Newsblog

A series of winter storms has caused severe flooding in Morocco, Spain and Portugal in recent days. People have lost their lives in several regions, hundreds of thousands have been forced to leave their homes, and the damage to infrastructure, agriculture and residential buildings is considerable. In Morocco, flash floods caused by Storm Marta claimed […]

The EU-funded project RESPIN offers an English-language online self-paced course entitled “IPBES and IPCC: Bridging Science, Policy and Practice.” The course is aimed at participants from science, policy, and practice and can be completed independently. The course provides an introduction to the background, objectives, and working processes of the Intergovernmental Science-Policy Platform on Biodiversity and […]

A new video from the Mars Express mission takes viewers on a virtual flight over one of the most striking structures in the southern Martian highlands: the 245-kilometre-wide impact crater Flaugergues. The animation is based on image data from the High Resolution Stereo Camera (HRSC), which was developed by the German Aerospace Centre (DLR) and […]

On 01 February 2026, the German Environment Agency (UBA) distributed several editions of its UBA publication newsletter. From a disaster risk reduction, risk management, and resilience perspective, several publications are particularly noteworthy: 1) UBA Publications (general overview)This edition provides a broad overview of new releases across various subject areas – including several publications directly or […]

The latest DRR & Open Data Newsletter clearly demonstrates how digital technologies, open data, and new analytical approaches are fundamentally transforming our understanding of risks, climate dynamics, and disaster impacts. Satellites, sensors, and AI are increasingly forming a “digital nervous system” of the Earth, making environmental changes, emissions, water availability, and land use visible almost […]

The CEDIM – Center for Disaster Management and Risk Reduction Technology has published a new forensic disaster report on the landscape fires in south-central Chile in January 2026. The report analyzes the fires in the regions of Biobío, Ñuble, and La Araucanía, which broke out despite prior warnings of exceptionally high temperatures between 16 and […]

The European Commission is currently developing a comprehensive European Climate Resilience and Risk Management Integrated Framework to strengthen climate resilience and risk management across the EU. The aim of the framework is to create an ambitious, coherent, and well-coordinated approach at all levels, supporting both Member States and the Union in better preparing for and […]

On 26 January 2026, the AHEAD consortium convened for an internal, in‑person alignment meeting at Maison de la Poste in Brussels to prepare for the stakeholder sessions. Partners presented and discussed the project status, agreed on concrete next steps to finalize data models and implement remaining testbeds in the Information System, and refined stakeholder engagement […]

On 25 February 2026, at 11:30 a.m. (CET), a new session of the DRR Stammtisch Lunchtalk Series will take place, focusing on innovative monitoring strategies and recent developments in avalanche and glacier research for disaster preparedness. This online event is hosted by the Disaster Competence Network Austria (DCNA); the general event series is organised by […]