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German Committee for Disaster Reduction e.V. (ger.: Deutsches Komitee Katastrophenvorsorge e.V.)
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Change of DKK management
After leading the German Climate Consortium for 12 years and enriching it in many ways, Marie-Luise Beck is now leaving the DKK. Her successor is Prof Dr Tilman Santarius, a social scientist by training and head of the Social-Ecological Transformation department at TU...
COP from A-Z…
Over 800 events centred on climate change were held at COP29. DKKV presents the most important topics! Land Use Land plays an important role in global greenhouse gas cycles. Land use activities can lead to the emission of such greenhouse gases into the atmosphere or...
Winners of the DKKV PROMOTIONAL Award 2024 have been announced!
We are delighted to announce this year's winners! Leonie Eberhardt, graduate of the Ludwig-Maximilians-Universität München, receives the DKKV Promtional Award 2024 in the Bachelor's category for her outstanding thesis entitled ‘Opportunities and challenges of the...
INFRAH Hackathon 2025
At the INFRAH Hackathon 2025, students from a wide range of disciplines can master creative and technical challenges in 24 hours in interdisciplinary teams of four to five people. The main focus is on heavy rain and flood protection and registration is still open...
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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.