Publications | Umweltbundesamt

Climate | Energy, Air

National Inventory Report for the German Greenhouse Gas Inventory 1990 - 2007

Submission under the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change 2009

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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. In February 2005, the Kyoto Protocol entered into force. As a result, for the first time ever the international community of nations is required to implement binding action objectives and instruments f...read more

Chemicals

Progress report regarding implementation of the Strategic Approach to International Chemicals Management (SAICM)

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The United Nations Conference on Environment and Development, held in Rio de Janeiro in 1992, adopted a global plan of action – Agenda 21 – to solve mankind's most urgent problems. Safe management of chemicals is sketched out in chapter 19: assessment of chemical risks, harmonization of classification and labeling, exchange of information regarding risks, risk reduction programs, strengthening of...read more

Chemicals

Incorporation of Metal Bioavailability into Regulatory Frameworks

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Metals discharged into aquatic systems are mostly adsorbed on suspended particles and finally accumulate in sediments. Since the toxicity of metals have been recognized as important environmental hazard, extensive research was conducted on the dose-effect relationship under different geochemical conditions. In those studies during the 1970s and 1980s, exposure was focused on waterborne metals and...read more

Climate | Energy, Economy | Consumption

Comparative Assessment of the Climate Relevance of Supermarket Refrigeration Systems and Equipment

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After the entering into force of EU regulation (EC) No. 842/2006 and the EU directive 2006/40/EC, refrigeration systems in supermarkets remain the last big subsector and the strongest emission source of fluorinated hydrocarbons (HFC) in Germany. With regard to existing improvement possibilities for components, technologies, and their application, the EU-political process up to now refrained from a...read more

Sustainability | Strategies | International matters

Support of the Regional Environmental Center for Central Asia (CAREC) by an integrated expert

Final report 2008

Advisory Assistance Programme for Environmental Protection in the Countries of Central and Eastern Europe, the Caucasus and Central Asia

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While it was not always possible to strictly follow the objectives of the proposal to UBA, it can be stated that the overall objectives of the project were met. A particular problem has been that CAREC had major difficulties in hiring professional staff. At one time there have been 12 openings. This led to delays in project implementation, but also reflects the importance of providing foreign expe...read more

Economy | Consumption, Sustainability | Strategies | International matters

Eco-Innovation, International Trade, WTO and Climate:

Key Issues for an Ecological Industrial Policy

Documentation of a Workshop on March 12, 2008

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On March 12, 2008 the German Federal Environment Agency and the German Federal Ministry for the Environment, Nature Conservation and Nuclear Safety held a meeting of experts entitled “Eco-Innovation, International Trade, WTO and Climate: Key Issues for an ecological industrial policy”. At this meeting, international experts spoke on the links between international trade, climate change and eco-inn...read more