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The application deadline for the DKKV Sponsorship Award 2025 is June 20, 2025!So apply quickly!Have you written a bachelor’s or master’s thesis with a focus on disaster risk reduction or disaster management? Then take the opportunity to make your research visible and make an important contribution to practice!This year with a special focus on innovative […]

Today, June 16, 2025, the meeting of the Subsidiary Bodies (SB 62) of the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change (UNFCCC) has started in Bonn, which will take place until June 26, 2025. The meetings of the Subsidiary Bodies, the Subsidiary Body for Scientific and Technological Advice (SBSTA) and the Subsidiary Body for Implementation […]

Tomorrow at 1pm another RISKKAN webinar on the topic “WG Cities and Critical Infrastructure ‘Societal resilience and infrastructure – who is forgotten in post-disaster recovery?’ will take place. Prof. Dr. Alexander Fekete, personal member of DKKV, and Mark Pelling will lead this event. Dr. Atif Bilal Aslam will give a presentation on “Post-disaster vulnerabilities and […]

The European Commission has published the report “Disaster Loss Data Management: Current Practices, Challenges, and Opportunities in Europe”. It examines the collection and management of disaster loss data in 17 countries and reveals major differences in legal bases, methods and resources. The report emphasizes the need for uniform standards, better technical equipment and central data […]

The United Nations Office for Disaster Risk Reduction (UNDRR) and the International Science Council (ISC) have published the updated Hazard Information Profiles (HIPs) 2025. The comprehensive revision provides reliable, science-based information on 282 hazards, divided into eight categories – including hydrological, technological, biological and societal risks. The HIPs are a key tool for governments, research, […]

From June 5, 2025, water abstraction from Bonn’s streams is prohibited by general decree due to persistent drought. Despite some rainfall in spring, the water levels remain critically low, which is putting a heavy ecological strain on the streams. The regulation applies to both technical devices and simple containers such as buckets or watering cans […]

The eighth issue of the Disasters Avoided Newsletter was published in May and is dedicated to the role of cities and municipalities in disaster risk reduction. It contains interviews with experts from the fields of urban planning, risk reduction and disaster management as well as analyses on the assessment of urban risks. This is supplemented […]

On June 6, DKKV received a delegation from Boryeong Municipality and the Chungnam Research Institute in Korea. During the visit to the office, the activities and projects of DKKV were presented in order to discuss approaches to disaster prevention and civil protection and to promote the exchange of different strategies. A particular focus was placed […]

On May 27, DKKV was visited by a delegation from the Department of Emergency Management of Hubei Province in China. During the visit to the office, the activities and projects of the DKKV were presented in order to bring disaster and civil protection in Germany closer and to encourage the exchange of different strategies. The […]