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German Committee for Disaster Reduction e.V. (ger.: Deutsches Komitee Katastrophenvorsorge e.V.)
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End of extreme Drought in Germany
According to researchers at the Helmholtz Center, the extreme drought in the soil since 2018 has been particularly challenging in northern and eastern Germany and has caused serious damage down to the deeper soil layers. A drought is an extreme event that has not...
DLR School Labs
Every day, students from all grades and school types visit the DLR School Labs. These labs have been set up at nine DLR locations since 2000 to make complicated issues and unimaginably large numbers easy to understand for young guests. The pupils can carry out...
Vorhergesagt & Vorgesagt – Aktionstag am 23. März 2024
The Klimahaus Bremerhaven is taking the current DWD special exhibition as an opportunity to focus specifically on the topics of weather, weather extremes and disaster prevention on "World Weather Day" and to organize various activities in the house. With a mixture of...
New SLE training courses for 2024
The Seminar for Rural Development (SLE) at Humboldt-Universität zu Berlin is once again offering various training courses for experts and managers in international cooperation this year. Between the 13th of May and 22nd of November 2024, a total of ten training...
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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.