Für das Problem der Vegetationsbrände gibt es international verschiedene Konzepte zur Prävention und Bekämpfung, und dieser Workshop untersucht diese aus unterschiedlichen Perspektiven, vor allem in ihrer Verknüpfung zu anderen Bereichen der Katastrophenvorsorge. Das besprechen diese Speaker:

• Prof. Dr. Johann Georg Goldammer (Global Fire Monitoring Center (GFMC), Max-Planck-Institut für Chemie und Universität Freiburg)
• Jochen Stein (Feuerwehr und Rettungsdienst der Bundesstadt Bonn, Leiter der Feuerwehr)
• Anke Moon (Bundesamt für Bevölkerungsschutz und Katastrophenhilfe, Referatsleiterin Internationale Angelegenheiten)
• Marcus Hinz (Feuerwehr und Rettungsdienst der Bundesstadt Bonn, Abteilungsleiter “Vorbeugender Brand-und Gefahrenschutz“)

Dr. Diana Mantel

COVID-19 has changed a lot, not only but also our way of perceiving the systemic nature of risks. But recovery is also one of the topics we can learn from now and which always has to be part of the process. Recovery is often seen as a lower-priority aspect of disaster management, but it helps to regain strength and to reduce future risks, by “Build-Back-Better”, a part of the United Nations’ Sendai Framework for Disaster Risk Reduction.
These speakers talk about this topic:

• Angel Alberto Valdiviezo Ajila
• Ayu Ketut Surtiari Gusti
• Sumana Banerjee
• Michael Hagenlocher (United Nations University, Institute for Environment and Human Security)
• Saskia Werners (United Nations University, Institute for Environment and Human Security)

Dr. Diana Mantel

Ayu Ketut Surtiari Gusti talks about the challenges of the pandemic. Doing research on what kind of social changes happened was an important point. It is crucial to reach people with social protection, special ways for this has to be found. James Ritchie explains more about his experiences from Germany, where he currently lives: “We are looking so much on recovery, we don’t look enough at the cross-border possibilities. We have to connect the systems and break down the silos.”

Building up resilience on a national level is important - and nobody should wait for the government to do it. Cascading resilience could help, too. Anika Schiling shares some memories about experiencing the pandemic and the flood in Ahrtal at the same time. But building back and even better happened at once, even without ressources. Schools in Germany weren’t far in using online learning tools, but had to learn fast during the pandemic. Often one way of acting can lead to new behaviour and acting similar in unknown situations.

Dr. Diana Mantel