14. Mar 2025 | Allgemein, Climate Change
Air quality measures in Germany have shown early success: In 2024, the entire set of limits in the European Air Quality Directive was met for the first time. Fine particulate matter levels have remained below the standards for the seventh consecutive year, and the...
12. Mar 2025 | Allgemein, Climate Change
The worldwide melting of glacier ice is reducing the available freshwater resources in many regions and at the same time leading to a sustained rise in global sea levels. A new study conducted as part of the Glacier Mass Balance Intercomparison Exercise (GlaMBIE) and...
28. Feb 2025 | Allgemein, Floods
Flooding is an increasing challenge for German municipalities. In order to promote innovative and exemplary flood prevention measures, the Akademie Hochwasserschutz and the German Committee for Disaster Risk Reduction e.V. (DKKV) are awarding the...
25. Feb 2025 | Climate Change, General
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 –...
18. Feb 2025 | Allgemein, Heat, MYrisk
Today we received some wonderful gifts from our project partners in Myanmar, which we are very happy about. We are particularly excited about a calendar containing valuable information and facts about heat. This was developed as part of a local workshop and helps to...
7. Feb 2025 | Earthquakes, General
The Greek island of Santorini in the Mediterranean has been hit by a series of earthquakes for almost two weeks with around 6400 tremors so far. The strongest quake to date occurred on Wednesday evening (5 February 2025) and reached a magnitude of 5.2 (Alexandridi,...
