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The theme for the 2023 International Day for Disaster Risk Reduction aligns with the Sendai Framework, the international agreement to prevent and reduce losses in lives, livelihoods, economies and basic infrastructure. It has seven global targets and 38 indicators for measuring progress. The Sendai Framework complements the Paris Agreement on climate change, with both frameworks […]

On October 19, 2023, the lecture series ” Klimakrise trifft Bevölkerungsrecht” (“Climate Crisis Meets Population Law”) will start. The speakers Susanne Krings (BBK) and Marie-Luise Beck (DKK) will lead the kick-off of the series organized by the DKKV and the University of Wuppertal. The first lecture will provide an overview of the two thematic blocks: […]

Tomorrow, 12 October 2023, the first pre-event of the next Disaster Risk Reduction Conference will take place from 11-12! The online event will present the “Global Dialogue Platform” for anticipatory disaster management in different European contexts. The platform is intended to show how damage forecasts can be used to initiate measures immediately before the situation […]

Europe is facing an increasing number of extreme wildfires, often with devastating consequences for people and the environment. These fires affect southern Europe as well as central European and Nordic countries. As the limits of fire suppression-centred strategies become evident, practitioners, researchers, and policymakers increasingly recognise the need to develop novel approaches that expand the […]

Our society can only develop sustainably if all stakeholder groups are actively involved in the change. Therefore, the implementation of the Sustainable Development Goals (SDG) should be designed as a cooperative and participatory process together with civil society. The German Federal Environment Agency has published a brochure discussing ideas and recommendations for action for civic […]

DKKV says goodbye to Durga Mohanakrishnan after one year of collaboration. As a fellow of the Alexander von Humboldt Foundation, she worked on the project “Disaster risk communication & preparedness of communities” between October 2022 and September 2023, conducting a comparative analysis between the 2021 flood in the Ahr Valley and 2018 flood in Kerala, […]

This year, after a two-year hiatus due to the Corona pandemic and Russia’s war, Crisis Management Exercise (LÜKEX) was conducted again. The scenario for this year’s exercise was a cyber attack on government operations. Over two days, the government practiced how to act in such an emergency, including all federal states as well as various […]

On 04.10.2023 the DKKV “Stammtisch” took place for the first time. At this meeting, institutional and private members of the association, as well as the young professionals, had the opportunity to get to know each other and exchange ideas. During the meeting, new and old members were able to introduce themselves, including DRF Luftrettung, the […]

This year’s FLORIAN trade fair will take place in Dresden from 12th to 14th October 2023. More than 350 exhibitors will present innovations and equipment at the trade fair for fire brigades, civil defence and disaster control. Visitors can also look forward to test drives and operational exercises. Still no ticket for the fair? This […]