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  • KomPass: Article from 28.11.2023 | Last changed: 18.11.2025

    WW-I-10: Water temperature of watercourses

    The picture shows a shallow, slow-flowing watercourse in sunny weather under a cloudless sky. Through the clear, reddish-brown shimmering water, the stony bed of the river is visible; some of the stones in the foreground project beyond the surface of the water. The banks are lined by mixed woodlands.

    … rising in all fish regions. Source: Sebastian / stock.adobe.com 2023 Monitoring Report on the German Strategy for Adaptation to Climate Change last update on … NRW LANUV/ NI NLWKN/ SH LLUR/ SN LfULG/ ST LHW Rivers are getting warmer As in the case of lakes, watercourses too are indicating increases in water temperatures owing …

  • KomPass: Article from 28.11.2023 | Last changed: 30.09.2024

    Cluster Civic protection

    The picture shows two emergency vehicles with blue lights switched on, one of the vehicles is a fire engine and the other one a blue emergency relief (THW) vehicle. Both vehicles are only partly visible.

    … protection Civic protection Source: Andreas Gruhl / stock.adobe.com 2023 Monitoring Report on the German Strategy for Adaptation to Climate Change last update on … concerned. In order to ensure the availability of sufficient capacity in cases of call-outs, it is becoming increasingly important to redouble recruitment …

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    Mobile flood protection wall

    Mobile flood protection wall

    … Mobile flood protection wall Mobile flood protection walls are installed in case of emergency and protect roads and buildings from flooding. Source: … measures for water management … Mobile flood protection walls are installed in case of emergency and protect roads and buildings from flooding. … Mobile flood …

  • KomPass: Article from 28.11.2023 | Last changed: 18.11.2025

    Effects chain – Example presentation from the ‘transport' action field

    … chain – Example presentation from the ‘transport' action field 2023 Monitoring Report on the German Strategy for Adaptation to Climate Change last update on … restrictions to shipping on the Rhine Source: kathomenden / stock.adobe.com In cases when large areas of the Rhine catchment area lack precipitation over extended …

  • 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.

    … ,transport infrastructure Source: Carola Vahldiek / stock.adobe.com 2023 Monitoring Report on the German Strategy for Adaptation to Climate Change last update on … weather patterns often go hand in hand with mobility disruptions, which in some cases, can threaten life and limb of transport users. In less threatening cases, …

  • 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.

    … better than bare arable land. Source: Superingo / stock.adobe.com 2023 Monitoring Report on the German Strategy for Adaptation to Climate Change last update on … (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 …

  • KomPass: Article from 28.11.2023 | Last changed: 18.12.2024

    RO-R-3: Priority and restricted areas for (preventive) flood control

    The picture shows the oxbow lake of a river with unfortified banks lined with meadows and tree clusters.

    … for flood control. Source: Norbert G. Bildwerk / stock.adobe.com 2023 Monitoring Report on the German Strategy for Adaptation to Climate Change last update on … or falls more often as rain (cf. Indicators WW-I-4 , WW-I- 5 and BAU-I-4 ). In cases where soils are already saturated with water or severely desiccated, or there …

  • Press release 22/2022 from 27.04.2022 | Last changed: 15.06.2022

    Parts of the European population have alarmingly high levels of pollutant exposure

    Blutabnahme mit einer Spritze

    … pans, for example, are also present in human blood in quantities that are in some cases too high. The HBM4EU project says that action is still needed on the part of … pans, for example, are also present in human blood in quantities that are in some cases too high. The HBM4EU project says that action is still needed on the part of …

  • News from 02.10.2017 | Last changed: 17.10.2017

    Shipping companies must report greenhouse gas emissions

    container ship on the sea

    Shipping companies must report greenhouse gas emissions Maritime transport accounts for 2.2 percent of … of every year. The DEHSt is the authority responsible for imposing penalties in case of breach. If emissions reports fail to be submitted or miss the deadline, a fine of up to EUR 50,000 will …

  • KomPass: Article from 28.11.2023 | Last changed: 18.12.2024

    RO-R-6: Land use for settlements in officially designated flood plains

    The picture shows a building pit where the walls of a cellar have already been built. Steel girders are seen supporting wooden beams which extend across the ceiling of the cellar. The bottom of the building pit is filled with brown muddy water reflecting a tree.

    … in flood plains. Source: benschonewille / stock.adobe.com 2023 Monitoring Report on the German Strategy for Adaptation to Climate Change last update on … down in the Federal Water Act which stipulates that this be limited to exceptional cases only. The number of municipalities where more than 5 % of buildings in …

  • 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.

    … of the mosquitoes. Source: moxumbic / stock.adobe.com 2023 Monitoring Report on the German Strategy for Adaptation to Climate Change last update on … pathogens hazardous to humans is a relevant health risk. Apart from autochthonous cases of West Nile Fever, there has been no evidence yet of infections such as …

  • 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.

    … heavy rain. Source: Photograph: © elmar gubisch / stock.adobe.com 2019 Monitoring Report on the German Strategy for Adaptation to Climate Change last update on … anywhere causing damage to a homeowner’s building and household effects. In past cases of damage both private individuals and traders who incurred the damage, used …