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  • KomPass: Article from 28.11.2023 | Last changed: 18.11.2025

    GE-R-1 + 2: Heat warning service and Public awareness of health problems

    … to Climate Change last update on 28.11.2023 GE-R-1: Heat warning service The DWD ‘ Newsletter Hitzewarnungen’ (NL heat warnings) provides information at times when … of the UBA and the Federal Environment Ministry 49 . The proportion of respondents who subjectively expect for their own future that heatwaves would have either very …

  • KomPass: Article from 28.11.2023 | Last changed: 18.12.2024

    BS-R-2: Precautions taken among the population

    The picture shows an assortment of emergency provisions including groceries such as beans, rice and tinned food, batteries, adhesive tape, toilet paper, tea lights and lighters.

    … Precautions taken among the population By 2016 the proportion of respondents who consider themselves adequately informed about the climate change risks … the survey conducted in 2021, it becomes clear that the proportion of respondents who inform themselves adequately on impacts of climate change relevant to them …

  • KomPass: Article from 28.11.2023 | Last changed: 18.12.2024

    HUE-2: Usage of warning and information services

    The picture shows a hand holding a smartphone. The smartphone screen is blue and shows the logo of DWD’s WarnWetter App. In the picture’s background, the black clouds of a thunderous sky are visible.

    … for the two previous surveys. Nevertheless: The proportion of those respondents who were not yet making use of these services but intended to do so in future, was … in two subsequent surveys conducted in 2016 and 2021, the proportion of respondents who make use of the warning and information services was in decline, ultimately …

  • 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.

    … 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 it out. The values for the three years … and household effects. In past cases of damage both private individuals and traders who incurred the damage, used to receive government and non-governmental aid. This …

  • KomPass: Article from 28.11.2023 | Last changed: 18.12.2024

    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.

    … To this end, it is vital that appropriate assistance can be provided by individuals who are well acquainted with the potential impacts of damaging events before these … only every four years. While in 2012 the figure was still 38 % of all respondents who obtained relevant information, this value had already risen to 52 % in 2014, and …

  • KomPass: Article from 28.11.2023 | Last changed: 08.12.2025

    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.

    … on 28.11.2023 On the relevance of the action field The World Health Organisation (WHO) describes climate change as the ‘single biggest health threat facing humanity’: … by climate change, as well as potential protective measures. Apps and targeted newsletters have gained increasing importance; these provide information on risks …

  • KomPass: Article from 28.11.2023 | Last changed: 18.11.2025

    GE-R-4: Submissions for the Mückenatlas

    The picture shows the fingers of two hands in rubber gloves, in the process of using tweezers to place dead mosquitoes on to a cover glass for microscopic examination.

    … is concerned, citizens can post mosquitoes to researchers by surface mail, who will identify the relevant species scientifically and conduct assessments … virus often just produces influenza-like symptoms. However, in the unborn foetus whose pregnant mother was infected, the virus can bring about severe impairments …

  • KomPass: Article from 28.11.2023 | Last changed: 18.11.2025

    GE-I-9: Ozone burden

    The picture shows the exhaust pipe of a motor car emitting exhaust gases.

    … days per calendar year. The mean of the days is calculated across three years. The WHO published new recommendations for air quality in 2021. These recommendations … the mean of the daily maximum 8-hour values has been calculated. According to the WHO, the critical threshold value is set at a concentration of 60 µg/m³. The Länder … days per calendar year. The mean of the days is calculated across three years. The WHO published new recommendations for air quality in 2021. These recommendations …

  • KomPass: Article from 28.11.2023 | Last changed: 17.12.2024

    IG-I-1: Heat-related decrease in efficiency

    The picture shows a woman wearing a blouse and a blazer, sitting in an office in front of a laptop. In her left hand she is holding an open water bottle while wiping sweat off her brow with her right hand. The woman’s eyes are closed and her facial expression suggests exhaustion.

    … condition. In Germany there are approximately 2 to 3 million people who work predominantly or at least some of the time outdoors. They are exposed to … and other climatic changes clearly affect these people more directly than people who work indoors. These outdoor activities contribute approximately 10 to 15 % of …

  • KomPass: Article from 28.11.2023 | Last changed: 30.09.2024

    Cluster Civic protection

    The picture shows two emergency vehicles with blue lights switched on, one of the vehicles is a fire engine and the other one a blue emergency relief (THW) vehicle. Both vehicles are only partly visible.

    … the supporting pillars of civic protection is the great number of voluntary helpers who become involved in public and private relief organisations. Nevertheless, … order to make even more effective use of the existing willingness of volunteers – who are less interested to commit themselves to fixed structures than in the past – …

  • KomPass: Article from 28.11.2023 | Last changed: 30.09.2024

    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.

    … indicator is based on a small dataset – covering a few financial services providers who voluntarily submit reports within the framework of the CDP – and is primarily … preaching to the converted, in other words the response came mostly from people who were already sensitised to the issues. Likewise, tools such as the …

  • KomPass: Article from 28.11.2023 | Last changed: 11.12.2024

    WW-R-1: Water use index

    The picture shows a hand on the handle of a tap, with a weak water jet pouring into a wash-hand basin.

    … In particular the managers of water providers in rural areas and in upland regions who have largely decentralised as well as precipitation-dependent supply structures … and conscientious saving of water continues to be important. An individual who saves water, is saving energy at the same time, because energy is used not just …