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06/16/2026
More than 40 join ALBATROSS webinar to boost climate resilience with NbS
27 April 2026 – RER (Regional Development and Risk Management) successfully launched the first webinar for its capacity building program titled…
06/01/2026
RER analyses the impact of reconstruction funding after the 2021 flood within the KAHR2.0 research consortium
The reconstruction following the 2021 flood remains a key challenge for research, planning, and practice. Within the KAHR2.0 research consortium, RER…
05/05/2026
Focus on Drought and Water Scarcity: RENUWAS Project Concludes in April 2026
The RENUWAS project was successfully completed in April 2026. In cooperation with the City of Herten, approaches for analyzing vulnerabilities to…
04/08/2026
ALBATROSS Training for Trainers Program – Call for participants
Climate change is intensifying pressures on vulnerable communities worldwide, from erratic rainfall and prolonged droughts to rising sea levels and…
03/26/2026
Mourning for Annerose Rummel-Kajewski
It is with great sadness and deep sorrow that we say goodbye.
03/04/2026
Kick-off workshop for the adapTWIN project at Essen Town Hall
How can digital twins help accelerate climate adaptation planning processes in cities? At the kick-off of the adapTWIN project in Essen City Hall,…
03/03/2026
ALBATROSS Project has released its first series of Policy Briefs and Country Synthesis Reports for Ghana, Kenya, Madagascar, South Africa and Tanzania
The ALBATROSS project has released its first series of Policy Briefs and Country Synthesis Reports. These synthesize findings from over 250 policy…
02/25/2026
Dr. Shiwaye Mersha Tesfay secures funding to advance research on peri-urban land governance
Since January 2024, Dr. Shiwaye Mersha Tesfay is Georg Forster Research Fellow in our Research Group. Following a successful two-year research stay,…
02/03/2026
FloodJustice launched: Research on justice in flood risk management
Since January 2026, the research project FloodJustice is investigating spatial inequalities in flood risk management in the Rur river basin. The…
