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  • KomPass: Article from 28.11.2023 | Last changed: 08.12.2025

    Cluster Coastal and marine protection

    The picture shows a sectional view of a wild sea with waves crashing over projecting posts. The sky is tinged with orange and covered in dark clouds. Here and there rays of sunshine are breaking through the cloud cover.

    … affected by climate change. Global warming gives rise to extensive changes in ecosystems. At the same time, seas are CO ₂ sinks, thus playing an important role in … buffering and exchange functions give the Earth’s oceans a key role in its climate system. Especially in their deepest layers, the oceans store a major part of the …

  • KomPass: Article from 28.11.2023 | Last changed: 18.11.2025

    GE-R-1 + 2: Heat warning service and Public awareness of health problems

    … timely precautionary and protective measures, the DWD introduced a heat warning system in 2005. With differentiation between warning districts, heat warnings are … Protection Regulation (DSGVO) in 2018, thus making it necessary to establish a new system. The stagnation of newsletter subscriptions is presumably due to the growing … will therefore have to provide active support. It has so far not been examined systematically nationwide as to which actions are actually triggered by heat …

  • Press release 36/2024 from 06.09.2024 | Last changed: 18.10.2024

    UBA refuses to approve certificates for eight UER projects

    an einer Förderanlage wird Gas abgefackelt

    … project organisers is often not sufficient to uncover and prove misuse of the UER system. In addition to its own investigations, the UBA has therefore enlisted the … project organisers is often not sufficient to uncover and prove misuse of the UER system. In addition to its own investigations, the UBA has therefore enlisted the …

  • KomPass: Article from 28.11.2023 | Last changed: 12.12.2024

    LW-R-5: Sales and application of pesticides

    The picture shows a close-up of a man in a rapeseed field, carefully grasping the yellow blossom of a rapeseed plant.

    … values as required for effective control. In practice this means that production systems will have to be adapted and that increased investments will be required in up-to-date and improved systems for forecasting and also regarding assistance in decision-making. When …

  • KomPass: Article from 28.11.2023 | Last changed: 11.12.2024

    GE-I-2: Heat-related mortalities

    The picture shows an elderly woman wearing a white blouse. The lady is holding on to a rollator with one hand, while she is holding the back of her left hand to her forehead. In the background, a few fuzzy treetops or bushes are visible in bright light.

    … balance which may result in life-threatening impairments of the cardio-vascular system. Groups of individuals particularly at risk include very elderly and sick … attributed to other causes of death (for instance conditions of the cardio-vascular system). If the amount of mortalities exceeds the seasonally typical and thus … balance which may result in life-threatening impairments of the cardio-vascular system. Groups of individuals particularly at risk include very elderly and sick …

  • Press release 30/2017 from 06.09.2017 | Last changed: 18.09.2017

    Urban Mining

    Skyline einer Großstadt von oben, abends, Hochhäuser, Straßen, Schienen

    … can help to conserve Earth’s natural resources and thereby secure the life support systems of today’s and future generations. Precious and special metals such as … be possible to prevent the opening of new quarries or gravel pits. The greatest financial value is in disused metals such as the iron girders, steel reinforcements …

  • Press release 14/2016 from 14.04.2016 | Last changed: 23.01.2017

    Germany is able to achieve climate-neutral building stock by 2050

    aerial view of a city

    … states' corresponds to the amount of electricity generated by all the wind power systems in Germany in 2014. All three transformation pathways are very similar as … for the renovation of buildings: thermal insulation materials, ventilation systems, heating technologies, etc. Individual building standards ranging from the …

  • Press release 01/2025 from 07.01.2025 | Last changed: 09.01.2025

    Revenue from emissions trading once again at record level

    A factory surrounded by forest.

    … policy goals. Press release No. 01/2025 | 07.01.2025 The European Emissions Trading System 1 (EU ETS 1) covers greenhouse gas emissions from energy and energy-intensive … higher than the previous year (2023: 10.7 billion euros). Total revenue from both systems therefore increased slightly once again compared to the previous year. “With …

  • KomPass: Article from 28.11.2023 | Last changed: 17.12.2024

    VE-I-5: Impacts on roads due to weather conditions and weather patterns

    The picture shows the upper part of the tail end of a vehicle belonging to the highway maintenance service. The vehicle is orange and its rear doors are marked with the word ’Streckenwartung’ (track maintenance) and reflective red-and-white striped stickers. There are warning lights fitted to the vehicle.

    … and North Rhine-Westphalia exceptionally busy. In 2021, the ‘Bernd‘ low-pressure system was responsible for the high expenditures on working time. VE-I-5: Impacts on … seems to be only a partial reflection of the impacts caused by the low pressure system known as Bernd. The reason for this is the disastrous extent of floodwater … and North Rhine-Westphalia exceptionally busy. In 2021, the ‘Bernd‘ low-pressure system was responsible for the high expenditures on working time. … In recent years …

  • KomPass: Article from 28.11.2023 | Last changed: 18.11.2025

    KM-I-5: Change of flow direction

    The picture shows a river running through a flat landscape consisting of meadows and agricultural areas. The sea is visible in the background.

    … was measured in September 2014: At the end of the month, the low-pressure system ‘Gudrun’ impacted the Baltic Sea area. As the wind in the western part of the … bzw. brackwasserbeeinflusste Ostseezuflüsse: https://www.flussgebiete.nrw.de/system/files/atoms/files/21_typ23_april2008.pdf Associated content Documents KM-I-5 … was measured in September 2014: At the end of the month, the low-pressure system ‘Gudrun’ impacted the Baltic Sea area. As the wind in the western part of the …

  • KomPass: Article from 28.11.2023 | Last changed: 11.12.2024

    WW-I-6: Low water

    The picture shows a river with a low water level. There are smallish stones and large rocks projecting from the water. The river banks are covered in high grass. There is a woodland adjacent to the river bank.

    … low-water days. Typically, low-water events can also be due to stable high-pressure systems. Accordingly, the impacts tend to be rather large-scale. Up to that time, a … Germany. In the summer months and well into September, several stable high-pressure systems resulted in heat and drought throughout Germany. For example, the German …