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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: […]

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 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 […]

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 […]

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 […]

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. […]

Every year since 2022, the Federal Environment Agency has honoured the most outstanding projects for adapting to the consequences of climate change with the federal ‘Blue Compass’ award. In 2024, five projects were again honoured with the prize and thus also with the prize money of 25,000 euros. The prizes were awarded in the categories […]

In ‘Evacuation The Politics and Aesthetics of Movement in Emergency’, Peter Adey examines the political, aesthetic and practical aspects of evacuations during crises and shows how their design reflects and reinforces social hierarchies. Using numerous case studies, including evacuations during the First World War, 11 September, the Australian bushfires in 2009 and the earthquake in […]

National organisations such as PLANAT (Switzerland), DCNA (Austria), DKKV (Germany) and AFPCNT (France) play a central role in promoting national risk reduction and the implementation of the Sendai Framework. By sharing knowledge and experience, they support the development of a risk culture and promote risk-based decision-making. The aim is to initiate discussions on the role […]