… center KomPass „KomPass - Climate Impacts and Adaptation in Germany“ has set itself the task to promote climate change adaptation in Germany and Europe. It points out … on the development of the German Adaptation Strategy. Several projects are specifically structured so as to establish new knowledge bases for the continuation of the … and opportunities are identified and requirements for action are derived on the basis of internal and external research findings. This supports the risk provision …

… diversity Source: Karin Jähne / stock.adobe.com 2023 Monitoring Report on the German Strategy for Adaptation to Climate Change last update on 28.11.2023 On … contribute to providing clean water, fresh air, a pleasant climate and fertile soils for the cultivation of crops to produce healthy food. Another useful function … influence on biological diversity. This is because its influence is spread across all levels – from single individuals to communities of species and ultimately to …

… Trade and industry Source: Dirschl / stock.adobe.com 2023 Monitoring Report on the German Strategy for Adaptation to Climate Change last update on 28.11.2023 On … worldwide. It is thanks to the high demand for products ‘Made in Germany’ – especially for machinery, motor vehicles and associated components as well as chemical … in some cases fall by up to 12 %. For 2018 and 2019 it was estimated that – on the basis of this assumption – direct damage resulting from productivity losses owing to …

… FW-R-2: Conservation of forest-genetic resources Seed plantations serve the purpose of genetic conservation and of forest transformation. Source: Andreas … to build up mixed and climate-resilient stands. The objective is to promote above all resilient autochthonous tree species and to ensure that forest transformation … in respect of population-genetic issues. These developments provide an additional basis for assessing the genetic adaptability of trees in climate change conditions. …

… hot summers. Source: marcus_hofmann / stock.adobe.com 2023 Monitoring Report on the German Strategy for Adaptation to Climate Change last update on 28.11.2023 … will further intensify urban climate effects (cf. Indicator BAU-I-2 ), potentially leading to an increased incidence of heat-related health problems. Measures can … to arrive at a detailed identification of the reasons for these developments on the basis of data underlying this indicator. In principle, municipalities with specific …

… and groundwater. Source: Visions-AD / stock.adobe.com 2023 Monitoring Report on the German Strategy for Adaptation to Climate Change last update on 28.11.2023 … groundwater In the past it could be taken for granted in Germany – apart from regionally limited areas of water shortage where usable groundwater was in short supply – … in planning practice – on the individual spatial properties of regions, such as soil properties and geological baseline conditions, for instance whether the …

… services industry Source: Jirapong / stock.adobe.com 2023 Monitoring Report on the German Strategy for Adaptation to Climate Change last update on 28.11.2023 On … of climate protection and climate adaptation, financial services providers are equally vulnerable to the impacts of climate change in respect of their own operations. … regularly incurs underwriting losses. The profitability is calculated on the basis of the combined ratio. If this ratio amounts to more than 100 %, the insurance …

… Climate projections provide information about possible future climate developments. They constitute an important basis to gain information about climate impacts and possible adaptation options. … Daten-Format ASCII – Code Datenmenge (Beispiel) rund 65 Gigabyte (pro Szenario für alle Dekaden) Hinweise für Datennutzer Webseite CEC Beratung …

… infrastructure Source: Carola Vahldiek / stock.adobe.com 2023 Monitoring Report on the German Strategy for Adaptation to Climate Change last update on 28.11.2023 On … society such as Germany is highly mobile. Most people travel on a daily basis; either they commute to their place of work, walk, cycle or drive to their … to the end customer. Transport infrastructures and means of transportation are usually both directly exposed to weather conditions. Extreme weather and extreme …

… areas for nature and landscape Spatial planning areas reserved for wildlife allow the safeguarding of refuge areas for animals. Source: dina / stock.adobe.com … conservation bodies which, among other things, designate protected areas on the basis of nature conservation law; these bodies plan and implement the management of …

… agriculture. Source: suze / photocase.com Agriculture is particularly affected by the impacts of climate change. Appropriate adaptation measures can curb yield losses … agriculture (crop production), adaptation activities can start with the type of soil cultivation and treatment, irrigation, the choice of plant varieties and frost … lower radiation at the earlier stage of the growing season. Climate changes also allow the introduction of crop varieties that have hardly been cultivated in Germany …

… Civic protection Source: Andreas Gruhl / stock.adobe.com 2023 Monitoring Report on the German Strategy for Adaptation to Climate Change last update on 28.11.2023 On … disaster preparedness and management are confronted by the increasing challenges of climate change. The existing structures are being updated continuously … might contribute to the development of more effective adaptation measures on the basis of an improved data scenario. Where do we have gaps in data and knowledge? So …