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  • 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 …

  • Press release 35/2024 from 07.08.2024 | Last changed: 02.09.2024

    German SUSTAINABLE BUILDING Award 2025 focuses on design and construction in existing contexts

    Luftbild eines Wohngebäudes mit drei Flügeln in einem U. Zwei Vollgeschosse und ein Walmdach mit mehreren Gauben und PV-Anlagen. Im Innenhof ein großer Baum, in der Umgebung Kleingärten. Vor der Öffnung des U ein linienförmiger Wohnbau ähnlicher Kubatur.

    … Award 2025 focuses on design and construction in existing contexts For the third time, BMUV and UBA are honouring sustainable buildings, neighbourhoods and … Agency (UBA) are organising the German SUSTAINABLE BUILDING Award for the third time. Sponsored by Federal Environment Minister Steffi Lemke, the German SUSTAINABLE …

  • Press release 43/2018 from 12.12.2018 | Last changed: 11.09.2019

    Higher quality plastics recycling is necessary

    Das Wort Recycling vor schwarzem Hintergrund, darauf auch ausrangierte Kühlaggregate.

    … is still too low, claims the new issue of the What Matters [Schwerpunkt: Recycling] series publication by the German Environment Agency (UBA). The publication examines … who put packaging into commercial circulation on the German market for the first time which is typically diposed of by private end users must register. If they fail …

  • KomPass: Article from 28.11.2023 | Last changed: 19.09.2024

    Cluster Water balance and water management

    The picture shows the tip of a level meter in a calm body of water.

    … of these water sources to climate change impacts are increasing too. At the same time, the demand for the utilisation of water keeps rising. The experience of … to implement comprehensively. Primarily, the work covered the establishment of time series on temperature and ice cover and regarding the onset of spring algal bloom in …

  • KomPass: Article from 28.11.2023 | Last changed: 18.11.2025

    KM-I-4: Coastal morphology – case study

    The picture shows a light-brown cliffscape near Ahrenshoop on the Baltic Sea coast. At the foot of the cliff, you can see the sea and the spray of a wave. In one coastal section, you can see loose material and rock fragments which have been shifted from the cliff top to the bottom of the cliff.

    … upper cliff edge had shifted inland by just under 60 cm. Given the brevity of the time series and the years when no aerial surveys took place, it was not possible to carry …

  • KomPass: Article from 28.11.2023 | Last changed: 18.12.2024

    BS-R-3: Exercise volume

    The picture shows a THW member from behind; he is in uniform and wears a helmet. It is possible to make out a scaffold with other THW members standing on it.

    … BS-R-3: Exercise volume Exercises create routines for real-time call-outs for practical assistance on location. Source: filmbildfabrik / … carry out the necessary amount of training exercises adequately, both in terms of time and participants, even in years when extreme events have to be dealt with. The …

  • KomPass: Article from 28.11.2023 | Last changed: 11.12.2024

    WW-I-6: Low water

    The picture shows a river with a low water level. There are smallish stones and large rocks projecting from the water. The river banks are covered in high grass. There is a woodland adjacent to the river bank.

    … during the summer months. Changes associated with climate change may influence the time, duration and intensity of low-water events in many ways. The projected … the imposition of restrictions on the discharge of waste water. For the time series illustrated, the discharge values measured at 76 gauging stations of German …

  • KomPass: Article from 28.11.2023 | Last changed: 17.12.2024

    BAU-R-1: Recreation areas

    The picture shows an aerial photograph of the ‘Straße des 17. Juni’, a street commemorating the building of the Berlin Wall (the anniversary of German unification takes place annually on 17th June). To the right and left of this street, you can see the canopy of trees in the Große Tiergarten park. The city’s silhouette is visible in the picture’s horizon, including the Reichstags building, tv tower, cathedral and the Brandenburg Gate.

    … trees with a high crown reinforce the positive bio-climatic effects, at the same time as increasing an individual’s thermal comfort. Compared to the built … carried out massive reassignments which have had significant impacts on the data series. Nevertheless, the data series for the years of 2011 to 2015 shows that the …

  • Appointment from 27.07.2021

    HLPF Special Event - Towards Sustainable Adaptation Pathways

    Grafik zum Event parallel zu den Sustainable Adaptation Pathways 2021

    … from integrative action targeting SDGs, Paris Agreement and Sendai Framework. Time and Date: July 7th 2021, 12:00 – 13:30 (NY Time) With the UN 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development and its 17 Sustainable … are in place to address the environmental, social and economic challenges of our times. Identifying synergies and increasing the policy coherence between these …

  • 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.

    … poles are melting. They feed great amounts of freshwater into the seas. At the same time rising water temperatures make the seawater expand. Consequently, this leads to … regularly for up to 180 years at individual gauging stations. The long time series provide insights into the historic development of the sea level of the North …

  • Appointment from 06.09.2024

    Urban, university and school living labs to promote circularity

    … consortium, with UBA as lead partner, is pleased to announce a new online seminar series focused on capacity building for bringing sustainable consumption and … consortium, with UBA as lead partner, is pleased to announce a new online seminar series focused on capacity building for bringing sustainable consumption and …