GERICS climate outlook at county level

This report evaluates the projected changes for 17 different climate parameters for each of the 401 German counties, districts, independent cities and regions. The parameters include the number of hot days, the number of dry days, days with heavy precipitation, water balance, mean annual wind speed, sultriness days and more. The results outlined in the document provide citizens and decision-makers in business and politics with the information they require to plan for the long-term, specifically by individual region. It highlights which climate changes we should prepare for and what can be avoided under climate policies.

The results show how the climate may change in the individual German regions. This provides citizens and decision‐makers in business and politics with a factual basis for long‐term decisions. The report also shows what we can avoid with globally effective climate policies, and which climate changes we have to prepare for, even under low emission scenarios.