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German Committee for Disaster Risk Reduction e.V.(ger.: Deutsches Komitee Katastrophenvorsorge e.V.)
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Implementation plan for the German resilience strategy published
The German Strategy for Strengthening Resilience to Disasters (Resilience Strategy for short) was adopted in 2022. With the implementation plan, another important milestone on the road to a resilient Germany has now been reached. The adoption of the German resilience...
Survey to optimise flood warning
In 2023, our institutional member Deutscher Wetterdienst (DWD) founded the CO-Design project together with the Flood Forecasting Centre (HVZ) Mainz (Rhineland-Palatinate) with the aim of being better prepared for extreme weather events in the future. As part of the...
3rd Anniversary of the flood disaster in western germany
14 July marked the third anniversary of the devastating flood disaster. Triggered by an extremely heavy rainfall event in western Germany, the floods claimed the lives of 135 people and destroyed numerous houses and infrastructures, leaving their mark on the lives of...
DKKV at the SB60 Climate negotiations in Bonn
From 3 to 13 June 2024, around 5,000 delegates from the Subsidiary Bodies (SB), i.e. the permanent subsidiary bodies of the Conference of the Parties to the Climate Convention, met for climate negotiations at the World Conference Center in Bonn. The interim...
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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.