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Visiting the Academy for Flood Protection
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 […]
Next event in the career guidance series
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 […]
UN report gives insight in hunger hotspots
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 […]
Prof Katrin Böhning-Gaese – New managing director of UFZ
Katrin Böhning-Gaese has recently been appointed Scientific Director of the Helmholtz Centre for Environmental Research (UFZ). Her plans include strengthening the interfaces between the UFZ and society, improving communication with politicians and establishing new communication channels in order to better identify problems and issues. Read the full interview with Prof. Katrin Böhning-Gaese here. (Picture source: […]
Dynamic Motion Simulation Centre from DLR
The Dynamic Motion Simulation Center (DMSC) was opened at the DLR site in Oberpfaffenhofen on 6 November 2024. This new research platform supports a wide range of applications such as pilot training, the development of mixed reality technologies and human factors studies. This simulator offers a larger workspace and more flexibility than conventional simulators and […]
The COP is taking place again – is it useful?
The UN has been organising the COP since 1995, this year in Baku, Azerbaijan. The motto of this year’s COP is ‘In Solidarity for a Green World’. However, the fact that the COP has been taking place for over 25 years and still has to have similar mottos is strongly criticised by critics such as […]
WWA for attribution research
Since the devastating heatwave of 2003, the science of ‘attribution research’ has become established. In 2004, studies confirmed that heat stress was exacerbated by climate change, which is primarily fuelled by the burning of coal, oil and gas. In the years that followed, extremely deadly weather events such as Cyclone Nargis in Myanmar (2008) and […]
Delegation visit from China
Yesterday, DKKV was visited by a delegation from the Emergency Management Department of Zhejiang Province in China. The purpose of the visit to the office was to get to know the work of DKKV and disaster management in Germany in general. Managing Director Dr Benni Thiebes presented DKKV, the structures of civil defence and civil […]
New publication from the Union Civil Protection Knowledge Network
In October 2024 the newsletter ‘Issue 13’ of the Union Civil Protection Knowledge Network was published. It deals with the provision of new shelters for Ukrainians displaced by war, newly developed cross-disaster scenarios for the Union, a case study from Latvia on the use of UPCM assistance to invest in civil protection and much more. […]