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Chemicals

Guide: Environmentally responsible use of fluorinated fire-fighting foams

Fire-fighting foams are used in fire-fighting to extinguish flammable liquids (fire category B) and solids which liquefy in case of fire or heat exposure. Fire category B comprises three subgroups: u Flammable, water-immiscible liquids and liquefying, flammable chemicals u Flammable, water-miscible liquids u Thermoplastics, including rubber tyres Special Foams might also be used on fires of non-li...read more

Economy | Consumption, Sustainability | Strategies | International matters

Follow-up to the training session on evaluation of safety reports and joint inspection for Croatia, Serbia and the former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia

The aim of the Assistance Programme and its Strategic Approach is to enhance countries’ efforts in implementing the UNECE Industrial Accidents Convention, and in particular towards the establishment of the necessary policies in the six priority areas of work which include: (a) identification of hazardous activities; (b) notification of hazardous activities; (c) prevention; (d) preparedness; (e) re...read more

Sustainability | Strategies | International matters, Soil | Land

Sustainable use of Global Land and Biomass Resources

Before humankind discovered oil, coal, natural gas and uranium and learnt how to put them to use, biomass covered all of the respective needs. Since time immemorial, it has provided food, feed and fodder, fuel, construction materials, and the raw materialsfor textiles as well as medicinal drugs. Until the mechanisation and motorisation of farming subsequent to the Industrial Revolution, agricultur...read more

Water, Sustainability | Strategies | International matters

Technical Assistance for the Implementation of a National Training and Competence Centre (TCC) for the Water Sector in Karlovac, Croatia

The idea of establishing a National Training and Competence Centre (TCC) for the Water Sector in Croatia was born during the visit of a GWP delegation in May 2010 to Karlovac. The following written project design envisioned a two-stage introduction of the centre. First, a pilot phase should raise awareness among actors of the Croatian water sector and clarify key questions about organisational mat...read more

Air

Air Quality 2012

Preliminary Analysis

The Federal Environment Agency is presenting a first analysis of the air pollution situation in Germany of the year 2012 (as per 17/01/2013) compared to previous years. The analysis is based on preliminary, not finally validated data from the monitoring networks of the Länder (German federal states) and the Federal Environment Agency. Due to comprehensive quality assurance activities in the monito...read more

Climate | Energy, Air

Submission under the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change and the Kyoto Protocol 2013

National Inventory Report for the German Greenhouse Gas Inventory 1990 - 2011

As a Party to the United Nations Framework on Climate Change (UNFCCC), since 1994 Germany has been obliged to prepare, publish and regularly update national emission inventories of greenhouse gases.Pursuant to Decision 3/CP.5, all Parties listed in ANNEX I of the UNFCCC are required to prepare and submit annual National Inventory Reports (NIRs) containing detailed and complete information on the e...read more

Transport

Procedures for the assessment and establishment of noise-reducing air routes

Within the approval and assessment process for new flight paths, currently mainly operational and safety related criteria are been taken into account. The people affected by aviation noise also criticize an insufficient consideration of noise effects and overall little transparency of the assessment procedure. This study identifies the most relevant criteria for this assessment process and propose...read more

Chemicals

Efficiency and practicability of risk mitigation measures for biocidal products with focus on disinfectants

In assessing the impact of biocides to the environment, specific measures to reduce a possible risk to the environmental compartments may be required.read more