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German Committee for Disaster Risk Reduction e.V.(ger.: Deutsches Komitee Katastrophenvorsorge e.V.)
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Call for Abstracts: Civil Protection in a disaster
For the Congress of the Austrian Sociological Association (ÖGS): "Critical Times" from 3rd to 5th July 2023 in Vienna, the Disaster Competence Network Austria is organising an Ad-Hoc Group on the topic of "Disaster Management in a Disaster" and is looking for papers...
High-Level Meeting on the Midterm Review of the Sendai Framework: Stakeholder registration now open
For stakeholders including civil society organisations, private sector, academia and the scientific community, grassroots organisations, persons with disabilities, youth and women’s organisations, please register by 24 April 2023. Pursuant to the President of the...
UNDRR Survey on Disaster Risk Reduction
The United Nations Office for Disaster Risk Reduction (UNDRR) wishes to learn how the development community at large makes use of the tools and information resources it makes available for disaster risk reduction and whether they are useful for your work. By answering...
Free places in the SLE online training
There are still places available in the SLE Online Training: Disaster Risk Management and Climate Change Adaptation Mainstreaming from 22.04. to 28.04.2023. SLE TRAINING is a training programme for professionals in international cooperation. Hardly any other field is...
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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.