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Hearing on European civil protection in the NRW state parliament
Last Friday, 8th of March 2024, a hearing on the topic “Strengthening European civil protection through NRW initiatives – North Rhine-Westphalia must break its silence and continue to show European solidarity!” took place in the NRW state parliament. DKKV Managing Director Dr. Benni Thiebes was invited as an expert for the Bündnis 90/ Die Grünen […]
National platform for strengthening resilience to disasters concretizes itself
The German resilience strategy includes the establishment of a national platform to strengthen cooperation between a wide range of disaster risk management stakeholders. This measure gave rise to the “National Platform for Strengthening Resilience to Disasters”, which has now begun its work. The platform consists of various networks – DKKV is part of the “Civil […]
DKKV board member Reimund Schwarze at hearing in the Bundestag
On Monday, March 11, 2024, the Legal Affairs Committee will hold a public hearing on a CDU/CSU motion on natural hazard insurance (20/8732). Among other things, the CDU/CSU parliamentary group calls for insurance contract law to ensure “that in new business, homeowners’ insurance is only offered with natural hazard insurance that can be opted out […]
Climate risks in Europe require urgent, immediate action
Today, March 11, 2024, the European Environment Agency (EEA) published the first European Climate Risk Assessment (EUCRA). The analysis shows that Europe faces a range of climate risks, which the EUCRA categorizes into five clusters. A total of 36 climate risks for Europe are listed in the five categories of ecosystems, food, health, infrastructure and […]
Percentage of women in THW continues to rise
The German Federal Agency for Technical Relief (THW) continues to focus on promoting women, especially in management positions. This is reflected in the steady increase in the proportion of women throughout THW in recent years. On the occasion of International Women’s Day on March 8, THW would like to draw attention to all women who […]
DKKV director at hearing on disaster control in NRW state parliament
The hearing on the topic “Strengthening European civil protection through NRW initiatives – North Rhine-Westphalia must break its silence and continue to show European solidarity!” will take place on March 8, 2024 at 10 a.m. The hearing is based on a motion by the FDP parliamentary group. You can find the motion here. Click here […]
Save the date – Launch conference of the FLASHFLOODBREAKER project on June 4
North-West Europe is facing an increasing number of flash flood disasters due to climate change. With the aim of making North-West Europe more resilient to flash flood events, the Emschergenossenschaft has launched the FlashFloodBreaker project together with thirteen other partners from Germany, France, Ireland, Belgium, Luxembourg and the Netherlands. At the end of the project, […]
Board member Reimund Schwarze as an expert at the Bundestag
Our Board member Prof. Dr. Reimund Schwarze will take part as an expert witness in a Bundestag hearing on the subject of natural hazard insurance next Monday, March 11. In its motion on natural hazard insurance, the CDU/CSU parliamentary group demands, among other things, that new residential building insurance policies should only be offered in […]
UNDRR statement on wildfire and earthquake
The United Nations office for Disaster Risk Reduction (UNDRR) has published two statements, one on the devastating wildfires in Chile ealier this year and the other on the one-year anniversary of the earthquakes in Turkey and Syria. Due to 100 fatalities, this year´s wildfires are considered Chile´s deadliest fires on record with expectations that the […]