6. Oct 2023 | General, Members
This year, after a two-year hiatus due to the Corona pandemic and Russia’s war, Crisis Management Exercise (LÜKEX) was conducted again. The scenario for this year’s exercise was a cyber attack on government operations. Over two days, the government...
5. Oct 2023 | Bonn Network, General, Members, Young Professionals
On 04.10.2023 the DKKV “Stammtisch” took place for the first time. At this meeting, institutional and private members of the association, as well as the young professionals, had the opportunity to get to know each other and exchange ideas. During the...
29. Sep 2023 | drought, Food Security, General, Heat, heavy rain, Members, Vegetation Fires
Over the past three days (September 27-29, 2023), the participants of the ExtremeWeatherCongress in Hamburg, Germany, have intensively dealt with the challenge of increasing weather extremes. The German Weather Service (DWD) reports “2023 represents, according...
12. Sep 2023 | General, Members
DRF Luftrettung officially became a new institutional member of the DKKV in July. “We are looking forward to the exchange with other members and experts and to actively participating in disaster risk management. In the event of natural hazards such as floods,...
14. Aug 2023 | General, Members
Since 1 August 2023, Prof. Dr. Sarah C. Jones has taken her place as new President of the German Weather Service (DWD). Having previously headed the Research and Development Division and been a member of the Executive Board, she thus replaced Prof. Dr. Gerhard Adrian,...
