BBK study: funding support for resilience-building measures

10. Aug 2023 | General, Members

The Federal Office of Civil Protection and Disaster Assistance (BBK) published a study this week on funding opportunities for resilience-building measures. The study presents existing resilience-related funding in Germany and the EU, including brief overviews of...

BSKI meets DKKV

9. Aug 2023 | General

On August 8, 2023, the DKKV welcomed the BSKI to its office in Bonn. The “Bundesverband für den Schutz Kritischer Infrastrukturen e.V.” (Association for the Protection of Critical Infrastructure BSKI) has the task of reducing security risks for critical...

Earth Overshoot Day on August 2, 2023

8. Aug 2023 | General

Earth Overshoot Day marks the day in the year when those ecological resources of the world are used up that could be restored in one year. It fell on Wednesday last week, 02 August, in 2023. According to the calculations of the Global Footprint Network, we have used...

Union Civil Protection Mechanism: Federal Agency for Technical Relief is on its way to Slovenia

7. Aug 2023 | General, international disaster management, Members

Yesterday, the Slovenian government sent a request for assistance to the Emergency Response Coordination Centre of the European Union (ERCC). In response to this and within the framework of the Union Civil Protection Mechanism (UCPM), the German Federal Agency for...

2. Workshop Risk Communication of the Bonn Network

4. Aug 2023 | Bonn Network, General

The working group “Risk Communication” of the Bonn Network International Civil Protection and Disaster Risk Reduction met yesterday, 03 August, for the 2nd workshop on the topic of the same name. Melissa Schönholz and Durga Mohanakrishnan first gave an...

Law on Climate Adaptation to enter into force in 2024

4. Aug 2023 | General

On 13 July, the Federal Cabinet adopted a draft of the Federal Ministry for the Environment, Nature Conservation, Nuclear Safety and Consumer Protection (BMUV) on climate adaptation. This still has to be discussed in the Bundestag and Bundesrat, and should come into...