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Health

A liveable environment for our children

Report by Germany on Implementation of the WHO "Children´s Environment and Health Action Plan for Europe" (CEHAPE)


'Every individual is entitled to an environment conducive to the highest attainable level of health and well-being'. This sentence form the Charter of the First WHO European Conference on 'Environment and Health', on the Ministers for the Environment and Health of the European States in Frankfurt/Main in 1989 is still valid when shaping policy in the field of environment-related health protection...read more

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84
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Climate | Energy

Renwable energy and the clean development mechanism

Potential, Barriers and Ways Forward

A Guide for Policy-Makers

The number of countries where RET have seen significant market growth is steadily increasing. However, in most countries of the world, dissemination of new renewable energy technologies is still very limited. A range of barriers – financial, economic, institutional, political and technical – impede implementation. read more

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24
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Chemicals

Effects of Molecular Size and Lipid Solubility on Bioaccumulation Potential

Literature Study


Einfluss der Molekülgröße und der Lipidlöslichkeit auf das Biokonzentrationspotential von UmweltchemikalienDie Identifizierung persistenter, bioakkumulierender und toxischer (PBT) und sehr persistenter und hoch bioakkumulierender (vPvB) Stoffe ist ein wichtiger Bestandteil von ⁠REACH⁠. Die Datenlage für die Identifizierung dieser Eigenschaften ist für Stoffe, die in Tonnagen bis 10 t...read more

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

Monitoring and evaluation of policy instruments to support renewable electricity in EU Member States

Final Report


Since the publication of the White Paper "Energy for the future" (EC, 1997) and the adoption of the Directive 2001/77/EC (EC, 2001) on renewable energies in the electricity sector (RES-E), the EU renewable energy sector has developed in a dynamic way. All member states have introduced policies to support the market introduction of RES-E and most of them have started to improve the corresponding ad...read more

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Climate Change
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115
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Chemicals, Economy | Consumption

Survey of Heavy Metal Content of Batteries

- Analysis of Representative Samples of Customary Batteries and Batteries Sold in Appliances

- Preparation of a Sampling Plan, Purchase of Samples an Analysis (Hg, Pb, Cd)

The aim of the project „Survey of Heavy Metal Content of Batteries – Analysis of Representative Samples of Customary Batteries and Batteries Sold in Appliances – Preparation of a Sampling Plan, Purchase of Samples and Analysis (Hg, Pb, Cd)“ was to describe the situation concerning the compliance of the existing limits for heavy metal content in commercially available batteries in Germany on the ba...read more

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69
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Economy | Consumption

Optimization of Precious Metals Recycling: Analysis of Exports of Used Vehicles and Used Electrical and Electronic Devices at Hamburg Port


In this study commissioned by the German Federal Environment Agency (Umweltbundesamt, UBA), Öko-Institute - with expert advice by Umicore Precious Metals Refining - analysed the export of used vehicles and electrical and electronic goods from Germany. This latest research project is based on the former study “Materials Flow of Platinum Group Metals” [PGM 2005]. Herein it was stated that an enormou...read more

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15
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Economy | Consumption, Health

Safe Construction Products for Health and the Environment:

How much testing is necessary to implement the EC Construction Products Directive?


In the first generation of harmonised standards and approval guidelines in accordance with the framework of the construction products directive, no requirements were included for the fulfilment of Essential requirement no. 3 Hygiene, Health and Environment. These requirements shall be included in the revision of the standards, i.e., in the second generation. For this purpose, the European Commissi...read more

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