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  • KomPass: Article from 28.11.2023 | Last changed: 18.12.2024

    BS-R-1: Information on how to act in a disaster situation

    The picture shows a group of two women and two men participating in a First Aid training exercise. The course leader uses a doll to demonstrate cardiac massage.

    BS-R-1: Information on how to act in a disaster situation Regular attendance of … preparedness. Source: Pixel-Shot / stock.adobe.com 2023 Monitoring Report on the German Strategy for Adaptation to Climate Change last update on 28.11.2023 BS-R-1: … As part of a national representative survey entitled ‘ Environmental Awareness in Germany’ which is conducted regularly on behalf of the UBA and the Federal …

  • 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.

    … responders. Source: medienweber / stock.adobe.com 2023 Monitoring Report on the German Strategy for Adaptation to Climate Change last update on 28.11.2023 BS-I-1: … ‘Bernd‘ low-pressure system and the associated flood disaster which struck western Germany in particular, culminated in the highest call-out peak ever. So far, no … events entail unprecedented deployment peaks In the course of the past two decades, Germany has experienced a number of meteorological extreme events. As a result of …

  • KomPass: Article from 28.11.2023 | Last changed: 12.12.2024

    LW-R-6: Agricultural irrigation

    The picture shows an arable field with young potato plants being irrigated by a drip irrigation unit.

    … annual crops. Source: HotPhotoPie / stock.adobe.com 2023 Monitoring Report on the German Strategy for Adaptation to Climate Change last update on 28.11.2023 LW-R-6: … the need for irrigation is likely to increase and extend to additional crops. In Germany, both the terrain fitted with irrigation technology and the actually … ‘crop mix’. In 2015 some 451,800 ha of outdoor cultivation terrain was irrigated in Germany. In 2019 this value had already risen to 506,480 ha. Compared to 2009 …

  • KomPass: Article from 28.11.2023 | Last changed: 17.12.2024

    VE-I-3: Heavy rain impacting on roads

    The picture shows a gully on a flooded road. The waterspout indicates where the gully is located. There are safety cones beside the gully. A car wheel is visible at the very edge of the picture.

    VE-I-3: Heavy rain impacting on roads Heavy rain can very rapidly lead to … and highways. Source: DRBURHAN / stock.adobe.com 2023 Monitoring Report on the German Strategy for Adaptation to Climate Change last update on 28.11.2023 VE-I-3: … roads Heavy rainfalls can have serious consequences impacting on road traffic. In Germany, from 5 to more than 30 % of federal trunk roads are affected every year by …

  • KomPass: Article from 28.11.2023 | Last changed: 18.11.2025

    VE-I-6: Weather-related disruptions to the railway infrastructure

    The picture shows a single-lane railway track covered by the crown of a toppled tree. A woodland is visible to the left and right of the railway track.

    VE-I-6: Weather-related disruptions to the railway infrastructure Trees and branches … infrastructure. Source: Turner / stock.adobe.com 2023 Monitoring Report on the German Strategy for Adaptation to Climate Change last update on 28.11.2023 VE-I-6: … in the pre-crisis year 2019, make railway transport an important building block of Germany’s transport system. On one hand, the railway entities are themselves keen on …

  • Publication from 28.11.2019

    Carbon Leakage Risks in the Post-Paris World

    Cover of publication CLIMATE CHANGE 43/2019

    … Climate | Energy Carbon Leakage Risks in the Post-Paris World This paper examines the connection … decisions (production leakage), but on medium- and long-term investment decisions (investment leakage). Download Series Climate Change | 43/2019 Number of pages 26 …

  • Publication from 28.01.2020

    Guide on green public procurement: Buses

    Titelseite der Ratgeber-Broschüre "Leitfaden zur umweltfreundlichen öffentlichen Beschaffung: Omnibusse" mit einem Foto eines Omnibusses und dem Logo des Umweltbundesamtes

    … Transport Guide on green public procurement: Buses Environmental requirements in tendering procedures for buses are intended to reduce the significant pollutant, greenhouse gas and noise emissions …

  • Publication from 27.03.2019

    Antibiotics and Antibiotic Resistances in the Environment

    englisches Titelbild mit Keim

    … Chemicals, Health, Water Antibiotics and Antibiotic Resistances in the Environment Background, Challenges and … Options for Action Environmental aspects have so far only partially been addressed in the discussion of antimicrobial resistance. To bring this issue into focus, UBA …

  • Publication from 09.01.2017

    What Matters 2016

    Cover What Matters

    … Climate | Energy, Economy | Consumption, Waste | Resources, Sustainability | Strategies | International matters What Matters 2016 The prize of beauty: Every year, there are up to twelve new collections in the clothing stores on Germany's high streets. But this fast fashion is having a …