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Chemikalien

Pharmaceuticals in the environment: Global occurrence and potential cooperative action under the Strategic Approach to International Chemicals Management (SAICM)

In a comprehensive literature review measured environmental concentrations of human and veterinary pharmaceutical substances reported worldwide were compiled in a systematic database. Pharmaceuticals or their transformation products have been detected in the environment of 71 countries covering all five UN regions. 631 different pharmaceuticals have been found above the detection limits of the ana...read more

Chemicals

Pharmaceuticals in the Environment – Make ideas work

Key measures to reduce pharmaceuticals’ emissions

Pharmaceutical substances are biologically highly active chemicals which can unintentionally but regularly be released into the environment. More than 600 different pharmaceuticals can be found worldwide in soils, sediments, surface waters and some of them even in groundwater. To protect human health and the environment it is urgent to implement strong and effective measures to reduce emissions of...read more

ChemikalienGesundheit

Nanomaterials and other advanced materials: Application safety and environmental compatibility

Review of the joint research strategy of the higher federal authorities

In a long-term research strategy, the German higher federal authorities responsible for human and environmental safety – the German Environment Agency (UBA), the Federal Institute for Risk Assessment (BfR), the Federal Institute for Occupational Safety and Health (BAuA), the Federal Institute for Materials Research and Testing (BAM) and the National Metrology Institute (PTB) – are accompanying the...read more

Air, Sustainability | Strategies | International matters

Guideline on Air Quality Plans

Particulate matter (PM10) is one of the air pollutants, which pose a major risk to public health. This is why EU legislation has set limit values for PM10. In case of persistent and high exceedances of these limit values the “Directive 2008/50/EC on ambient air quality and cleaner air for Europe” proposes air quality plans as a complex, though effective, instrument to reduce air quality level exce...read more

Climate | Energy

Integration of Power to Gas/ Power to Liquids into the ongoing transformation process

Power to gas (PtG) is a technology for producing hydrogen and methane using electricity, while power to liquids (PtL) is an electricity-based process for the generation of liquid fuels. Jointly with other so-called power-to-x technologies PtG and PtL make it possible to provide renewable energies for all applications. This position paper assesses the role and prospects of the power-to-gas/power-to...read more

Sustainability | Strategies | International matters

Restart of the EU sustainability policy in the context of the implementation of the Sustainable Development Goals at EU level

The German Environment Agency (UBA) is in favour of a revision of the EU Sustainable Development Strategy in order to implement the Sustainable Devel¬opment Goals at European Level. The position paper of the German Environment Agency identifies objectives and required actions for sustainable development in the EU.read more

Economy | Consumption

Contaminant Input to the local Environment from Buildings and Building Products

position of the commission for sustainable building at the german environment agency

The guideline for sustainable building provides an extensive description of environmental protection objectives for sustainable building. In addition to the aforementioned objective it also envisages to minimize i.a. the following environmental effects caused by building:Global warmingDestruction of the ozone layerGround level ozone formation in the form of summer smogAcidification of soil and wat...read more

Transport

Analyse und Weiterentwicklung von Klimaschutzmaßnahmen im Seeschiffsverkehr unter Berücksichtigung der aktuellen Entwicklungen auf nationaler und europäischer Ebene

6 Diskussionspapiere in englischer Sprache

Der jüngste Bericht des Weltklimarats (IPCC) legt nahe, dass im Jahr 2050 die globalen Treibhausgasemissionen um 40% bis 70% unter dem Niveau von 2010 liegen müssen um einen globalen Temperaturanstieg von mehr als 2°C gegenüber dem vorindustriellen Niveau zu verhindern. Laut der 3. Treibhausgas-Studie der internationalen Schifffahrtsorganisation (IMO) werden die Emissionen des Schiffsverkehrs bis...read more