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  • KomPass: Article from 28.11.2023 | Last changed: 05.01.2026

    BAU-R-2: Green roofs in cities

    The picture shows the metal facade of a modern commercial building almost completely covered with a climbing plant.

    … concerned. By reducing the influx of sunlight and the fact that plants evaporate water through their leaves, greened roofs and façades effectively cool down … type of greening is maintenance-free; however, in hot summer months it may require watering. The greening of façades – in addition to the general urban climate – is an …

  • Press release 35/2022 from 31.08.2022 | Last changed: 04.10.2022

    German Environment Agency assisting Brandenburg and Mecklenburg-Western Pomerania with research on causes of the Oder River crisis

    The river Elbe in the foreground with trees on the bank and blue sky.

    … Europe’s rivers have been under stress for years: high temperatures, drought, low water levels. Source: Umweltbundesamt / Jonas Stoll Federal Environment Minister … | 31.08.2022 The Brandenburg State Office for the Environment (LfU) launched water tests in response to the fish die-off in the Oder river. The LfU’s automatic …

  • 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.

    … of rising air temperatures owing to climate change can also be measured at the water surface. For example, the mean warming of the North Sea water surface has been amounting to 0.26 °C per decade. The annual values are …

  • KomPass: Article from 28.11.2023 | Last changed: 18.11.2025

    LW-R-1: Adaptation of management rhythms

    The picture shows a person standing in a field of maize inspecting the leaves of a young maize plant.

    … as grain maize is concerned, a longer vegetation period usually results in lower water contents in the grain, thus achieving higher market values (cf. Indicator … of extreme weather events, to avoid erosion, and to safeguard the replenishment of water and nutrients in dry periods, management operations have to maintain high …

  • KomPass: Article from 28.11.2023 | Last changed: 12.12.2024

    BO-R-2: Permanent grassland terrain

    The picture shows a grassland with mown grass. The mown grass is lying in rows. In the right-hand margin a tractor can be seen turning hay. In the upper margin you can see a hay bale.

    … of climate change. Especially the risk of soil loss from impacts of wind and water (cf. Indicator BO-I-3 ) is considerably reduced where soils are under grassland. In cases of heavy precipitation, the precipitated water has a much better chance of penetrating a field with permanent grassland cover …

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    Mobile flood protection wall

    Mobile flood protection wall

    … / pixabay The following contents contain this medium: Adaptation measures for water management … Mobile flood protection walls are installed in case of emergency …

  • 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

    … the Danube, Elbe and Rhine river basins. The measures would be able to reduce the water levels of future large floods by between 10 and 50 cm over long stretches, and … the Danube, Elbe and Rhine river basins. The measures would be able to reduce the water levels of future large floods by between 10 and 50 cm over long stretches, and …