi-hazard Landscapes Using Google Earth Engine” (29 May – 10 June 2025) organized by Aberystwyth University, offers practical guidance on using a web-based tool to visualize flood, landslide, and earthquake hazards....
New Book: „Understanding and Addressing Disaster Risk: Who Speaks? Who Suffers?“
The new book “Understanding and Addressing Disaster Risk”, by Ben Wisner, Irasema Alcántara-Ayala, JC Gaillard, Ilan Kelman, and Victor Marchezini explains that disasters are not natural events, but the result of long-term social processes that create vulnerabilities...
Video of the symposium on disaster risk reduction is now online
The hybrid symposium on disaster risk reduction, which was organized by the German Red Cross with the support of the Federal Foreign Office on 26 and 27 March 2025, is now available online as a short video. The conference was primarily dedicated to the topic “From...
Article “Hydromorphological profiles of German watercourse types”
The publication “Hydromorphological profiles of German watercourse types”, published in April 2025, was written by Tanja Pottgiesser, Stephan Naumann and Andreas Müller on behalf of the Federal Environment Agency.It describes the hydromorphological conditions that are...