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  • KomPass: Article from 28.11.2023 | Last changed: 18.12.2024

    HUE-5: International finance for climate adaptation (from budgetary funds)

    HUE-5: International finance for climate adaptation (from budgetary funds) 2023 … predominantly by a banking group consisting of Deutsche Gesellschaft für Internationale Zusammenarbeit (GIZ) GmbH and the Kreditanstalt für Wiederaufbau …

  • Cover from 27.11.2025

    Competence center KomPass

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    … are identified and requirements for action are derived on the basis of internal and external research findings. This supports the risk provision of … committees such as the German Committee for Disaster Reduction (DKKV) as well as international bodies like the OECD and IPCC . In order to take the interests of all …

  • KomPass: Article from 26.04.2023 | Last changed: 26.04.2023

    Climate Risk Analysis and Adaptation in Companies

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    … risks and how they are managed. IFRS Sustainability Disclosure Standards The International Financial Reporting Standards Foundation (IFRS), whose standards contribute to the international harmonization of business reporting, has also initiated the …

  • KomPass: Article from 28.11.2023 | Last changed: 30.09.2024

    Cluster Trade and industry

    The picture shows a sectional view of a wooded landscape. There is an industrial estate visible in the distance, consisting of several buildings and facilities. There is smoke rising from some chimneys. The sky is densely cloud-covered. Above the horizon, the sky is tinged with yellow, with dark, greyish-blue clouds billowing at the margin of the picture. In a few lighter places, rays of the sun are penetrating the band of clouds.

    … this century are also categorised as medium. This refers to adverse effects on the international goods transport and the release of hazardous substances. Furthermore, a medium climate risk is estimated to arise with respect to international sales markets, adverse effects on land-based goods transport and …

  • KomPass: Area of action climate impact from 11.01.2022 | Last changed: 08.01.2026

    Climate impacts: Field of action industry and commerce

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    … heat affect the transport infrastructure and can lead to negative impacts for the international and domestic transport of goods. Even short-term capacity bottlenecks … along the entire supply chain can have a negative impact on logistics and trade. International maritime transport is particularly affected by the consequences of …

  • KomPass: Article from 28.11.2023 | Last changed: 18.11.2025

    LW-R-2 + 3: Cultivating thermophilic crops and adapting variety spectrum

    … in German cultivation areas. Although the cultivation terrain used for growing the internationally popular red grape varieties of Merlot and Cabernet Sauvignon is … Sauvignon and Syrah (also Shiraz). These grape varieties are highly acclaimed internationally which makes some viticulture businesses very keen on their …

  • KomPass: Article from 28.11.2023 | Last changed: 17.12.2024

    BAU-I-3: Cooling degree days

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    … the rest of the 21st century. In the light of this perspective and bearing in mind international and national commitments to successively and significantly reduce the … P. 2015: European degree-day climatologies and trends for the period 1951–2011. In: International Journal of Climatology 35 (1): 25–36. doi: 10.1002/joc.3959 . …

  • KomPass: Article from 28.11.2023 | Last changed: 12.12.2024

    FI-I-2: Herring larvae in the Greifswalder Bodden

    The picture shows herring spawn. It is possible to see six transparent eggs adhering to each other, with larvae inside.

    … contents in this area. 86 Likewise, the Atlantic herring (Clupea harengus L.) is internationally a fish species of great economic importance. Moreover, the species … things, the index provides an important basis for recommendations submitted by the International Council for the Exploration of the Sea (ICES) regarding fishing quotas …

  • KomPass: Article from 28.11.2023 | Last changed: 11.12.2024

    WW-R-1: Water use index

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    … the threshold of 20 % of available water supply. Notably, the 20 % threshold is an internationally valid benchmark. Once water usage exceeds this threshold, this is … have been declining significantly since 1991. Hence it follows that according to internationally valid benchmarks, the extent of water usage can be considered …

  • KomPass: Article from 28.11.2023 | Last changed: 18.11.2025

    GE-I-8: Index – case study

    The picture shows a man’s upper arm in focus. The man is lifting the sleeve of his T-shirt with two fingers. In contrast with the skin previously covered by the T-shirt, the part of the skin that has been exposed to sunlight looks very red.

    … material. It is the main cause of skin cancer and has been assigned by the IARC (International Agency for Research on Cancer) to the highest risk category, Group 1, … roughly 19 %). This ‘global brightening’ effect is essentially due to a successful international air pollution control policy rather than representing a direct impact …

  • KomPass: Article from 28.11.2023 | Last changed: 18.11.2025

    IG-R-2: Exposure of Germany’s foreign trade to global climate change

    The picture shows a large container port beneath a low sun. Visible in the foreground are a laden container ship and a few loading cranes. In the background there is another container ship docked at the port.

    … in export-related occupations. In other words, Germany has on one hand opened up international markets for her products at a major scale. while on the other, the … for the German economy. Apart from geopolitical risks – such as armed conflicts or international legal conflicts – the impacts of global climate change therefore …

  • KomPass: Article from 28.11.2023 | Last changed: 08.12.2025

    Cluster Fisheries

    The picture shows a crab trawler in the North Sea. There is a beam trawl hanging down from the ship’s side. In the background, the shoreline and a lighthouse are visible.

    … politically oriented regulations complicate matters. For example the outcomes of international negotiations – which take place on an annual basis – decide where and … opportunities in the North Sea and the North-East Atlantic are the outcome of international negotiations, above all with the United Kingdom and Norway. On an …