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  • Press release 33/2024 from 17.07.2024 | Last changed: 19.07.2024

    First half of 2024: Renewable electricity generation continues to rise significantly

    Freiflächenphotovoltaikanlage, Rapsfeld und Windenergieanlagen

    … from renewable energies increased by nine per cent compared to the same period last year. However, capacity expansion must be further accelerated to meet climate and … an increase of about nine percent compared to the same period in the previous year (135 TWh). Two factors played a decisive role in this. Firstly, windy winter … led to an increase of 13 per cent compared to the same period of the previous year, despite the lack of sunshine. In the hydropower sector, rainy ⁠weather⁠ led to …

  • KomPass: Article from 28.11.2023 | Last changed: 18.12.2024

    FiW-I-1:Claims ratio, combined ratio in homeowners’ comprehensive insurance

    The picture shows the top view of a building roofed with red tiles. To the right and left of the roof ridge you can see numerous large hailstones. Some of the roof tiles are broken.

    … for insurance companies. After price responses to increasing amounts of damage, the years of 2016, 2017, 2019 and 2020 returned to actuarial profits: The combined ratio … year in terms of damages paid by underwriters in the course of the past 50 years. 213 Whether an insurance segment is profitable is indicated by the so-called …

  • Newsletter from 02.06.2025 | Last changed: 02.06.2025

    The Latest from UBA - No.: 3/2025

    … energy sources, electricity in Germany has become more climate-friendly in recent years — and the efficiency gains of new appliances remain relatively small. Only in …

  • Newsletter from 01.11.2019 | Last changed: 01.11.2019

    Newsletter "UBA aktuell" - No.: 5/2019

    … level Environment at international level Law & legislation Recently published Appointments As recounted Dear Reader, Are you interested in finding out how good the … annual tabulation option enables users to compare annual mean values from earlier years for each pollutant, going back to 2000. Furthermore for any year and … beverages was packaged in reusable bottles, landing the market share 0.5 percentage points lower than in 2016. New data is based on the latest survey by the German …

  • Press release 57/2008 from 01.08.2008 | Last changed: 18.07.2013

    Health: Carefree summer

    … problems Summer, sun, holidays and water play: summertime is the best time of year for many people. But besides fun and relaxation, it can also give rise to … Moreover, ticks which can transmit disease are especially active at this time of year. A new guide titled Sommer ohne Sorgen [Carefree summer] on how to handle the … releases … Summer, sun, holidays and water play: summertime is the best time of year for many people. But besides fun and relaxation, it can also give rise to …

  • KomPass: Article from 28.11.2023 | Last changed: 18.11.2025

    FW-I-6 + 7: Endangered spruce stands and spruce bark beetle

    … endangering the trees – is very serious, especially during and after hot and dry years; it can bring about the collapse of entire spruce stands. Bark beetles thrive … some way. Infestation data from eight Federal Länder demonstrate that hot and dry years and also storm events lead to increased volumes of damaged timber. After the …

  • Press release 10/2017 from 22.03.2017 | Last changed: 30.03.2017

    Water body type 2017

    Lehnmühle Reservoir in Saxony

    … on March 22, the German Environment Agency (UBA) has chosen the water type of the year 2017: the deep, big, lime-deficient highland area lake. This is good news in … Links Webpage: Water body type 2017 (in German) Maps of water body types of the year (in German) Publications Flyer Gewässertyp des Jahres 2017 Plakat Gewässertyp … on March 22, the German Environment Agency (UBA) has chosen the water type of the year 2017: the deep, big, lime-deficient highland area lake. This is good news in …

  • Press release 24/2016 from 17.06.2016 | Last changed: 23.01.2017

    Greenhouse gas-neutral freight transport is necessary and feasible

    freight trains in a switch yard

    … by the German Environment Agency (UBA) describe how to achieve this aim. Its key points advocate a systematic shift of freight transport to the railways and for the … the wrong messages because it grants preference to road transport over the next 15 years”, said Ms Krautzberger. “The German Environment Agency recommends making …

  • Cover from 22.01.2026

    Raw Materials & Environment 2019 Start

    Environmental Issues of Mineral and Metal Supply in a broader sustainability context

    … global responsibility can be elaborated. Possibly conflicting objectives will be pointed out and discussed in order to contribute to the achievement of the … global responsibility can be elaborated. Possibly conflicting objectives will be pointed out and discussed in order to contribute to the achievement of the …

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    TOU-I-5: Bed nights in ski resorts

    The indexed number of overnight stays in winter sports resorts in the winter half-year is shown by lines. The values are set to 100 for the winter of 1991/92. The time series extends to 2017/2018. For the Black Forest and the Alps there is a quadratically increasing trend, for the eastern and the western and central low mountain ranges there is no trend. The Skier Days, which are shown from 2010/11 to 2017/18, also show no trend.

    … The indexed number of overnight stays in winter sports resorts in the winter half-year is shown by lines. The values are set to 100 for the winter of 1991/92. The … … The indexed number of overnight stays in winter sports resorts in the winter half-year is shown by lines. The values are set to 100 for the winter of 1991/92. The …

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    Figure 3: Simulated mean changes in annual flood discharges (MHQ).

    Figure 3: Simulated mean changes in annual flood discharges (MHQ). Shown are the simulated relative mean changes in annual flood discharges (MHQ) for various 30-year periods compared to the 1971-2000 reference period. In each case, an optimistic (15th percentile) and a pessimistic (85th percentile) scenario is given based on the representative concentration path 8.5 - "continue-as-is". Data source: German Federal Institute of Hydrology.

    … the simulated relative mean changes in annual flood discharges (MHQ) for various 30-year periods compared to the 1971-2000 reference period. In each case, an optimistic … the simulated relative mean changes in annual flood discharges (MHQ) for various 30-year periods compared to the 1971-2000 reference period. In each case, an optimistic …