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The National Platform for Natural Hazards (PLANAT) invites you to the PLANAT Future Forum to develop solutions for the increasing risks and damage caused by natural hazards, intensified by climate change. In an increasingly insecure society, new perspectives and strategies are to be developed in order to strengthen the risk culture and promote a resilient […]

The International Committee of the Red Cross (ICRC) has launched the Prisoners of Climate Change (PoCC) programme to address the growing climate risks in overcrowded prisons in the Philippines. With extreme overcrowding rates and increasing threats from extreme weather events such as heatwaves, floods and typhoons, the programme aims to strengthen the resilience of prisoners […]

We are pleased to present the new DKKV topic page “Floods”. There you can find out how floods occur, how climate change will affect future flood events, what flood protection measures are available and tips on how to take precautions yourself. You can also find further links and information on the website. The DKKV would […]

Climate change and environmental degradation pose a growing threat to social and economic systems, particularly due to the increasing frequency and intensity of extreme weather events. These developments could significantly damage sectors such as insurance and finance in particular and lead to global economic losses.In this context, climate risk assessments are becoming increasingly important. Initiatives […]

At the New Year’s reception of the Landesmuseum Dithmarschen on 11 January 2025, everything will revolve around the exhibition #Krisenalltag – Kommunikation in der Pandemie. Participants can look back on challenging years and crisis communication at federal, state and local level in Germany, as well as gaining insights into the research findings of the ‘Optimisation […]

We are pleased to inform you that the annual financial statements for the 2023 financial year have been finalised. The document is now available for download. A big thank you to everyone who contributed to the successful preparation with their support and commitment!

The German Weather Service (DWD), GeoSphere Austria, and the Swiss Federal Office of Meteorology and Climatology MeteoSwiss report an unusually warm summer in the Alps in 2024, with record temperatures that even surpassed those of the heatwave summer of 2003. August, in particular, was characterized by low nighttime cooling. The summer was also very wet, […]

On January 1, 2025, the Helmholtz Centre Potsdam – GFZ German Research Centre for Geosciences changed its name to GFZ Helmholtz Centre for Geosciences. The Research Institute for Sustainability (RIFS) now also bears the name “RIFS Research Institute for Sustainability at GFZ”. The new name simplifies the previous structure, but retains “GFZ” as the word […]

Call for abstracts for the EGU session “Novel Approaches for Early Warning Systems: from AI to trans-disciplinary approaches”. The session examines innovative approaches to improve early warning systems (EWS) in view of the increasing frequency and intensity of extreme events due to climate change. The focus is on the integration of artificial intelligence (AI), machine […]