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  • Publication from 20.03.2015

    Anpassung an den Klimawandel: Chemieindustrie

    Cover von "Anpassung an den Klimawandel: Chemieindustrie" mit einem Foto eines Glasgefäßes mit einer dunklen Flüssigkeit

    … auf die Chemieindustrie aus? Vor welchen großen Herausforderungen steht die Branche und welche Anpassungsmöglichkeiten gibt es? KomPass stellt in diesem Themenblatt das Wissen zu Risiken des Klimawandels für den Bereich „Chemieindustrie“ zusammen und zeigt mögliche Maßnahmen zur Anpassung auf. Download Number of pages 8 Year of … Jana Gebauer, Prof. Dr. Martin Welp, Wiebke Lotz Language German Publisher Umweltbundesamt File size 1 MB Print version not available Tags climate adaptation …

  • Cover from 14.02.2019

    Climate Impacts and Adaptation

    Frau steht mit Regenjacke und Gummistiefeln in einem überschwemmten Gebiet

    … hot and extremely dry summer of 2018 is just one of many examples. This trend is bound to increase in the future. Climate change adaptation enables to deal with …

  • KomPass: Article from 28.11.2023 | Last changed: 12.12.2024

    FW-I-3 + 4: Forest condition and dieback rate

    … are damaged. In the case of deciduous trees, the spontaneous shedding of leaf mass under unfavourable conditions is frequently an appropriate adaptation response. This … to become a permanent feature in the affected trees. This kind of development is bound to lead to vitality losses or even to trees dying. However, the situation is … crown appears more transparent. 2016, for instance, stood out as a year of an abundant production of beechnuts – a mast year. So far, there is only scant …

  • 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. … balance of the soils (cf. Indicators BO-I-1 and BO-I-2 ), the replenishment of groundwater (cf. Indicator WW-I-2 ) and the temperature scenario (cf. Indicator BO-I-4 … Consequently, the mineral balance will also change. Changes in the soil are bound to affect the type of soil utilisation. Any restrictions regarding the …

  • 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.

    … changes affect all sectors of society and all ecosystems which make up the foundations of our life in all aspects of its diverse structures and services. … development I . In this light, the Federal government has, as early as 2008, under the auspices of the Federal Ministry for the Environment, Nature Conservation … these systems. The work on DAS has been carried out within the Federal government under the auspices of the Federal Ministry for the Environment, Nature Conservation …

  • KomPass: Article from 28.11.2023 | Last changed: 11.12.2024

    GE-I-2: Heat-related mortalities

    The picture shows an elderly woman wearing a white blouse. The lady is holding on to a rollator with one hand, while she is holding the back of her left hand to her forehead. In the background, a few fuzzy treetops or bushes are visible in bright light.

    … events involved. The number of heat-related mortalities – in the model underlying the indicator – is estimated as the difference between the modelled … on mortality. Subject to the age group and region examined, this value would be around 20 °C. Within a range of between 10 °C and 20 °C of a weekly mean temperature, … the heat warning service was in operation by 2018 (cf. Indicator GE-R-1 ), und vorsorgende Maßnahmen waren in vielen stationären Pflegeeinrichtungen etabliert. …

  • 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.

    … C., Helms M., Rudolph E. 2020: Klimawandelbedingte Änderungen in Atmosphäre und Hydrosphäre: Schlussbericht des Schwerpunktthemas Szenarienbildung (SP-101) im … C., Helms M., Rudolph E. 2020: Klimawandelbedingte Änderungen in Atmosphäre und Hydrosphäre: Schlussbericht des Schwerpunktthemas Szenarienbildung (SP-101) im …

  • KomPass: Article from 11.11.2022 | Last changed: 05.01.2026

    Climate risk analysis and adaptation in companies

    Pipelines on a factory site

    … . Companies wishing to achieve taxonomy compliance for certain economic activities under the EU Taxonomy Regulation must ensure that these economic activities also … durch Wind Indikator: Globale Lufttemperatur Related publications Klimawirkungs- und Risikoanalyse für Deutschland 2021 (Kurzfassung) Die Risiken des Klimawandels … Management von Klimarisiken in Unternehmen: Politische Entwicklungen, Konzepte und Berichtspraxis Tags climate change climate change impacts taxonomy climate risk …

  • 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 … Sea coast and defying these adversities, the Staatliche Amt für Landwirtschaft und Umwelt Mittleres Mecklenburg (StALU), has been conducting laser flight surveys … determine the average annual retreat of the coastline. The survey data were used to underpin the case-study indicator presented in this report. Like most of the …

  • KomPass: Article from 21.06.2021 | Last changed: 19.11.2025

    BAU-R-5: Insurance density natural hazard insurance residential buildings

    The picture shows a housing estate with a single-family house. A mudslide is pouring over the street in front of it.

    … will be an increase owing to climate change, and that heavy rainfall events are bound to occur regardless of location. Such events can therefore happen anywhere … and damages. The Trust was financed with 3.5 billion Euros from federal funds and from 3.6 billion Euros from Länder funds. From these amounts, 923 million Euros alone were awarded to the refurbishment …

  • KomPass: Article from 28.11.2023 | Last changed: 11.12.2024

    WW-R-1: Water use index

    The picture shows a hand on the handle of a tap, with a weak water jet pouring into a wash-hand basin.

    … decrease over the past 30 years. 2007 was the first year in which water usage undercut the water use index of 20 %, perceived to be a critical threshold value. … mean of the period 1961–1990 is concerned, roughly 188 billion cubic metres of groundwater and surface water were considered potentially available water resources; by … available – cause regional utilisation conflicts regarding surface water and groundwater abstraction (for instance for the purpose of irrigation in agriculture and …

  • KomPass: Article from 28.11.2023 | Last changed: 18.12.2024

    TOU-I-3: Market shares held by wider tourism areas

    The illustration ’Wider tourism areas in Germany’ contains a map of the travel areas in Germany showing five individual wider tourism areas in aggregated form.. Alps with alpine foothills, coasts and urban areas are regions characterised by very specific properties. The uplands and other areas are heterogeneous and extensive.

    … in the wider tourism areas are – apart from landscape features – very closely bound up with certain climatic conditions such as bathing tourism on the coasts or … climate change impacts – can in turn affect market shares. Against this background, the indicator for wider tourism areas entitled ‘Alps with alpine foothills’, … Covid-19 pandemic. These restrictions entailed that Germany’s population overall undertook distinctly less holiday travel and if they travelled at all, they only …