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  • KomPass: Article from 28.11.2023 | Last changed: 30.09.2024

    Cluster Financial services industry

    The picture shows a man sitting at a desk holding a ballpoint pen between his fingers while operating a pocket calculator. There are several documents on the desk; it is just possible to make out the fuzzy image of some charts.

    … For quite some time, the insurance companies have been scrutinising the potential impacts of climate change. By contrast, negative impacts of climate change … analysis of physical risks and – as expected – to the implementation of risk-mitigating measures. On one hand, higher transparency is important in examining … the optimum case, risk transfer is accompanied by strategies for operational risk mitigation. That is why many underwriters now conduct their own individual …

  • Press release 09/2017 from 20.03.2017 | Last changed: 27.04.2017

    Climate footprint 2016: Transport sector and cool weather cause spike in emissions

    Viele Autos auf stark befahrender Straße in der Innenstadt

    … 2.8 per cent. Source: Pavel Losevsky / Fotolia Germany's greenhouse gas emissions (GHG) amounted to nearly 906 million tons in 2016, which is about 4 million tons more … passenger kilometres and freight volume. This is another reason for the increase in GHG in the transport sector.  “As long Germany’s transport sector continues to … disposal of commercial refrigeration units and mobile air conditioning systems.  GHG emissions mostly stagnated in the agriculture sector. The waste sector reported …

  • News from 28.04.2025 | Last changed: 10.06.2025

    Risks and benefits of inhibitors in agriculture

    Acker neben Wiese mit Bäumen im Hintergrund

    … both the environment and to human health. For example, some of the substances are potentially toxic to aquatic organisms or impair the reproductive function of … around 13% of the EU’s greenhouse gas emissions in 2024. Cost-effective and simple mitigation techniques, such as the use of GHG reducing inhibitors, could help the sector achieve its climate goals.        …

  • Press release 25/2016 from 21.06.2016 | Last changed: 23.01.2017

    Blauer Kompass contest

    photomontage with a landscape and the banner "Blauer Kompass - Anpassungspioniere gesucht"

    … The German Environment Agency (UBA) awards local and regional measures which mitigate the risks of climate change through its Blauer Kompass contest and slogan … city of Kamen, "Natur in graue Zonen" in Bonn and "KiezKlima“ in Berlin show how to mitigate the risks of extreme weather episodes. The city of Kamen renaturalised a … The German Environment Agency (UBA) awards local and regional measures which mitigate the risks of climate change through its Blauer Kompass contest and slogan …

  • Press release 11/2020 from 16.03.2020 | Last changed: 07.04.2020

    2019 greenhouse gas emissions in Germany declined by 6.3 percent

    in einer futuristisch anmutenden Szenerie mit blauem Licht stehen Solarpanels auf einer Wasserfläche, im Hintergrund Windkraftanlagen und Strommasten

    … decline since 1990. The energy sector made the greatest progress in emissions mitigation. This is due to the successful reform of European emissions trading, low … can achieve its climate targets and more if we choose the right course and tap the potential in every sector." Greenhouse gas emissions in 2019 are distributed across the following sectors: Energy: The sector generated by far the greatest mitigation contribution, with nearly 51 million tonnes CO2, which is 16.7 percent …

  • KomPass: Article from 28.11.2023 | Last changed: 18.12.2024

    RO-R-5: Increase in settlement and transport areas

    The picture shows the construction of a new road. The partly finished road foundation is visible. In the foreground the foundation is still being completed whereas in the background it is already sealed. Half-way along the site a vibratory plate is standing. To the left of the new road, mounds of earth are visible - behind those a treeline. In the background, the roofs of a residential area are visible.

    … connection with changing climatic conditions, these ecosystem services address the potential of unsealed surfaces to allow the infiltration of precipitation and also – … parts of open valleys transport the cool air to neighbouring residential areas thus mitigating any thermal stress (cf. Indicator RO-R-4 ). As far as agriculture and … networks enabling them to adapt. 222 Land that is free from buildings retains its potentials, or such potentials are relatively easily restored, if the change of use …

  • News from 31.07.2024 | Last changed: 31.07.2024

    Renaturalised bodies of water can reduce greenhouse gas emissions

    Modified water bodies emit carbon dioxide, methane and nitrous oxide

    … release the stored gases into the atmosphere and contribute to the greenhouse gas (GHG) effect. Anthropogenic greenhouse gas emissions from water bodies Bodies of … example, which forms greenhouse gases when it decomposes. This reduces the savings potential of hydropower plants as a renewable energy source, even though this type … greenhouse gas emissions of inland waters in Germany and estimation of their mitigation potential by restoration measures Berichterstattung unter der …

  • Press release 35/2017 from 13.10.2017 | Last changed: 23.10.2017

    Environmental availability of raw materials

    in einer bergigen, trockenen Landschaft klafft ein riesiges tiefes Loch mit terrassenförmigen Plateaus in der Erde

    … civil society groups and public authorities to assess the environmental hazard potentials of raw materials and mining project and identify environmentally critical … (ifeu) and projekt consult developed a method to assess the environmental hazard potentials of mining for raw materials in the framework of a research project …

  • Appointment from 27.09.2023

    UBA Governance Workshop on Solar Radiation Modification (SRM)

    … and political risks associated with research and deployment? Is there a risk of mitigation deterrence related SRM research? This workshop is intended to bring … actors, practitioners, politicians, and scientists into conversation around the potential governance challenges of SRM. The programme can be found here . Further …

  • KomPass: Article from 28.11.2023 | Last changed: 30.09.2024

    Cluster Trade and industry

    The picture shows a sectional view of a wooded landscape. There is an industrial estate visible in the distance, consisting of several buildings and facilities. There is smoke rising from some chimneys. The sky is densely cloud-covered. Above the horizon, the sky is tinged with yellow, with dark, greyish-blue clouds billowing at the margin of the picture. In a few lighter places, rays of the sun are penetrating the band of clouds.

    … value-added and business models. Forward-looking entrepreneurial action can mitigate such risks at the same time as providing opportunities to develop new value-added potentials. DAS Monitoring –what is happening due to climate change The general rise …