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German Committee for Disaster Risk Reduction e.V.(ger.: Deutsches Komitee Katastrophenvorsorge e.V.)
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The Federal Agency for Technical Relief (THW) Draws Positive Balance for 2024
The German Federal Agency for Technical Relief (THW) can look back on an eventful 2024. With strong volunteer support and technical expertise, THW mastered several major operations, including heavy rain, flooding and the European Football Championship. THW also...
Invitation to the webinar: ‘Critical Infrastructure Networks and Natural Hazards’
On Monday, 10 February 2025, the EU CIP team together with Adaptlantis invites you to a free webinar. The event, which will take place from 10:00 to 10:45 (CET), will highlight the use of scientific methods to promote the resilience of critical infrastructure networks...
Event tip: Webinar ‘National Security Council and whole-of-government resilience’
The Gesellschaft für Sicherheitspolitik e.V. (GSP) - Bonn Section invites you to a webinar on 18 February 2025 at 7 pm, in which Christina Moritz from the Center for Intelligence and Security Studies and Daniel Hiller from the Fraunhofer Ernst-Mach-Institut will...
COP 29: Climate finance postponed – CO2 markets finally agreed
COP 29 in Baku dealt intensively with climate financing, but the solution for financial aid from industrialised countries to developing countries was postponed until the next summit in Brazil. Although 300 billion dollars a year were pledged from 2035, experts...
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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.