12. Mar 2024 | General
Civil protection in Germany relies on volunteers. However, there are no uniform regulations for volunteers throughout Germany. In Germany, whether there are continued salary payments or social security depends on both the federal state and the type of aid...
11. Mar 2024 | General
The German resilience strategy includes the establishment of a national platform to strengthen cooperation between a wide range of disaster risk management stakeholders. This measure gave rise to the “National Platform for Strengthening Resilience to...
11. Mar 2024 | General
Today, March 11, 2024, the European Environment Agency (EEA) published the first European Climate Risk Assessment (EUCRA). The analysis shows that Europe faces a range of climate risks, which the EUCRA categorizes into five clusters. A total of 36 climate risks for...
7. Mar 2024 | General
North-West Europe is facing an increasing number of flash flood disasters due to climate change. With the aim of making North-West Europe more resilient to flash flood events, the Emschergenossenschaft has launched the FlashFloodBreaker project together with thirteen...
4. Mar 2024 | General
The United Nations office for Disaster Risk Reduction (UNDRR) has published two statements, one on the devastating wildfires in Chile ealier this year and the other on the one-year anniversary of the earthquakes in Turkey and Syria. Due to 100 fatalities, this year´s...
1. Mar 2024 | General
The federal city of Bonn is taking part in the state-wide warning day in North Rhine-Westphalia on Thursday, March 14, 2023. At 11 a.m. on the dot, a test alarm will also be triggered in Bonn to test the various warning concepts.In Bonn, 57 sirens will sound and their...
