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  • KomPass: Article from 30.03.2017 | Last changed: 14.02.2019

    KomPass Projects

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    KomPass Projects KomPass works on various projects on climate change adaptation. Source: krockenmitte/photocase.com One of the …

  • KomPass: Article from 28.11.2023 | Last changed: 18.12.2024

    HUE-3: Federal grants - Research projects Climate change impacts Adaptation

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    HUE-3: Federal grants - Research projects Climate change impacts Adaptation Research … Change last update on 28.11.2023 HUE-3: Federal grants for promoting research projects on climate change impacts and adaptation Several Federal departments …

  • KomPass: Article from 12.07.2019 | Last changed: 11.12.2023

    Introduction to Climate Projections

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    Introduction to Climate Projections Climate projections provide information on possible future climate …

  • 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.

    … – as for the other climate impacts – there is limited certainty regarding this projection. The experience of recent years has demonstrated – especially in the … assessed as medium – albeit with low certainty – as of the middle of this century. Largescale forest damage can impose major restrictions on the recreational quality … inventory data in respect of the timber increment (cf. Indicator FW-I-2 ). Research projects are underway exploring issues such as the utilisation of satellite image …

  • KomPass: Article from 28.11.2023 | Last changed: 18.11.2025

    GE-I-9: Ozone burden

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    … GE-I-9: Ozone burden Ozone forms from nitrogen dioxide and volatile organic compounds at high temperature and sun irradiation. The emissions from those … processes produced by precursors − mostly nitrogen oxides and volatile organic compounds. This entails that ozone concentrations are likely to increase more in rural areas than in conurbations. Especially for the volatile organic compounds, vapours from deciduous and coniferous trees are relevant; biogenic …

  • KomPass: Article from 28.03.2022 | Last changed: 28.03.2022

    Climate models and scenarios

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    … These assumptions are combined into greenhouse gas scenarios, resulting in climate projections . Projections are not forecasts or predictions ("this will happen"), but …

  • KomPass: Article from 28.11.2023 | Last changed: 18.12.2024

    HUE-4: Adaptation to climate change at the municipal level

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    … The funds dedicated for use by 2025 are reserved solely for the completion of projects already under way. Since 2012, adaptation measures are also supported … up adaptation concepts, it supported the implementation of municipal lighthouse projects as well as inter-municipal or regional alliances in establishing … extent. This is why the indicator illustrates only the outflow of funds to flagship projects and adaptation concepts. In the period 2012 to 2021, the Federal government …

  • KomPass: Article from 28.11.2023 | Last changed: 18.12.2024

    RO-R-1: Priority and reserved areas for nature and landscape

    The picture shows a meadow with flowers in various colours and small trees in the foreground. A woodland is visible on the horizon. The sky is partly cloud-covered.

    … habitats of animal and plant species shift. In these circumstances, a functioning compound system or network of biotopes is essential for the survival of specialised … habitats of animal and plant species shift. In these circumstances, a functioning compound system or network of biotopes is essential for the survival of specialised …

  • Cover from 27.11.2025

    Competence center KomPass

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    … the work concentrates on the development of the German Adaptation Strategy. Several projects are specifically structured so as to establish new knowledge bases for the … comparable. Environmental research KomPass establishes and promotes research projects on climate risks and adaptation for a viable and climate-resilient Germany. …

  • KomPass: Area of action climate impact from 11.01.2022 | Last changed: 08.01.2026

    Climate impacts: Field of action finance and insurance sector

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    … with climate change regarding the occurrence of extreme weather events. A linear projection of extreme weather trends does not provide sufficiently reliable … of investments, especially for long-term investments, for example infrastructure projects, as climate risks will have to be taken into account to a greater extent in the future. Investments in projects or companies severely affected by climate change could therefore decrease …

  • KomPass: Article from 20.09.2019 | Last changed: 22.10.2019

    GoApply

    … Making and Practice last update on 20.09.2019 Projekt-Logo GoApply Source: UBA Wien Project duration: November 2016 – April 2019 Background and overall objectives: The … still missing or not operational. Based on transnational learning, the GoApply project has been strengthening the capacities for multilevel, cross-sector and …