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German Committee for Disaster Risk Reduction e.V.(ger.: Deutsches Komitee Katastrophenvorsorge e.V.)
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Board member Reimund Schwarze as an expert at the Bundestag
Our Board member Prof. Dr. Reimund Schwarze will take part as an expert witness in a Bundestag hearing on the subject of natural hazard insurance next Monday, March 11. In its motion on natural hazard insurance, the CDU/CSU parliamentary group demands, among other...
UNDRR statement on wildfire and earthquake
The United Nations office for Disaster Risk Reduction (UNDRR) has published two statements, one on the devastating wildfires in Chile ealier this year and the other on the one-year anniversary of the earthquakes in Turkey and Syria. Due to 100 fatalities, this year´s...
Emergency Drill on March 14, 2024
The federal city of Bonn is taking part in the state-wide warning day in North Rhine-Westphalia on Thursday, March 14, 2023. At 11 a.m. on the dot, a test alarm will also be triggered in Bonn to test the various warning concepts.In Bonn, 57 sirens will sound and their...
DWD Newsletter about attribution studies
By analyzing observation data and climate model simulations, it is now possible to make statements about the frequency and intensity of weather events. This works on the basis of attribution research, which investigates the extent to which man-made climate change...
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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.