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A webinar will take place on 6 November as part of the Regional Platform for Disaster Risk Reduction in Europe and Central Asia. The title is ‘Harnessing Synergy: Empowering End Users to make Risk-Based Decisions through Civil Society, Scientific Networks, and National Platform across Europe’. To participate in the webinar, you can now register at […]

The Bonn Network International Disaster Prevention and Risk Management invites you to the first event in the 2024 lecture series. In cooperation with Claudia Berchtold from Fraunhofer INT, aspects of justice in the risk management of forest fires will be discussed. The event will take place on 23 October 2024 from 17:00 – 18:00 (CEST) […]

The Disaster Risk Reduction Conference is an annual conference that promotes the exchange of national and international humanitarian disaster risk reduction experts. Organised by the German Red Cross and supported by various partners, the 2025 event will take place on 26 and 27 March in Berlin as a hybrid event. The theme is ‘From Climate […]

From 17 to 20 September 2024, four DKKV Young Professionals (YPs) took part in an information trip for those interested in politics at the invitation of Katrin Uhlig (Bündnis 90/Die Grüne), a member of the Bundestag. The information trip was organised, financed and carried out by the Press and Information Office of the Federal Government. […]

The second ‘Research for Civil Protection’ congress will take place at the World Conference Center Bonn from 5 to 7 February 2025. The congress is organised by the BBK and is aimed at scientists from all disciplines involved in civil protection. The aim is to promote interdisciplinary dialogue on various aspects and challenges in this […]

These highlighted the need for innovative management and adaptation measures for water extremes. In addition to floods, there were repeated longer periods of drought in previous years. This makes the development of new approaches to the management of water-related natural hazards, which are being developed within the BMBF-funded programme on extreme water events, WaX for […]

A survey by the UBA shows that 77 per cent of German municipalities have been affected by extreme weather events in the last ten years. The majority expect these problems, such as forest fires and new diseases, to increase. Over 40 per cent of municipalities have already implemented climate adaptation measures and a further 40 […]

The German Advisory Council on Global Change (WBGU) has presented its new report ‘Water in a Heated World’ to Federal Environment Minister Steffi Lemke and Parliamentary State Secretary Mario Brandenburg. The report describes the central role of water as an elixir of life and conflict factor, emphasising the challenges posed by climate change, overuse and […]

Social media has become indispensable in crisis communication, especially when warning of flood events and involving citizens in crisis management. Many local authorities have already gained positive experience, while others are still at the beginning. As part of a world café, we want to discuss experiences and strategies for using social media in crisis communication. […]