{"id":1479,"date":"2022-05-16T08:14:47","date_gmt":"2022-05-16T06:14:47","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.bmbf-wax.de\/?page_id=1479"},"modified":"2022-06-28T14:33:04","modified_gmt":"2022-06-28T12:33:04","slug":"background-and-aims","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/www.bmbf-wax.de\/en\/background-and-aims\/","title":{"rendered":"Background and aims"},"content":{"rendered":"\t\t<div data-elementor-type=\"wp-page\" data-elementor-id=\"1479\" class=\"elementor elementor-1479 elementor-157\" data-elementor-post-type=\"page\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-e6a412b elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"e6a412b\" data-element_type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-100 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-44c39ff\" data-id=\"44c39ff\" data-element_type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-a54a340 elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"a54a340\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<h1 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">Background and objective<\/h1>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-0e95ffd elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"0e95ffd\" data-element_type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-100 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-98d4a26\" data-id=\"98d4a26\" data-element_type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-a94039c elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"a94039c\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<h2 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">Background<\/h2>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-2ab2800 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"2ab2800\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p>In recent years, hydrological extreme events have increasingly gained attention\u00a0<span style=\"color: var( --e-global-color-text ); font-family: var( --e-global-typography-text-font-family ), Sans-serif; font-weight: var( --e-global-typography-text-font-weight );\">in Germany<\/span><span style=\"color: var( --e-global-color-text ); font-family: var( --e-global-typography-text-font-family ), Sans-serif; font-weight: var( --e-global-typography-text-font-weight );\">. After three consecutive drought summers 2018-2020, devastating heavy rainfall events occurred in large parts of western Germany in July 2021, resulting in the largest and deadliest flood disaster in the last 60 years.<\/span><\/p><p>Successive drought years in 2018, 2019 and 2020 with extreme heat and drought resulted in drastic water deficits in the overall soil, yield losses in large parts of Germany and even occasionally collapses of drinking water supplies (1). The Federal Environment Agency&#8217;s 2019 monitoring report estimated\u00a0 770 million euros drought damage in 2018 alone (2). Groundwater levels and river water levels dropped, inland waterway vessels were unable to fully utilise their loading capacity and industrial sites had to curtail production due to supply bottlenecks (3).<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-b8b8671 elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"b8b8671\" data-element_type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-50 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-2c821bd\" data-id=\"2c821bd\" data-element_type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-46924fc elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"46924fc\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p>In the summer of 2021, on the other hand, the deep depression &#8220;Bernd&#8221; brought heavy precipitation of up to 200 l\/m\u00b2 in some places to western Germany and parts of Belgium and the Netherlands. Flash floods occurred and smaller, medium and larger rivers such as the Ahr, the Emscher and the Erft bursted their banks. In addition to the rainfall, the dense development, the orography and the saturated soils led to a potentiation of the damage effect. 180 people in Germany lost their lives. Buildings and basic infrastructure were damaged. The damage value is estimated at 15 billion euros (4).<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-50 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-38fca95\" data-id=\"38fca95\" data-element_type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-ca33592 elementor-widget elementor-widget-image\" data-id=\"ca33592\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"image.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<figure class=\"wp-caption\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/www.bmbf-wax.de\/wp-content\/uploads\/Bogardi2-1-scaled.jpg\" data-elementor-open-lightbox=\"yes\" data-elementor-lightbox-title=\"dav\" data-e-action-hash=\"#elementor-action%3Aaction%3Dlightbox%26settings%3DeyJpZCI6NjA5LCJ1cmwiOiJodHRwczpcL1wvd3d3LmJtYmYtd2F4LmRlXC93cC1jb250ZW50XC91cGxvYWRzXC9Cb2dhcmRpMi0xLXNjYWxlZC5qcGcifQ%3D%3D\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img fetchpriority=\"high\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"800\" height=\"449\" src=\"https:\/\/www.bmbf-wax.de\/wp-content\/uploads\/Bogardi2-1-1024x575.jpg\" class=\"attachment-large size-large wp-image-609\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.bmbf-wax.de\/wp-content\/uploads\/Bogardi2-1-1024x575.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/www.bmbf-wax.de\/wp-content\/uploads\/Bogardi2-1-300x168.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.bmbf-wax.de\/wp-content\/uploads\/Bogardi2-1-768x431.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.bmbf-wax.de\/wp-content\/uploads\/Bogardi2-1-1536x863.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/www.bmbf-wax.de\/wp-content\/uploads\/Bogardi2-1-2048x1150.jpg 2048w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\" \/>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<figcaption class=\"widget-image-caption wp-caption-text\">Flood disaster in Ahrtal | J. Bogardi<\/figcaption>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/figure>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-d833b7e elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"d833b7e\" data-element_type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-50 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-f931552\" data-id=\"f931552\" data-element_type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-281e56f elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"281e56f\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p>How can cities and communities better prepare for heavy rain, floods and droughts in the future? As part of its &#8220;Research for Sustainability (FONA)&#8221; strategy, the BMBF has produced a video that provides a brief overview of possible solutions.<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-a7df796 elementor-align-center elementor-widget elementor-widget-button\" data-id=\"a7df796\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"button.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-button-wrapper\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<a class=\"elementor-button elementor-button-link elementor-size-sm\" href=\"https:\/\/www.fona.de\/de\/service\/mediathek\/2022\/video-wasserextremereignisse.php\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"elementor-button-content-wrapper\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"elementor-button-text\">Click here for the video (in German)<\/span>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/span>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-50 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-6b71dd6\" data-id=\"6b71dd6\" data-element_type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-7a291b9 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"7a291b9\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p>According to a data analysis of the European Environment Agency (EEA) from 1980 &#8211; 2020, Germany is one of the countries in the European Union that is most affected by weather and climate-related extreme events, along with France and Italy (5). In the course of climate change, an increase in frequency and intensity of weather extremes is expected in many regions of Germany \u2013&nbsp;especially for hydro-meteorological extremes such as heavy rain, floods and droughts (6,7). This highlights the need for practice-oriented research that improves the overall risk management of water extremes as well as their prediction and early warning.<br>Against this background, the Federal Ministry of Education and Research (BMBF) has launched the funding measure &#8220;Hydrological extreme events (WaX)&#8221;.<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-f009d1d elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"f009d1d\" data-element_type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-100 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-3c29c3a\" data-id=\"3c29c3a\" data-element_type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-20df40b elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"20df40b\" data-element_type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-100 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-1d8204c\" data-id=\"1d8204c\" data-element_type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-ce7131e elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"ce7131e\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<h2 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">Objectives and content<\/h2>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-4d6ec53 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"4d6ec53\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p>The aim of the funding measure is to prevent the adverse consequences of droughts, heavy rainfall and floods through improved management strategies and adaptation measures. Innovative monitoring, forecasting and communication concepts, adapted water infrastructures as well as operational and risk management strategies for dealing with opposing hydrological extremes are being developed.<\/p>\n<div>A total of 12 interdisciplinary and application-oriented research projects with partners from science, industry and practice, as well as a networking and transfer project, will develop practical and interdisciplinary approaches that limit the impact of water extremes on society and the natural habitat and at the same time open up new perspectives for water management.<\/div>\n<div>&nbsp;<\/div>\n<p>The research focuses on the following topics:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Digital tools for monitoring, analysis, prediction and communication<\/li>\n<li>Risk management of opposing hydrological extremes<\/li>\n<li>Urban extreme water events<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<div>&nbsp;<\/div>\n<p style=\"margin-left: 0cm; mso-add-space: auto; text-indent: 0cm; mso-list: none; tab-stops: 35.4pt;\">The research networks are working on e. g. securing drinking water supplies, adapting urban water infrastructures (drainage infrastructure, blue-green infrastructure), increasing the hydrological and ecological resilience of watercourses, developing risk management concepts for low water levels as well as for urban heavy rainfall and flood events and adapting flood protection.<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-7233186 elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"7233186\" data-element_type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-50 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-c432bd9\" data-id=\"c432bd9\" 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https:\/\/www.bmbf-wax.de\/wp-content\/uploads\/beteiligteInstitutionen_englisch-2-1536x878.png 1536w, https:\/\/www.bmbf-wax.de\/wp-content\/uploads\/beteiligteInstitutionen_englisch-2-2048x1171.png 2048w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\" \/>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<figcaption class=\"widget-image-caption wp-caption-text\">Compiliation of project partners<\/figcaption>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/figure>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-50 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-b77a4e0\" data-id=\"b77a4e0\" data-element_type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-d5885d1 elementor-widget elementor-widget-image\" data-id=\"d5885d1\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"image.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div 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figures<\/figcaption>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/figure>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-4af4163 elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"4af4163\" data-element_type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-100 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-00ebe45\" data-id=\"00ebe45\" data-element_type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-a835f90 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"a835f90\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div 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D\u00fcrre Monitor Deutschland [Internet]. Helmholtz-Zentrum f\u00fcr Umweltforschung GmbH \u2013 UFZ Leipzig. 2021 [zitiert 3. Januar 2022]. Verf\u00fcgbar unter: https:\/\/www.ufz.de\/index.php?en=37937<\/h6>\n<h6>(2) van R\u00fcth P, Sch\u00f6nthaler K, von Adrian-Werburg S, Buth M. Monitoringbericht 2019 zur Deutschen Anpassungsstrategie an den Klimawandel. Umweltbundesamt (UBA); 2019.<\/h6>\n<h6>(3) Deutsches Komitee Katastrophenvorsorge e.V. DKKV Statement. Die D\u00fcrre 2018 und Ihre Folgen. [Internet]. 2019. Verf\u00fcgbar unter: https:\/\/www.dkkv.org\/fileadmin\/user_upload\/Veroeffentlichungen\/Statements\/DKKV_Statement_Duerre2018_Oktober2019.pdf<\/h6>\n<h6>(4) Deutsches Komitee Katastrophenvorsorge e.V. DKKV Newsletter. Flutkatastrophe Juli 2021. Vom Starkregen zur Katastrophe. September 2021. 2021.<\/h6>\n<h6>(5) European Environment Agency. Economic losses and fatalities from weather- and climate-related events in Europe. [Internet]. 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