Publications | Umweltbundesamt

Air, Health

Air Quality 2022

Preliminary Evaluation

This evaluation of air quality in Germany in the year 2022 is based on preliminary data which has not yet been conclusively audited from the air monitoring networks of the federal states and the UBA, valid on 31th January 2023. Due to the comprehensive quality assurance within the monitoring networks, the final data will only be available in mid-2023. The currently available data allows for a gene...read more

Economy | Consumption

Methodological Convention 3.1 for the Assessment of Environmental Costs - Value Factors

Version 12/2020

A new version – the „Methodological Convention 3.2” – has been published and contains a partial update of the monetized environmental impacts, based on new value factors for greenhouse gas and air pollutant emissions.The Methodological Convention 3.1 for the Assessment of Environmental Costs – Value Factors provides value factors for emissions of greenhouse gases, air pollutants, noise, nitrogen a...read more

Chemicals

Bioaccumulation assessment of superhydrophobic substances

Bioconcentration tests with the freshwater amphipod Hyalella azteca (HYBIT) have been proposed as alternatives to fish tests, and the respective experimental BCF values show promising correlations. It is still unclear whether the HYBIT test is also suitable for highly hydrophobic chemicals, such as the UV stabilizers UV-234 and UV-329. In order to estimate the range in which the uptake rate consta...read more

Climate | Energy, Sustainability | Strategies | International matters

Certification of Carbon Dioxide Removals

Evaluation of the Commission Proposal

On 30 November 2022, the Commission proposed an EU carbon removal certification framework (CRCF). The proposed framework could undermine the environmental integrity of EU climate policies. This risk is aggravated by the fact that the EU has not agreed on the role of removals for the time past the year 2030.This report assesses the Commission’s proposal for the CRCF and discusses interlinkages of t...read more

Klima | EnergieNachhaltigkeit | Strategien | Internationales

Potentials for “results-based payments” in the forest sector under the Paris Agreement

The forest sector contributes to high emissions worldwide through the loss of historically built-up carbon stocks, mainly from deforestation and forest degradation. The REDD+ approach aims at compensating developing countries for efforts to reduce emissions from deforestation and forest degradation, to maintain and increase forest carbon stocks or to manage forests sustainably. This report examine...read more

Climate | Energy, Sustainability | Strategies | International matters

Urban Article 6 activities – Pilot candidates in Addis Ababa and Kampala

This paper presents possible urban Article 6 activities in Addis Ababa (Ethiopia) and Kampala (Uganda). Prepared as part of the project "Article 6 Paris Agreement Urban Market Approaches - Recommendations for Implementation", four case studies are presented in priority sectors: 1) Transition to Electric Cooking in Kampala, 2) Rapid Bus Transit in Kampala, 3) E-mobility in Addis and 4) green coolin...read more

Climate | Energy, Sustainability | Strategies | International matters

Urban market approaches under Article 6 of the Paris Agreement

Recommendations for practical implementation

This report develops concrete structures for the use of urban carbon market approaches under Article 6 of the Paris Agreement for Addis Ababa (Ethiopia) and Kampala (Uganda). It takes into account both ongoing and planned emission reduction measures so that the results can be used effectively. In addition to a status quo analysis of the emissions profiles of Addis Ababa and Kampala, the existing a...read more

Wirtschaft | Konsum

How to do Ecodesign

Practical Guide for Ecodesign – Including a Toolbox

With the new edition of this publication, we would like to respond to questions about ecological product design and life cycle thinking. It is directed towards everyone interested in contemporary design that has an eye on both design and environmental protection. This book fits well in our efforts to develop supportive and competence-building practical information that can serve as a guide and off...read more