Strengthening our overall societal resilience

Whether it's a blackout, natural disasters, (future) pandemics, or other serious emergencies and disasters, WE must and should become more resilient together.

Of course, there are already numerous informational brochures, checklists, "awareness-raising" spots, and websites that explain the "WHAT, HOW, and WHY" of preventive measures and what needs to be considered. However, this vital topic is still treated too "neglectfully" and many people completely overlook it in their daily lives, with their priorities lying elsewhere.

Definition: Resilience: "The ability of a system, community, or society exposed to hazards to resist, absorb, accommodate, adapt to, transform, and recover from the effects of a hazard in a timely and efficient manner, including through the preservation and restoration of its essential basic structures and functions through risk management. (Source: UNDRR - Accessed: 15.01.2025)

Perhaps you have already heard about the resilience strategy of our federal government?

This strategy of the federal government to strengthen resilience against disasters (short: resilience strategy) aims to make Germany sustainably more crisis-proof. A holistic strategic approach is being pursued, i.e., investments in preventive measures to better manage and recover from disasters and crises. The implementation plan includes 420 measures, which also aim to strengthen the protection of critical infrastructures and cybersecurity, as well as civil protection and civil defense. A significant part of these measures considers the all-hazards approach, i.e., taking into account all conceivable dangers, regardless of whether they are natural or man-made.

German Strategy for Strengthening Resilience to Disasters (2022–2030): Implementation of the Sendai Framework for Disaster Risk Reduction (2015–2030). Here is the link to strategy paper and  German strategy for strengthening resilience to disasters (Cached download) 0.3 MB, PDF, English Version - Document links last validated on: 15  January 2025

RISK AND RESILIENCE REPORT: Monitoring and Reporting under the Sendai Framework for Disaster Risk Reduction (Source: Center for Security Studies, ETH Zurich) PDF, English Version - Document links last validated on: 15  January 2025