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  • 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.

    … (cf. Indicator WW-I-8 ) this indicator, too, is illustrated by means of indexed values. It makes no sense to calculate an absolute mean temperature value, as the …

  • Publication from 03.08.2018

    Handbuch zur guten Praxis der Anpassung an den Klimawandel

    Cover des Handbuchs zur guten Praxis der Anpassung an den Klimawandel

    … darin unterstützen, Hindernisse auf ihrem Weg dahin zu überwinden. Download Series guides and manuals Number of pages 88 Year of publication January 2014 Author(s) Carolin Dümecke, Iris-Lahaar Joschko, Kathrin Wagner, Christian Kind …

  • KomPass: Article from 28.11.2023 | Last changed: 11.12.2024

    WW-I-7: Water levels in lakes

    The picture shows a footbridge leading across the dried-up sandy and stony shore area of a lake. A bridge and some residual water are visible in the background.

    … morphological and ecological characteristics, it is not possible to calculate mean values in absolute figures covering these strongly differing lakes. Consequently, …

  • KomPass: Article from 28.11.2023 | Last changed: 11.12.2024

    GE-I-4: Ragweed pollen burden

    The picture shows a close-up of a ragweed plant in flower.

    … the proliferation of this species, via products such as birdfood, maximum content values were stipulated in an EU Directive in 2011 restricting the unwanted addition …

  • KomPass: Article from 28.11.2023 | Last changed: 11.12.2024

    WW-I-8: Water temperature in lakes

    The picture shows a mountain lake in glaring sunlight. A mountain chain is visible in the background.

    … °C, the lakes of the North German Plain (except for the river lakes) reached mean values of roughly 16.5 °C. The reservoirs in the uplands and the lakes in the …

  • KomPass: Article from 28.11.2023 | Last changed: 11.12.2024

    WW-I-3: Mean discharge

    The picture shows a wide watercourse with a low water level. In some places the stony substrate projects beyond the water’s surface. In the background, a boat is visible docked at a jetty, in front of a range of hills on the horizon.

    … WW-I-3: Mean discharge Source: Run-off measurement of federal states Mean discharge values decreasing in the summer half-year In the distinctly greater part of Germany, …

  • KomPass: Article from 28.11.2023 | Last changed: 18.11.2025

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

    … 50 years, the speed of this temperature rise has distinctly increased. Prior to 2014 Germany had never had an annual mean temperature of more than 10 °C. By contrast since 2014 this value has been exceeded five times. However, as in the past, there is still a … patterns as well as many incalculable developments from year to year (cf. Mean values of climate change ). Impacts of climate change   Impact: LW-I-1 …

  • KomPass: Article from 28.11.2023 | Last changed: 18.11.2025

    GE-I-8: Index – case study

    The picture shows a man’s upper arm in focus. The man is lifting the sleeve of his T-shirt with two fingers. In contrast with the skin previously covered by the T-shirt, the part of the skin that has been exposed to sunlight looks very red.

    … several influential factors. For the northern hemisphere, a return to ozone column values as experienced in 1980 is to be expected approximately by 2035 38 . … on Non-Ionizing Radiation Protection 2002: Global solar UV index: a practical guide. World Health Organization. https://apps.who.int/iris/handle/10665/42459. …

  • KomPass: Article from 30.03.2017 | Last changed: 14.02.2019

    KomPass Projects

    Blackboard with numerous notes.

    … definition of policy objectives Changes in social and environmental conditions (guidelines) for adaptation policy and adaptive capacity in Germany Project duration: 2011-2014, FKZ 3711 41 102 This project aims at a better understanding of the adaptive … Federal Environment Agency has been operating the “ Climate Navigator ”, an online guide for climate change adaptation for municipalities and enterprises, since 2010 …

  • KomPass: Article from 28.11.2023 | Last changed: 18.11.2025

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

    … Germany is experiencing an increase in the frequency of hot and dry years. Prior to 2014 there were no years in which the annual mean temperature exceeded 10 °C. With … since 2018, the annual mean temperature – only for 2021 – was still below this value. In 2018 and 2022 the highest value so far was reached amounting to 10.5 °C in … Germany is experiencing an increase in the frequency of hot and dry years. Prior to 2014 there were no years in which the annual mean temperature exceeded 10 °C. With …