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  • Cover from 26.11.2025

    Adaptation to climate change

    Sandsäcke wurden vor einer Haustür aufgestapelt, um das Haus vor Hochwasser zu schützen

    … the summer and adapt our holiday habits or daily routines to the changing climate. Tools for Climate Change Adaptation The above-mentioned examples show that there are … KomPass - Climate Impacts and Adaptation in Germany therefore provides different tools for climate change adaption with information and concrete recommendations for …

  • 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.

    … and restricted areas reserved for special climate functions constitute a fairly new tool used in spatial planning. This is why this area category has so far been … plans. Another reason is that regional planning also uses other spatial planning tools for the protection of open spaces, such as regional green belts for …

  • KomPass: Article from 30.03.2017 | Last changed: 14.02.2019

    KomPass Projects

    Blackboard with numerous notes.

    … 139 The aim of the project was to assess and further develop criteria, methods and tools for integrated risk and vulnerability assessment to provide decision support …

  • KomPass: Article from 28.11.2023 | Last changed: 18.11.2025

    FiW-R-1: Public awareness of storm and flooding risks

    The picture shows a man standing in a flooded cellar, kneedeep in brown water. There are tins, cartons and flowerpots visible on a rack of shelves. Some synthetic buckets are standing in front of this rack with floodwater lapping round them. The man is looking at additional containers, pallets and synthetic bags piled up in front of him.

    … on this has been provided by (amongst other sources) the internet-based information tool ‘Naturgefahren-Check’ (natural hazards check) offered by the GDV. Individuals … thus finding out about any hazards of heavy rain and of river flooding.. This tool also offers general recommendations on appropriate action to be taken. The … personal decisions on preventative actions. Given its solid information basis, this tool might also be effective in reaching more sectors of society.   215 - infas – …

  • 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.

    … consequently, no climate impact assessment was carried out. With their planning tools, spatial, regional and urban development planning set the planning framework …

  • 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

    … the plants are sufficiently heat and drought tolerant. Municipalities need planning tools and information materials that support the selection of climate-resilient … into the sewage system. To promote such measures, information materials, planning tools and recommendations for action for urban and open space planning are helpful. …

  • Cover from 27.11.2025

    Competence center KomPass

    Detailed image of a compass

    … , a " monitoring report " and the "climate navigator" constitute further useful tools for successful climate change adaptation. Networking and participation Through … , a " monitoring report " and the "climate navigator" constitute further useful tools for successful climate change adaptation. Networking and participation Through …

  • KomPass: Article from 28.11.2023 | Last changed: 18.11.2025

    KM-I-2: Sea levels

    The picture shows a sandy beach on the Baltic Sea coast. There is seawater lapping around a hooded beach chair (Strandkorb). In the background, the sea is visible with powerful waves and dark thunderclouds above.

    … New York, NY, USA, 2391 pp. doi:10.1017/9781009157896 . Cf. Sea Level Projection Tool – NASA Sea Level Change Portal: https://sealevel.nasa.gov/ipcc-ar6-sea-level-projection-tool 79 - Walker J. S., Kopp R. E., Little C. M., Horton B. P. 2022: Timing of …

  • 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.

    … and the generation of energy. The designation of priority and restricted areas is a tool used by spatial planning in order to guide the development of land use … climate change adaptation. Thanks to its toolkit consisting of informal and formal tools, spatial planning can make valuable contributions in this respect, for …

  • KomPass: Article from 28.11.2023 | Last changed: 18.12.2024

    RO-R-2: Priority and reserved areas groundwater / drinking water

    The photograph shows a stream running through a meadow. Trees and tree clusters line the edge of the meadow.

    … RO-R-2: Priority and reserved areas groundwater / drinking water Spatial planning tools ensure land use that protects drinking water and groundwater. Source: … high proportion of designating planning regions demonstrates that spatial planning tools are not just used in planning regions which tend to be affected by water …

  • KomPass: Article from 28.11.2023 | Last changed: 30.09.2024

    Cluster Financial services industry

    The picture shows a man sitting at a desk holding a ballpoint pen between his fingers while operating a pocket calculator. There are several documents on the desk; it is just possible to make out the fuzzy image of some charts.

    … the transfer of social risks. Climate risk policies are regarded as core strategic tools for adaptation to climate change. For example, the Sendai Framework for …