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  • KomPass: Article from 28.11.2023 | Last changed: 17.12.2024

    VE-I-4: Road accidents due to weather conditions and weather patterns

    The picture shows a car driving on a road covered in water. It is clear to see that the headlights and windscreen wipers are switched on. Heavy rain is falling.

    … 28.11.2023 VE-I-4: Road accidents due to weather conditions and weather patterns In 2010, very wintery road conditions both in January and February but also in … or killed is particularly high at that time of year. The accident situation in 2010 as assessed by the Federal Statistical Office (StBA) 168 demonstrates the … However, the overall picture shows that in those months (as indeed throughout 2010) there were comparatively few accidents involving personal injury so that in …

  • KomPass: Article from 28.11.2023 | Last changed: 18.12.2024

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

    … the overall international climate finance has increased from just short of 25 % in 2010 to 49 % in 2021. The demand for adaptation funding will further increase in … establishment of the Green Climate Fund (GCF) results from a decision taken at the 2010 Cancún Climate Conference. It is the GCF’s declared objective to drive the … to increase this amount by 2025 to at least six billion Euros annually. Since 2010 Germany has been recording the adaptation share contributed to international …

  • KomPass: Article from 28.11.2023 | Last changed: 17.12.2024

    BD-I-2: Temperature index for bird species communities

    The picture shows an icterine warbler singing from a twig.

    … of the temperature index first shows an increase taking place until approximately 2010, but this was followed by a slightly retrograde development by 2013, whereas … this was in turn followed by a distinct increase. However, the development between 2010 and 2013 can be attributed in the first place to effects of weather patterns … which had an impact regardless of the long-term climatic trend. In the years 2009 / 2010 to 2012 / 13 there were several consecutive hard winters with adverse effects …

  • KomPass: Article from 28.11.2023 | Last changed: 08.01.2026

    EW-I-1+2: Weather-related disruptions to and unavailabilty of power supply

    … last update on 28.11.2023 EW-I-1: Weather-related disruptions in power supply Until 2010, extreme weather events such as hurricanes Cyril (2007) and Xynthia (2010) stood out clearly among weather-related disruptions of power supply; … maintenance condition and age of technical components used in the network. Since 2010 investments in and expenditure on new installations, expansion, extensions, …

  • KomPass: Article from 28.11.2023 | Last changed: 17.12.2024

    VE-I-5: Impacts on roads due to weather conditions and weather patterns

    The picture shows the upper part of the tail end of a vehicle belonging to the highway maintenance service. The vehicle is orange and its rear doors are marked with the word ’Streckenwartung’ (track maintenance) and reflective red-and-white striped stickers. There are warning lights fitted to the vehicle.

    … weather patterns Highway maintenance services were extraordinarily busy in 2007, 2010, 2018 and 2021. In 2007 and 2010 the main task was to remedy the damage wrought by hurricanes Cyril and Xynthia … weather events and disasters was particularly high in the years 2007 and 2010, and latterly also in 2018 and 2021. In the first-mentioned decades, a large …

  • KomPass: Article from 28.11.2023 | Last changed: 17.12.2024

    BD-I-1: Phenological changes in wild plant species

    The picture shows a coltsfoot plant in flower while the plant is peeking out from under snow cover.

    … for the reference period of 1951 to 1980 and the comparative period of 1981 to 2010 with the starting points of the period from 1992 to 2021, the following pattern … 222 days, it was extended on average by 8 days to 230 days in the period of 1981 to 2010, and in the period of 1992 to 2021 by an average of 10 days to 232 days. In … for the reference period of 1951 to 1980 and the comparative period of 1981 to 2010 with the starting points of the period from 1992 to 2021, the following pattern …

  • KomPass: Article from 28.11.2023 | Last changed: 18.11.2025

    Effects chain – Example presentation from the ‘building sector’ field

    … - case study Impact: BAU-I-1 Heat stress in urban areas – case study Source: rh2010 / stock.adobe.com Owing to the heat island effect of large, contiguous built-up … energetic building standards can keep temperatures in buildings low. Since the mid-2010s, investments in energetic refurbishment have been on the increase. This … energetic building standards can keep temperatures in buildings low. Since the mid-2010s, investments in energetic refurbishment have been on the increase. This …

  • KomPass: Article from 28.11.2023 | Last changed: 18.12.2024

    RO-R-2: Priority and reserved areas groundwater / drinking water

    The photograph shows a stream running through a meadow. Trees and tree clusters line the edge of the meadow.

    … recent years to make up a least for the decline in terrain experienced in the early 2010s. RO-R-2: Priority and reserved areas groundwater / drinking water Source: BBSR … in planning terms for the conservation of water resources initially decreased after 2010. However, beginning in 2017, this development has reversed so that the expanse … recent years to make up a least for the decline in terrain experienced in the early 2010s. … In the past it could be taken for granted in Germany – apart from …

  • KomPass: Article from 28.11.2023 | Last changed: 17.12.2024

    BAU-R-3: Investments in the energetic refurbishment of building envelopes

    The picture shows a covered roof structure with insulation installed on its left-hand side.

    … Investments in the energetic refurbishment of building envelopes Ever since the mid-2010s, investments in the energetic refurbishment of building envelopes – in other … Research (DIW) 149 . After a decline at the beginning of the time series, the mid-2010s experienced an increase in investments in the energetic refurbishment of … Report on the German Strategy for Adaptation to Climate Change … Ever since the mid-2010s, investments in the energetic refurbishment of building envelopes – in other …

  • KomPass: Article from 28.11.2023 | Last changed: 12.12.2024

    BO-R-2: Permanent grassland terrain

    The picture shows a grassland with mown grass. The mown grass is lying in rows. In the right-hand margin a tractor can be seen turning hay. In the upper margin you can see a hay bale.

    … million ha originally, only some 4.6 million ha were left by the beginning of the 2010s. This development – apart from the task to make use of terrain with … is seen as one of the reasons for the reversal of this development in the mid-2010s. This reform was adopted by the Council of Europe and the European Parliament … million ha originally, only some 4.6 million ha were left by the beginning of the 2010s. This development – apart from the task to make use of terrain with …

  • KomPass: Article from 28.11.2023 | Last changed: 12.12.2024

    FW-I-3 + 4: Forest condition and dieback rate

    … dieback rate in 2020 was more than 20 times higher than in the previous years of 2010 to 2019. In locations where extensive areas of trees have been decimated by … As far as spruce trees are concerned, the mean of the preceding 10 years (2010–2019) had increased 20-fold. Dieback affected spruce trees – and to a lesser … dieback rate in 2020 was more than 20 times higher than in the previous years of 2010 to 2019. In locations where extensive areas of trees have been decimated by …

  • KomPass: Article from 28.11.2023 | Last changed: 18.11.2025

    WW-I-10: Water temperature of watercourses

    The picture shows a shallow, slow-flowing watercourse in sunny weather under a cloudless sky. Through the clear, reddish-brown shimmering water, the stony bed of the river is visible; some of the stones in the foreground project beyond the surface of the water. The banks are lined by mixed woodlands.

    … the relatively short time series so far. The comparatively low values recorded in 2010 and 1996 can be attributed to the relatively cool weather pattern prevailing in those years. For example, the annual mean temperature in 2010 of 7.8 °C was distinctly below 2011 with 9.6 °C. 1996 with an annual mean … the relatively short time series so far. The comparatively low values recorded in 2010 and 1996 can be attributed to the relatively cool weather pattern prevailing in …