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  • Publication from 07.08.2020

    2019 Monitoring Report

    2023 Monitoring Report on the German Strategy for Adaptation to Climate Change

    … Climate | Energy 2019 Monitoring Report on the German Strategy for Adaptation to Climate Change … (DAS), the Federal Government is now presenting the second monitoring report in 2019. It informs the public and decision-makers in all areas of social life about … / flyer Number of pages 276 Year of publication August 2020 Author(s) Umweltbundesamt (Hrsg.) Other languages Deutsch Publisher Umweltbundesamt Additional …

  • KomPass: Article from 28.11.2023 | Last changed: 11.12.2024

    WW-I-2: Groundwater level and spring flow – Northern and Southern Region

    WW-I-2: Groundwater level and spring flow – Northern and Southern Region 2023 … Compared to the mean calculated for all gauging stations considered, the years of 2019 to 2021 indicated a monthly mean of groundwater levels or spring flows – in … are significant. However, both regions witnessed record low-water levels from 2019 onwards resulting from the extremely dry years of 2018 to 2019. There are …

  • KomPass: Article from 28.11.2023 | Last changed: 18.12.2024

    RO-R-2: Priority and reserved areas groundwater / drinking water

    The photograph shows a stream running through a meadow. Trees and tree clusters line the edge of the meadow.

    RO-R-2: Priority and reserved areas groundwater / drinking water Spatial planning … has been in decline. In fact, it was particularly low in the drought years of 2018, 2019 and 2020 (cf. Indicator WW-I-2 ). However, groundwater recharge in sufficient …

  • KomPass: Article from 28.11.2023 | Last changed: 18.12.2024

    HUE-5: International finance for climate adaptation (from budgetary funds)

    HUE-5: International finance for climate adaptation (from budgetary funds) 2023 … contributed to the first replenishment of the GCF for the period from 2015 to 2019 in the amount of 750 million Euros, and to the next replenishment in respect of …

  • Publication from 01.02.2019

    Umfrage Wirkung der Deutschen Anpassungsstrategie (DAS) für die Kommunen

    Cover der Publikation CLIMATE CHANGE 01/2019 Umfrage Wirkung der Deutschen Anpassungsstrategie (DAS) für die Kommunen

    … an den Klimawandel“ (DAS) die Klimafolgenanpassung in den Städten und Gemeinden? Die vorliegende Studie liefert Antworten auf diese und andere Fragen, … zur Weiterentwicklung der DAS aufbereitet. Download Series Climate Change | 01/2019 Number of pages 149 Year of publication January 2019 Author(s) Jens Hasse, Luise Willen, Nadine Baum, Sabine Bongers-Römer, Josefine …

  • KomPass: Article from 28.11.2023 | Last changed: 05.01.2026

    BAU-R-2: Green roofs in cities

    The picture shows the metal facade of a modern commercial building almost completely covered with a climbing plant.

    … and ‘sealed’ cities depend on this, and they are in a position to provide targeted funding with the purpose of counteracting the impacts of climate change. BAU-R-2: … 145 - Sieker H., Steyer R., Büter B., Leßmann D., Tils R. von, Becker C., Hübner S. 2019: Untersuchung der Potentiale für die Nutzung von Regenwasser zur Verdunstungskühlung in Städten. Umweltbundesamt (Hg.). Texte, 111/2019, Desdsau-Roßlau, 112 pp. https:// …

  • 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.

    … to Climate Change last update on 28.11.2023 LW-R-6: Agricultural irrigation Under climate change conditions, the need for irrigation is likely to increase and … technology and the actually irrigated terrain have increased since 2009. In 2019, 506,480 ha of outdoor cultivation areas were irrigated. Frost protection … 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 values, this is an …

  • 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.

    … by floodwater and heavy rain. Source: Photograph: © elmar gubisch / stock.adobe.com 2019 Monitoring Report on the German Strategy for Adaptation to Climate Change last … will be an increase owing to climate change, and that heavy rainfall events are bound to occur regardless of location. Such events can therefore happen anywhere … kB) Tags Competence Centre on Climate Impacts and Adaptation monitoring report … 2019 Monitoring Report on the German Strategy for Adaptation to Climate Change … The …

  • KomPass: Article from 28.11.2023 | Last changed: 18.11.2025

    KM-I-5: Change of flow direction

    The picture shows a river running through a flat landscape consisting of meadows and agricultural areas. The sea is visible in the background.

    … waves several metres high causing substantial damage. In the hydrological years of 2019 and 2020, with similar frequency, a backwater situation was recorded at the gauging station Anklam. In the beginning of 2019 two storm surges in quick succession contributed to flow direction changes in … T., Sommerhäuser M. 2008: Begleittext zur Aktualisierung der Steckbriefe der bundesdeutschen Fließgewässertypen (Teil A) und Ergänzung der Steckbriefe der …

  • KomPass: Article from 28.11.2023 | Last changed: 11.12.2024

    WW-I-7: Water levels in lakes

    The picture shows a footbridge leading across the dried-up sandy and stony shore area of a lake. A bridge and some residual water are visible in the background.

    … lakes nowadays have less water than they still had in the 1960s. Diminishing groundwater levels have entailed – as a consequence of the extremely dry years of 2018 … between the two data sets. In the years of 1976–1977, 1992–1993, 2004–2006 and 2019–2021, when the time series clearly showed negative deviations of the lake water … The greatest decrease in water levels occurred during the very dry and hot years of 2019 and 2020. For instance, in April 2018, the Groß Glienicker lake in Berlin went …

  • KomPass: Article from 28.11.2023 | Last changed: 20.01.2025

    GE-I-3: Birch pollen burdens

    The picture shows a birch blossom with its pollen distributed by the wind.

    … frequency and intensity of extreme weather events might bring the phenomenon of ‘thunderstorm asthma’ 18 18 18 18 to the fore, thus giving it significance in clinical … by the Foundation of German Pollen Information Service (PID), especially in 2019 and 2020 have demonstrated this. In 2019 the mean spring temperatures were distinctly higher by 1.3 °C and in 2020 by …