Mission
Fraunhofer-Gesellschaft, the largest organization for applied research in Europe undertakes applied research of direct utility to private and public enterprise and of wide benefit to society.
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This year’s International Day for Disaster Risk Reduction calls to “Fund Resilience, Not Disasters.” AI through its ability to quickly ingest, process, and find patterns within vast, complex datasets – can help flag key factors across and within systems.
This strategy proposal explains how recent research findings, governance approaches, innovative measures, data sets, modelling techniques and technologies may facilitate the implementation of Integrated Wildfire Risk Management approaches across Europe.
In winter, avalanches pose the biggest danger in mountains. Avalanche monitoring is therefore of critical importance to ensure the safety of people and infrastructure.
The final event of the European Commission-funded project RESIN - Climate Resilient Cities and Infrastructures will take place on 9th October 2018 in Brussels.
Researchers at the Fraunhofer Institute for Wood Research WKI are developing building materials designed to prevent buildings from collapsing in a natural disaster. The ultra-durable bracing will be able to protect even high-rise buildings during an earthquake.
In the past, sirens howled to warn the population against floods, large fires or chemical accidents. Today, however, there is no extensive warning system in Germany. Researchers of the Fraunhofer Institute want the population to be warned by car horns in the future...
Voluntary Commitments
The organization has no registered commitments.
The Sendai Framework Voluntary Commitments (SFVC) online platform allows stakeholders to inform the public about their work on DRR. The SFVC online platform is a useful toolto know who is doing what and where for the implementation of the Sendai Framework, which could foster potential collaboration among stakeholders. All stakeholders (private sector, civil society organizations, academia, media, local governments, etc.) working on DRR can submit their commitments and report on their progress and deliverables.
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