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The Global Assessment Report (GAR) 2025 of the United Nations Office for Disaster Risk Reduction (UNDRR) was officially published on May 27, 2025. The report is entitled “Resilience Pays: Financing and Investing for our Future” and places a special focus on how investments in disaster risk reduction and risk reduction bring long-term social and economic […]

Last year was eventful and we have compiled all our activities and events for you. Divided into our three fields of work, 1. promoting interdisciplinary exchange, 2. advising decision-makers and 3. raising public awareness, our activities report provides an overview of DKKV’s activities over the past year. We report on events, conferences, our public relations […]

The drought monitor of the Helmholtz Center for Environmental Research (UFZ) shows a worrying development: Many regions in Germany are currently experiencing a drought with a statistical annuality of 50 years. The topsoil, which has hardly stored any water in the last 30 days, is particularly affected. The water available to plants is also at […]

On the occasion of its 75th anniversary, the German Federal Agency for Technical Relief (THW) has established its 669th local unit in Bonn – the first fully virtual unit in the organization’s history. This new local unit is based on the Virtual Operations Support Team (VOST), which has been active since 2016, and is now […]

In recent days, torrential rainfall has affected large parts of Australia, particularly regions in New South Wales (NSW) and along the Mid North Coast. In some areas, up to 500 mm of rain fell within 24 hours, leading to severe flooding [1,2]. As a result of the floods, several thousand people were evacuated, and many […]

The new Newsflash of the Disaster Risk Management Knowledge Center (DRMKC) has been published. This issue of the DRMKC newsletter highlights key topics of disaster and crisis management in the EU and presents the Preparedness Union Strategy (PUS), which aims to increase resilience, cooperation and preparedness. It includes scientifically based policy briefs on cross-border risks, […]

The EU’s European Crisis Management Laboratory (ECML) has published a study on the use of artificial intelligence in crisis management. The study investigated how Large Language Models (LLMs) can accelerate and improve the analysis of large volumes of trustworthy information. The focus is on the application of Retrieval Augmented Generation (RAG) in order to use […]

Yesterday, the Studio Bonn event “Deep Change – Cultural Foundations for a Desirable Future” took place at the Art and Exhibition Hall of the Federal Republic of Germany (Bundeskunsthalle) in cooperation with the United Nations University – Institute for Environment and Human Security (UNU-EHS). The occasion was the current UNU-EHS report entitled “Turning Over a […]

Interested parties will find current information on the activities and projects of the DKKV as well as news from the field of crisis and disaster prevention. We have also compiled the most important upcoming events for you and provide a brief overview of current extreme events. Click here for the digital newsletter, which is in […]