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Registration for the Conference on Disaster Risk Reduction is open now
This year’s Conference is themed “On the Edge? Disaster Risk Reduction in Fragile Times” and will take place in a hybrid format on April 22nd and 23rd, 2024, in Berlin. The conference will explore challenges, opportunities, and current developments in disaster risk reduction and response against the backdrop of ongoing national and global issues such […]
BMBF-HoWas 2021 project presents final publication: Two years of research on crisis communication and governance during the July floods 2021
Two years of intensive research have now produced the summarized results of the BMBF-HoWas2021 project, the final publication of which was released today. The publication focuses on crisis communication and governance during the devastating July floods in Germany in 2021. It provides comprehensive insights and assessments of the warning and management processes and shares findings […]
“Safety through prevention – a focus on natural hazards” – BBK, DFV and vfdb present new teaching and training programme on the topic of self-protection
The information sheets entitled “Safety through prevention – natural hazards in focus” were produced in collaboration with all three partners. This collaboration is the result of a cooperation agreement between the Federal Office of Civil Protection and Disaster Assistance (BBK), the German Fire Service Association (DFV) and the Association for the Promotion of German Fire […]
global Risks Report 2024 now published
The Global Risks Report examines some of the most serious risks that society could face over the next decade, against a backdrop of rapid technological change, economic uncertainty, a warming planet and conflict. This year’s report contextualises the analysis around four structural forces that will shape the emergence and management of global risks over the […]
Blue Compass Federal Award
The best climate mitigation and adaptation project 2024. The “Blue Compass” federal prize is the highest state award in Germany, which is presented as part of a competition for projects to adapt to the consequences of climate change. The Federal Ministry for the Environment and the DKKV member Federal Environment Agency are jointly looking for […]
DWD: Severe Weather Warnings
Snow and icy conditions are expected in the southern half of Germany tomorrow, January 17. The German Weather Service (DWD) has issued an official severe weather warning for ice and slippery conditions. Particularly in southern Germany, prolonged rainfall with negative temperatures is expected, which could cause considerable slipperiness on the roads. In the Eifel, large […]
Un-Spider Bonn International Conference on Space-based Solutions for Disaster Management – “Early Warning for All” #2
The UN-SPIDER programme of the United Nations Office for Outer Space Affairs will be organizing the “UN-SPIDER Bonn International Conference Space-based Solutions for Disaster Management: Early Warnings for All”. This conference will be held in the UN Campus in Bonn, Germany, from 12 to 14 March of this year. It is co-organized with the Centre for […]
Politics, Climatecrisis and Civil Protection
Based on the previous events, which examined the challenges and implications of the climate crisis for civil protection from multiple perspectives and on the basis of broad expertise, the penultimate event in the “Climate crisis meets civil protection” series deals with a political debate on the topic. Representatives from the federal (Leon Eckert), state (Uwe […]
Member contribution on the physics behind cold and floods
Long periods of continuous rain, followed by several days of sub-zero temperatures. In the report Irre? “It’s physics.” After the floods may come the cold – and that threatens the building fabric, reports DKKV member Norbert Gebbeken, an engineer and expert in prevention and disaster control, on the physical effects of the cold on buildings […]