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  • DzU article from 25.04.2025 | Last changed: 03.11.2025

    Indicator: Share of renewables in gross final energy consumption

    A graph shows the share of renewable energies in gross final energy consumption. The share increased from 6.2 % to 22.4 % between 2004 and 2024.

    Indicator: Share of renewables in gross final energy consumption Share of renewable … Figure as PDF (69.56 kB) Figure with data (80.01 kB) Overview Environmental Indicators last update on 25.04.2025 At a glance Gross final energy consumption …

  • KomPass: Article from 28.11.2023 | Last changed: 18.11.2025

    KM-I-3: Height of storm surges

    The picture shows a storm surge wave breaking over a coastal building. A metal mast is visible in the background.

    … measured at six selected gauging stations in the North Sea and the Baltic Sea indicate a cyclical progress. The time series fluctuate in phases of rising and … Exceeding this threshold value is linked with the (fluctuating) mean sea level (cf. Indicator KM-I-2 ). Although that does not mean that this will necessarily lead to more frequent storm surges, it nevertheless indicates that storm surges – assuming otherwise equal meteorological framework …

  • KomPass: Article from 28.11.2023 | Last changed: 19.12.2024

    GE-I-1: Heat stress

    The picture a woman´s face with beads of perspiration caused by the summer heat. The woman is holding a hand to her forhead. In the left-hand side of the picture is a thermometer indicating 40°C air temperature.

    … 2005 – there is so far no clear trend discernible. However, the nationwide mean indicates that there has been no year without any heat warnings. GE-I-1: Heat stress … is exceeded, even when interior rooms cool down sufficiently at night (cf. Indicator GE-R-1 ). Ever since the heat warning system came into operation, there …

  • DzU article from 26.03.2025 | Last changed: 01.04.2025

    Indicator: Environmentally friendly freight transport

    A graph shows the shares of rail and inland shipping in freight transport volume between 1999 and 2023. The share of rail transport first increased and then began to stagnate, while the share of inland shipping declined.

    Indicator: Environmentally friendly freight transport Share of rail freight and … as PDF (203.18 kB) Figure as Excel with data (47.54 kB) Overview Environmental Indicators last update on 26.03.2025 At a glance The rail share in freight transport …

  • 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.

    … in the intensity of plant protection. So far, domestic sales of pesticides have not indicated any particular trend. Currently, it is not possible to make any statements … as well as the infection or infestation conditions of various pest organisms (cf. Indicator LW-I-4 ). The appropriate response proposed is the targeted monitoring of … any assessment of the risk potential is possible only with the aid of suitable risk indicators. Basically, regarding the development of pesticide sales, it has to be …

  • 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.

    … These events are increasingly associated with changing climatic conditions thus indicating that impacts from climate change will affect both transport carriers such … when the relevant section of the river Rhine is completely blocked to shipping (cf. Indicator VE-I-1 ). In respect of Upper Rhine stretches, shipping was blocked on a … has not been possible so far to illustrate adaptation measures in terms of response indicators, although it is true to say that targeted adaptation activities are in …

  • KomPass: Article from 28.11.2023 | Last changed: 11.12.2024

    WW-I-1: Terrestrially stored water

    The picture shows a section of a satellite photograph of the Earth. In the upper margin of the photograph is a radiant sun. On the Earth, clouds and a deep-blue ocean are visible.

    … water available now than just 20 years ago. Regarding the data underpinning the indicator, they were submitted by the satellite mission GRACE (Gravity Recovery and … flood events, for instance the events which occurred in 2011 and 2013 (cf. Indicator WW-I-4 ) and the effects of the drought period from 2018 to 2020 58 . …

  • Press release 23/2021 from 26.05.2021 | Last changed: 04.06.2021

    Envisioned measures under the National Flood Control Programme are said to be effective

    Hochwasser-Warnschild

    … under the National Flood Control Programme are said to be effective Simulations indicate severe flooding along Danube, Elbe and Rhine rivers could be considerably … of Hydrology (BfG) on behalf of the German Environment Agency (UBA). Simulations indicate severe flooding along Danube, Elbe and Rhine rivers could be considerably …

  • DzU article from 03.09.2025 | Last changed: 03.09.2025

    Indicator: Organic farming

    A graph shows the increase of the share of organic farming areas in total utilised agricultural area based on data of the German Federal Statistical Office and the BMLEH. It also shows the 30 percent target of the Federal Government.

    Indicator: Organic farming Share of organic farming in total utilised agricultural … Figure as PDF (178 kB) Figure as Excel with data (44.05 kB) Overview Environmental Indicators last update on 03.09.2025 At a glance According to the data of the German …