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  • KomPass: Article from 28.11.2023 | Last changed: 18.11.2025

    KM-I-5: Change of flow direction

    The picture shows a river running through a flat landscape consisting of meadows and agricultural areas. The sea is visible in the background.

    … The readings from the other gauging stations do not show any trends, possibly because the time series are still relatively short. KM-I-5: Change of flow direction … water provide habitats for specialised animal and plant species, that can be used as ‘nurseries’ by fish species considered of economic importance. In many … bzw. brackwasserbeeinflusste Ostseezuflüsse: https://www.flussgebiete.nrw.de/system/files/atoms/files/21_typ23_april2008.pdf Associated content Documents KM-I-5 …

  • Press release 05/2025 from 27.01.2025 | Last changed: 29.01.2025

    Digital milestone in environmental protection and nature conservation – the new umwelt.info portal

    umwelt.info logo

    … all over Germany can be found on one portal – just a click away. The aim is to make publicly available information on environmental protection and nature conservation … and there will be information on how the available environmental information may be used. This creates user-friendly access to existing information. The umwelt.info …

  • 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.

    … resulting mistakes as well as greater frequency and severity of accidents at work causing associated productivity losses up to 12 % and that the extent of expected … Euros. In addition, the estimate also included indirect damage, for example, caused by missing, delayed or poor-quality preliminary work in a value of 3.5 to 5.3 …

  • 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

    … currently preparing its respective mid-century long-term climate strategy. Within a public consultation the German Environment Agency (UBA) provided recently its … Agreement objectives should consider the following key issues: Economy-wide greenhouse gas-neutrality by 2050 at the latest: The European Union must reduce GHG …

  • Press release 02/2025 from 15.01.2025 | Last changed: 03.02.2025

    Final data for 2023: climate-damaging emissions fell by ten per cent

    rauchende Schornsteine eines Braunkohlekraftwerks, davor ein Tagebau

    … Final data for 2023: climate-damaging emissions fell by ten per cent German greenhouse gas emissions fell by 77 million tonnes compared to the previous year – largest … decrease since 1990 Fossil fuel power plants generate large amounts of greenhouse gas emissions. Source: Teteline / Fotolia.com In 2023, greenhouse gas emissions …

  • 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.

    … value of this figure, it can be stated with certainty that this increase in land use clearly exceeds national objectives. In other words, there is more left to do in … industrial and commercial construction (excluding extraction terrain) as well as public institutions contributed to the increase in settled areas in the period from …

  • Press release 42/2020 from 16.09.2020 | Last changed: 21.09.2020

    European Mobility Week: Zero-emission mobility for all

    Straße mit niedrigen Fachwerkhäusern und einem Zebrastreifen, der von einer Frau mit Blindenstock, einem Rollstuhlfahrer und zwei weiteren Fußgängerinnen überquert wird.

    … much welcome the fact that despite the coronavirus pandemic, local authorities are using European Mobility Week to approach the topic with many different campaigns and … in switching to more climate-friendly means of transport such as the bicycle or public transport. Dresden is organising an online web seminar on climate justice, … persons. In some places, people with physical disabilities are still unable to use green public transport, for example if stairs have to be climbed, announcements …

  • Press release 12/2024 from 22.03.2024 | Last changed: 25.03.2024

    Water body of the year 2024 – Shallow coastal waters of the Baltic Sea

    Braunalge unter Wasser.

    … and other pressures. In order to achieve such a status, the impact of various uses such as shipping, tourism and coastal agriculture must be further reduced. This … the EU Marine Strategy Framework Directive for the waters of the Baltic Sea. The public can comment on the draft status assessment until 15 April 2024: …

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

    Adaptation: Field of Action Fishery

    Fishes under water

    … Strategy Framework Directive (MSFD) and the National Strategy for the Sustainable Use and Protection of the Seas (National Marine Strategy), the German government has … to adapt current protected areas and concepts, not only for fish, to the changes caused by climate change and, if necessary, to designate new protected areas and quiet … of Action Fishery Associated content Links Addressing climate change (BMEL) Related publications Climate Impact and Risk Assessment 2021 for Germany (Summary) Tags …

  • 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.

    … products – that Germany’s balance of trade is regularly boosted by export surpluses. In many respects, the intensifying climate change is a major challenge to … from climate change impacts. This applies to both risks of damage or limitations caused by weather extremes and risks from changing market conditions jeopardising … A Key Issue for the Assessment of Global Climate Change Impacts. Annual review of public health, 37: 97-112. doi: 10.1146/annurev-publhealth-032315-021740 . 173 - …

  • News from 10.10.2017 | Last changed: 20.10.2017

    Guidance for climate-friendly investment

    two engineers (a women and a man) in a windfarm

    … temperatures to less than 2 degrees. A new UBA study proposes the criteria by which public financial institutions like development banks should proceed and identifies … be funded. 10.10.2017 Our economies will have to drastically reduce their greenhouse gas emissions and become less and less dependent on fossil fuels if we want to …