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The UN Office for Disaster Risk Reduction (UNDRR) has published a new practical guide to strengthening community resilience. The Guidebook for Community Resilience is aimed at communities, local organizations, businesses, and engaged citizens, offering concrete approaches to better prepare for, respond to, and recover from crises and disasters. The guidebook has been published against a […]

At the beginning of 2026, the Global Secretariat of the Making Cities Resilient 2030 (MCR2030) initiative published a new report: “Pathways to Resilience: Stories from MCR2030 Cities.” The report brings together 28 case studies from cities around the world and shows how subnational governments are implementing concrete measures to reduce risk and increase resilience as […]

European and national emissions trading generated total revenues of €21.4 billion in Germany in 2025, significantly more than in the previous year. According to the German Emissions Trading Authority (DEHSt) at the Federal Environment Agency (UBA), the proceeds will go entirely to the Climate and Transformation Fund (KTF), which finances key measures to achieve Germany’s […]

Since the large-scale power outage in southwest Berlin, the German Federal Agency for Technical Relief (THW) has been working continuously to mitigate the impacts on the population and critical infrastructure. The main focus of the operation is emergency power supply, particularly for hospitals, nursing and care facilities, as well as other essential services. Following the […]

The current issue of the journal Hydrology and Water Resources Management (HyWa) is now available online and once again offers a series of high-quality articles on current issues in hydrology, water management, and risk management practice. HyWa is an established, peer-reviewed journal published by the Federal Institute of Hydrology and serves as a platform for […]

On Monday, January 12, 2026, at 12:30 p.m., the eighth session of the joint lunchtalk series organized by the DKKV and its institutional member CEDIM will take place under the title „Tourism at Risk: Adapting Destinations to Climate and DisasterChallenges.“ In his presentation Dr. Bijan Khazai will show how climate and disaster risks are increasingly […]

The summer of 2026 marks the fifth anniversary of the flood disaster in western Germany, and a conference entitled “Five Years After the 2021 Flood – Changing Research Perspectives” will be held in Remagen on July 2-3, 2026. Five years after the 2021 flood disaster, German-speaking disaster researchers are taking stock: What has been learned […]

Following the publication of the Panta Rhei synthesis article in April 2025, another key milestone has now been reached: the open access volume Coevolution and Prediction of Coupled Human–Water Systems has been published. The book marks the scientific conclusion of the Panta Rhei Decade (2013–2022), a global initiative of the International Association of Hydrological Sciences […]