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  • 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.

    … connection with changing climatic conditions, these ecosystem services address the potential of unsealed surfaces to allow the infiltration of precipitation and also – … parts of open valleys transport the cool air to neighbouring residential areas thus mitigating any thermal stress (cf. Indicator RO-R-4 ). As far as agriculture and … networks enabling them to adapt. 222 Land that is free from buildings retains its potentials, or such potentials are relatively easily restored, if the change of use …

  • Press release 35/2017 from 13.10.2017 | Last changed: 23.10.2017

    Environmental availability of raw materials

    in einer bergigen, trockenen Landschaft klafft ein riesiges tiefes Loch mit terrassenförmigen Plateaus in der Erde

    … civil society groups and public authorities to assess the environmental hazard potentials of raw materials and mining project and identify environmentally critical … (ifeu) and projekt consult developed a method to assess the environmental hazard potentials of mining for raw materials in the framework of a research project …

  • Appointment from 27.09.2023

    UBA Governance Workshop on Solar Radiation Modification (SRM)

    … and political risks associated with research and deployment? Is there a risk of mitigation deterrence related SRM research? This workshop is intended to bring … actors, practitioners, politicians, and scientists into conversation around the potential governance challenges of SRM. The programme can be found here . Further …

  • Press release 38/2015 from 29.10.2015 | Last changed: 23.01.2017

    Transformation of the energy system: Industrial consumers can use electricity more flexibly

    wind energy plants and conventional power plant

    … Krautzberger. The nine industrial sectors examined in the study show a technical potential to reduce demand by about 6 gigawatts (GW), or about 7% of German annual … having to make any major changes to production processes, some 3 GW can already potentially be used to achieve a load reduction. One example is when an aluminium …

  • 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.

    … value-added and business models. Forward-looking entrepreneurial action can mitigate such risks at the same time as providing opportunities to develop new value-added potentials. DAS Monitoring –what is happening due to climate change The general rise …

  • 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.

    … provisioning at every planning level, and they can govern land use in a way that mitigates existing or expected climate risks – for example from extreme weather … reconciling such claims/requirements among themselves and with issues of landscape potential. DAS Monitoring – what is happening due to climate change Climate change … – some examples A vital spatial planning tool to reduce climate risks and damage potentials is the stipulation of specific types of land use. One of the measures …

  • News from 11.01.2021 | Last changed: 11.01.2021

    The transnational impacts of global climate change

    Containerterminal

    … and economic interconnectedness. A new UBA report provides an overview of the potential impact chains of global climate change on the German economy. 11.01.2021 … and economic interconnectedness. A new UBA report provides an overview of the potential impact chains of global climate change on the German economy. … The …

  • KomPass: Article from 28.11.2023 | Last changed: 18.12.2024

    HUE-5: International finance for climate adaptation (from budgetary funds)

    … projects by way of research cooperations. Germany strives to achieve the balance of mitigation and adaptation – mentioned in the Paris Climate Agreement – within the … Considering that the portfolio consists of 51 % adaptation projects and 49 % mitigation projects, it is almost completely balanced. Germany contributed to the … by Germany towards international funding for climate protection in terms of mitigation and adaptation measures from budgetary funds has increased from 471 …

  • News from 09.10.2018 | Last changed: 10.10.2018

    UBA Key Priorities for the new EU Long-term Climate Strategy

    solar park, wind energy plants, sun flowers

    … greenhouse gas-neutrality by 2050 at the latest: The European Union must reduce GHG emissions on its own territory by at least 95% compared to 1990. Rapid action … in order to contribute to the decarbonisation through sector coupling.  Achieving GHG-neutrality may require compensation of a small amount of residual emissions: The … Climate Initiatives – A way forward to close the emissions gap? Initiatives’ potential and role under the Paris Agreement Tags climate change climate protection …

  • Appointment from 21.09.2021

    The Challenge: Combating Global Warming with Waste Sector Actions

    … the Climate and Clean Air Coalition CCAC. The conference aims to show the methane mitigation opportunities by the waste sector globally and to kick start further … the Climate and Clean Air Coalition CCAC. The conference aims to show the methane mitigation opportunities by the waste sector globally and to kick start further …

  • News from 26.10.2015 | Last changed: 26.10.2015

    Germany’s raw material stockpile:What’s in buildings, roads, etc?

    ein Plattenbau wird abgerissen

    … from mines and quarries. An UBA study has determined the types and quantities of potential secondary raw materials available in Germany. 26.10.2015 Germany’s … from mines and quarries. An UBA study has determined the types and quantities of potential secondary raw materials available in Germany. … Germany’s raw material …