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German Committee for Disaster Risk Reduction e.V.(ger.: Deutsches Komitee Katastrophenvorsorge e.V.)
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Disaster Risk Reduction and Open Data Newsletter: March 2025 Edition
The March edition of the Disaster Risk Reduction and Open Data Newsletter provides exciting insights into current publications, news, and events. Among other topics, the article "Water and climate: Rising risks for urban populations" is featured, highlighting that...
Earthquake in Myanmar
On Friday, March 28, 2025, at 12:50 PM MMT (6:21 AM CET), a 7.7 magnitude earthquake struck Myanmar (United States Geological Survey USGS; Helmholtz Centre for Geosciences GFZ), with its epicenter near Mandalay in the central part of the country (The Guardian, 2025)....
AHEAD Meeting at the German Conference for Disaster Risk Reduction
Berlin, March 25-27, 2025 – The AHEAD Project team from AFPCNT and DKKV gathered at the German Conference for Disaster Risk Reduction to discuss their ongoing work and future plans. During the project meeting, Frederic Tatout from AFPCNT, and Reimund Schwarze and...
Children’s Books at the Second DKKV Session at the Disaster Risk Reduction Conference
As part of the Disaster Risk Reduction Conference, a session titled “Child- and youth-specific risk communication on climate-related natural hazards” took place yesterday. This session focused on the specific requirements for risk communication aimed at children and...
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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.