Umweltbundesamt
These checklists provide a tool to efficiently assess the potential risk of contamination by water pollutants in flood risk areas. They also include guidelines for initial investigations at contaminated sites to generate the data needed to decide on the next steps.read more
Accidents at refineries pose a particular risk for water bodies and groundwater. Hence, efficient safety management is essential. The guidelines for refineries consist of two parts. Part 1 contains recommendations on general safety management issues as well as checklists for assessing relevant measures. Part 2 contains recommendations for technical measures to ensure the safety of production plant...read more
Accidents at refineries pose a particular risk for water bodies and groundwater. Hence, efficient safety management is essential. The guidelines for refineries consist of two parts. Part 1 contains recommendations on general safety management issues as well as checklists for assessing relevant measures. Part 2 contains recommendations for technical measures to ensure the safety of production plant...read more
These checklists offer chemical producers a practicable basis for early identification and management of environmental risks. They include a number of sub-checklists, depending on type of company and installation, including suggestions for improvements, as well as forms for annual safety checks which the companies themselves can carry out.read more
Industrial accidents that affect international water bodies can put the water supplies and ecosystems of many countries at risk. Hence, joint, cross-border contingency planning is essential. These checklists offer a systematic and harmonised approach to identifying and assessing the risk of transboundary water pollution. They are based on the main principles of the UNECE conventions on industrial...read more
For the evaluation of effects of hormone-active substances to fish, several test guidelines have been validated by the OECD which are included in the Conceptual Framework for Testing and Assessment of Endocrine Disruptors (OECD, 2010). In these tests, the assessment of physiological parameters is limited to the established biomarkers like vitellogenin or 11-keto testosterone in blood plasma or liv...read more
An ambitious resource policy supports the development of an integrated, social and competitive Europe. Even though a global coordination for climate protection is economically, environmentally and socially necessary in the long term, the EU can provide a significant contribution to such a development singlehandedly. Doing so would even be of great economic advantage! The newest results of a compre...read more
This report analyses the impacts of the EU ETS on the competitiveness of various types of aircraft operators by means of micro-economic analysis and by extensive short-term and long-term modelling. Because of political negotiation processes on the geographical scope of the EU ETS we analyse the impacts for two scenarios: 1. A scenario in which all emissions from flights between airports in the Eur...read more
The UBA’s motto, For our environment (“Für Mensch und Umwelt”), sums up our mission pretty well, we feel. In this video we give an insight into our work.
