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  • KomPass: Article from 28.11.2023 | Last changed: 17.12.2024

    BAU-R-4: Density of extended natural hazard insurance for buildings

    The picture shows a village consisting of single- and multi-family houses in a valley. The river flowing through the village has burst its banks and its brown water has inundated the low-lying parts of the village. The usual river course can be recognised by means of tree lines. In addition, you can see a destroyed bridge which used to cross the river.

    … (cf. Indicator BAU-I-5 ). For damage repair and reconstruction work, a joint fund was set up by the Federal Government and the Länder Governments, entitled ‘ … 8 billion Euros. In the period to 2021, approximately 500 million Euros from this fund were spent on the refurbishment of damaged residential buildings and on the … work in the floodwater regions, Federal Government added a reconstruction fund, up to 30 billion Euros of which was made available from the specially …

  • KomPass: Article from 28.11.2023 | Last changed: 18.11.2025

    VE-I-1 + 2: Flood closures and low water restrictions on the Rhine

    … High-water closures to shipping on the Rhine Source: Generaldirektion Wasserstraßen und Schifffahrt (closures to shipping) VE-I-2: Low-water restrictions to shipping on … restrictions to shipping on the Rhine Source: Generaldirektion Wasserstraßen und Schifffahrt (restrictions to shipping) Extended low-water phases have very … longer possible for tank barges to navigate the Rhine fully laden, and because around the same time a Bavarian refinery stopped production for an extended period, …

  • 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.

    … Other relevant events are winter storms with heavy snowfall and drifting snow or inundations resulting from floodwater and heavy rain. In years of high heat exposure, … framework of departmental research in respect of the 20th parliamentary term under the motto ‘Transforming mobility sustainably and promoting digital efficiency’ (‘Mobilität nachhaltig transformieren und die digitale Leistungsfähigkeit vorantreiben’). This includes research …

  • 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.

    … shaken Germany. In this context, progressive global warming has increasingly foregrounded natural hazards. In this country, meteorological changes have been increasing … Given that precautionary measures and emergency relief responses are in the foreground, the KWRA – contrary to its focus in other action fields – here places the main … relief organisations. Among these are the German Red Cross, the Arbeiter-Samariter-Bund, the Deutsche Lebensrettungsgesellschaft, the Malteser Hilfsdienst and the …

  • KomPass: Article from 26.04.2023 | Last changed: 26.04.2023

    Climate Risk Analysis and Adaptation in Companies

    Pipelines on a factory site

    … Disclosure Standards The International Financial Reporting Standards Foundation (IFRS), whose standards contribute to the international harmonization of … assessment is required for companies wishing to achieve taxonomy compliance under the EU Taxonomy Regulation with respect to significant contributions to … and discussed at a webinar on March 19, 2023. The slides and recordings can be found here: Associated content Publications How to perform a robust climate risk and …

  • Publication from 14.01.2020

    Entwicklung eines Indikatorensystems für die Deutsche Anpassungsstrategie an den Klimawandel (DAS)

    Publikation:Entwicklung eines Indikatorensystems für die Deutsche Anpassungsstrategie an den Klimawandel (DAS)

    … Deutsche Anpassungsstrategie an den Klimawandel (DAS) Am 17. Dezember 2008 hat das Bundeskabinett die Deutsche Anpassungsstrategie (DAS) an den Klimawandel beschlossen (BUNDESREGIERUNG 2008). Sie schafft einen Rahmen zur Anpassung an die Folgen des Klimawandels in Deutschland. Die DAS stellt vorrangig den Beitrag  des Bundes dar und bietet auf diese Weise eine Orientierung für andere Akteure. Die …

  • KomPass: Article from 28.11.2023 | Last changed: 17.12.2024

    BD-R-2: Restoration of natural flood plains

    The picture shows a flooded deciduous forest. In the foreground there is a tree trunk lying on the ground.

    … of high water levels alternate with low water levels. These dynamics induce an abundant mosaic of various habitats which explains the high diversity of animal and … agricultural areas Such newly gained flood plains had previously been in many cases under intensive agricultural use. Where areas are re-exposed to natural floodwater … links in biotope networks and within the system of protected areas designated under Natura 2000. By means of renaturation, realignment or slotting of dykes in …

  • KomPass: Article from 30.03.2017 | Last changed: 14.02.2019

    KomPass Projects

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    … Germany Project duration: 2011-2014, FKZ 3711 41 102 This project aims at a better understanding of the adaptive capacity of Germany and develops some ideas of a … with small and medium-sized municipalities and organised a series of thematic workshops with eleven municipalities. Against this background, the project proposes …

  • 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.

    … arising from anthropogenic influences increases the UV irradiation close to the ground, it is of less importance for UV burdens in Germany. Nevertheless, the recovery … lasting for just a few days. The origin of this phenomenon may be sought year-round in dynamic processes in the atmosphere and, especially in spring, in the wintry … homogeneous standard for the daily peak value expected to be measured at ground level (30-minute mean) of the UV irradiation strength capable of causing sunburn …