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Preparing for the next generation: UNDRR launches disaster resilience toolkit
The International Day for Disaster Risk Reduction (IDDRR) on 13 October 2024 is approaching. This year, the United Nations Office for Disaster Risk Reduction (UNDRR) is placing a special focus on empowering the next generation to promote a resilient future. Ahead of this important day, UNDRR announces the launch of a special toolkit aimed at […]
A visit from the LMU Munich
On 23 July 2024, the DKKV office hosted a visit from a bachelor excursion group from the Department of Geography at LMU Munich, led by Prof. Dr Matthias Garschagen and Dr Jan Petzold. After the presentation of DKKV, the prevention game was played with the students to emphasise the importance of prevention measures with regard […]
Half-year report 2024: Renewable energies on the rise
The Federal Environment Agency (UBA) has summarised the extent to which renewable electricity generation has increased in the first half of 20204. According to the report, electricity generation from renewable energies increased by nine per cent compared to the same period last year. The share of renewable energies in gross electricity consumption reached around 57 […]
Rethinking crisis management: Future-oriented strategies for people and the environment
A new report ‘Navigating New Horizons – A global foresight report on planetary health and human wellbeing’ by UNEP (United Nations Environment Programme) and the ISC (International Science Council) highlights urgent challenges arising from the increasing intensity of global crises. These include climate change, loss of nature and biodiversity as well as increasing pollution and […]
Reform of the emergency services
In the issue of the Behörden Spiegel newsletter dated 11 July 2024, it is noted that the federal government’s proposals for the reform of the rescue service were viewed critically, including by the Deutscher Landkreistag (DLT), the Niedersächsischer Landkreistag and the NRW districts. The main point of criticism here is that the federal government wants […]
Advance notice: Workshop on ‘Crisis communication and citizen participation via social media’
The Hochwassernotgemeinschaft Rhein (HWNG Rhein), together with the Informations- und Beratungszentrum Hochwasservorsorge (IBH), the Stadtentwässerungsbetriebe Köln (StEB) and the HochwasserKompetenzCentrum (HKC), is organising a workshop on the topic of ‘Information (crisis communication) and participation of citizens via social media’. The workshop will take place on Tuesday, 12 November 2024 in Lahnstein. The target group includes […]
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 strategy on July 13, 2022 laid the foundation for a holistic approach to dealing with […]
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 project, the communication chain for extreme weather events is being analysed in order to work out […]
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 those affected to this day. On the third anniversary, we commemorate the victims […]