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  • 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 …

  • KomPass: Article from 28.11.2023 | Last changed: 17.12.2024

    VE-I-3: Heavy rain impacting on roads

    The picture shows a gully on a flooded road. The waterspout indicates where the gully is located. There are safety cones beside the gully. A car wheel is visible at the very edge of the picture.

    … flooding of roads and highways. Source: DRBURHAN / stock.adobe.com 2023 Monitoring Report on the German Strategy for Adaptation to Climate Change last update on … Countless transport links suffered disruption for weeks and months; in some cases they still suffer disruptions. Nevertheless, even short-lived precipitation …

  • KomPass: Article from 28.11.2023 | Last changed: 11.12.2024

    GE-I-4: Ragweed pollen burden

    The picture shows a close-up of a ragweed plant in flower.

    … is highly allergenic. Source: Aleksandr Lesik / stock.adobe.com 2023 Monitoring Report on the German Strategy for Adaptation to Climate Change last update on … can trigger asthma in up to a quarter of allergy sufferers 23 . Besides, there are reports of rare skin reactions after skin contact with the flower head or other … illustrated here is based on nationwide surveys of 50 PID stations. As in the case of birch pollen (cf. Indicator GE-I-3 ) not all stations supply data every …

  • Cover from 20.01.2026

    Conference PFAS in soil - forever pollution, forever concern? Start

    PFAS Logo

    … Division. UBA President Prof Dr Dirk Messner chaired a high-level panel discussion. Case studies - PFAS in soils and exposure pathways The effects of PFAS on humans and … on the development of new methods for the remediation of contaminated sites and reports on the investment of DKK 10 million (€1.3 million) to test remediation …

  • News from 20.08.2018 | Last changed: 15.05.2023

    Climate-ADAPT first-stop-shop for adaptation knowledge in Europe

    green roof

    … first-stop-shop for adaptation knowledge in Europe Climate-ADAPT presents case studies on green roofs as a combined adaptation and mitigation measure. Source: … place for information when it comes to adaptation to climate change in Europe. A report of the EEA informs about the experiences and effectiveness of the platform …

  • Press release 07/2016 from 19.02.2016 | Last changed: 23.01.2017

    Germany still world's lead exporter of environmental protection goods

    Handwerker steht auf einem Baugerüst und bringt Styroporplatten an eine Hausfassade an

    … continues to be a significant economic factor in Germany's economy, says the latest report by the German Environment Agency (UBA) on the environmental industry. The report also says that environmental protection goods with a value of almost 82 … continues to be a significant economic factor in Germany's economy, says the latest report by the German Environment Agency (UBA) on the environmental industry. The …

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    'Direct Push' - mobile technique

    'Direct Push'

    … of mobile and high-definition exploration processes on-site ('Direct Push' in this case) is economically and temporal advantageous with mainly excellent detection … of mobile and high-definition exploration processes on-site ('Direct Push' in this case) is economically and temporal advantageous with mainly excellent detection …

  • Press release 43/2022 from 30.09.2022 | Last changed: 07.12.2022

    Oder fish die-off: Salt discharges caused mass proliferation of toxic alga

    photo of the river

    … Oder fish die-off: Salt discharges caused mass proliferation of toxic alga Expert report assumes environmental disaster caused by humans The river Oder Source: Marco … that was published at the same time as the German one. The publication of the reports wound up the activities of the German-Polish expert group. Associated …

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    Crawling the internet – for the preservation of biodiversity.

    A turtle swims at the bottom of the sea.

    … Crawling the internet – for the preservation of biodiversity. This use case implements an AI-supported analysis tool that facilitates the identification of … / unsplash.com/de/@jetlag The following contents contain this medium: Aktuelle Use Cases Tags maritime waters turtle … This use case implements an AI-supported …

  • Press release 46/2022 from 25.10.2022 | Last changed: 25.10.2022

    Ecosystems more sensitive to nitrogen pollution than previously assumed - Study

    Measuring devices in the forest

    … sensitive to atmospheric nitrogen pollution than previously thought, according to a report under the Geneva Air Convention of the United Nations Economic Commission for Europe (CCE). Press release No. 46/2022 | 25.10.2022 The report ( Review and revision of empirical critical loads of nitrogen for Europe ) … reduce nitrogen pollution to protect sensitive ecosystems. Further information: The report was published on 24 October 2022 by the Coordination Centre for Effects, …

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    Object detection – for a successful energy transition.

    Artificial intelligence applications for the environmental sector are developed on the computer in the AI Lab.

    … Object detection – for a successful energy transition. This use case enables the automatic detection and geographical localization of wind energy … Klingner / AI Lab at UBA The following contents contain this medium: Aktuelle Use Cases … This use case enables the automatic detection and geographical localization …

  • KomPass: Article from 28.11.2023 | Last changed: 17.12.2024

    BAU-I-3: Cooling degree days

    The picture shows the glass frontage of a house reflecting the sun. Some of the windows are part-shaded by means of external roller shutters.

    … influx into buildings. Source: MATTHIAS BUEHNER / stock.adobe.com 2023 Monitoring Report on the German Strategy for Adaptation to Climate Change last update on … based on the amount of exceedance of a temperature threshold value which in this case amounts to 22 °C – is calculated by totalling the amount of exceedance per day …