… levels have entailed – as a consequence of the extremely dry years of 2018 to 2020 – some massive losses of water, especially in the lakes of northern Germany. … decrease in water levels occurred during the very dry and hot years of 2019 and 2020. For instance, in April 2018, the Groß Glienicker lake in Berlin went into … than half a metre to just above 140 cm. The lowest level was reached in October 2020 with 110 cm. The situation was similar in the Müritz lake in …

… budgetary sources. In the aftermath of the devastating drought years of 2018 to 2020, in particular the Federal government and the Länder have made available … spontaneous natural regeneration. Following the devastating drought of 2018 until 2020 it was necessary to reforest an area of roughly 285,000 ha 118 ; by 2023, an … augmented by funding provided by Federal government. This is why – especially from 2020 onwards – extensive additional finance was invested in private and corporate …

… used there for adaptation to climate change.   188 - Peter M., Guyer M., Füssler J. 2020: Impact CHAIN: Folgen des globalen Klimawandels für Deutschland. … Analysen und Politikempfehlungen. Umweltbundesamt (Hg.). Climate Change 15/2020, Dessau-Roßlau, 111 pp. https://www.umweltbundesamt.de/sites/default/files/medien/376/publikationen/2020-05-06_cc_15-2020_impactchain.pdf 188 - Die Bundesregierung (Hg.) 2020: Zweiter …

… The target of 110 TWh for CHP electricity generation was achieved with 113 TWh in 2020. Environmental importance Electricity generation usually also produces heat, … 2016 future targets of annual energy generation by CHP systems were stipulated. In 2020 the target is 110 TWh, in 2025 120 TWh shall be generated by CHP systems per … CHP. Overall, the legislation has a positive impact. CHP electricity generation in 2020 was 3 TWh above the target for that year. In order to achieve the expansion …

… KMK had asked UBA to prepare the handbook at a technical meeting on 23 September 2020 on the topic "Ventilation in classrooms". It will now be distributed by the Länder (federal states) to all schools in Germany. Press release No. 48/2020 | 15.10.2020 Dirk Messner said, “Where many people are together in a small space, the virus …

… with antibiotic resistance in all areas of life (modified after Schröder et al. 2020) *WWTP = wastewater treatment plant. Source: German Environment Agency Download … with antibiotic resistance in all areas of life (modified after Schröder et al. 2020) *WWTP = wastewater treatment plant. … The environment is a reservoir and …

… 100% represents maximum impact in a region. Map basis: © GeoBasis-DE / BKG (2020), © EuroGeographics, Deutscher Wetterdienst, © European Union Source: KWRA 2021 … 100% represents maximum impact in a region. Map basis: © GeoBasis-DE / BKG (2020), © EuroGeographics, Deutscher Wetterdienst, © European Union … Climate …

… decreased significantly in Germany. In particular, the drought period from 2018 to 2020 shows distinctly negative deviations from the mean of the entire time series. … and 2013 (cf. Indicator WW-I-4 ) and the effects of the drought period from 2018 to 2020 58 . Nevertheless, there are gaps in the data for 2018 as the first GRACE … 58 - Boergens E., Güntner A., Dobslaw H., Dahle C. 2020: Quantifying the Central European Droughts in 2018 and 2019 with GRACE …