Publications | Umweltbundesamt

Climate | Energy

Requirements of climate protection with regard to the quality of ecosystems:Use of synergies between the Framework Convention of Climate Change and the Convention on Biological Diversity

The report identifies synergies and conflicts in the implementation of the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change (UNFCCC) and the Convention on Biological Diversity, the Ramsar Convention on the protection of wetlands and the international forest process. Interlinkages between climate change and biodiversity conservation are discussed at the scientific and the policy level.read more

Waste | Resources

Strengthening the institutional/regulatory capacity in the environment sector in the Czech Republic

Final Report

The aim of the Twinning project was to strengthen the institutional structures and the regulatory capacity of the Czech authorities, which are involved in the enforcement of environmental law, and to prepare them to implement and enforce EC legislation. In particular, it was necessary to strengthen and update the competence of the Czech Environmental Inspectorate (CEI) as the competent national en...read more

Economy | Consumption

ISO 14001 in Germany

A Survey of German Experience

A revision of the ISO 14001 environmental management systems standard is currently being negotiated internationally. The revision process seeks to integrate the practical experience and results gained by the users of the standard. Pertinent reports and case studies are available from many countries outside of the European Union. Within the context of the planned revision, the German experience is...read more

Water

The German Water Sector - Policies and Experiences -

The present documentation offers the reader a perception of the development of water body management in Germany and shows the conditions under which this management is economically and ecologically successful today.read more

Chemicals

Formulation of proposals for measures to be taken to substitute environmentally relevant flame retardants in printed circuit boards, outer casings for IT and TV applicances and polyurethane insulation and one-component foams

Workshop reports

This report gives an overview of three workshops which were held in May and June 2001 in Berlin following the submission of the Umweltbundesamt (Federal Environmental Agency) study "Substituting Environmentally Relevant Flame Retardants: Assessment Fundamentals“ (Umweltbundesamt Texte [Federal Environmental Agency publications] 25/01 – 27/01; Vol. I in English: Umweltbundesamt Texte 40/01). The ob...read more

Chemicals, Economy | Consumption, Air

Emission of Refrigerant R.134a from Mobile Air-Conditioning Systems

Annual Rate of Emission from Passenger-Car Air-Conditioning Systems up to Seven Yaers Old

The Kyoto Protocol on Climate Protection extends not only to the greenhouse-gases CO2, methane and nitrous oxide, but also to the fluorinated gases (f-gases) HFC, PFC and SF6. By far the most important of the fluorinated greenhouse gases is HFC, used mainly as a substitute for CFCs, while the most significant of the HFCs themselves is HFC 134a, accounting for about three-quarters of world producti...read more

Waste | Resources

Strategy for the Investigation of Hazardous Substances in Industrial Effluents: IDA (Industrial Discharge Assessment)

The extensive detection of hazardous substances in wastewater discharges of the industry requires a concerted combination of chemical and biological analyses beyond those established in the German Wastewater Ordinance or any other European water regulation/legislation. For this reason, an emission-oriented assessment strategy for hazardous substances in industrial wastgewater discharges (Industrie...read more

Economy | Consumption

Exemplary Investigation into the State of Practical Realisation of Integrated Environmental Protection within the Ceramics Industry under Observance of the IPPC-Directive and the Development of BAT Reference Documents

On September, 24th, 1996 the Council of the European Communities issued Directive 96/61/EC on Integrated Pollution Prevention and Control (IPPC-D) [25]. This directive aims at the integrated reduction and prevention of environmental pollution emitted by industrial installations with a high potential of emissions into the environmental media air, water and soil. The priority of the Directive is to...read more