Germany

Germany's Voluntary National Report for the Midterm Review of the Implementation of the Sendai Framework for Disaster Risk Reduction 2015-2030 (MTR SF).

This report analyses experiences of five EU countries - Croatia, Finland, Germany, Italy and Spain, from the beginning of the pandemic up until COVID-19 vaccines became available at the end of 2020.

This is a summary report on the plan of approach to deal with exceptional low water events such as those experienced in the Meuse International River Basin District after several consecutive years of the summer drought between 2017 and 2020.

The recommendations in this paper provide support for the preparation and implementation of climate risk assessments at the municipal level.

The report is part of the Land Sea Act project (Interreg Baltic region) and analyses the case of Fehmarn Islands (Germany), where the municipality and the Baltic Environmental Forum Germany collaborated to assess climate change adaptation measures.

In July 2021, weather system ‘Bernd’ caused catastrophic damage and inconceivable human suffering in several European countries. Severe flooding, particularly in Germany, claimed more than 230 lives and left many communities in ruins.

This study introduces a method for assessing the annual failure rate of levees based on information from historical floods, while also considering the return period of these past events.

The application-oriented report describes how changes in climate elements affect surface water, groundwater and the ecology of water bodies. It considers the above-ground run-off, aquatic and marine ecology, groundwater and coastal waters and estuaries.