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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: 17.01.2025

    GE-R-3: Information on pollen

    The picture shows a young women sitting in a birch wood. Her gaze is focused on a smartphone.

    … documentation of hayfever symptoms and the medication used. The number of newsletters distributed and also the use of the services offered by the PID and … the period of a week 50 . The up-to-date nature of these forecasts enables people who suffer from pollen allergies to arrange for targeted prophylactic actions in …

  • Cover from 14.01.2021

    KomPass - News

    KomPass-Logo mit Briefsymbol und Text Aktuelles

    … here you can find all current topics. Furthermore, stay up-to-date with our KomPass newsletter. Articles Web pages on climate impacts and adaptation in the fields of … here you can find all current topics. Furthermore, stay up-to-date with our KomPass newsletter. … KomPass - News …

  • KomPass: Area of action adaptation from 06.07.2022 | Last changed: 08.01.2026

    Adaptation: Field of Action Human Health

    A baby hand holding the finger of an adult

    … and people with pre-existing conditions, babies and young children, and people who work outdoors. Educational measures about the consequences of heat stress on … as well as old people's and nursing homes about increased heat stress via a newsletter and direct e-mails so that they can take appropriate preventive measures. …

  • 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: 18.11.2025

    FiW-R-2: Awareness of physical climate risks among financial services

    The picture shows the arms and hands of two formally dressed individuals sitting at a desk. There is a laptop on the desk, and there are documents which show various charts and sticky notes. Both individuals are holding ballpoint pens which they use to point to the same line chart.

    … into force in 2020. This regulation requires participants in the finance market who offer financial products, to state in their declarations which parts of their … directly. It is not unreasonable to assume that the high proportion of respondents who did not submit a relevance rating might be due to uncertainties in assessing …

  • 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: 18.11.2025

    FiW-R-1: Public awareness of storm and flooding risks

    The picture shows a man standing in a flooded cellar, kneedeep in brown water. There are tins, cartons and flowerpots visible on a rack of shelves. Some synthetic buckets are standing in front of this rack with floodwater lapping round them. The man is looking at additional containers, pallets and synthetic bags piled up in front of him.

    … population’s risk awareness is still very low. Not even a quarter of citizens who responded to the survey acknowledge that their house or home is at genuine risk … particular, for the very distinct increase above all in the category of respondents who now feel very much affected. The survey was conducted in September 2021, in …

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

    Adaptation: Field of Action Civil Protection

    Jackets and helmets of the professional fire brigade

    … tapped, for example, through the integration of spontaneous helpers - i.e. citizens who are willing to help and who mostly form and organise themselves via social platforms. In addition, training …

  • Cover from 26.11.2025

    Adaptation to climate change

    Sandsäcke wurden vor einer Haustür aufgestapelt, um das Haus vor Hochwasser zu schützen

    … in Germany benefit from rising temperatures but stay sustainable at the same time? Who has to adapt? In order for us to adapt successfully to climate change and its …