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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 activity report provides an overview of DKKV’s activities over the past year. We report on events, conferences, our public outreach […]

This publication posits that effective communication of disaster threats to decision makers and at-risk communities is a growing challenge in a people-centred approach to disaster risk reduction. Traditional communication approaches tend to involve either top-down risk management practices or bottom-up community health and education practices. Key findings from the publication includes:  You can download the […]

A consortium of seven European universities and higher education institutes has received funding to promote a network of postgraduate programs in the field of disaster risk and crisis management. The European Commission accepted the EUMA-Project proposal (“Creating an EUropean Higher Education Network for MAster´s Programmes in Disaster Risk Management”) for a two-year grant. Prof. Dr. […]

By working with various partners, Risiko-Dialog was able to drive forward several important cooperation projects. These include the publication of a paper and initial findings from the new resilience project through to participation in the Carbon Removal Booster. 1. How can the voluntary donation of personal data, such as health or mobility data, help to […]

Last Friday, 16 February 2024, the 4th and for the time being last Flood Relief Conference was held at the Federal Academy for Civil Protection and Civil Defence in Bad Neuenahr-Ahrweiler. The motto of the joint event organised by the DRK Landesverband Nordrhein e.V. and DRK Landesverband Rheinland-Pfalz e.V. as well as Caritas International and […]

On September 25 and 26 this year, the 14th Extreme Weather Congress (EWK) will take place in Hamburg. The EWK is the leading interdisciplinary symposium for extreme weather in climate change in Germany and, as a dialog event between science and the public, makes an important contribution to active climate communication. This year, the congress […]

The 7th DRMKC Annual Seminar emphasied EU climate politics, identified knowledge gaps in disaster resilience, and presented innovative solutions, showcasing the critical role of science in building resilience and fostering collaboration. The report, which is available now, is bringing together all identified key findings in the categories of knowledge gabs, EU policy development, innovative solutions […]

In light of the current draft bill to strengthen the resilience of critical systems, DKKV has written and now published a new statement. This document is based on the second draft bill of the KRITIS-DachG (as of 21.12.2023) and provides an overarching classification and statement. The Statement can be found here. The document is only […]

What lessons and wishes can we draw from the political implications, challenges and opportunities of the climate crisis? This was the topic of the last event in the “Climate crisis meets civil protection” series. In a panel discussion, representatives of operational civil protection reflected on the issue and placed practical experience at the forefront of […]