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  • Cover from 27.11.2025

    Competence center KomPass

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    … them to develop target group-specific information products. The majority can be found on this website. The “tatenbank” , Projects and Studies , a " monitoring report … for successful climate change adaptation. Networking and participation Through workshops and conferences, organised expert dialogues and cooperation exchanges on …

  • KomPass: Article from 28.11.2023 | Last changed: 19.09.2024

    Cluster Soil

    The picture shows a person kneeling on a ploughed field. Scrutinising the dark-brown soil with their eyes, the individual lets it trickle from one hand to the other.

    … buffers warding off drought and floodwater hazards while providing us with clean groundwater. Fertile soils are essential for successful agricultural production. … several position papers, LABO has taken a stand on important challenges, such as in 2017 with the position paper entitled ‘Significance and protection of peat soils’ 95 … . 95 - LABO – Bund/Länder-Arbeitsgemeinschaft Bodenschutz 2017: Bedeutung und Schutz von Moorböden. Positionspapier. Kiel, 3 pp. …

  • KomPass: Article from 28.11.2023 | Last changed: 18.11.2025

    FI-I-3: Occurrence of thermophilic species in inland waters – case study

    The picture shows two men in waterproof working clothes standing in a small boat on Lake Constance. One of them is holding a fishing net. He seems to be pulling it out of the water. In the background, the lakeshore and a settlement are visible.

    … 1980s amounted to more than 80 mg per cubic metre of water is now settling at around 6–8 mg. It is not usually expected that sizeable quantities of carp would exist … in Lake Constance began. Between 1970 and 2003, catch yields for carp oscillated around 800 kg per annum, while in 2007 more than 17,000 kg were caught. Post-2009 catch yields have settled around a distinctly higher level of approximately 4,000 kg annually. By contrast, the …

  • KomPass: Article from 30.03.2017 | Last changed: 14.02.2019

    KomPass Projects

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    … implementation of measures or the evaluation of strategies. last update on 30.03.2017 (New) definition of policy objectives Changes in social and environmental … Germany Project duration: 2011-2014, FKZ 3711 41 102 This project aims at a better understanding of the adaptive capacity of Germany and develops some ideas of a … with small and medium-sized municipalities and organised a series of thematic workshops with eleven municipalities. Against this background, the project proposes …

  • KomPass: Article from 28.11.2023 | Last changed: 18.11.2025

    FW-I-8: Forest fire hazards and forest fires

    The picture shows an extensive forest fire. Greyish-white smoke is rising from the seat of the fire. A burnt forest area is visible in the background.

    … update on 28.11.2023 FW-I-8: Forest fire hazards and forest fires Between 1991 and 2017 the areas affected by forest fires declined significantly. Weather-related … strong dry wind, such extensive fires spread with particular rapidity. Up until 2017, according to Federal forest fire statistics, both the number of forest fires … the 1990s, forest fire prevention and fire fighting in the eastern Federal Länder underwent reorganisation which led to the creation of advanced and well-functioning …

  • KomPass: Article from 12.07.2019 | Last changed: 11.12.2023

    Introduction to Climate Projections

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    … sign them and send them to the address below, either by email, fax or post: Umweltbundesamt FG I 1.7 KomPass – Kompetenzzentrum Klimafolgen und Anpassung Postfach 1406 06813 Dessau Email: kompass@uba.de, Subject: Terms of … REMO-UBA WDCC-Kennung REMO-UBA WWW-Gateway Einstieg REMO-UBA Daten-Format netCDF und ASCII – Code Hinweise für Datennutzer Informationen des MPI Hinweise für …

  • KomPass: Article from 28.11.2023 | Last changed: 17.12.2024

    BAU-I-5: Claims expenditure for property insurance

    The picture shows a badly damaged single-family house. The exterior wall has been breached in several places, some windows are missing, and the exterior rendering is pitted to well above the ground floor. Mud and debris have accumulated all round the house.

    … 143 Whether storms such as Hurricane Frederike experienced in the winter of 2017/2018 will occur more frequently or more intensely in future, is therefore … C., Helms M., Rudolph E. 2020: Klimawandelbedingte Änderungen in Atmosphäre und Hydrosphäre: Schlussbericht des Schwerpunktthemas Szenarienbildung (SP-101) im … 143 Whether storms such as Hurricane Frederike experienced in the winter of 2017/2018 will occur more frequently or more intensely in future, is 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.

    … other natural resources. Sustainability at the European and national levels is a fundamental principle of fisheries policy. In this context, the principles refer not … in the North Sea are less closely tied to particular target species or fishing grounds than their colleagues elsewhere. This is an additional impediment to assessing … from Federal and Länder authorities in order to review the regulative and funding policy aspects of framework conditions for adaptation to climate change, and …

  • KomPass: Article from 28.11.2023 | Last changed: 18.11.2025

    KM-I-4: Coastal morphology – case study

    The picture shows a light-brown cliffscape near Ahrenshoop on the Baltic Sea coast. At the foot of the cliff, you can see the sea and the spray of a wave. In one coastal section, you can see loose material and rock fragments which have been shifted from the cliff top to the bottom of the cliff.

    … factors of influence are the reason why coastal morphological changes are closely bound up with the impacts of climate change. As sea levels rise, the loads affecting … underline the influence of storm surges on coastal decline: During the periods of 2017 / 2018 and 2018 / 2019 storm surges (some of them severe), caused partly severe … underline the influence of storm surges on coastal decline: During the periods of 2017 / 2018 and 2018 / 2019 storm surges (some of them severe), caused partly severe …

  • KomPass: Article from 28.11.2023 | Last changed: 18.12.2024

    FiW-I-1:Claims ratio, combined ratio in homeowners’ comprehensive insurance

    The picture shows the top view of a building roofed with red tiles. To the right and left of the roof ridge you can see numerous large hailstones. Some of the roof tiles are broken.

    … After price responses to increasing amounts of damage, the years of 2016, 2017, 2019 and 2020 returned to actuarial profits: The combined ratio in homeowners’ comprehensive insurance undercut the 100 % level. The 2021 flood catastrophe in the Ahr and Erft valleys … insurance and the resulting increase in premiums, the combined ratio for 2016 and 2017 as well as 2019 and 2020 reverted to below 100 %. Consequently, in those years …

  • 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.

    … despite reduced infeeds of warm water 64 . Rising water temperatures are also found to be connected with the water volume present in water bodies. At low water … is calculated for each measuring point, using the deviations from the index year 2017, for which the temperature value is set at ‘0’. The values of these deviations … calculate the mean value across all gauging stations and fish regions respectively. 2017 is the earliest year for which data are available from all the gauging stations …

  • KomPass: Article from 28.11.2023 | Last changed: 11.12.2024

    WW-I-1: Terrestrially stored water

    The picture shows a section of a satellite photograph of the Earth. In the upper margin of the photograph is a radiant sun. On the Earth, clouds and a deep-blue ocean are visible.

    … This process is able to capture water storage locations both above and below ground. WW-I-1: Terrestrially stored water Source: ISDC/ GravIS – GeoForschungsZentrum … by the satellite mission GRACE (Gravity Recovery and Climate Experiment, 2002–2017) and its follow-up mission GRACE-FO (GRACE Follow-On, 2018–2023). These … there are gaps in the data for 2018 as the first GRACE Mission ended in 2017 while GRACE FO was not launched until May 2018. The data coverage during the …