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  • 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.

    … health-threatening sunburn. Source: New Africa / stock.adobe.com 2023 Monitoring Report on the German Strategy for Adaptation to Climate Change last update on … faster sunburn can develop on unprotected skin. The case study presented in this report is based on the values measured at measuring stations which are part of the …

  • Press release 48/2020 from 15.10.2020 | Last changed: 20.10.2020

    Coronavirus protection in schools: Airing rooms for five minutes, every 20 minutes

    a virus in a close-up foto

    … Joint press release from the German Environment Agency and Standing Conference of the Ministers of Education and Cultural Affairs of the Länder … German Environment Agency (UBA) has drafted some helpful guidance for the Standing Conference of the Ministers of Education and Cultural Affairs of the Länder in … German Environment Agency (UBA) has drafted some helpful guidance for the Standing Conference of the Ministers of Education and Cultural Affairs of the Länder in …

  • News from 08.09.2020 | Last changed: 14.09.2020

    Ambitious environmental protection benefits health and well-being

    people in a green space in the city

    … influence on health and well-being. Urban green spaces are a good example. A recent report by the European Environment Agency (EEA) describes successes for environment … and health as well as challenges that face Europe today. 08.09.2020 The EEA report “Healthy environment, healthy lives: how the environment influences health …

  • 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.

    … biodiversity conservation. Source: Fernbach Antal / stock.adobe.com 2023 Monitoring Report on the German Strategy for Adaptation to Climate Change last update on … should be viewed as positive. In 2021, the nationwide inventory established in a report on the condition of alluvial meadows concluded that, of formerly approx. 1.6 …

  • 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.

    … estuaries and coastal lowlands. Source: Dietmar / stock.adobe.com 2023 Monitoring Report on the German Strategy for Adaptation to Climate Change last update on … this leads to a global rise of sea levels. For this century, the 6th IPCC Progress Report published in 2021 projects a probable bandwidth for the global rise of sea … The Physical Science Basis. Contribution of Working Group I to the Sixth Assessment Report of the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change [Masson-Delmotte, V., P. …

  • KomPass: Article from 28.11.2023 | Last changed: 18.11.2025

    FW-I-8: Forest fire hazards and forest fires

    The picture shows an extensive forest fire. Greyish-white smoke is rising from the seat of the fire. A burnt forest area is visible in the background.

    … rise to several forest fires. Source: Rico Löb / stock.adobe.com 2023 Monitoring Report on the German Strategy for Adaptation to Climate Change last update on … years, the time series for the number of days on which high index values were reported at levels 4 and 5 is showing values that are rising significantly. During …

  • Press release 20/2019 from 11.06.2019 | Last changed: 26.08.2022

    Digitalisation can make consumption more sustainable

    A computer keybord with a green button with a shopping cart.

    … payment show that consumption and digitalisation have become closely linked. A new report from the German Environment Agency (UBA) says it is not yet known whether … payment show that consumption and digitalisation have become closely linked. A new report from the German Environment Agency (UBA) says it is not yet known whether …

  • Press release 22/2022 from 27.04.2022 | Last changed: 15.06.2022

    Parts of the European population have alarmingly high levels of pollutant exposure

    Blutabnahme mit einer Spritze

    … HBM4EU, coordinated by UBA, which will be presented at the international final conference of the project in Brussels on 27-28 April. Plasticisers were detected in … and evaluating data at European level since 2017. At the international final conference of the project on 27-28 April in Brussels, HBM4EU will present for the …

  • Press release 03/2017 from 30.01.2017 | Last changed: 22.03.2017

    2015 greenhouse gas emissions indicate a slight decrease for second year in a row

    Eine Solaranlage auf freien Feld, im Hintergrund drehen sich Windkrafträder

    … This data is based on calculations which the German Environment Agency (UBA) has reported to the European Commission. The greatest reductions were achieved in the … fluorinated gas nitrogen trifluoride (NF 3 ), which has recently become subject to reporting duties, has risen by 124.7 per cent from its low level in 1995.  Further …

  • KomPass: Article from 28.11.2023 | Last changed: 15.12.2025

    BAU-I-4: Heavy rain in residential areas

    The picture shows the rainwater gutter of a brick building. Heavy rain is falling.

    … from heavy rain. Source: Budimir Jevtic / stock.adobe.com 2023 Monitoring Report on the German Strategy for Adaptation to Climate Change last update on … by the IPCC as published in February 2022 in the second part of the 6th Assessment Report 139 , it is possible to discern an increase in the frequency and intensity of …

  • KomPass: Article from 28.11.2023 | Last changed: 08.01.2026

    EW-I-1+2: Weather-related disruptions to and unavailabilty of power supply

    … Weather-related disruptions to and unavailabilty of power supply 2023 Monitoring Report on the German Strategy for Adaptation to Climate Change last update on … keeps records of any disruptions. As part of its remit the BNetzA evaluates reports made by grid operators on disruptions of more than three minutes’ duration …