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  • 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.

    … the close links between agriculture, (high-quality) nutrition and health, the UN organisations for health (WHO), animal health (WOAH), environment (UNEP) as well as … and increasingly dry conditions in spring, or conditions favouring certain pest organisms as a result of changing weather patterns (cf. Indicator LW-I- 4 ) can be …

  • KomPass: Article from 28.11.2023 | Last changed: 17.12.2024

    IG-I-1: Heat-related decrease in efficiency

    The picture shows a woman wearing a blouse and a blazer, sitting in an office in front of a laptop. In her left hand she is holding an open water bottle while wiping sweat off her brow with her right hand. The woman’s eyes are closed and her facial expression suggests exhaustion.

    … should be given to taking technical measures such as using fans, as well as organisational measures such as breaks in cooler rooms rather than taking … in order to provide adequate working conditions. Above all, employers can take organisational measures by adapting working hours to the prevailing weather …

  • News from 30.06.2022 | Last changed: 30.06.2022

    OECD-Guideline: Determination of particle size of nanomaterials

    Nanomaterial Lotuseffekt

    … These Test Guidelines have been developed primarily for readily soluble organic chemicals. The behaviour of nanomaterials is different from that of readily soluble organic chemicals. Although it is recognised that the OECD Test Guidelines are …

  • KomPass: Area of action climate impact from 05.01.2023 | Last changed: 18.12.2025

    Climate Impacts: Field of Action Fishery

    Fishes under water

    … growth and reproduction. Acidification of the oceans poses a threat to calcifying organisms (e. g. shell-forming plankton). Acidic water impedes the formation of … calcium carbonate (lime), and the shells and calcareous skeletons of these marine organisms become thinner or possibly dissolve. Since these organisms are a basis of … (e. g. for gravel-spawning trout species). In inland lakes, increased inputs of organic substances and nutrients can promote algal development and bacterial …

  • Press release 49/2019 from 04.12.2019 | Last changed: 17.12.2019

    Soil of the Year 2020: Intertidal Flat Soil

    Bildmontage des Wattbodens mit einzelnen Bodenschichten im Untergrund

    … at low tide. Only a few pioneer plants colonise these soils. Plants and soil organisms on the intertidal flats are subject to a constant rhythm of falling dry … salt content of the intertidal soil significantly determines colonisation by soil organisms and plants. The salt concentration in soils of marine intertidal flats is … area, covering about 3,500 km². Because of the special plants, animals and microorganisms which live there a large area of the German Wadden Sea is protected …

  • 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.

    … transformation process towards a CO 2 -neutral and climate-resilient economy. These organisations play a key role in the implementation of the European ‘Green Deal’ … does not have an overview of the question as to whether and how its member organisations will ultimately implement those developments in the form of marketable …

  • 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.

    … useful information enabling a company to integrate climate risk management in its organisational structure. 178 Furthermore, many Länder provide information materials … on the adaptation to climate change for companies; in addition, many Länder organise company networks on the subject of adaptation to climate change. These …

  • KomPass: Article from 28.11.2023 | Last changed: 20.01.2025

    GE-I-3: Birch pollen burdens

    The picture shows a birch blossom with its pollen distributed by the wind.

    … and asthma and related allergic disorders. A statement of the World Allergy Organization. World Allergy Organ Jul 14 8(1): 25. doi: 10.1186/s40413-015-0073-0. … and asthma and related allergic disorders. A statement of the World Allergy Organization. World Allergy Organ Jul 14 8(1): 25. doi: 10.1186/s40413-015-0073-0. …

  • Appointment from 01.04.2021 | Last changed: 28.05.2021

    International Green Cooling Summit

    Logo: Piktogramm einer Schneeflocke und Schriftzug: Green Cooling Summit 2021, Online worlwide 25 - 27 May 2021

    … the programme offers interesting contributions for researchers. The event is organised by Deutsche Gesellschaft für Internationale Zusammenarbeit (GIZ) and the …