First state-wide warning day in Rhineland-Palatinate
On 13 March 2025, a state-wide warning day will take place in Rhineland-Palatinate for the first time. The aim is to test the warning systems, raise awareness among the population and test the processes in the new Civil Protection Situation Centre in Koblenz. At...
Programme of the German Conference on DRR is online
The programme for the German Conference on DRR (Disaster Risk Reduction) is now online. The hybrid German Conference on DRR will take place on 26 and 27 March 2025 and is dedicated to the topic ‘From climate change to crisis’. Experts will discuss the challenges and...
Review 2024: THW looks back on an eventful year
Our institutional partner, the German Federal Agency for Technical Relief (THW), looks back on an exciting 2024. A total of 14,000 THW employees were mobilized to help in the event of severe flooding. In addition, 13,500 helpers played a key role in ensuring the...
Climate change as a security risk
Climate change poses a growing threat to security in Germany and Europe. According to the first National Interdisciplinary Climate Risk Assessment (NiKE), extreme weather events such as heatwaves, droughts and floods will occur more frequently in the future –...