… than ever on whether climate change and its effects can even be contained at this point. Similarly, they consider it essential to adapt to climate change— … mitigation very important. This quantity has, however, continually fallen in recent years. The protection of the environment and the mitigation of climate ⁠ change were … forests, moors and other ecosystems are considered slightly more important than two years ago. ⁠ ⁠ UBA ⁠ President Dirk Messner stated: ‘The scientific community agrees …

… to climate change. DAS Monitoring –what is happening due to climate change Recent years have very clearly demonstrated the impacts of climatic change on buildings, … individual extreme weather events such as hailstorms in 2013, are a major case in point, with a view to the particularly high claims expenditure arising in that year …

… otherwise environmentally conscious behaviour. But it is precisely these 'big points' which have the biggest human carbon footprint. The purchase of organic foods … CO 2 emissions than people in the lower income groups. The study (in German) also points out that higher income and a higher level of environmental awareness can in …

… air temperatures – the seas and oceans are warming increasingly too. Especially in years with persistent heat waves, water temperatures rise distinctly. As a result, … from rivers. The maximum nitrogen concentrations at the limnic-marine transition point stipulated for Germany, are nowadays complied with in respect of the mean for …

… are still negative values; afterwards negative values occur in only two individual years. The positive deviations began with a few individual years in the 19th century after which they increased steadily. From the 1990s …

… in the area of the Upper Rhine area have increased distinctly over the past 15 years. GE-I-5: Pathogen vectors – case study Source: KABS (mosquito monitoring) … climatic conditions. This region also plays a major role as an important entrance point to Germany for thermophilic species via vehicular traffic from neighbouring …

… experts of the German Federal Ecodesign Award announced their nominations for this year's award yesterday at the Kulturforum Berlin. The jury selected 24 projects from … Environment Agency (UBA), added: "This has been my fifth and unfortunately last year to serve on the jury but I was once again impressed by the broad spectrum which … clever solutions in sustainable design. More than 250 entries were submitted this year by businesses, designers, architects and engineers, research centres and …