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  • 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. …

  • Press release 32/2020 from 27.07.2020 | Last changed: 29.07.2020

    Integrating environmental protection in legislation on global supply chains

    container-loaded cargo ship at a container terminal

    … systematic approach to early risk identification, implementation of measures and reporting by companies. Press release No. 32/2020 | 27.07.2020 UBA President Prof. … Sub-report Genesis and Concept of Due Diligence Documentation of BMU, UBA and BMJV conference (September 2019) UBA announcement of topical panel discussion, 25 June …

  • 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 05/2016 from 15.02.2016 | Last changed: 23.01.2017

    Lifetime of electrical appliances becoming shorter and shorter

    old washing machines in a row

    … life of most electrical appliances is becoming shorter and shorter, says a new report by the Öko-Institut e.V. and Bonn University commissioned by the German … life of most electrical appliances is becoming shorter and shorter, says a new report by the Öko-Institut e.V. and Bonn University commissioned by the German …

  • 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 1/2017 from 05.01.2017 | Last changed: 17.03.2017

    Pace of environmentally harmful subsidies phase-out continues to falter

    Euro bank notes

    … effect at an excessively high level and now total 57 billion euros, says a recent report by the German Environment Agency (UBA). More than 90 percent of these … of methane and nitrous oxide emissions. This is why UBA has now declared in its report that the tax privileges which apply to products of animal origin are an …

  • 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: 28.01.2026

    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 …

  • KomPass: Article from 28.11.2023 | Last changed: 18.11.2025

    FW-I-6 + 7: Endangered spruce stands and spruce bark beetle

    … FW-I-6 + 7: Endangered spruce stands and spruce bark beetle 2023 Monitoring Report on the German Strategy for Adaptation to Climate Change last update on … from the volume of damaged wood occurred. In all eight of the Länder which filed reports, the volume of damaged timber increased by several multiples. It is also …

  • KomPass: Article from 28.11.2023 | Last changed: 20.09.2024

    Cluster Biological diversity

    In the foreground the picture shows a banded demoiselle which has landed on the blossom of a yellow waterbuttercup. The background of this picture is blurred.

    … Biological diversity Source: Karin Jähne / stock.adobe.com 2023 Monitoring Report on the German Strategy for Adaptation to Climate Change last update on … since 2004 the Federal Agency for Nature Conservation (BfN) has been organising the conference entitled ‘Biodiversity and Climate – Networking the Stakeholders in …

  • Press release 17/2020 from 09.04.2020 | Last changed: 22.04.2020

    Employment numbers in environmental protection sector rising steadily

    worker installing a thermal insulation on a facade of a building

    … Germany were employed in the environmental protection sector in 2017, says a recent report (Beschäftigung und Umweltschutz) by the German Environment Agency (UBA). The … figures for the development of employment after 2017 are not yet available, but reports from the German Wind Energy Association estimate the loss of 40,000 jobs in …