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Transport

Noise action planning in agglomerations

Reduction potentials based on the example of Hamburg

According to the environmental noise directive 2002/49/EG noise maps had to be prepared for major roads, major railways, major airports and agglomerations with more the 250.000 persons until 06/30/2007. Based on this results action plans had to be developed. Numerous agglomerations hadn’t been able to deliver the noise maps in time, and had to interpret the term “strategic” also in the case of act...read more

Air, Waste | Resources, Soil | Land

UN ECE-Convention on long-range transboundary air pollution - Task Force on Reactive Nitrogen

Systematic cost-benefit analysis of reduction measures for ammonia emissions in agriculture for national cost estimates

By signing the Göteborg protocol in 1999 and by adopting the NEC directive 2001/81/EC of the European Parliament and the Council in 2001, Germany accepted the obligation to adhere to a national limit of 550 kt per year for the emissions of ammonia (NH3) and not to exceed this limit as of the year 2010. According to the current prognosis, however, it is impossible to remain below this emission limi...read more

Sustainability | Strategies | International matters

What Matters 2011

Annual Report of the Federal Environment Agency

The Federal Environment Agency’s mission is to provide sciencebased advice to the German Government. The Agency’s core activities include early identification of problems, identifying current or foreseeable environmental impacts as well as potential environmental issues and develop solutions to face these hazards. - Why Environmental Protection is a Global Concern - Water – Ecologically Sound Hand...read more

Climate | Energy, Sustainability | Strategies | International matters, Soil | Land

Data on the Environment 2011

The State of the Environment and Agriculture in Germany

Man has used land for agriculture for thousands of years. Now as before far more than one million people work in agriculture in Germany. Agriculture serves, first of all, to feed the population - either directly by cultivating food or indirectly by producing fodder for livestock. Lately agriculture has also become an energy supplier producing energy plants for use in biomass power stations.read more

Economy | Consumption

Environmentally Harmful Subsidies in Germany

Update 2010

For many years, the German public have regarded environmental protection as one of the most important problems in Germany. People attach great importance to the quality of environmental assets – such as climate, water, soil or air. This is reflected by public and private expenditure on protection of the environment: in 2006 the state and industry spent a combined total of €34.2 billion on water co...read more

Climate | Energy, Waste | Resources

Climate Relevance of the Waste Management Sector

Waste management measures make a major contribution to cost-effective reduction of greenhouse gases. The necessary steps for restructuring towards a “climate-friendly waste management sector” are known, and reliable recycling and waste treatment techniques are available.read more