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

    Adaptation: Field of Action Building Industry

    Building crane in front of a blue sky

    … or mitigate their consequences. To prevent water from entering through building openings, for example, upstands in the entrance area, in front of cellar stairs and …

  • KomPass: Article from 28.11.2023 | Last changed: 18.12.2024

    RO-R-4: Priority and restricted areas reserved for special climate function

    Looking over the top of a woodland, the picture shows the skyline of Frankfurt am Main. Skyscrapers and the tv tower rise high above the landscape. In the background, the Taunus mountain range is visible.

    … in bio-climatic stress situations by designating climatically important large-scale open areas as priority and restricted areas reserved for specific climate functions, … that regional planning also uses other spatial planning tools for the protection of open spaces, such as regional green belts for safeguarding such climatically important open spaces; alternatively, regional planning uses for example a symbolic approach …

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

    Adaptation: Field of action finance and insurance sector

    Macro photo of a European cent coin

    … help of active management, however, climate-related risks can be largely contained, opening up new business opportunities. In addition, the finance and insurance … this are weather derivatives or catastrophe bonds. Further market opportunities are opened up by insurance cover for products or technologies that are becoming … to actively demand a risk-conscious corporate policy. Climate change also opens up new business areas for the banking industry. Climate-friendly financial …

  • KomPass: Area of action climate impact from 06.01.2023 | Last changed: 08.01.2026

    Climate Impacts: Field of Action Spatial, Regional and Urban Development Planning

    Bird's eye view of geometrical arranged, colourful fields and settlements

    … are restricted, this will affect almost all spatial functions (e. g. settlements, open spaces, transport, water and energy infrastructures). In addition, it can be … energy production for climate protection that depend on the use of land (e.g. solar open space plants, wind farms, biomass cultivation) are in competition for land. For … aspects. For example, the urban structure, i.e. the dimensioning and design of open spaces, streets, built-up areas and individual buildings, has an influence on …

  • 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.

    … to safeguard flood plains by turning them into retention spaces, or to protect open spaces as climatic balancing areas or as components of biotope networks. On the … to climate change’ promotes the climate-adapted development of green spaces and open spaces, such as parks and park-like spaces; it also supports the desealing and greening of open spaces and transport areas. The White Paper entitled ‘Weißbuch Stadtgrün’ is …

  • KomPass: Article from 28.11.2023 | Last changed: 18.12.2024

    RO-R-5: Increase in settlement and transport areas

    The picture shows the construction of a new road. The partly finished road foundation is visible. In the foreground the foundation is still being completed whereas in the background it is already sealed. Half-way along the site a vibratory plate is standing. To the left of the new road, mounds of earth are visible - behind those a treeline. In the background, the roofs of a residential area are visible.

    … meadows and arable land than in residential areas. Air channels such as parts of open valleys transport the cool air to neighbouring residential areas thus … land in a sustainable way for the future. Moreover, animals and plants depend on open spaces and unfragmented, networked landscape structures for their habitats. If … content Documents RO-R-5 Indikator-Factsheet (210.80 kB) Tags building area open space Competence Centre on Climate Impacts and Adaptation spatial planning …

  • KomPass: Article from 28.11.2023 | Last changed: 18.11.2025

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

    … and varieties. Apart from preventing yield losses, the changing conditions also open up new business options for agricultural businesses. In that context, the … and varieties. Apart from preventing yield losses, the changing conditions also open up new business options for agricultural businesses. In that context, the …

  • KomPass: Area of action climate impact from 15.07.2022 | Last changed: 17.12.2025

    Climate Impacts: Field of Action Soils

    freshly ploughed field

    … by the factors topography, soil moisture, type of land use, soil cover and wind openness, type of cultivation on agricultural land and its intensity. Areas that are … by the factors topography, soil moisture, type of land use, soil cover and wind openness, type of cultivation on agricultural land and its intensity. Areas that are …

  • KomPass: Article from 28.11.2023 | Last changed: 18.11.2025

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

    … for vacations, this can be assessed as a favourable adaptation to climate change opening up new opportunities. … 2023 Monitoring Report on the German Strategy for … for vacations, this can be assessed as a favourable adaptation to climate change opening up new opportunities. … Effects chain – Example presentation from the …

  • KomPass: Article from 28.11.2023 | Last changed: 18.11.2025

    GE-I-7: Health hazards from vibrios – case study

    The picture shows an outstretched foot on a sandy beach. There are two abrasions visible above the ankle.

    … 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 … Vibrio alginolyticus and Vibrio vulnificus 29 . It is mostly through open wounds that vibrios enter the human body. They are less frequently absorbed …