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German Committee for Disaster Risk Reduction e.V.(ger.: Deutsches Komitee Katastrophenvorsorge e.V.)
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CALL FOR PARTICIPATION: Urban Resilience Intensive Training 2023
The Urban Resilience Intensive Training (URIT) 2023 welcomes policymakers, practitioners and researchers to Copenhagen between the 20th and 28th of June 2023. URIT aims at expanding the participants' knowledge on policies, tools, strategic and action planning for...
Reconstruction after heavy rain: Longest bridge in the history of THW
The German Federal Agency for Technical Relief (THW) is the only civilian organization which is able to build bridges. THW is currently building the longest bridge in the history of THW in Linnich, North Rhine-Westphalia.The bridge was damaged by the 2021 heavy rain...
What does the future hold? – Young Professionals offer workshop at “2nd National Expert Forum: Water extremes as a result of climate change”.
On March 13 and 14, 2023, the "2nd National Expert Forum: Water Extremes as a Consequence of Climate Change" took place at the Klimahaus Bremerhaven. This year, the focus of the event was on extreme drought and aridity. For the event, our Young Professionals...
IPCC Synthesis Report on the Sixth Assessment Report published
Yesterday, the Synthesis Report (SYR) on the Sixth Assessment Report was released by the IPCC at a hybrid press conference. You can read the summary and main messages of the report for policy-making (SPM) here. The main messages cover the following areas: Current...
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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.