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  • Newsletter from 24.10.2016 | Last changed: 24.10.2016

    telegram environment+health - No.: 02/2016

    telegram environment+health - No.: 02/2016 No.: 02/2016 | 24.10.2016 We are pleased to send you the latest " telegram environment + … in our online archive on our website . Sincerely, your editorial team Imprint … telegram environment+health - No.: 02/2016

  • Newsletter from 15.11.2016 | Last changed: 16.11.2016

    telegram environment+health - Nr.: 03/2016

    telegram environment+health - Nr.: 03/2016 No.: 03/2016 | 15.11.2016 We are pleased to send you the latest "telegram environment + … in our online archive on our website . Sincerely, your editorial team Imprint … telegram environment+health - Nr.: 03/2016

  • KomPass: Article from 28.11.2023 | Last changed: 11.12.2024

    WW-I-1: Terrestrially stored water

    The picture shows a section of a satellite photograph of the Earth. In the upper margin of the photograph is a radiant sun. On the Earth, clouds and a deep-blue ocean are visible.

    … submitted by the satellite mission GRACE (Gravity Recovery and Climate Experiment, 2002–2017) and its follow-up mission GRACE-FO (GRACE Follow-On, 2018–2023). These … of the processes involved. Among other findings, the mission revealed that between 2002 and 2016, the Greenland ice masses diminished annually by roughly 270 billion tonnes 57 …

  • KomPass: Article from 28.11.2023 | Last changed: 18.12.2024

    FiW-I-1:Claims ratio, combined ratio in homeowners’ comprehensive insurance

    The picture shows the top view of a building roofed with red tiles. To the right and left of the roof ridge you can see numerous large hailstones. Some of the roof tiles are broken.

    … companies. After price responses to increasing amounts of damage, the years of 2016, 2017, 2019 and 2020 returned to actuarial profits: The combined ratio in … to the severe hurricanes named Daria, Vivian and Wiebke, and in third place by 2002 with insured damage amounting to 10.3 billion Euros resulting from the August … as far as the homeowners’ comprehensive insurance segment is concerned. Between 2002 and 2014 the insurers of homeowners’ properties accumulated an actuarial minus …

  • KomPass: Article from 28.11.2023 | Last changed: 18.12.2024

    HUE-1: Manageability of climate change impacts

    The picture shows a woman’s head and shoulders while she looks sceptically out of a window. The window is part-shaded by an indoor blind.

    … opinions and appraisals in respect of climate-change impacts on Germany. Since 2002 the questionnaire has been integral to a catalogue of questions posed in an … resulting from climate change are manageable. As far as the surveys conducted in 2016 and 2021 are concerned, roughly two thirds of respondents had shared this … opinions and appraisals in respect of climate-change impacts on Germany. Since 2002 the questionnaire has been integral to a catalogue of questions posed in an …

  • KomPass: Article from 28.11.2023 | Last changed: 12.12.2024

    FW-I-2: Incremental growth in timber

    The picture shows a stack of timber.

    … growth rates for beech, oak and pine trees have declined distinctly since 2002. It is assumed that dry years and their aftereffects on forest ecosystems have … of a long-term time series pertaining to timber growth increments. From 2002 onwards, there are nationwide inventory data available. The data provide … especially for spruce forests, in the old-established Länder for the period from 2002 until 2008 in the same volumes as the high average timber increments which were …

  • KomPass: Article from 28.11.2023 | Last changed: 15.12.2025

    BAU-I-4: Heavy rain in residential areas

    The picture shows the rainwater gutter of a brick building. Heavy rain is falling.

    … rainfall are depicted in images existing for Braunsbach in Baden-Württemberg (May 2016) or from Berlin (June 2017): It can be a matter of just a few minutes for … were superimposed on the data for Germany’s residential terrain. The years of 2002 and 2021 stand out from the overall picture with a particularly high number of … the threshold values for heavy rain warnings were also exceeded temporarily. In 2002 numerous events of heavy rainfall during an extended period in Saxony and South …

  • KomPass: Article from 21.06.2021 | Last changed: 19.11.2025

    BAU-R-5: Insurance density natural hazard insurance residential buildings

    The picture shows a housing estate with a single-family house. A mudslide is pouring over the street in front of it.

    … series show a significant increasing trend from 2001, the household insurance from 2002 to 2017. In 2017, the insurance density for connected residential building … natural hazard cover was 24 percent. Also shown in the graph for 2012, 2014 and 2016 are the percentages of respondents who do not yet have eEV but intend to take … aid. This happened for instance after the extreme floodwater event in August 2002 which caused damage totalling more than 11 billion Euros. Only some of these …

  • KomPass: Article from 30.03.2017 | Last changed: 14.02.2019

    KomPass Projects

    Blackboard with numerous notes.

    … of Climate Change Adaption in Policy Making and Practice Project duration: 2016-2019 GoApply will contribute to the implementation of strategies and actions … methodology is documented. Climate resilient regions Project duration: 2012 - 2016, FKZ 3712 48 101 The project examines the vulnerability of (critical) … ImpactChain: Impacts of global climate change for Germany P roject duration: 2016-2020, FKZ 3716 48 1020 The Fifth Assessment Report of the IPCC shows that …

  • KomPass: Article from 28.11.2023 | Last changed: 18.12.2024

    RO-R-5: Increase in settlement and transport areas

    The picture shows the construction of a new road. The partly finished road foundation is visible. In the foreground the foundation is still being completed whereas in the background it is already sealed. Half-way along the site a vibratory plate is standing. To the left of the new road, mounds of earth are visible - behind those a treeline. In the background, the roofs of a residential area are visible.

    … traffic purposes – as laid down in the national sustainability strategy adopted in 2002 – to be reduced to 30 ha per day by 2020. The updated German Sustainability … less than 30 ha by 2030. The BMUB’s Integrated Environmental Programme adopted in 2016 224 even exceeds this target. With a view to the target path for the … traffic purposes – as laid down in the national sustainability strategy adopted in 2002 – to be reduced to 30 ha per day by 2020. The updated German Sustainability …

  • KomPass: Article from 28.11.2023 | Last changed: 11.12.2024

    WW-I-5: Peak discharge values in watercourses

    The picture shows a detailed view of a strong current. The water is tinged brown owing to its mud content.

    … typically the value is ‘supplied’ by a different gauging station every year. In 2002 the reading emanated from the gauging station at Lichtenwalde in the … Niederwiesa in Saxony. The flooding which occurred during the flood event of August 2002 was particularly grave in the Mulde basin. The highest daily mean discharge … typically the value is ‘supplied’ by a different gauging station every year. In 2002 the reading emanated from the gauging station at Lichtenwalde in the …