… what minimum depth of snow is required in order to prepare pistes, protect the soil, ensure safe skiing operations and provide the skier with a pleasant skiing … Forest and especially in western and central uplands, including the Harz, Sauerland, Rhön, Thuringian Forest and the Fichtel Mountains, the prevailing conditions … necessary construction measures – such as the installation of reservoirs and the building of access roads for the construction process or for piste levelling. This …

… levels and flow velocities in the rivers rise. If this endangers traffic safety, buildings near the banks or bridge clearance heights, navigation will be stopped. Since floods do not usually last that long, they have less economic relevance for shipping. The …

… are necessary to reduce demand. This must be taken into account, especially in building concepts and urban planning. For example, building insulation, shading elements, green roofs and facades, and urban green … available. Making logistics and transport concepts more flexible and expanding and building new local storage facilities are ways to adapt effectively. Measures to …

… Vibrio-bacteria are favoured by high water temperatures and can be transmitted via open wounds. Source: LoloStock / stock.adobe.com 2023 Monitoring Report on the … Vibrio alginolyticus and Vibrio vulnificus 29 . It is mostly through open wounds that vibrios enter the human body. They are less frequently absorbed … sometimes even leading to a person’s death. The infection risk increases as a function of the increase in vibrio concentrations in the water. However, the …

… are important factors. The health risk caused by UV radiation increases as a function of increased irradiation. Photochemical ozone generation is boosted in … and the systematic, continuous surveillance of the health problems scenario are essential tools in facilitating current and future health risks. With its focus on … rodents and mosquitoes as well as the infectious pathogens transmitted by them. In doing so, the UBA provides a model for a nationwide hantavirus prognosis, at the …

… often include Lusitanian species like sardines. Source: André LABETAA / stock.adobe.com 2023 Monitoring Report on the German Strategy for Adaptation to Climate … all marine organisms. It is worth remembering that water masses in the North Sea do not warm up in the direction of north to south. In fact, the warming process … southerly fishing zones nearest the German coast (Box A and Box E), every catch – landed over the past decades – turned up at least one of these species, whereas in …

… southern France or Spain, but increasingly heads for countries such as southern England, where the increasingly mild climate makes successful wintering possible. Some … The species survives and reproduces in the area. The species establishes itself by building a stable population. The species reproduces and spreads widely, with … grasslands, favours further plant species through its nitrogen enrichment in the soil, which displace native semi-arid grassland species, reduce agricultural …

… and comfortable for both the population and employees, provides one of the building blocks for the sustainable development of tourism destinations. It can help to avoid overburdening the environment at the same time as contributing to reliable job … for instance, the condensed metropolitan area of Stuttgart, rural Eastern Friesland, the Rhine valley, the Lüneburg Heath or Mecklenburg’s ‘Switzerland’ and its …

… and habitat trees are to be left in-situ. Furthermore, measures to conserve soil quality and water retention are obligatory. Up until the end of 2022 an amount … of federally owned forests amounts to just 4 % of Germany’s overall forest terrain. Essentially, this is forest on (former) military exercise sites and along Federal …

… which have been aggregated to form three other wider tourism areas 207 : the uplands, urban-type areas and other areas (for spatial distribution cf. map on page … areas are characterised not only by different features in terms of wildlife, landscape and land use, but also by different levels of importance and intensity of … types of tourism; nevertheless, it does exist. Any changes in these conditions as a function of progressive climate change can influence the attractiveness of tourism …

… diversity increases the adaptation capacity Forest transformation is intended to build up mixed and climate-resilient stands. The objective is to promote above all … as far as possible, that new trees originate from local, site-adapted stock. An essential element for the adaptation to present and future site condition is … as far as possible, that new trees originate from local, site-adapted stock. An essential element for the adaptation to present and future site condition is …