Publications | Umweltbundesamt

Climate | Energy

Targeting Climate Politics

Geoengineering, Governance, and Global Goals

This final report of the project “Geoengineering: Mögliche Synergien und Effekte mit den Sustainable Development Goals”, outlines major questions around geoengineering technologies – both Carbon Dioxide Removal (CDR) and Solar Radiation Modification (SRM) – investigating its technical and environmental components as well as anchoring it in the context of a target-driven climate and sustainability...read more

Climate | Energy, Economy | Consumption, Sustainability | Strategies | International matters

Cost allocation and incentive mechanisms for environmental, climate protection and resource conservation along global supply chains - Business approaches and instruments of sustainable supply chain management

This report analyses and classifies the prevailing and emerging supply chain management practices for environmental protection in the supply chains of cotton, tin, natural rubber, coffee and iron ore/steel. To provide the background for this analysis, it contains an inventory of operational approaches to and instruments for sustainable supply chain management at the company level. In addition, the...read more

Climate | Energy, Economy | Consumption, Health, Noise

Annoyance and sleep disturbance due to noise from air-source heat pumps and air conditioners

This report presents the results of a research project that investigated the influence of noise from air source heat pumps and air conditioners on sleep quality, daytime functioning and mood in two laboratory studies. It was found that typical noises from air-source heat pumps and air conditioners can affect sleep, concentration and mood in more than 40 test subjects. These results make it clear t...read more

Chemicals, Sustainability | Strategies | International matters

Consumer Survey on Biocidal Products and Environmental Risks

Biocides are used against various harmful organisms and can pose a potential risk to the environment. Risk mitigation measures provide necessary information on how to use biocidal products safely, especially for consumers products.During the online survey conducted in Germany in 2022 participants were asked how comprehensible and practicable they rate instructions found on biocidal products. The f...read more

Climate | Energy, Economy | Consumption, Noise

Energy and transport vulnerability of households in the context of emissions trading: An analysis for 10 EU Member States

Energy and transport poverty and vulnerability are a central building block in the debate around many energy and climate policy issues and have gained firm hold in EU directives, regulations and documents. National governments need to establish indicators for both energy and transport poverty and vulnerability, to fulfil reporting requirements to the EU and to develop and target suitable policies...read more

Climate | Energy

Poster: Risks of Solar Radiation Modification (SRM)

SRM is supposed to mask global warming by enhancing the earth’s albedo, for example by stratospheric aerosol injection. Thus altering the whole climate system, SRM would impact most areas of life. The risks for geopolitics, mitigation deterrence, ecosystems, justice, food security and water availability are illustrated in this graphic.read more

Waste | Resources

Determination of food waste in Germany in 2020, fulfilment of the reporting obligation to the EU Commission in 2022 and derivation of recommendations for action

The study provides an up-to-date database on food waste in Germany for the 2020 reporting year as part of mandatory EU reporting. Food waste was determined in all five stages of the food chain. The methodology is based on the disposal of waste. The data is based on official waste statistics. The proportion of food waste per waste code (waste coefficient) was determined in order to calculate the ac...read more

Climate | Energy, Economy | Consumption, Air, Waste | Resources, Health, Transport, Noise, Soil | Land, Agriculture, Water, Sustainability | Strategies | International matters

Methodological Convention 3.2 for the Assessment of Environmental Costs

Value Factors

The new version of the UBA Handbook on Environmental Value Factors – the „Methodological Convention 3.2” – contains a partial update of the monetized environmental impacts published in the “Methodological Convention 3.1”, based on new value factors for greenhouse gas and air pollutant emissions. A comprehensive update of all value factors – including components such as emission factors and utiliza...read more