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In the “Behörden Spiegel”, the article “Aufbau, Anforderungen und Aufgaben des neuen LfBK” (engl.: “Structure, Requirements and Tasks of the new LfBK”) sheds light on the founding and tasks of the new State Office for Fire and Disaster Protection (ger.: “Landesamtes für Brand- und Katastrophenschutz LfBK“) in Rhineland-Palatinate, Germany. In the interview, René Schubert, the […]

The publication “Hydromorphological profiles of German watercourse types”, published in April 2025, was written by Tanja Pottgiesser, Stephan Naumann and Andreas Müller on behalf of the Federal Environment Agency.It describes the hydromorphological conditions that are characteristic of various ecological states of German watercourses. These conditions are presented in the form of texts, photos, tabular parameters […]

On May 6, 2025, a nationwide outage of the BOS digital radio system (Public Safety Authorities and Organizations (known in German as BOS – Behörden und Organisationen mit Sicherheitsaufgaben)) affected police, fire services, and emergency medical responders across parts of Germany, including Bremen, Brandenburg, Hamburg, Saxony, Saxony-Anhalt, Saarland, and Thuringia. The disruption lasted around two […]

Nursing staff are indispensable in crisis situations – be it natural disasters, pandemics or humanitarian emergencies. But how well prepared is nursing care for such challenges? What structures, skills and strategies are needed to be able to act professionally? The congress “Care in Civil Protection” on October 8, 2025 at the LVR-Landesmuseum Bonn is dedicated to precisely […]

The Federal Academy for Security Policy of Germany has published a policy paper on maritime Critical Infrastructure titled “Protecting Maritime Critical Infrastructure in the Baltic Sea: Is a Warning Shot Across the Bow Necessary?” (original: „Schutz maritimer Kritischer Infrastruktur in der Ostsee: Braucht es den Schuss vor den Bug?“). The increasing number of sabotage attempts […]

On the occasion of the 4th anniversary of the flood disaster in the Ahr Valley 2021, an event will take place on July 3rd and 4th, 2025 at the Rhein-Ahr-Campus in Remagen. The event is dedicated to European learning and is organized by Thinking Circular®. Experts from various fields will discuss climate-related crises and the […]

The book “Scientific Perspectives on Wildfire Risk Management at the WUI Property Scale” coordinated by Miguel Almeida, a senior researcher at CEIF/ADAI, University of Coimbra, Portugal, has been published. It contains contributions from 34 leading researchers from 10 countries, providing a broad scientific perspective on wildfire risk management at the Wildland-Urban Interface (WUI) property scale. […]

Our personal member and former board member – Prof. Dr. Annegret Thieken – has been awarded the 2025 Plinius Medal by the European Geosciences Union (EGU)! This prestigious award recognizes her outstanding contributions to interdisciplinary natural hazards research, particularly to improving the understanding of flood risks, their societal impacts, and the development of adaptation and […]

On November 27, 2023, the Council of the European Union adopted The Regulation on harmonised rules on fair access to and use of data – commonly known as the Data Act. The Data Act entered into force on January 11, 2024, and will become directly applicable in all EU Member States from September 12, 2025, […]