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  • Cover from 27.11.2025

    Competence center KomPass

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    … adaptation measures . Its target groups are authorities, scientists, industrial and environmental associations, companies and citizens. The implementation and … Several projects are specifically structured so as to establish new knowledge bases for the continuation of the DAS and design the European adaptation strategy or … action measurable and cross-regionally and -sectorally comparable. Environmental research KomPass establishes and promotes research projects on climate risks and …

  • KomPass: Article from 12.07.2019 | Last changed: 11.12.2023

    Introduction to Climate Projections

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    … Climate projections are the result of the application of climate models that are based on emission and concentration scenarios. last update on 12.07.2019 What are … projections for Germany. The support of model developments through various BMBF research programs, such as Euro-Cordex and ReKlies-DE, plays an outstanding role. Data and information on climate projections for Germany are available from the …

  • KomPass: Article from 28.11.2023 | Last changed: 08.12.2025

    Cluster Agriculture

    The picture shows a dry-looking arable field with a tractor being driven across it. Owing to drought, the vehicle is stirring up clouds of dust. In the background, it is possible to make out a ridge of hills.

    … not usually possible in this sector to identify – on the basis of collectable data – a distinct causal relationship with climate change. Monitoring data will … (cf. Indicator LW-I-1 ). For example, during the past ten years, winter rapeseed – based on Germany’s national average – started to flower roughly 18 days earlier than … difficult to schedule farming processes. Future climate risks – outcomes of KWRA Research carried out within the framework of the 2021 Climate Impact and Risk …

  • KomPass: Article from 28.11.2023 | Last changed: 19.09.2024

    Cluster Woodland and forestry

    The picture shows a coniferous forest. The bark-free trunk of a damaged spruce tree is visible in the foreground. In the light-coloured wood of this tree the distinct frass traces of a bark beetle are clearly visible.

    … of trees and forests (cf. Indicator FW-I-3 ). Up until the end of the 1990s, data reflected the positive effects of a decrease in pollutant inputs. However, … after the submission of this report. The indicator on mixed forests is therefore based temporarily on the 2023 Monitoring Report. Interim inventories identify the … of the inventory data in respect of the timber increment (cf. Indicator FW-I-2 ). Research projects are underway exploring issues such as the utilisation of satellite …

  • KomPass: Article from 28.11.2023 | Last changed: 08.12.2025

    Cluster Coastal and marine protection

    The picture shows a sectional view of a wild sea with waves crashing over projecting posts. The sky is tinged with orange and covered in dark clouds. Here and there rays of sunshine are breaking through the cloud cover.

    … This is indicated by a case study carried out in Mecklenburg-Western Pomerania, based on data from a representative segment of cliffscape on the peninsula of Fischland in … to provide more protective periods or to designate protective zones. As far as research is concerned, core research objectives for marine, coastal and polar …

  • KomPass: Article from 30.03.2017 | Last changed: 14.02.2019

    KomPass Projects

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    … update on 30.03.2017 (New) definition of policy objectives Changes in social and environmental conditions (guidelines) for adaptation policy and adaptive capacity in … on climate change adaptation Project duration: 2015-2018, FKZ 3715 48 1030 The research and development project „Cooperation network of state authorities on … were determined, is described in the final report  of the project. An online data base, the so-called Tatenbank , has already been set up on the website of …

  • 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.

    … assessments are subject to considerable uncertainties. Where do we have gaps in data and knowledge? In addition to road transport and inland shipping, the 2023 … are being examined in cooperation with the DWD within the framework of effects research. On the basis of the outcome of these assessments it may be possible to … to regulatory measures such as the adaptation of technical standards and assessment bases. In order to facilitate the assessment of engineering measures such as the …

  • 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.

    … and extraordinarily high peaks of strain on volunteers is documented in the form of data recorded by the Federal Agency for Technical Relief (THW) (cf. Indicator BS-I-1 … of both employees and voluntary helpers. Future climate risks – outcomes of KWRA Research carried out within the framework of the 2021 Climate Impact and Risk … into the hazard and prevention awareness of the German population by means of the environmental awareness studies conducted at regular intervals. However, as the …

  • KomPass: Article from 28.11.2023 | Last changed: 30.09.2024

    Cluster Trade and industry

    The picture shows a sectional view of a wooded landscape. There is an industrial estate visible in the distance, consisting of several buildings and facilities. There is smoke rising from some chimneys. The sky is densely cloud-covered. Above the horizon, the sky is tinged with yellow, with dark, greyish-blue clouds billowing at the margin of the picture. In a few lighter places, rays of the sun are penetrating the band of clouds.

    … warming is apt to affect the efficiency of employees in their workplace. Scientific research exploring the scenario prevailing in central Europe has indicated that … processes estimated to occur by the end of this century. Where do we have gaps in data and knowledge? It should be noted that companies in the field of trade and … from 1998 to 2018. A sub-indicator contained in these health reports covers the environmental conditions at the workplace on the basis of a survey conducted by the …