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German Committee for Disaster Reduction e.V. (ger.: Deutsches Komitee Katastrophenvorsorge e.V.)
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3rd Anniversary of the flood disaster in western germany
14 July marked the third anniversary of the devastating flood disaster. Triggered by an extremely heavy rainfall event in western Germany, the floods claimed the lives of 135 people and destroyed numerous houses and infrastructures, leaving their mark on the lives of...
DKKV at the SB60 Climate negotiations in Bonn
From 3 to 13 June 2024, around 5,000 delegates from the Subsidiary Bodies (SB), i.e. the permanent subsidiary bodies of the Conference of the Parties to the Climate Convention, met for climate negotiations at the World Conference Center in Bonn. The interim...
INQUIMUS 2024: call for abstracts for participation
The Integrating quantitative and qualitative assessment methodologies for multi-dimensional phenomena (INQIUMUS) stands for a workshop series initiated by Z_GIS at the University of Salzburg, Austria and the European Academy of Bozen/Bolzano (EURAC) in 2014. The...
CLIMATEUROPE2 SURVEY
The demand for climate information and its use for adaptation to climate change is increasing rapidly. This is resulting in a growing number of different types of information services and products, known as Climate Services (CS). CS use climate-related data together...
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What is disaster risk reduction?
Storms, natural hazards and extreme events can quickly become a danger to people and the environment. But climate change, extreme urbanization, power outages and fires also offer potential hazards.
A disaster occurs when the functioning of a community or society is impaired or interrupted and, as a result, high human, material, economic and ecological losses occur that cannot be managed alone.
Precautionary measures can help to reduce the consequences and impact of the disaster. Depending on the hazard and personal circumstances, the precautionary measures to be taken may vary.
Find out more about potential hazards and individual precautionary measures on our topic pages.