Publications | Umweltbundesamt

Climate | Energy, Air

Emissions, Activity Data and Emissions Factors of Fluorinated Greenhouse Gases (F- Gases) in Germany 1995-2002

Before the 1997 Kyoto Protocol on Climate Protection, the fluorinated greenhouse gases HFCs, PFCs, and SF6 (F-gases) aroused little public attention. Since then, the standards on surveying and reporting on national emissions have been rising constantly. Amongst others, the annual reporting to the UNFCCC secretariat makes detailed declarations on use and emissions of F-gases necessary, which have t...read more

Chemicals, Health

Residues of flame retardants in breast milk from Germany with specific regard to polybrominated diphenyl ethers (PBDEs)

Final Report

It had been the aim of the present study to characterize, on the one hand, the PBDE background exposure in Germany and to assess whether any health risks could be involved in PBDE intake by the infant through breastfeeding. On the other hand, it had also been intended to test the influence of the mother’s diet and of breastfeeding in the context of 2 study hypotheses since no unambiguous evidenve...read more

Climate | Energy, Air

German Greenhouse Gas Inventory 1990 - 2003

National Inventory Report 2005

As a Party to the United Nations Framework on Climate Change, 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 targets and instruments for global cl...read more

Sustainability | Strategies | International matters

Options for the second commitment period of the Kyoto Protocol

With the long awaited entry into force of the Kyoto Protocol on 16 February 2005 there is hope that the deadlock in international climate negotiations can be overcome. Still, the USA, as the largest emitter, has rejected emission reductions and developing countries will not act before industrialized countries (including the USA) have demonstrated substantial action. It is the general understanding...read more

Transport

Investigations on Noise Emission of Motor Vehicles in Road Traffic

Final Report

At irregular intervals the German Federal Environment Agency commissions noise measurements according to the Statistical Pass-By method (SPB method). These measurements allow – in a statistical sense – an accurate assessment of the noise emissions of the German vehicle fleet. The report at hand summarizes the results of the 2001/2002 measurement campaign and analyzes trends in comparison to previo...read more

Climate | Energy, Economy | Consumption

Climate Technology and Energy Efficiency - From "Best Practice" Experiences to Policy Diffusion

- Seminar Proceedings -

- The biomass ordinance was able to stimulate the bioenergy market in a very short period of time. - The effectiveness of the ordinance in combination with the Renewable Energy Sources Act in general is evident and without doubt. - The trend towards bigger plants in the case of demolition wood will have to be examined thoroughly. - Reported problems and restraints are mainly related to the permiss...read more