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  • KomPass: Article from 28.11.2023 | Last changed: 19.09.2024

    Cluster Water balance and water management

    The picture shows the tip of a level meter in a calm body of water.

    … Report, the development of groundwater levels requires greater attention. As indicated by data collected in the drought years of 2018 to 2020, the trend towards diminishing … has continued. The development in northern Germany is of particular concern (cf. Indicator WW-I-2 ). In the drought years, all over Germany record shortfalls were …

  • KomPass: Article from 28.11.2023 | Last changed: 20.09.2024

    Cluster Transport, transport infrastructure

    The picture shows a flooded dip in a road. There is a roadblock in the foreground indicating that the road is closed to traffic. A sign reading ‘Hochwasser’ (floodwater) is fixed to the roadblock. There are flooded meadows visible on both sides of the road.

    … These events are increasingly associated with changing climatic conditions thus indicating that impacts from climate change will affect both transport carriers such … when the relevant section of the river Rhine is completely blocked to shipping (cf. Indicator VE-I-1 ). In respect of Upper Rhine stretches, shipping was blocked on a … assessments are subject to considerable uncertainties. Where do we have gaps in data and knowledge? In addition to road transport and inland shipping, the 2023 …

  • Cover from 02.10.2024

    Introduction - 2023 Monitoring Report

    The cover shows a magnifying lens pointing at artwork containing arrows in various colours. In the centre of the lens is the title of the current Report.

    … report describes the impacts of climate change on the basis of solid scientific data, at the same time as providing the public as well as decision-makers in all … to climate change, a precautionary climate adaptation strategy with measurable targets, and safeguarding the joint funding of precautionary climate protection and … reports accompanied by the 2015 and 2020 action plans. With the aid of scientific indicators in respect of climate impacts and adaptation, the 2023 Monitoring Report …

  • 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.

    … regimes, this in turn has a direct influence on the water balance of the soils (cf. Indicators BO-I-1 and BO-I-2 ), the replenishment of groundwater (cf. Indicator … medium – high) is the certainty in assessing soil erosion. Where do we have gaps in data and knowledge? Compared to the previous – 2019 – Monitoring Report, the …

  • KomPass: Article from 28.11.2023 | Last changed: 08.12.2025

    Cluster Tourism industry

    The picture shows a man from behind. He is wearing a T shirt and short trousers. He is walking through a wood carrying a rucksack. To the right and left of the path, white flowers are blooming beneath the trees.

    … in the summer-holiday months of June to September have been increasing (cf. Indicator TOU-I-1 ). Snow conditions in the ski tourism areas of Germany fluctuate … there is some certainty regarding the assessment. Where do we have gaps in data and knowledge? Monitoring the action field ‘Tourism industry’ is severely …

  • KomPass: Article from 28.11.2023 | Last changed: 08.12.2025

    Cluster Agriculture

    The picture shows a dry-looking arable field with a tractor being driven across it. Owing to drought, the vehicle is stirring up clouds of dust. In the background, it is possible to make out a ridge of hills.

    … not usually possible in this sector to identify – on the basis of collectable data – a distinct causal relationship with climate change. Monitoring data will … agriculture is demonstrated directly by the shift in agrophenological phases (cf. Indicator LW-I-1 ). For example, during the past ten years, winter rapeseed – based … of climate change impacts in agriculture – illustrated by means of impact indicators contained in the DAS Monitoring Report – are already the result of …

  • KomPass: Article from 28.11.2023 | Last changed: 08.12.2025

    Cluster Spatial, regional and urban development planning

    The picture shows an excerpt from a development plan for a residential area with semi-detached and terraced housing. There are two mechanical pencils lying on the plan.

    … change in two significant ways. On one hand, these types of planning can provide targeted promotion of risk provisioning at every planning level, and they can govern … in respect of natural resources such as water and soil. Where do we have gaps in data and knowledge? Planning at Länder and regional level implements, either … partial areas of the plan. However, there is currently no overview available indicating to what extent the municipalities have been implementing any existing …

  • KomPass: Article from 28.11.2023 | Last changed: 19.09.2024

    Cluster Woodland and forestry

    The picture shows a coniferous forest. The bark-free trunk of a damaged spruce tree is visible in the foreground. In the light-coloured wood of this tree the distinct frass traces of a bark beetle are clearly visible.

    … in order to obtain an integral picture of the vitality of trees and forests (cf. Indicator FW-I-3 ). Up until the end of the 1990s, data reflected the positive effects of a decrease in pollutant inputs. However, …

  • KomPass: Article from 28.11.2023 | Last changed: 08.12.2025

    Cluster Human Health

    The picture shows a woman’s face with beads of perspiration caused by the summer heat. The woman is holding a hand to her forehead. In the left-hand side of the picture is a thermometer indicating 40°C air temperature.

    … Ever since the 1980s, there has been an increasing trend towards heat extremes (cf. Indicator GE-I-1 ). In extreme cases, heatwaves can cause mortality. In Germany … allergenic Annual Ragweed (Ambrosia artemisifolia, see Indicator GE-I-4 ) does not indicate any trend. However, the peak values identified repeatedly in eastern … albeit this assessment is subject to low certainty. Where do we have gaps in data and knowledge? In the 2023 Monitoring Report, the spectrum of the ‘ Human …

  • KomPass: Article from 28.11.2023 | Last changed: 08.12.2025

    Cluster Building Sector

    The picture shows an artificial watercourse which runs past a block of flats in a newly developed housing estate. There is a road crossing the watercourse. The watercourse is edged with a narrow strip of vegetation consisting of grass, young trees and flower beds. Benches offer seating.

    … below 20 °C, have generally become more frequent than the nationwide mean (cf. Indicator BAU-I-1 ). This was particularly the case in the years mentioned above … increase the requirements for heat protection of buildings in summer. This is indicated by the so-called cooling degree days which have been significantly on the … function including the improvement of urban climates. Where do we have gaps in data and knowledge? The DAS Monitoring Indicators can be used to thematise the …

  • KomPass: Article from 28.11.2023 | Last changed: 30.09.2024

    Cluster Civic protection

    The picture shows two emergency vehicles with blue lights switched on, one of the vehicles is a fire engine and the other one a blue emergency relief (THW) vehicle. Both vehicles are only partly visible.

    … and extraordinarily high peaks of strain on volunteers is documented in the form of data recorded by the Federal Agency for Technical Relief (THW) (cf. Indicator BS-I-1 ). In July 2021 violent rainfall events led to massive flooding, … the emergency relief responders involved in civic protection. The DAS Monitoring Indicators for call-out and exercise scenarios are restricted by the extent of …