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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 …

  • 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.

    … After price responses to increasing amounts of damage, the years of 2016, 2017, 2019 and 2020 returned to actuarial profits: The combined ratio in homeowners’ comprehensive insurance undercut the 100 % level. The 2021 flood catastrophe in the Ahr and Erft valleys entailed a new damage record and … the resulting increase in premiums, the combined ratio for 2016 and 2017 as well as 2019 and 2020 reverted to below 100 %. Consequently, in those years it was possible …

  • KomPass: Article from 28.11.2023 | Last changed: 18.12.2024

    BS-R-3: Exercise volume

    The picture shows a THW member from behind; he is in uniform and wears a helmet. It is possible to make out a scaffold with other THW members standing on it.

    … when extreme events have to be dealt with. The severe flood events of 2013 and 2021 did not affect the training hours attended any more than just negligibly. … to rise again during the three years prior to the outbreak of the pandemic. In 2019 this number reached its maximum value so far. The total of 450,000 hours … significantly prior to the outbreak of the pandemic. The development from 2015 to 2019 demonstrates that the actual participants attended more frequently and / or …

  • 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.

    … on 28.11.2023 VE-I-6: Weather-related disruptions to the railway infrastructure 2021 stands out due to numerous disruptions to the railway infrastructure caused by … to railway traffic due to freezing rain, snowfall and snowdrifts. In 2018 and 2019, the summer heat caused a noticeable number of disruptions. A trend analysis is … in passenger and tonne-kilometres respectively) as recorded in the pre-crisis year 2019, make railway transport an important building block of Germany’s transport …

  • KomPass: Article from 28.11.2023 | Last changed: 18.11.2025

    VE-I-1 + 2: Flood closures and low water restrictions on the Rhine

    … have affected Rhine shipping, especially on the Upper Rhine. In 1999, 2016 and 2021 inland shipping was unable to navigate the Upper Rhine for an extended period … entailed by low water levels.   160 - BfG – Bundesanstalt für Gewässerkunde (Hg.) 2019: Das Niedrigwasser 2018. Koblenz, 22 pp. https://doi.bafg.de/BfG/2019/Niedrigwasser_2018.pdf . 161 - Deutscher Bundestag (Hg.) 2019: Bericht zur …

  • 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.

    … between the two data sets. In the years of 1976–1977, 1992–1993, 2004–2006 and 20192021, 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: 12.12.2024

    FW-I-5: Damaged timber – extent of random use

    The picture shows a dense spruce forest. Several trees are dead, and in the foreground there is deadwood lying on the forest floor.

    … use compared to the logging total has been rising significantly in the run-up to 2021. The causes of this development vary from year to year. Major winter storms … 2015 resulted in considerable volumes of damaged timber. However, in the years of 2019 to 2021 insect-related damage predominated. FW-I-5: Damaged timber – extent of … this period amounted to roughly 26 % compared to the average for the period of 2019 to 2021 amounting to 67.6 % which is more than double. The record value reached …

  • KomPass: Article from 28.11.2023 | Last changed: 19.09.2024

    Cluster Woodland and forestry

    The picture shows a coniferous forest. The bark-free trunk of a damaged spruce tree is visible in the foreground. In the light-coloured wood of this tree the distinct frass traces of a bark beetle are clearly visible.

    … scope of the problem. There was increasing evidence of the canopy breaking up. From 2019 onwards, it became obvious that all tree species (including a proportion of … in 2020, while values for the deciduous beech and oak were continuing to rise in 2021 (cf. Indicator FW-I-4 ). In those years, numerous trees died completely, thus … use) of damaged timber, compared to the logging total, reached record values in 2019, amounting to 67 % and in 2020 reaching almost 75 % (cf. Indicator FW-I-5 ). In …