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  • KomPass: Article from 26.01.2023 | Last changed: 26.01.2023

    Web pages on climate impacts and adaptation in the fields of action updated

    Four central challenges for adapting to climate change in Germany

    … fields of action updated Four central challenges for adapting to climate change in Germany Source: Adelphi the KomPass web pages Climate Impacts Germany and Regional and sectoral adaptation describe how the DAS fields of action … for adaptation. These pages have now beenn updated. last update on 26.01.2023 The German Adaptation Strategy (DAS) identifies 15 central fields of action for climate …

  • KomPass: Article from 28.11.2023 | Last changed: 14.01.2025

    FW-R-6: Silvicultural information on the theme of adaptation

    The picture shows two young foresters having a discussion in a sparse forest. The man on the left-hand side of the picture stands with his arms crossed while the other man is gesticulating with his hands. In the background, beams from a low sun are penetrating the forest.

    … forests. Source: Robert Kneschke / stock.adobe.com 2023 Monitoring Report on the German Strategy for Adaptation to Climate Change last update on 28.11.2023 FW-R-6: … forests but also in private forests as the latter comprises roughly 48 % of Germany’s entire forest terrain 122 . In many cases, proprietors of private forests … forestry journals is entitled ‘AFZ Der-Wald’ which contains concise articles in German and is therefore most effective in terms of reaching the German-speaking …

  • KomPass: Article from 28.11.2023 | Last changed: 12.12.2024

    FW-R-3: Humus reserves in forest soils

    The picture shows the soil profile of a forest. The A (or upper) horizon is formed by a massive humus layer. The surface is covered in twigs, cones and needles.

    … resilience. Source: SoilPaparazzi / stock.adobe.com 2023 Monitoring Report on the German Strategy for Adaptation to Climate Change last update on 28.11.2023 FW-R-3: … periods with poor precipitation levels. Between 1992 and 2021 the humus reserves in Germany’s forest soils increased. However, this does not exclude the possibility of … – facilitates the derivation of annual mean values for organic carbon reserves in Germany’s forest soils. The time series shows a significantly rising trend …

  • KomPass: Article from 28.11.2023 | Last changed: 30.09.2024

    Cluster Cross-sectional activities carried out at Federal level

    The image is directed towards the sky against the sun and shows a circle of ten stretched hands in a circle.

    … Federal level Source: metamorworks / stock.adobe.com 2023 Monitoring Report on the German Strategy for Adaptation to Climate Change last update on 28.11.2023 … on Climate Impacts and Adaptation monitoring report … 2023 Monitoring Report on the German Strategy for Adaptation to Climate Change … Cluster Cross-sectional …

  • 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.

    … productivity. Source: Andrey Popov / stock.adobe.com 2023 Monitoring Report on the German Strategy for Adaptation to Climate Change last update on 28.11.2023 IG-I-1: … at the workplace, both indoors and outdoors. More than 40 % of respondents to the environmental awareness study expect that heat will in future either strongly or …

  • KomPass: Article from 28.11.2023 | Last changed: 18.11.2025

    GE-I-8: Index – case study

    The picture shows a man’s upper arm in focus. The man is lifting the sleeve of his T-shirt with two fingers. In contrast with the skin previously covered by the T-shirt, the part of the skin that has been exposed to sunlight looks very red.

    … sunburn. Source: New Africa / stock.adobe.com 2023 Monitoring Report on the German Strategy for Adaptation to Climate Change last update on 28.11.2023 GE-I-8: … 10.1038/s41467-023-37134-3. 42 - UNEP EEAP – United Nations Environment Programme, Environmental Effects Assessment Panel. 2023: Environmental Effects of Stratospheric …

  • KomPass: Article from 28.11.2023 | Last changed: 18.12.2024

    RO-R-3: Priority and restricted areas for (preventive) flood control

    The picture shows the oxbow lake of a river with unfortified banks lined with meadows and tree clusters.

    … Source: Norbert G. Bildwerk / stock.adobe.com 2023 Monitoring Report on the German Strategy for Adaptation to Climate Change last update on 28.11.2023 RO-R-3: … monitoring report reserved area priority area … 2023 Monitoring Report on the German Strategy for Adaptation to Climate Change … In the period of 2009 to 2021, …

  • 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.

    … water shortages. Source: bai / stock.adobe.com 2023 Monitoring Report on the German Strategy for Adaptation to Climate Change last update on 28.11.2023 WW-R-1: … The droughts prevailing in the years 2018 to 2020 and in 2022 demonstrate that in Germany too, there are challenges from seasonally and regionally decreased water … cf. Indicator LW-R-6 ). This is true, in particular, for central parts of eastern Germany, the north-eastern German lowlands and the south-eastern German basin where …

  • 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.

    … operations. Source: Alexander / stock.adobe.com 2023 Monitoring Report on the German Strategy for Adaptation to Climate Change last update on 28.11.2023 FW-I-5: … of random use resulting from damaged timber in terms of the logging total in German commercial forests has increased significantly over the past 30 years. The … work required in the subsequent year of 1991, and this applied to major parts of Germany. In December 1999 ‘ Lothar’ devastated extensive parts of south-west …

  • KomPass: Article from 28.11.2023 | Last changed: 18.12.2024

    TOU-I-3: Market shares held by wider tourism areas

    The illustration ’Wider tourism areas in Germany’ contains a map of the travel areas in Germany showing five individual wider tourism areas in aggregated form.. Alps with alpine foothills, coasts and urban areas are regions characterised by very specific properties. The uplands and other areas are heterogeneous and extensive.

    … TOU-I-3: Market shares held by wider tourism areas Wider tourism areas in Germany Source: Data source: Technical data: StBA (Gemeindeverzeichnis) / Geodata: Geobasis-DE/BKG 2021 2023 Monitoring Report on the German Strategy for Adaptation to Climate Change last update on 28.11.2023 TOU-I-3: … Sea or the Alps with alpine foothills, there are other travel destinations in Germany which have been aggregated to form three other wider tourism areas 207 : the …

  • KomPass: Article from 28.11.2023 | Last changed: 18.11.2025

    GE-I-7: Health hazards from vibrios – case study

    The picture shows an outstretched foot on a sandy beach. There are two abrasions visible above the ankle.

    … via open wounds. Source: LoloStock / stock.adobe.com 2023 Monitoring Report on the German Strategy for Adaptation to Climate Change last update on 28.11.2023 GE-I-7: … – health risk to bathers Local residents are not the only people who appreciate the German coast for its high leisure and recreation value: Coastal areas are among the most popular regions for holidays and rehabilitation purposes in Germany. Especially in the summer months when air and water temperatures reach their …

  • KomPass: Article from 28.11.2023 | Last changed: 12.12.2024

    LW-I-3: Hailstone damage in agriculture

    The picture shows a field of maize after a tempest. The maize plants are heavily damaged, with stalks snapped off. Between the plants, there are still areas of standing water.

    … flooding, or frost. Source: brunok1 / stock.adobe.com 2023 Monitoring Report on the German Strategy for Adaptation to Climate Change last update on 28.11.2023 LW-I-3: … Yield losses caused by extreme weather events As a result of weather extremes, Germany’s plant production has repeatedly suffered some considerable yield losses in the course of recent years. A study carried out by the German Insurance Association (GDV) regarding insurance for agricultural multirisks …