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  • KomPass: Area of action climate impact from 06.01.2023 | Last changed: 18.12.2025

    Climate Impacts: Field of Action Tourism

    Beach chairs at the Baltic Sea

    … due to a decrease in summer precipitation endangers the sporting activity as a whole. In shallow waters, the risk of grounding or sediment resuspension also … for tourists. In particular, older people with health problems, but also people who are active in sports, may be at risk during hot periods in the summer months or …

  • Press release 45/2022 from 14.10.2022 | Last changed: 14.10.2022

    E-Waste Day: a plea for proper disposal of electrical and electronic equipment

    old electrical appliances, such as PC, computer screen and laptop

    … equipment contains valuable raw materials which are scarce and costly and whose extraction requires large amounts of water or energy. This is why recycling is … to pass on used devices to friends and family or sell them to a service provider who inspects and resells an item.” The amount of new electrical and electronic …

  • Press release 57/2020 from 20.11.2020 | Last changed: 24.11.2020

    Invisible Waste – waste that is out of sight

    volle Restmülltonne

    … institutions, associations, public authorities, companies and private individuals who focus on knowledge transfer in their work. Background The European Week for …

  • Press release 34/2025 from 18.09.2025 | Last changed: 15.10.2025

    Sustainability is hard to find in online retail

    Das Bild zeigt ein aufgeklapptes Laptop, auf dessen Bildschirm die Webseite eines Online-Shops angezeigt wird

    … prominently visible in the purchasing process, or if money can be saved. “Those who shop online usually find the cheapest product – but all too rarely the most …

  • Press release 05/2014 from 29.01.2014 | Last changed: 23.01.2017

    Putting power gluttons on a diet

    smartphones

    … one must take care that rooms are well-aired to prevent mould formation. For anyone who cannot do without the clothes dryer, there are gas-fired and heat-pump driers in …

  • KomPass: Area of action climate impact from 06.01.2023 | Last changed: 07.01.2026

    Climate Impacts: Field of Action Biological Diversity

    colourful flowering summer meadow

    … food shortages. An example of this is the pied flycatcher (Ficedula hypoleuca) , who winters south of the Sahara and returns to Germany at the end of April. It needs … food shortages. An example of this is the pied flycatcher (Ficedula hypoleuca) , who winters south of the Sahara and returns to Germany at the end of April. It needs …

  • Press release 06/2018 from 09.03.2018 | Last changed: 08.03.2018

    Nitrogen dioxide has serious impact on health

    city center of Munich, in the background the Alps

    … public health (e.g. cause of death) and applying the World Health Organization’s (WHO) concept to assess the Environmental Burden of Disease, the study made …