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German Committee for Disaster Reduction e.V. (ger.: Deutsches Komitee Katastrophenvorsorge e.V.)
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Earthquake off the coast of Santorini
The Greek island of Santorini in the Mediterranean has been hit by a series of earthquakes for almost two weeks with around 6400 tremors so far. The strongest quake to date occurred on Wednesday evening (5 February 2025) and reached a magnitude of 5.2 (Alexandridi,...
Start of 2025: Annual Kick-off of the National Resilience Platform
On January 14th, 2025, the National Resilience Platform held its annual kick-off meeting. Around 75 representatives from government, civil society, business, academia, and other sectors gathered online to reflect on 2024 and look ahead to 2025. The platform continues...
Implementation Advisory Board of the National Resilience Platform Holds Second Meeting in Berlin
On December 5th and 6th, 2024, the Implementation Advisory Board of the National Resilience Platform met at the Federal Ministry of the Interior and Community (BMI) in Berlin. 17 representatives from the federal government, municipalities, academia, business, civil...
Webinars on best practices in dealing with forest fires in Europe
The EU Horizons projects FirEUrisk and SILVANUS are jointly organising two webinars on best practices in dealing with forest fires in Europe with the support of FIRELOGUE. The events are aimed at experts, researchers, political decision-makers and interested parties...
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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.