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German Committee for Disaster Risk Reduction e.V.(ger.: Deutsches Komitee Katastrophenvorsorge e.V.)
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Programme of the German Conference on DRR is online
The programme for the German Conference on DRR (Disaster Risk Reduction) is now online. The hybrid German Conference on DRR will take place on 26 and 27 March 2025 and is dedicated to the topic ‘From climate change to crisis’. Experts will discuss the challenges and...
Webinar: “Healthy Land – Healthy City: Rural-Urban Solutions for Land, Climate and Justice”
As part of the Resilience Hub Bonn Virtual Forum and in anticipation of International Women’s Day, this webinar will examine the outcomes of COP 16 UNCCD through an urban and gender perspective. Expert facilitator Tina Beuchelt will host a panel featuring UNCCD Deputy...
Review 2024: THW looks back on an eventful year
Our institutional partner, the German Federal Agency for Technical Relief (THW), looks back on an exciting 2024. A total of 14,000 THW employees were mobilized to help in the event of severe flooding. In addition, 13,500 helpers played a key role in ensuring the...
Climate change as a security risk
Climate change poses a growing threat to security in Germany and Europe. According to the first National Interdisciplinary Climate Risk Assessment (NiKE), extreme weather events such as heatwaves, droughts and floods will occur more frequently in the future - even 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.