German Status Report on Climate Change and Health (2023)

Climate change is posing an increasing risk for human health, including in Germany.

Access to robust and current information is essential for ensuring evidence-based policy and practice and identifying research gaps. For these purposes, more than 90 authors from about 30 national public authorities and institutions contributed to a comprehensive synthesis of the current evidence in Germany, published as 14 articles in the Journal of Health Monitoring.

The report is an extended and revised update of a similar report from 2010.

Part 1 - Impact of climate change on infectious diseases and antimicrobial resistance

• Journal of Health Monitoring S3/2023 (Complete Issue): Impact of climate change on infectious diseases and antimicrobial resistance - Part 1 of the German Status Report on Climate Change and Health 2023

  • Editorial
  • Climate change and public health - An introduction
  • Vector- and rodent-borne infectious diseases
  • Waterborne infections and intoxications
  • Foodborne infections and intoxications
  • Antimicrobial resistance and climate change

Part 2 - Impact of climate change on non-communicable diseases and mental health

• Journal of Health Monitoring S4/2023 (Complete Issue): Impact of climate change on non-communicable diseases and mental health - Part 2 of the German Status Report on Climate Change and Health 2023

  • Heat in Germany

    • Addendum: Personal injuries due to heat
  • Extreme weather events
  • UV radiation
  • Allergic diseases
  • Ambient air pollution
  • Mental health

Part 3 - Climate justice, communication, and options for action

• Journal of Health Monitoring S6/2023 (Complete Issue): Climate justice, communication, and options for action – Part 3 of the German Status Report on Climate Change and Health 2023

  • Climate justice
  • Communication
  • Options for action

An interdisciplinary advisory board of experts from numerous institutions and authorities supported the coordination of this report.

Additional outputs that are tailored for specific target groups are being developed together with the advisory board and the Federal Centre for Health Education (BZgA), and will be published below.

Additional outputs

The impact of climate change on health - a short video to accompany the first part of the status report, with a focus on infectious diseases and antimicrobial resistance.

What are the impacts of climate change on non-communicable diseases and mental health? This short video gives an overview to accompany the second part of the status report.

A short video introduces climate justice, target group-oriented communication, and options for action in the area of climate change and health.

Project information

Title of the project: Climate Change and Health - Report / update with advisory board: Content, communication and process

Project duration: 01.07.2021 until 30.06.2024

Project leads: Dr. Thomas Ziese, Dr. Hildegard Niemann (Unit 24)

Project staff: Dr. Kirsten Kelleher, Dr. Martin Mlinarić (Unit 24)

Project management agency: German Aerospace Center (Deutsches Zentrum für Luft- und Raumfahrt, DLR)

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