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Germany 2026

Alemanha

Germany enters 2027 having cut its greenhouse-gas emissions to 649 Mt CO₂e in 2024, 3.4% below 2023 and 48% below 1990, while closing its last nuclear reactors in April 2023 and ending its reliance on Russian pipeline gas within a year. Renewables supplied about 54% of gross electricity consumption in 2024.

Constatações
12
each with its status and source
Sectors with findings
4 of 6
Infrastructure not assessed
Risk objects
4
order carries no rank
Fontes
40
Evidence close 30 September 2026

01 · Readings

Germany in six readings.

Six readings that frame the baseline, and the eight questions this edition answers, each with its status and source.

  • 83.6millionpopulation, end 2024 [6]
  • 649Mt CO₂eemissions, 2024 [1]
  • ≈54%renewable electricity, 2024 [7]
  • 10.9°Cmean temperature, 2024 record [8]
  • ≈54%homes with natural-hazard cover [13]
  • 500khectaresforest damaged, 2018–2021 [20]

02 · Sectors

Six sectors, one hexagon.

Water first, then Energy, Infrastructure, Food, Health and Biodiversity. Each count is the findings of this edition in that sector: coverage of the evidence, never a score. Infrastructure is not assessed: the edition holds no Infrastructure finding and its coupling matrix does not assess it.

  1. WATÁgua2 findings

    ≈44% Share of water abstraction for energy supply, 2019. Declarado

    Flash floods in small catchments; low Rhine water in dry summers; cooling the largest use.

  2. ENEEnergia2 findings

    ≈54% Renewable share of gross electricity consumption, 2024. Declarado

    About 54% renewable electricity; nuclear closed 2023; Russian gas replaced.

  3. INFinfraestruturanot assessed

    Rail, roads and bridges destroyed in 2021; inland waterways exposed to low water.

  4. FOOAlimentação0 findings

    ≈13% Share of EU agricultural output, 2024. Declarado

    A major EU producer; yields cut in dry years.

  5. HLTSaúde1 finding

    ≈4,500 deaths Heat-related deaths, 2022. Declarado

    About 4,500 heat-related deaths in 2022; older people most exposed.

  6. BIOBiodiversidade2 findings

    >75% Decline in flying-insect biomass, protected areas, 1989–2016. Declarado

    Insect biomass down more than 75%; forests damaged 2018–2021.

Outside the six sectors: Climate forcing 3, Finance 1, Systemic 1.

03 · Hazard exposure

The hazards this edition reads.

The edition’s own risk objects, in its order, each read across driver, exposure, vulnerability, capacity, cascade and horizon. The hexagon marks the sectors the cascade reaches; the domain beside each is an editorial reading of its hazard words.

  • RSK-DEU-CLI-001

    Flash floods in small, steep catchments

    DeclaradoEQL 4

    Fator
    stationary storms with extreme rainfall
    Exposição
    valley towns in upland regions
    Vulnerabilidade
    short warning times; uninsured homes [13]
    Capacidade
    flood forecasting; civil protection; reconstruction funds
    Cascata
    CLI → WAT → INF, HLT, FIN
    Horizonte
    anual

    Sistemas hídricosAtmosfera e tempo

  • RSK-DEU-WAT-002

    Low water on the Rhine

    DeclaradoEQL 4

    Fator
    dry summers; low snowmelt from the Alps
    Exposição
    freight, chemical and steel supply chains
    Vulnerabilidade
    reliance on one waterway for bulk freight
    Capacidade
    part-loading; rail and road diversion
    Cascata
    WAT → TRD → industry, ENE
    Horizonte
    seasonal

    No domain reading

  • RSK-DEU-CLI-003

    calor extremo

    DeclaradoEQL 4

    Fator
    heatwaves and tropical nights
    Exposição
    older people; dense cities
    Vulnerabilidade
    housing without cooling; isolation
    Capacidade
    heat-health warnings; heat action plans
    Cascata
    CLI → HLT · CLI → ENE
    Horizonte
    seasonal

    Atmosfera e tempo

  • RSK-DEU-BIO-004

    Forest dieback under drought and pests

    DeclaradoEQL 4

    Fator
    drought, heat and bark beetles
    Exposição
    spruce-dominated forests
    Vulnerabilidade
    monocultures planted for cooler climates
    Capacidade
    forest conversion programmes
    Cascata
    CLI → BIO → WAT, carbon
    Horizonte
    5–30 years

    Sistemas hídricosAtmosfera e tempo

Scenario · SCN-DEU-HDR-01

Hot, dry summer with low Rhine water

Under this scenario, results describe a conditional season under stated assumptions. It is not a forecast, and no intervention described here has been carried out.

4 of 12 findings name a hazard in their text. Show them

  1. 1CLI → WATlow rainfall and snowmelt cut Rhine and Elbe levels
  2. 2WAT → TRDbarges sail part-loaded; freight costs rise
  3. 3TRD → industrychemical and steel plants cut output for lack of inputs
  4. 4CLI → HLTheat deaths among older people rise
  5. 5CLI → BIOforest fires and bark-beetle damage spread
  6. 6WAT → ENEcooling-water limits on thermal plants

04 · Couplings

How the sectors carry risk into each other.

The Germany matrix types the twenty couplings between the five core sistemas. Strengths are Nexus estimates from the cited evidence and analogue events; they set the starting graph that the Q1 2027 Foundry cut will test.

Coupling matrix, from row to column
DeWATENEFOOHLTBIO
WAT·StrongStrongModeradoStrong
ENEModerado·StrongStrongModerado
FOOModeradoWeak·StrongStrong
HLTWeakWeakModerado·Weak
BIOStrongModeradoStrongModerado·

Water: 4 couplings out, 4 in; Energy: 4 couplings out, 4 in; Food: 4 couplings out, 4 in; Health: 4 couplings out, 4 in; Biodiversity: 4 couplings out, 4 in. Infrastructure is not in the coupling matrix: none of the edition matrices types it, so it carries no value.

Cascade paths, in the edition’s order

  1. CLI → WAT → INFchuva extrema in small valleys destroys roads, rail and homesDeclarado
  2. CLI → WAT → TRDlow Rhine water restricts freight and industrial supplyDeclarado
  3. ENE → industry → FINa gas supply shock raises costs across industry and householdsDeclarado
  4. CLI → BIO → WATdrought and bark beetles kill forests that regulate waterDeclarado
  5. CLI → HLTheatwaves raise deaths among older peopleDeclarado

05 · Findings

Every finding of Germany.

Search, filter by sector, system or status, and sort. The address bar keeps the view, so a filtered list can be shared. Every row opens the finding at its source.

All 12 findings

Findings of Germany
IDEdiçãoSector or systemSituaçãoStatement
CLI-001AlemanhaCLI Climate forcing DeclaradoGreenhouse-gas emissions were 649 Mt CO₂e in 2024, 3.4% below 2023 and 48% below 1990.
CLI-002AlemanhaCLI Climate forcing DeclaradoThe 2030 target of 65% below 1990 (about 438 Mt) requires cuts of about 35 Mt a year.
CLI-003AlemanhaCLI Climate forcing Declarado2024 was the warmest year in the German record, which begins in 1881.
WAT-004AlemanhaWAT Água DeclaradoThe July 2021 floods killed more than 180 people in Germany, 135 in the Ahr valley, and caused damage of about €40 billion.
FIN-005AlemanhaFIN Finanças DeclaradoOnly about 54% of residential buildings carry natural-hazard insurance.
ENE-006AlemanhaENE Energia DeclaradoRenewables supplied about 54% of gross electricity consumption in 2024; the last nuclear reactors closed in April 2023.
ENE-007AlemanhaENE Energia DeclaradoRussian pipeline gas stopped in 2022; supply was secured through storage, new LNG terminals and demand reduction.
HLT-008AlemanhaHLT Saúde DeclaradoAbout 4,500 heat-related deaths were estimated in 2022.
WAT-009AlemanhaWAT Água DeclaradoLow water on the Rhine in 2018 and 2022 restricted freight shipping and industrial supply.
BIO-010AlemanhaBIO Biodiversidade DeclaradoFlying-insect biomass declined by more than 75% over 27 years in protected areas.
BIO-011AlemanhaBIO Biodiversidade DeclaradoAbout 500,000 hectares of forest were damaged by drought, heat and bark beetles between 2018 and 2021.
SYS-012AlemanhaSYS Sistêmico Expert inputThe leading compound pathway for 2027 testing is a hot, dry summer in which low Rhine water cuts freight and industrial supply while heat, drought and forest fires load health, forests and power.

06 · Editions and calendar

The desks’ editions for Germany.

The desks’ editions for Germany
EscritórioEdiçãoSituaçãoIdentificador
GCRI Systems EvidenceGermany 2026Drafted, in stewardship reviewNR-COUNTRY-DEU-2026-BASELINE-v1.0.0
GRF Public DeliberationPublic Deliberation: Germany 2026Em preparação
GRA Capital ReadinessCapital Readiness: Germany 2026Em preparação
Standards ProgressNo edition in the 2026 Baseline cycleNot in this cycle
Academy CapabilityNo edition in the 2026 Baseline cycleNot in this cycle
Index MeasurementMeasurement: Germany 2026Em preparação

Calendar · 2026 Baseline

  1. 01Call opensset by the editor
  2. 02Contribution closeset by the editor
  3. 03Fecho das evidências30 September 2026
  4. 04Desk review and releaseset by the editor
  5. 05Collection compilationset by the editor
  6. 06Collection releaseset by the editor
  7. 07Correçõesafter release, as needed

Evidence cut NQ-DEU-2026-Q0-1. Next cycles: Q1 2027, Q2 2027, Q3 2027, Q4 2027; their dates are set by the editor.

07 · Take part

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Corrections log

Versions and corrections
VersãoDateSituaçãoVariaçãoNotice
NR-COUNTRY-DEU-2026-BASELINE-v1.0.0October 2026DRAFTBaseline Edition 2026, inaugural annual edition,nenhum
Data gaps3What the repository does not hold yet, and the source proposed for each
Data gaps and proposed sources
LacunaShown here asProposed source
Exposure values per hazard (people, assets, hectares)the edition’s own risk objects, without valuesthe Index country profile once the Index releases values, risksindex.com/deu/
The NHS-1 hazard types and their assignment to this edition’s risk objectsan editorial reading of the hazard wordsthe NHS-1 type assignment through the Registry
Infrastructure in the coupling matrixInfrastructure marked not assessedan Infrastructure row and column in the edition matrix at the next cut
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