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German Committee for Disaster Risk Reduction e.V.(ger.: Deutsches Komitee Katastrophenvorsorge e.V.)
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DWD: Severe Weather Warnings
Snow and icy conditions are expected in the southern half of Germany tomorrow, January 17. The German Weather Service (DWD) has issued an official severe weather warning for ice and slippery conditions. Particularly in southern Germany, prolonged rainfall with...
Un-Spider Bonn International Conference on Space-based Solutions for Disaster Management – “Early Warning for All” #2
The UN-SPIDER programme of the United Nations Office for Outer Space Affairs will be organizing the "UN-SPIDER Bonn International Conference Space-based Solutions for Disaster Management: Early Warnings for All”. This conference will be held in the UN...
Politics, Climatecrisis and Civil Protection
Based on the previous events, which examined the challenges and implications of the climate crisis for civil protection from multiple perspectives and on the basis of broad expertise, the penultimate event in the "Climate crisis meets civil protection" series deals...
Member contribution on the physics behind cold and floods
Long periods of continuous rain, followed by several days of sub-zero temperatures. In the report Irre? "It's physics." After the floods may come the cold - and that threatens the building fabric, reports DKKV member Norbert Gebbeken, an engineer and expert in...
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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.