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  • DzU article from 26.11.2024 | Last changed: 27.11.2024

    Indicator: Environmental costs of energy and road transport

    A graph shows the development of environmental costs energy generation and road transport between 2017 and 2022. They were 300.3 billion euros in 2017 and 301.1 billion in 2022.

    … to amount to almost 301 billion euros in 2022, a decrease of 3.3 % compared to 2021. Environmental importance The use and transformation of energy resources for … calls for decisive action in the fight against climate change (Stern 2006 and Stern 2021 ). Assessing the development After environmental costs from energy and road transport rose by 6% from 2020 to 2021, they fell by 3.3% between 2021 and 2022 and amounted to €301.1 billion in …

  • KomPass: Article from 28.11.2023 | Last changed: 17.12.2024

    BAU-I-5: Claims expenditure for property insurance

    The picture shows a badly damaged single-family house. The exterior wall has been breached in several places, some windows are missing, and the exterior rendering is pitted to well above the ground floor. Mud and debris have accumulated all round the house.

    … BAU-I-5: Claims expenditure for property insurance Flash floods in July 2021 from Bernd caused major damage to homes, belongings, and businesses. Source: … 100.000 Euros; but in particularly extreme cases such as the flooding disaster in 2021, an individual damage to a one-family home can total ten times that amount. 142 … for claim settlements. Regarding the time series, the stock and prices valid in 2021 were extrapolated in order to offset any inflationary effects or changes …

  • KomPass: Article from 28.11.2023 | Last changed: 15.12.2025

    BAU-I-4: Heavy rain in residential areas

    The picture shows the rainwater gutter of a brick building. Heavy rain is falling.

    … in residential areas The high number of hours triggering heavy-rain warnings in 2021, is linked, in particular, with the devastating rainfall events which struck … life and limb of the local population and cause significant material damage. In 2021 for example, the insured damage to residential properties, household effects … superimposed on the data for Germany’s residential terrain. The years of 2002 and 2021 stand out from the overall picture with a particularly high number of built-up …

  • KomPass: Article from 28.11.2023 | Last changed: 17.12.2024

    BD-I-1: Phenological changes in wild plant species

    The picture shows a coltsfoot plant in flower while the plant is peeking out from under snow cover.

    … period of 1981 to 2010 with the starting points of the period from 1992 to 2021, the following pattern emerges: Regarding the phenological seasons from … This means that especially the early autumn in the mean of the years 1992 to 2021 was approximately 17 days longer than in the reference period 1951 to 1980 … approximately 90 days whereas the beginning and end of summer in the period 1992 to 2021 was on average approximately twelve days earlier than in the reference period …

  • Newsletter from 09.02.2023 | Last changed: 09.02.2023

    Newsletter "UBA aktuell" - No.: 1/2023

    … totalled more than 6.8 billion euros in 2022, marking a significant increase over 2021 (5.3 billion euros). In contrast, revenues under the national emissions trading … below the previous year’s level (6.4 billion euros in 2022 vs 7.2 billion euros in 2021). Final 2021 greenhouse gas emissions balance: Emissions declined by 39 percent over 1990, …

  • Press release 28/2018 from 27.09.2018 | Last changed: 09.10.2018

    Studies of mercury, acrylamide and pesticides exposure

    Blutprobe im Reagenzglas

    … glyphosate and fipronil. The results of the project research are expected in 2021. Press release No. 28/2018 | 27.09.2018 Considerable gaps persist in the … German Environment Agency, kicked off in early 2017, and will run until the end of 2021. The main objectives of the initiative are to compile data on the exposure of … glyphosate and fipronil. The results of the project research are expected in 2021. … The human biomonitoring initiative known as HBM4EU was launched nearly one …

  • KomPass: Article from 28.11.2023 | Last changed: 18.12.2024

    BS-I-1: Person hours due to weather-related damage events

    The picture shows an inundated landscape. In the centre of the picture a flooded road can be seen, with a lorry passing. There are people visible on the lorry’s load platform. In the picture’s foreground, part of a blue emergency vehicle is visible with blue warning lamps fitted all round the vehicle which is also driving along this flooded road.

    … examined is strongly characterised by severe individual events. The impacts made in 2021 by the ‘Bernd‘ low-pressure system and the associated flood disaster which … The total number of person hours in that year amounted to 1.5 million. In July 2021 one of the most severe flood disasters experienced in Germany’s history … alliance of authorities entitled ‘Adaptation to climate change’ explored in 2019 to 2021, to what extent call-out figures recorded by fire brigades are suitable for an …

  • Press release 30/2025 from 17.07.2025 | Last changed: 31.07.2025

    Weak wind conditions slow down renewable energy production

    Bild zu Windkraftanlagen als Alternative für die Energieerzeugung im Kaliningrader Gebiet

    … office is located at the UBA. Associated content Grafiken für das erste Halbjahr 2021 bis 2025 Source: Umweltbundesamt Links The current monthly and quarterly data …

  • KomPass: Article from 28.11.2023 | Last changed: 30.09.2024

    Cluster Civic protection

    The picture shows two emergency vehicles with blue lights switched on, one of the vehicles is a fire engine and the other one a blue emergency relief (THW) vehicle. Both vehicles are only partly visible.

    … by the Federal Agency for Technical Relief (THW) (cf. Indicator BS-I-1 ). In July 2021 violent rainfall events led to massive flooding, especially in western Germany. … climate risks – outcomes of KWRA Research carried out within the framework of the 2021 Climate Impact and Risk Analysis (KWRA) shows that climate change is escalating … ‘Your Time is NOW!’, and the BBK’s campaign for recruiting volunteers, launched in 2021, translated as ‘No matter what you can do – you can help’ and the accompanying …

  • DzU article from 13.10.2022 | Last changed: 10.12.2025

    Indicator: Ecological status of lakes

    A graph shows the distribution of the environmental status and potential of the lakes for the years 2015 and 2021. The target for 2027 is also shown (100 percent ‘good’ or ‘very good’). In 2021, 24.7 percent showed at least a good status or good potential.

    … kB) Overview Environmental Indicators last update on 13.10.2022 At a glance In 2021 24.7 % of the lakes in Germany were in at least good ecological status or … is considerably higher in the case of lakes than in other types of water bodies. In 2021 22.7 % of lakes were in a good ecological status and 2.0 % in a very good … Tags Water Framework Directive eutrophication indicator lake ecological status … In 2021 24.7 % of the lakes in Germany were in at least good ecological status or …

  • KomPass: Article from 28.11.2023 | Last changed: 18.12.2024

    HUE-1: Manageability of climate change impacts

    The picture shows a woman’s head and shoulders while she looks sceptically out of a window. The window is part-shaded by an indoor blind.

    … that the impacts of climate change are manageable in Germany has been declining. In 2021, 66 % of respondents were little or not at all convinced. HUE-1: Manageability … impacts Source: BMUB/BMUV & UBA (study ‚Umweltbewusstsein in Deutschland‘/ for 2021: additional survey in the framework of the study ‚Umweltbewusstsein in … on adapting to climate change, as well as support on implementation matters. In 2021 the BMUV initiated the Centre for Climate Adaptation (ZKA) which provides an …

  • KomPass: Article from 28.11.2023 | Last changed: 18.12.2024

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

    … climate finance has increased from just short of 25 % in 2010 to 49 % in 2021. The demand for adaptation funding will further increase in future. HUE-5: … Agreement. This assistance is provided, for example, via the NDC partnership. In 2021, 88 % of the German contribution to international climate funding was disbursed … the target year was extended to 2025. Within the framework of COP 26 in Glasgow in 2021 the industrialised states were requested to double their adaptation aid to …