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  • KomPass: Article from 28.11.2023 | Last changed: 08.12.2025

    Cluster Building Sector

    The picture shows an artificial watercourse which runs past a block of flats in a newly developed housing estate. There is a road crossing the watercourse. The watercourse is edged with a narrow strip of vegetation consisting of grass, young trees and flower beds. Benches offer seating.

    … for a nationwide monitoring of the vitality of urban vegetation. It is, for example possible, on the basis of Sentinel 2 data, to calculate the Disease Water … in line with the requirements of climate protection. What’s being done – some examples In the past, the political focus in the building sector prioritised the …

  • KomPass: Article from 28.11.2023 | Last changed: 08.12.2025

    Cluster Spatial, regional and urban development planning

    The picture shows an excerpt from a development plan for a residential area with semi-detached and terraced housing. There are two mechanical pencils lying on the plan.

    … govern land use in a way that mitigates existing or expected climate risks – for example from extreme weather events, weather patterns and their impacts. For … carry weight within the framework of balancing processes. What’s being done – some examples A vital spatial planning tool to reduce climate risks and damage potentials …

  • KomPass: Article from 28.11.2023 | Last changed: 20.09.2024

    Cluster Biological diversity

    In the foreground the picture shows a banded demoiselle which has landed on the blossom of a yellow waterbuttercup. The background of this picture is blurred.

    … interactions among species communities are disturbed (cf. Indicator FI-I-2 ). For example when the supply and demand of food are decoupled from breeding and hatching … an overall concept for biodiversity monitoring nationwide. What’s being done – some examples In order to improve the protection of biodiversity under changing climatic …

  • KomPass: Article from 28.11.2023 | Last changed: 08.12.2025

    Cluster Agriculture

    The picture shows a dry-looking arable field with a tractor being driven across it. Owing to drought, the vehicle is stirring up clouds of dust. In the background, it is possible to make out a ridge of hills.

    … directly by the shift in agrophenological phases (cf. Indicator LW-I-1 ). For example, during the past ten years, winter rapeseed – based on Germany’s national … are apt to counteract any adverse impacts from heat. What’s being done – some examples Agriculture provides numerous possibilities for responding to climate …

  • Press release 50/2018 from 21.12.2018 | Last changed: 08.01.2019

    Electricity made regionally

    Windpark, Rapsfeld und unbestellter Acker

    … will be able to verify that their electricity is produced in their region, for example by the nearby wind turbine. Press release No. 50/2018 | 21.12.2018 The … will be able to verify that their electricity is produced in their region, for example by the nearby wind turbine. … Starting 1 January 2019 every household has … will be able to verify that their electricity is produced in their region, for example by the nearby wind turbine. … Electricity made regionally …

  • Press release 13/2020 from 20.03.2020 | Last changed: 27.03.2020

    UBA names water body type of the year 2020

    Ein kleiner Bachabschnitt fließt durch ein Waldstück

    … this type occur primarily in the limestone regions of the central highlands , for example in the Swabian Alb and Frankish Alb. Only eight percent achieve 'good' … as resource is not significantly impaired. The water body type of 2020 is just one example of a water body which does not have good ecological status and requires … this type occur primarily in the limestone regions of the central highlands , for example in the Swabian Alb and Frankish Alb. Only eight percent achieve 'good' …

  • KomPass: Article from 28.11.2023 | Last changed: 20.09.2024

    Cluster Transport, transport infrastructure

    The picture shows a flooded dip in a road. There is a roadblock in the foreground indicating that the road is closed to traffic. A sign reading ‘Hochwasser’ (floodwater) is fixed to the roadblock. There are flooded meadows visible on both sides of the road.

    … approaches to the development of monitoring indicators. What’s being done – some examples As far as the action field ‘transport, transport infrastructure’ is …

  • KomPass: Article from 28.11.2023 | Last changed: 19.09.2024

    Cluster Soil

    The picture shows a person kneeling on a ploughed field. Scrutinising the dark-brown soil with their eyes, the individual lets it trickle from one hand to the other.

    … the further development of nationwide indicators. What’s being done – some examples In terms of surface area, agriculture constitutes the most widespread …

  • News from 21.03.2023 | Last changed: 23.03.2023

    Advanced materials: steadily sustainable and safe

    Coloured area changing from pink to blue. Hexagonal shapes appear on different levels of the image and which reminiscent of chemical structural formulae. The shapes are shown either only in outline or filled in area.

    … chemical composition and form. They can offer solutions to global challenges. Examples are carrier systems for novel active ingredients or graphene for future use …

  • Press release 7/2015 from 13.02.2015 | Last changed: 23.01.2017

    UBA for more incentives for environmental management in companies

    The European Commissioner for Environment Potočnik hands a certificate to Burkhard Huckestein from the UBA.

    … Environment Agency campaigns for corporate environmental performance and leads by example In 2014, the European Commissioner for Environment Potočnik awarded the EMAS … Environment Agency campaigns for corporate environmental performance and leads by example … UBA for more incentives for environmental management in companies …