Reform of the emergency services
In the issue of the Behörden Spiegel newsletter dated 11 July 2024, it is noted that the federal government’s proposals for the reform of the rescue service were viewed critically, including by the Deutscher Landkreistag (DLT), the Niedersächsischer Landkreistag...
Implementation plan for the German resilience strategy published
The German Strategy for Strengthening Resilience to Disasters (Resilience Strategy for short) was adopted in 2022. With the implementation plan, another important milestone on the road to a resilient Germany has now been reached. The adoption of the German resilience...
Survey to optimise flood warning
In 2023, our institutional member Deutscher Wetterdienst (DWD) founded the CO-Design project together with the Flood Forecasting Centre (HVZ) Mainz (Rhineland-Palatinate) with the aim of being better prepared for extreme weather events in the future. As part of the...
DKKV at the SB60 Climate negotiations in Bonn
From 3 to 13 June 2024, around 5,000 delegates from the Subsidiary Bodies (SB), i.e. the permanent subsidiary bodies of the Conference of the Parties to the Climate Convention, met for climate negotiations at the World Conference Center in Bonn. The interim...