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adaptation to climate change

Climate | Energy

Cluster Trade and industry

The picture shows a sectional view of a wooded landscape. There is an industrial estate visible in the distance, consisting of several buildings and facilities. There is smoke rising from some chimneys. The sky is densely cloud-covered. Above the horizon, the sky is tinged with yellow, with dark, greyish-blue clouds billowing at the margin of the picture. In a few lighter places, rays of the sun are penetrating the band of clouds.

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Climate | Energy

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.

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Climate | Energy

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.

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Climate | Energy

Cluster Financial services industry

The picture shows a man sitting at a desk holding a ballpoint pen between his fingers while operating a pocket calculator. There are several documents on the desk; it is just possible to make out the fuzzy image of some charts.

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Climate | Energy

Cluster Transport, transport infrastructure

The picture shows a flooded dip in a road. There is a roadblock in the foreground indicating that the road is closed to traffic. A sign reading ‘Hochwasser’ (floodwater) is fixed to the roadblock. There are flooded meadows visible on both sides of the road.

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Climate | Energy

BD-R-3: Protected areas

The picture shows a sign commonly used in the eastern states of Germany to indicate a nature reserve. The sign depicts the outline of a black owl against a yellow background. The sign is located on the edge of a meadow. A partly wooded hill rises behind the sign.

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Climate | Energy

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.

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Climate | Energy

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.

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