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  • News from 25.01.2022 | Last changed: 28.07.2022

    UBA: fossil gas and nuclear power are not sustainable

    EU-Fahnen

    … power are not sustainable. Source: jorisvo / Fotolia.com The European Commission’s draft delegated act to include fossil gas and nuclear power in the EU Taxonomy would … tool for the financial markets, the German Environment Agency says. The draft labels as “sustainable” a large amount of GHG emissions from fossil gas, and … and nuclear accidents should be addressed more stringently than in the current draft, and sunset clauses set more tightly. Regarding natural gas, this regulation …

  • News from 31.03.2017 | Last changed: 11.04.2017

    Extending the service life of electrical appliances

    Two women in front of a washing machine

    … energy which are not compensated by innovations such as lower energy use. UBA has drafted policy recommendations that will be fed into the European debate about the Circular Economy Package. 31.03.2017 The European Parliament drafted the own-initiative report "Longer lifetime for products: benefits for … energy which are not compensated by innovations such as lower energy use. UBA has drafted policy recommendations that will be fed into the European debate about the …

  • News from 05.10.2018 | Last changed: 08.02.2021

    UBA Position on EU minimum requirements for Water Reuse

    irrigation on a field

    … agricultural irrigation and groundwater recharge by the end of 2017. As the current draft falls short to set standards that are rigorous enough to protect the … as a basis for the legislative proposal planned for the end of 2017. So far, the drafted requirements hardly exceed already existing EU regulations and mostly remain …

  • News from 25.10.2023 | Last changed: 08.12.2023

    Misleading calculation: EU plans for pesticide reduction at risk

    Traktor besprüht ein Feld

    … / AdobeStock The use of pesticides is to be halved by 2030, according to the draft EU regulation on pesticide reduction. This goal is to be verified using … risk pesticide … The use of pesticides is to be halved by 2030, according to the draft EU regulation on pesticide reduction. This goal is to be verified using …

  • News from 02.10.2017 | Last changed: 04.09.2020

    International action for more protection in a hazardous incident

    firemen with boats on a river

    … Economic Commission for Europe (UNECE). The focus of discussion was the first draft of the new UNECE Guideline for Fire-Water Retention which was drawn up by a UNECE Joint Expert Group on Water and Industrial Accidents. The draft guidance document by the UNECE represents a first attempt to establish minimum … contaminated long stretches of the Rhine in Germany and the Netherlands. A second draft of the guidance document will be published in October 2017 as the outcome of …

  • News from 19.03.2025 | Last changed: 05.01.2026

    Freight transport: climate-neutral, electrified, reimagined

    The various proposed measures for environmentally friendly freight transport described in the brochure have been summarized in a vision picture.

    … digitalisation and strategic expansion. In inland shipping, self-driving shallow-draft electrified craft can deliver transport even at low water levels. … After compiling the above-mentioned vision and its measures and instruments a first draft was discussed with members of the logistics industry as well as … Eighteen colloquia and an expert workshop laid a foundation upon which the final draft of this brochure was created, culminating in its presentation at the UBA Forum …

  • News from 09.04.2014 | Last changed: 09.04.2014

    Biogas must become more environmentally friendly

    Biogasanlage, im Vordergrund ein Maisfeld

    … determined by isotope investigation What issues need to be addressed in the RED II draft to ensure environmental integrity and net climate benefit of bioenergy use On …