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On 12 November 2024, the workshop ‘Social media – How can crisis communication succeed in the event of extreme flooding?’ was held in Lahnstein by the Hochwassernotgemeinschaft Rhein e.V. (Rhine Flood Emergency Association). Among the participants were representatives of the municipalities, the rescue services, the Cologne and Düsseldorf municipal drainage companies and the DKKV was […]

COP29 has begun!On the second day, our Board member Prof Dr Reimund Schwarze will speak at an exciting side event on the latest developments in climate science. The central role of science in supporting countries and the global community in achieving the goals of international climate policy and promoting sustainable development will also be emphasised.

INTERSCHUTZ in Hanover in 2026 will be held under the motto ‘Safeguarding tomorrow’ and is the world trade fair for firefighting, rescue and civil protection. All products and services in the fields of firefighting, preventive fire protection, rescue services, civil protection, communication and control centre technology and protective equipment will be presented at the trade […]

We are pleased to send you the new issue of the DKKV Newsletter! In this issue, we are focussing on the topic of ‘storms’, one of the most frequent natural events in Germany. You can expect informative articles, exciting interviews and much more. Storms such as winter storms, tropical cyclones and tornadoes cause immense damage […]

As part of the event series ‘Human Resilience in Times of Global Environmental Change’, Managing Director Dr Benni Thiebes will give a lecture at the Gesellschaft für Erdkunde zu Köln. The lecture ‘How to master the disaster?’ will take place on 14 November at 6 pm in the Geo-/Bio-Hörsaal in Cologne. Further information on the […]

The UN Climate Change Conference (COP29) begins today in Baku, Azerbaijan. The programme consists of over 800 meetings and side events with a wide range of presentations, discussions and workshops on the topic of climate change. This year, in addition to the implementation of the previous year’s resolutions on energy, mitigation and adaptation targets, the […]

As part of the symposium ‘Challenges for disaster control’, the DKKV visited the Academy for Flood Protection in Stuttgart on November 08. Together with numerous participants, including from the fire brigade, THW and DLRG, the lessons learnt from the 2021 flood disaster, the difficulties of heavy rain communication and the challenge of cooperation between different […]

Last Monday, an event was held as part of the career orientation series organised by our young professionals. In this series of events, our young professionals invite DKKV members from various fields to share their professional careers and experiences.This week’s guest was Dr Martin Schiffarth from ADAC Luftrettung. Mr Schiffarth gave insights into his exciting […]

The Organisations United Nations (UN) and the World Food Programm (WFP) warn that acute food insecurity will worsen across 16 hunger hotspots in 8 countries. At the highest concern level remain Sudan, Palestine, South Sudan, Haiti and Mali. The new UN report additionaly gives information about the regions that are classified as “hotspots of very […]