27 Jul 2018
Floods affect more people globally than any other type of natural hazard and they cause some of the largest economic, social and humanitarian losses. In 2013, Zurich Insurance, the International Federation of Red Cross and Red Crescent Societies (IFR...
Tags: Report, Climate Change Adaptation, Community Engagement and Accountability, Early Warning Systems, Flood, Resilience and Disaster Risk Management
01 Jul 2014
Natural catastrophe losses in 2013 were dominated by floods. Detailed analyses have shown that protective measures can drastically reduce losses. For example, the June 2013 floods in Germany and neighbouring countries proved to be considerably less d...
Tags: Report, Climate Change Adaptation, Risk Assessment, Risk Transfer and Disaster Management
28 Nov 2014
One of the research projects at the Zugspitze comes as a surprise to most visitors. Scientists from the German Aerospace Center (DLR) are working on GRIPS ,a device designed to improve tsunami early warning systems.The early warning system that Germa...
Tags: Video, Early Warning Systems, Tsunami