… of urban areas at the expense of other areas. During the Covid-19 years of 2020 and 2021, the general decline of occupancy rates affected, above all, the urban areas while the wider tourism areas on coasts and in the Alps were able to gain market share. TOU-I-3: Market shares held by wider … influence on market shares identifiable Apart from coastal areas by the North Sea and Baltic Sea or the Alps with alpine foothills, there are other travel …

… for natural hazards (eEV) complements the home-owner’s comprehensive insurance and the insurance for household effects covering damage for instance caused by flooding, heavy rain, snow load and avalanches. The insurance density in respect of eEV has increased steadily and significantly since 2001. However, nationwide percentages of 49 % for buildings …

… TOU-I-1: Coastal bathing temperatures Rising temperatures make the North Sea and Baltic Sea coasts more attractive for bathing holidays. Source: Holger Luck / … seawater temperatures potentially make a bathing holiday on Germany’s North Sea and Baltic Sea coasts possible, is subject to major fluctuations from year to year. … of such temperature conditions has been increasing significantly on North Sea and Baltic Sea coasts. TOU-I-1: Coastal bathing temperatures Source: BSH (selected …

… climate change impacts Source: BMUB/BMUV & UBA (study ‚Umweltbewusstsein in Deutschland‘/ for 2021: additional survey in the framework of the study ‚Umweltbewusstsein in Deutschland 2020‘) Widespread doubts about manageability of climate impacts The availability of and access to fairly robust projections of future climate change and associated …

… warmer Global warming is reflected not just in rising air temperatures – the seas and oceans are warming increasingly too. Especially in years with persistent heat … the August 1997 temperature of roughly 17.6 °C by just 0.2 °C. 68 In some locations and for individual days, temperatures may have been even higher. In the hot summer … the maximum temperatures measured at coastal gauging stations in the North Sea and the Baltic Sea rose as a high as 26 °C, thus reaching a Mediterranean level 69 . …

… pollen, birch pollen is the foremost trigger of pollen allergies in Germany. A warm and dry spring is a major factor in increasing pollen concentrations. The highest pollen count was measured between 2006 and 2021 in the eastern, central and northern regions. This is where birches are more widely distributed than in the …

… BAU-I-4: Heavy rain in residential areas In hot and dry summers it is of particular importance to ensure protection from heavy rain. … linked, in particular, with the devastating rainfall events which struck the Rhineland-Palatinate and North Rhine-Westphalia as well as Saxony and Bavaria in mid-July. However, the …

… annually more than 300,000 new people in Germany fall prey. Even at stations in lowland areas, almost for half the year, irradiation strengths (UVI ≥3) are reached … protection is recommended. UV irradiation strength varies with latitude, altitude and the current weather scenario, especially cloud cover. GE-I-8: Index – case study … network) UV radiation UV radiation is the energy-richest part of optical radiation and cannot be seen by the human eye. In healthy humans, UV radiation initiates the …

… Advancing REACH REACH stands for registration, evaluation, authorisation and restriction of chemicals Source: Umweltbundesamt The following reports are the … plan of the BMU. The project analyses various aspects of the REACH Regulation and its implementation and develops possible improvements, including possible …