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German Committee for Disaster Reduction e.V. (ger.: Deutsches Komitee Katastrophenvorsorge e.V.)
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Cop28 in Dubai comes to an end
After a narrow failure, the almost 200 participating countries agreed on a text with many compromises during 36 hours of negotiations in Dubai. The UN describes the COP28 agreement as "the Beginning of the End of the Fossil Fuel Era". This is about turning away from...
Day 11 at COP in DUbai
Carbon Market Article 6.4 of the Paris Agreement allows international cooperation in order to meet the overarching goals of staying within 1,5C. This supranational collaboration entails the so called carbon markets, that allow the trade of carbon certificates. Some...
Last Weekend at COP28 in Dubai
Host for the COP29 confirmed COP29 in 2024 will take place in Azerbaijan. After Russia used its veto right to prevent the event from being held in Eastern Europe, the nations agreed on Azerbaijan. After Egypt and the United Arab Emirates, this means that another...
Scaling Up Disaster Risk Reduction in Humanitarian Action
Conducting risk analysis during strategic planning excercises a) expands humanitarian focus from acute and urgent needs to chronic vulnerabilities and exposure to future risks, stress, and shocks, and b) helps integrate reduction of extreme vulnerability into planning...
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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.