Global warming and its massive impact on natural disasters is one of the main challenges of our era. Extreme weather events and associated natural disasters are increasing both in alpine regions and generally globally. Traditional concepts of hazard prevention and disaster management need to be evaluated because climate change requires sustainable adaptation processes of the protection system. The international conference INTERPRAEVENT 2024 addresses this topic: “Natural hazards in a changing climate – How to manage risks under global warming?” and takes place for the first time in Vienna. The conference connects science and practice and provides a platform for the exchange of experiences and possible solutions. The outstanding conference program is divided into six thematic sessions, with new natural hazard processes such as forest fires also being intensively discussed at the conference: Climate Change: Drivers, Triggers and Consequences; Risk Governance, Policies and Resilience; From Observations and Experiments to Modelling and Simulations; Hazard and Risk Assessment; Structural and Non-Structural Mitigation Measures; Emergency Management and Recovery.
