Umweltbundesamt | For our environment

Monitoring Report 2023

Climate | Energy

VE-I-5: Impacts on roads due to weather conditions and weather patterns

The picture shows the upper part of the tail end of a vehicle belonging to the highway maintenance service. The vehicle is orange and its rear doors are marked with the word ’Streckenwartung’ (track maintenance) and reflective red-and-white striped stickers. There are warning lights fitted to the vehicle.

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Climate | Energy

VE-I-4: Road accidents due to weather conditions and weather patterns

The picture shows a car driving on a road covered in water. It is clear to see that the headlights and windscreen wipers are switched on. Heavy rain is falling.

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Climate | Energy

KM-I-2: Sea levels

The picture shows a sandy beach on the Baltic Sea coast. There is seawater lapping around a hooded beach chair (Strandkorb). In the background, the sea is visible with powerful waves and dark thunderclouds above.

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Climate | Energy

GE-I-2: Heat-related mortalities

The picture shows an elderly woman wearing a white blouse. The lady is holding on to a rollator with one hand, while she is holding the back of her left hand to her forehead. In the background, a few fuzzy treetops or bushes are visible in bright light.

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Climate | Energy

GE-I-6: Contamination of bathing waters by cyanobacteria burdens

The picture shows the palm of a hand stroking the surface of a water body.

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Climate | Energy

BAU-I-5: Claims expenditure for property insurance

The picture shows a badly damaged single-family house. The exterior wall has been breached in several places, some windows are missing, and the exterior rendering is pitted to well above the ground floor. Mud and debris have accumulated all round the house.

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Climate | Energy

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.

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The Umweltbundesamt

For our environment

The UBA’s motto, For our environment (“Für Mensch und Umwelt”), sums up our mission pretty well, we feel. In this video we give an insight into our work.

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