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  • KomPass: Article from 28.11.2023 | Last changed: 12.12.2024

    FW-I-2: Incremental growth in timber

    The picture shows a stack of timber.

    … growth rates. The higher growth rate in respect of spruce stands in the period of 2012 to 2017 can probably be attributed to the fact that there were no supraregional … occurred. However, it must be said that also in the subsequent period of 2008 to 2012 in which there were no drought years, the nationwide mean of timber increments … which would lead to decreasing timber increments. During the observation period of 2012 to 2017 the incremental growth rates for beech, oak and pine trees declined …

  • Press release 31/2019 from 17.09.2019 | Last changed: 29.10.2019

    Jury nominates 31 projects for the German Federal Ecodesign Award

    Gruppenbild der Jury

    … Environment Agency have recognised outstanding achievement in ecodesign since 2012. Press release No. 31/2019 | 17.09.2019 Rita Schwarzelühr-Sutter, Parliamentary … Environment Agency have awarded the German Federal Ecodesign Award every year since 2012 in the categries "Product", "Service", "Concept" and "Young Talent". The … Environment Agency have recognised outstanding achievement in ecodesign since 2012. … 130 ideas to make our world more sustainable competed in yesterday’s jury …

  • KomPass: Article from 28.11.2023 | Last changed: 18.12.2024

    HUE-4: Adaptation to climate change at the municipal level

    The picture shows a slightly hilly landscape characterised by agricultural activity. The centre of the picture shows a village embedded in the landscape. In an almost cloudless sky which is already tinged with orange, you can see a low sun wrapping the landscape in a warm light.

    … by 2025 are reserved solely for the completion of projects already under way. Since 2012, adaptation measures are also supported within the framework of the DAS … the outflow of funds to flagship projects and adaptation concepts. In the period 2012 to 2021, the Federal government awarded funds totalling just short of 28 … entitled ‘ Environmental awareness in Germany’ 238 citizens have been asked since 2012 to state whether the town or municipality in which they live has addressed the …

  • Press release 29/2018 from 02.10.2018 | Last changed: 12.10.2018

    Who are the winners of the German Federal Ecodesign Award 2018? Jury announces nominees

    Gruppenfoto der Jury

    … for Environment and the German Environment Agency have conferred the Award since 2012 for outstanding achievements in ecodesign. Press release No. 29/2018 | … and Nuclear Safety have awarded the Bundespreis Ecodesign every year since 2012 in collaboration with International Design Center Berlin. Jury of German … for Environment and the German Environment Agency have conferred the Award since 2012 for outstanding achievements in ecodesign. … The environment and design experts …

  • News from 20.08.2018 | Last changed: 15.05.2023

    Climate-ADAPT first-stop-shop for adaptation knowledge in Europe

    green roof

    … provided by the European Environment Agency (EEA) and the European Commission since 2012, has grown into the most important place for information when it comes to … provided by the European Environment Agency (EEA) and the European Commission since 2012, has grown into the most important place for information when it comes to …

  • Press release 38/2018 from 26.11.2018 | Last changed: 06.12.2018

    Award ceremony for winners of 7th German Federal Ecodesign Award

    Logo des Bundespreis Ecodesign 2018

    … Environment Ministry and German Environment Agency have awarded the prize since 2012 to outstanding examples of ecodesign. Press release No. 38/2018 | 26.11.2018 … Environment Agency have awarded the German Federal Ecodesign Award every year since 2012 in collaboration with the International Design Center Berlin. The prize is … Environment Ministry and German Environment Agency have awarded the prize since 2012 to outstanding examples of ecodesign. … Winning projects include sustainable …

  • 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.

    … entitled ‘ Environmental awareness in Germany’ conducted regularly 237 has – since 2012 – also contained questions regarding the usage of warning and information … the heat warning services and the flood warning or information services. In the 2012 survey, 41 % of all respondents stated that they make use of warning and … but intended to do so in future, had moved in the opposite direction. While in 2012 and 2014, their proportion had still amounted to just 7 %, by 2021 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.

    … UBA and the Federal Environment Ministry 232 , respondents have been asked since 2012 whether they inform themselves on how to behave in a disaster scenario. For the … awareness which will in future be conducted only every four years. While in 2012 the figure was still 38 % of all respondents who obtained relevant information, … respondents who intend to obtain information in future has increased from 10 % in 2012 to 19 % in 2021. Although these figures do not reveal the degree of intensity …

  • KomPass: Article from 28.11.2023 | Last changed: 18.11.2025

    KM-R-1: Investments in coastal protection

    In the foreground the picture shows a full loading shovel of a wheeled loader, which is being emptied on to a sandy beach. There are wooden posts and a pile of stones visible on another sandy beach in the background. The sky is covered in dark grey clouds.

    … for the purpose of coastal protection decreased between 2000 and 2006. From 2012 onwards the investment increased again to more than 200 million Euros, partly … of an GAK Special Framework Plan. Investments have been decreasing again since 2012. However, it must be borne in mind that – owing to the long planning periods – … investments increased again reaching an amount of roughly 200 million Euros in 2012. In subsequent years, annual expenditure from funding provided by Federal …

  • KomPass: Article from 28.11.2023 | Last changed: 18.11.2025

    GE-R-4: Submissions for the Mückenatlas

    The picture shows the fingers of two hands in rubber gloves, in the process of using tweezers to place dead mosquitoes on to a cover glass for microscopic examination.

    … Change last update on 28.11.2023 GE-R-4: Submissions for the Mückenatlas Since 2012 interested citizens have been able to submit captured mosquitoes for inclusion … attractants. This is why the ZALF and the FLI launched a Citizen Science Project in 2012 – the ‘Mückenatlas’ (Mosquito Atlas) 55 . Citizen Science is a participatory … Monitoring Report on the German Strategy for Adaptation to Climate Change … Since 2012 interested citizens have been able to submit captured mosquitoes for inclusion …

  • Press release 32/2016 from 13.10.2016 | Last changed: 23.01.2017

    Environmentally harmful subsidies in transport sector at record level

    exhaust pipe of a car emitting exhaust gases

    … harmful subsidies in the transport sector amount to 28 billion euros (2012) Source: Stefan Redel / Fotolia The German Environment Agency (UBA) is calling … been the main culprits for years. Those subsidies amounted to 28 billion euros in 2012, and it is preventing investments in clean technologies", said UBA's President … been the main culprits for years. Those subsidies amounted to 28 billion euros in 2012, and it is preventing investments in clean technologies", said UBA's President …

  • 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.

    … insurance with natural hazard cover was 24 percent. Also shown in the graph for 2012, 2014 and 2016 are the percentages of respondents who do not yet have eEV but … years it is futile to expect any sharp rise in the density of insurance cover. In 2012 just under 6 % of respondents stated that although they had not yet concluded … been carried out every two years since 2000on behalf of the BMU and the UBA. Since 2012, questions were incorporated in the survey intended to supply data for the DAS …