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  • KomPass: Article from 28.11.2023 | Last changed: 19.09.2024

    Cluster Soil

    The picture shows a person kneeling on a ploughed field. Scrutinising the dark-brown soil with their eyes, the individual lets it trickle from one hand to the other.

    … change, given that soils are the foremost terrestrial carbon sink on earth. At the global scale, soils currently store roughly 1,460 billion tonnes of carbon. Hence, … change, given that soils are the foremost terrestrial carbon sink on earth. At the global scale, soils currently store roughly 1,460 billion tonnes of carbon. Hence, …

  • KomPass: Area of action climate impact from 15.07.2022 | Last changed: 08.01.2026

    Climate Impacts: Field of Action Forestry

    Stack of wood logs

    … Heat stress Average annual temperatures in Germany have already risen more than the global average, and by 2019 they had already risen by 1.6 degrees Celsius. By 2050, … Heat stress Average annual temperatures in Germany have already risen more than the global average, and by 2019 they had already risen by 1.6 degrees Celsius. By 2050, …

  • News from 21.03.2023 | Last changed: 30.03.2023

    Scrubber discharge bans would protect oceans

    5 laboratory bottles with differently coloured liquid from transparent to brown-black.

    … a discharge ban in Particular Sensitive Sea Areas (PSSA) and/or coastal areas. A global ban on discharging scrubber discharge into the marine environment is assessed …

  • KomPass: Article from 28.11.2023 | Last changed: 08.12.2025

    Cluster Human Health

    The picture shows a woman’s face with beads of perspiration caused by the summer heat. The woman is holding a hand to her forehead. In the left-hand side of the picture is a thermometer indicating 40°C air temperature.

    … as the ‘single biggest health threat facing humanity’: In many countries in the global south, climate change exacerbates the problems already caused by hunger and … as the ‘single biggest health threat facing humanity’: In many countries in the global south, climate change exacerbates the problems already caused by hunger and …

  • Newsletter from 14.04.2020 | Last changed: 14.04.2020

    Newsletter "UBA aktuell" - No.: 2/2020

    … economic circumstances since 1990. Only in the year 2009, at the height of the global financial and economic crisis, was the fall slightly bigger. The coronavirus … play a role in it? How are man-made greenhouse gas emissions changing the Earth's atmosphere, and what steps need to be taken to further to limit global warming? read …

  • 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.

    … events and their impacts have recently shaken Germany. In this context, progressive global warming has increasingly foregrounded natural hazards. In this country, … events and their impacts have recently shaken Germany. In this context, progressive global warming has increasingly foregrounded natural hazards. In this country, …

  • KomPass: Article from 28.11.2023 | Last changed: 08.12.2025

    Cluster Fisheries

    The picture shows a crab trawler in the North Sea. There is a beam trawl hanging down from the ship’s side. In the background, the shoreline and a lighthouse are visible.

    … are therefore to be seen as exemplifying various effects paths associated with global warming: the shifting of habitats, decoupling of food relationships, and the … are therefore to be seen as exemplifying various effects paths associated with global warming: the shifting of habitats, decoupling of food relationships, and the …