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  • KomPass: Article from 28.11.2023 | Last changed: 18.11.2025

    KM-I-6: Pumping station performance – case study

    The picture shows the pumping station Steinschleuse on the Eider river. A retaining wall with a bridge and a brick-built house are visible.

    … Generally speaking, agricultural areas can tolerate long-term backwater residence times of maximum 14 days before serious damage ís to be expected. For the purpose of … area covered by the association. There is no significant trend for any of the time series. However, the energy required by the pumps is not solely dependent on the …

  • Appointment from 05.07.2022 | Last changed: 18.07.2022

    State responsibilities for sustainability under multiple crises

    teamwork with people of different countries

    … neglect their responsibility for promoting the sustainability transformation (in times of multiple crises)?” to aim at bringing such perspectives from the global … transition to renewable energy). Therefore, UBA launches an online discussion series to reflect on the implications of the current crises with international …

  • KomPass: Article from 28.11.2023 | Last changed: 17.12.2024

    VE-I-5: Impacts on roads due to weather conditions and weather patterns

    The picture shows the upper part of the tail end of a vehicle belonging to the highway maintenance service. The vehicle is orange and its rear doors are marked with the word ’Streckenwartung’ (track maintenance) and reflective red-and-white striped stickers. There are warning lights fitted to the vehicle.

    … ‘Bernd‘ low-pressure system was responsible for the high expenditures on working time. VE-I-5: Impacts on roads due to weather conditions and weather patterns … work is undertaken by private enterprises and therefore not reflected in the time series. Once the upgraded specification is established and applied by all Länder as …

  • KomPass: Article from 28.11.2023 | Last changed: 18.12.2024

    FiW-I-1:Claims ratio, combined ratio in homeowners’ comprehensive insurance

    The picture shows the top view of a building roofed with red tiles. To the right and left of the roof ridge you can see numerous large hailstones. Some of the roof tiles are broken.

    … have been collated centrally for the past 25 years. Looking back at this period of time, it becomes evident that up to 2015, German insurance companies managed to make … significant trend in respect of the combined ratio. Looking at the time series for the claims ratio – which does not include the costs of administration and …

  • Press release 13/2023 from 26.04.2023 | Last changed: 07.06.2023

    Traffic noise can increase risk of depression and anxiety disorders

    View on rails with a suburban train, behind it city panorama

    … and quality of life Source: Christiane Bunge / UBA It has been known for a long time that constant noise can lead to cardiovascular diseases. A new study done on … limit of 30 km/h as the standard in cities and improving protection against night-time noise. To achieve this would require the introduction of a wake-up criterion …

  • KomPass: Article from 28.11.2023 | Last changed: 18.12.2024

    BS-R-4: Active emergency relief responders in civic protection

    The picture shows three emergency vehicles operated by the fire brigade and the THW emergency relief organisation: The vehicles are standing on a National Road, one of them is a fire-fighting group vehicle. A man wearing a high-visibility vest and a pair of THW livery trousers can be seen running along the middle gangway.

    … fire brigades. Consequently, those responsible for civic protection have emphasised time and again that without the willingness of members of the public to become … the THW, they play a much stronger role in characterising the progress of the time series. The declining trend up to the mid-2010s is due primarily to a negative …

  • KomPass: Article from 28.11.2023 | Last changed: 11.12.2024

    WW-I-7: Water levels in lakes

    The picture shows a footbridge leading across the dried-up sandy and stony shore area of a lake. A bridge and some residual water are visible in the background.

    … so-called maars) are not available for sufficiently frequent observations and the time series are too short. However, for the Thuringian reservoirs, there are indications …

  • Press release 44/2025 from 18.12.2025 | Last changed: 16.01.2026

    UBA study: How to expand solar power in an environmentally responsible way

    Rows of photovoltaic modules mounted at an angle on a meadow in the open countryside.

    … is accelerating and threatens the foundations of our lives – but there is still time to act. Solar power plays a crucial role in this transition. A new analysis by … when developed with strong environmental safeguards, photovoltaics generate many times more electricity per hectare than energy crops – offering enormous potential …

  • Appointment from 22.03.2024

    Greenhouse gas-neutral administrations: Guidelines and programs

    keywhole in concrete wall

    … administrations to become role models of transformation” we organize a Virtual TES series. Two keynote speakers will share their views on a joint topic. Questions of … administrations to become role models of transformation” we organize a Virtual TES series. Two keynote speakers will share their views on a joint topic. Questions of …

  • Appointment from 08.11.2023 | Last changed: 13.11.2023

    4th Sustainability Transformation Conference

    … Open in OpenStreetMap Thursday, November 23rd, 2023 9:30 — 15:30 „Resilience in times of multiple crises. What can circularity, sufficiency and efficiency do for … business, academia and civil society and other stakeholders will discuss, how in times of multiple crises a future-oriented environmental policy needs to readjust in …

  • 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.

    … °C than the long-term annual average in the period from 1961 to 1990. At the same time, precipitation – especially in the north-east of Germany – remained below … available measuring stations. As far as the whole of Germany is concerned, the time series has to date not indicated a statistically significant trend. It is important …