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Emergency Drill on March 14, 2024

The federal city of Bonn is taking part in the state-wide warning day in North Rhine-Westphalia on Thursday, March 14, 2023. At 11 a.m. on the dot, a test alarm will also be triggered in Bonn to test the various warning concepts.In Bonn, 57 sirens will sound and their functionality will be checked and the […]

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DWD Newsletter about attribution studies

By analyzing observation data and climate model simulations, it is now possible to make statements about the frequency and intensity of weather events. This works on the basis of attribution research, which investigates the extent to which man-made climate change influences the occurrence of extreme weather events. The German Weather Service (DWD) has also been […]

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Register now for the 8th European Civil Protection Forum – 4-5 June 2024

Registration for the 8th European Civil Protection Mechanism, in Brussels, Belgium, is sheduled for 04.-05. June 2024. Please not that registration is required solely for those who wish to participate in person. Since 2003, the Forum has evolved into a significant European assembly for progessionals and decision-making engaged in civil protection. This Forum provides a […]

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EU-Parliament votes in favor of Nature Conservation Law

On Tuesday, the EU Parliament passed the “Nature Restoration Act”, which has been heavily criticized in some quarters, by a narrow majority. This means that more trees will be planted and moors and rivers will be renaturised in the EU in future. As soon as the law is finally approved by the EU member states, […]

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End of extreme Drought in Germany

According to researchers at the Helmholtz Center, the extreme drought in the soil since 2018 has been particularly challenging in northern and eastern Germany and has caused serious damage down to the deeper soil layers. A drought is an extreme event that has not occurred since 1867. The increasing discussion about water supply security is […]

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DLR School Labs

Every day, students from all grades and school types visit the DLR School Labs. These labs have been set up at nine DLR locations since 2000 to make complicated issues and unimaginably large numbers easy to understand for young guests. The pupils can carry out hands-on experiments themselves under expert supervision, always focusing on current […]

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Vorhergesagt & Vorgesagt – Aktionstag am 23. März 2024

The Klimahaus Bremerhaven is taking the current DWD special exhibition as an opportunity to focus specifically on the topics of weather, weather extremes and disaster prevention on “World Weather Day” and to organize various activities in the house. With a mixture of free workshops, weather shows, information stands, quizzes, experiment/craft stations and an evening science […]

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New SLE training courses for 2024

The Seminar for Rural Development (SLE) at Humboldt-Universität zu Berlin is once again offering various training courses for experts and managers in international cooperation this year. Between the 13th of May and 22nd of November 2024, a total of ten training courses will be held on sustainable development, project management and other related topics. The […]

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GNDR Global Summit for Disaster Risk Reduction Day 3

The third day of the Global Summit of the Global Network of Civil Society Organisations for Disaster Reduction (GNDR) began with the Local Leadership Academy, in which participants were able to deepen their knowledge on the topics of fundraising and sustainability, project management and policy and advocacy. In the following parallel sessions, the topics of […]

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