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  • Cover from 27.11.2025

    Competence center KomPass

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    … adaptation measures . Its target groups are authorities, scientists, industrial and environmental associations, companies and citizens. The implementation and … adaptation, KomPass promotes the cooperation and networking among stakeholders responsible for adaptation. It participates in national committees such as the …

  • KomPass: Article from 28.11.2023 | Last changed: 18.11.2025

    Effects chain – Example presentation from the ‘financial' action field

    … values in this insurance segment. Adaptations – activities and results   Response: BAU-R-4   Insurance density of extended natural hazard insurance for … population surveys conducted within the framework of a regular study entitled ‘Environmental awareness in Germany’, not even a quarter of respondents expect that … population surveys conducted within the framework of a regular study entitled ‘Environmental awareness in Germany’, not even a quarter of respondents expect that …

  • KomPass: Article from 28.11.2023 | Last changed: 18.12.2024

    HUE-1: Manageability of climate change impacts

    The picture shows a woman’s head and shoulders while she looks sceptically out of a window. The window is part-shaded by an indoor blind.

    … and appropriate actions. Federal government considers it one of its key responsibilities to ensure adequate information is easily accessible, with … networking of stakeholders and decision-makers in municipalities as well as bodies responsible for social services. Whether and to what extent the information provided … and professional circumstances. The representative population survey entitled ‘ Environmental Awareness in Germany’ is conducted regularly on behalf of the UBA. 233 …

  • KomPass: Article from 28.11.2023 | Last changed: 18.11.2025

    Effects chain – Example presentation from the ‘fisheries’ action field

    … declined drastically since the late 1990s. Adaptations – activities and results   Response Response Source: ferkelraggae/ stock.adobe.com In order to maintain herring … herrings, in the early stages of their life, are able to benefit from favourable environmental conditions. In past years, the fishing quotas for these stocks have …

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

    Climate impacts: Field of action industry and commerce

    Pipelines on a factory site

    … change or shift. Opportunities can also arise through the development of innovative environmental technologies. last update on 11.01.2022 Impairment of the supply of … products and advisory services can be expected. Competitive advantage in innovative environmental technologies The German market for environmental technologies …

  • KomPass: Article from 28.11.2023 | Last changed: 18.11.2025

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

    … summer months of June, July and August. Adaptations – activities and results   Response: BAU-R-2 Green roofs in cities Response: BAU-R-2 Green roofs in cities Source: Heiner / stock.adobe.com Vigorous … into the environment, as the irradiated energy is in part absorbed by the greening. Response: BAU-R-3 Investments in the energetic refurbishment of building envelopes …

  • KomPass: Article from 28.11.2023 | Last changed: 18.11.2025

    Effects chain – Example presentation from the ‘trade and industry’ action

    … conditions laid down in their licence. Adaptations – activities and results   Response: IG-R-3:   Water procurement in the processing industry Response: IG-R-3: … as possible, companies might for instance consider – within the framework of their environmental management – embracing an in-house water management system, using …

  • KomPass: Article from 28.11.2023 | Last changed: 17.12.2024

    IG-R-1: Perception of the relevance of physical climate risks in trade and

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    … risks that can result from extreme weather and weather-pattern events or creeping environmental changes. Potential impacts include for instance productivity losses, … TCFD recommendations were adopted at EU level. Consequently, the ‘Corporate Social Responsibility’ directive (CSR Directive) – in existence since 2014 – was …

  • KomPass: Article from 28.11.2023 | Last changed: 18.12.2024

    BS-R-2: Precautions taken among the population

    The picture shows an assortment of emergency provisions including groceries such as beans, rice and tinned food, batteries, adhesive tape, toilet paper, tea lights and lighters.

    … with climate change impacts (cf. Indicator BS-R-1 ). Some of the behavioural responses adapted to extreme weather are more or less part of automatic everyday … take the pressure off emergency relief responders. In comparison to the outcomes of environmental awareness studies conducted in 2012, 2014 and 2016 as well as the …

  • KomPass: Article from 30.03.2017 | Last changed: 14.02.2019

    KomPass Projects

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    … update on 30.03.2017 (New) definition of policy objectives Changes in social and environmental conditions (guidelines) for adaptation policy and adaptive capacity in … topic-specific stakeholder dialogues and conferences provided stakeholders who are responsible for the implementation of adaptation measures with action-relevant …

  • KomPass: Article from 28.11.2023 | Last changed: 18.11.2025

    WW-R-2 + 3: GAK funds for and investments in flood protection

    … own investments. As the obligation to maintain water bodies is only a federal state responsibility in the case of the old Rhine waters, non-technical flood protection … issued for all German river basins, have to be updated by those Länder which are responsible for floodwater precautions; this work has to be done taking into account … the Länder grant funding to local authorities within the framework of their responsibility for 2nd and 3rd order waters; in other words, for implementing …

  • KomPass: Article from 28.11.2023 | Last changed: 18.11.2025

    Effects chain – Example presentation from the ‘agriculture’ action field

    … observed regarding wheat and maize yields. Adaptations – activities and results   Response: LW-R-4 Cultivation of thermophilic crops Response: LW-R-4 Cultivation of thermophilic crops Source: Johannes Wilke / … interannual fluctuations have been observed regarding wheat and maize yields. …   Response: LW-R-4 Cultivation of thermophilic crops … In respect of arable crops, …