Newsblog

On Wednesday 26 April, the Bonn Network and the DKKV welcomed the delegation from the Western Balkans to the Old Town Hall of the City of Bonn. The members stayed in Bonn for a week as part of a study tour organised by the project ADAPT: Nature-based Solutions for Resilient Societies in the Western Balkans. […]

Following the 1st KAHR Science Conference in June last year, the Book of Abstracts with the collected scientific contributions has now been published. The KAHR project, KAHR for Climate, Adaptation, Flood and Resilience, was initiated by the BMBF after the 2021 flood disaster with the aim of supporting the reconstruction measures in the flood-affected regions […]

Past heavy rainfall events and disasters have shown that, among other things, warning systems must also be adapted to new challenges and needs. For precisely this reason, the first DKKV workshop was dedicated to the topic “The development of the new warning system of the German Meteorological Service: needs of operational practice and current state […]

Last week, GNDR organised a briefing webinar on the upcoming High-Level Meeting on the Sendai Mid-Term Review, which will take place on 18-19 May 2023 at the UN Headquarters in New York. The Sendai Framework is a 15-year global plan adopted by the United Nations member states to reduce the risk of disasters and the […]

On April 19, 2023, German Federal Ministry of Education and Research (BMBF) National Contact Point Security Research (NKS Sicherheitsforschung) invited to the Information Day on Calls for Proposals 2023 in Bonn. Horizon Europe is the ninth research framework program of the European Union and the largest single funding program for research and innovation worldwide. The […]

This study provides a comprehensive assessment of the factors associated with the separate use of climate risk insurance and home flood insurance and the reasons why people should take these two actions together. Contrary to the moral hazard hypothesis, purchasing comprehensive insurance is positively associated with having a home already adapted to flooding, implying that […]

Kühn was a functionary in German disaster management for more than 50 years. In his role as chairman of the Federal Association of Directorate Units/Facilities in Civil Protection (ARKAT) and as chairman of the Protection Forum, Kühn was particularly committed to research in civil protection. In 2013, Kühn was awarded the Federal Cross of Merit […]

On Monday, 17 April 2023, there was a public hearing in the German Bundestag on national efforts to improve forest fire protection in Germany. DKKV member Prof. Dr. Goldammer from the Global Fire Monitoring Center was invited as an expert. In his statement, Goldammer pointed out that the cross-sectional task of “landscape fires” poses challenges […]

What impact does climate change have on civil protection? What role will it play in our society in the future? These and other questions will be discussed in a workshop organised by the design and strategy office ma ma Interactive System Design in May at the DKKV office. Participants will experiment together with different futures […]