… Download Series brochure / flyer Number of pages 276 Year of publication August 2020 Author(s) Umweltbundesamt (Hrsg.) Other languages Deutsch Publisher …

… WW-I-6: Low water The extremely hot and dry summers from 2018 to 2020 led to extremely low water levels in rivers. Source: christiane65 / … low water levels. However, the hot and dry summers of the period from 2018 to 2020 subsequently led to three extreme years. WW-I-6: Low water Source: Run-off … occurred in particular in the years 1991, 2003 and 2015 and lately in 2018 to 2020. This affected in particular the river basins of Rhine, Elbe and Weser, and, to …

… additional survey in the framework of the study ‚Umweltbewusstsein in Deutschland 2020‘) Widespread doubts about manageability of climate impacts The availability of … which was, in fact, the focus of the Environmental Awareness Study conducted in 2020. Generally, it was noted that respondents were largely in agreement with regard … change impacts. In a qualitative preliminary study conducted in the run-up to the 2020 Environmental Awareness Study, another factor was identified which may also …

… 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 2.5 °C than the long-term annual average in the period from 1961 to 1990. At … less than 70 litres of rain fell locally per square meter in 2019. In spring 2020 precipitation reached only some 50 % of its multi-annual average. This was one …

… levels have entailed – as a consequence of the extremely dry years of 2018 to 2020 – some massive losses of water, especially in the lakes of northern Germany. … 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 into … than half a metre to just above 140 cm. The lowest level was reached in October 2020 with 110 cm. The situation was similar in the Müritz lake in …

… budgetary sources. In the aftermath of the devastating drought years of 2018 to 2020, in particular the Federal government and the Länder have made available … spontaneous natural regeneration. Following the devastating drought of 2018 until 2020 it was necessary to reforest an area of roughly 285,000 ha 118 ; by 2023, an … augmented by funding provided by Federal government. This is why – especially from 2020 onwards – extensive additional finance was invested in private and corporate …

… used there for adaptation to climate change.   188 - Peter M., Guyer M., Füssler J. 2020: Impact CHAIN: Folgen des globalen Klimawandels für Deutschland. … Analysen und Politikempfehlungen. Umweltbundesamt (Hg.). Climate Change 15/2020, Dessau-Roßlau, 111 pp. https://www.umweltbundesamt.de/sites/default/files/medien/376/publikationen/2020-05-06_cc_15-2020_impactchain.pdf 188 - Die Bundesregierung (Hg.) 2020: Zweiter …

… decreased significantly in Germany. In particular, the drought period from 2018 to 2020 shows distinctly negative deviations from the mean of the entire time series. … and 2013 (cf. Indicator WW-I-4 ) and the effects of the drought period from 2018 to 2020 58 . Nevertheless, there are gaps in the data for 2018 as the first GRACE … 58 - Boergens E., Güntner A., Dobslaw H., Dahle C. 2020: Quantifying the Central European Droughts in 2018 and 2019 with GRACE …

… have been on the increase, both in residential and non-residential buildings. In 2020 and 2021, however, the development has also been affected by rising prices in … climate risks.   149 - Gornig M., Görzig B., Michelsen C., Kaiser C., Klarhöfer K. 2020: Strukturdaten zur Produktion und Beschäftigung im Baugewerbe. Berechnungen für … am Bundesamt für Bauordnung und Raumwesen (Hg.). BBSR-Online-Publikation, Band 15/2020, Bonn, 44 pp. …

… operated by Länder and the available landscape framework plans – there were 155 in 2020 – the impacts of climate change and the resulting requirements in terms of … those plans are concerned that were analysed in respect of the period from 2000 and 2020, a distinct increase is noticeable in references to climate change. For … of tangible impacts of climate change on biodiversity. According to the 2020 status, only approximately 22 % of landscape framework plans provide a …