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  • News from 31.07.2019 | Last changed: 06.02.2024

    Professor Dirk Messner appointed new President of the UBA

    Dirk Messner

    Professor Dirk Messner appointed new President of the UBA Dirk Messner Source: UNU-EHS / Aileen Orate The internationally renowned … Messner succeeds Maria Krautzberger, who is retiring at the end of the year. … Professor Dirk Messner appointed new President of the UBA

  • News from 04.12.2019 | Last changed: 19.07.2024

    Assessment of the EU’s strategic vision “A Clean Planet for All”

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    … Agreement. Source: Stauke/Fotolia In 2018, the European Commission published its communication “A clean planet for all”, which calls for net-zero greenhouse gas … 04.12.2019 On 28 November 2018, the European Commission (EU-COM) published the Communication “A clean planet for all”, presenting its analysis of options for …

  • News from 13.07.2022 | Last changed: 02.08.2022

    Systematically perform climate risk assessments in municipalities

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    … risk assessments along three essential steps: preparation, implementation and communication of the results. To support this, a handout provides information on the methodological procedure in addition to ISO 14091. 13.07.2022 UBA President Dirk Messner: Climate protection is the most important precaution to mitigate the … Municipal Level Climate Impact and Risk Assessment 2021 for Germany (Summary) Klimawirkungs- und Risikoanalyse für Deutschland 2021 (Teilbericht 1) All news Tags …

  • News from 18.09.2017 | Last changed: 13.11.2017

    Chemicals in articles: EU LIFE Projekt AskREACH started

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    … for the environment. The European Chemicals Regulation REACH stipulates duties to communicate information with regard to SVHC. If an SVHC is present in an article above a concentration of 0.1%, this information must be communicated to every commercial recipient by every supplier in the supply chain. … flow on SVHC between consumers and suppliers,  improvement of supply chain communication processes that ultimately aim at substituting SVHC in articles. During …

  • News from 12.05.2020 | Last changed: 12.05.2020

    Promoting green products and services: how it works

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    … and rules for advertising claims and gives tips to businesses on transparent communication of their commitment to the environment. Associated content Links …

  • News from 29.05.2024 | Last changed: 29.05.2024

    Global Stocktake reveals climate action gaps and opportunities

    H.E. Dr. Sultan Al Jaber, COP28 President and other participants onstage during the Closing Plenary at the UN Climate Change Conference COP28 at Expo City Dubai on December 13, 2023, in Dubai, United Arab Emirates.

    … concludes that interested actors need to engage in considerable coordination and communicative efforts. While national governments have an obligation to take up the … the different audiences, channels, messages and tone to achieve effective communication for each phase. Messaging coalitions of like-minded parties in … from 2026 to 2028, it will be of particular interest to monitor and evaluate the communication and uptake of the results of the first Global Stocktake into the next …

  • News from 31.03.2017 | Last changed: 11.04.2017

    Extending the service life of electrical appliances

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    … establishment of a reduced Value Added Tax rate on repair services, and improved communication about sustainable consumption. The aim is to feed UBA's … gegen Obsoleszenz Einfluss der Nutzungsdauer von Produkten auf ihre Umweltwirkung: Schaffung einer Informationsgrundlage und Entwicklung von Strategien gegen …

  • News from 16.05.2024 | Last changed: 11.12.2025

    EU adopts new rules to combat greenwashing in advertising

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    … is to establish more specific requirements for the justification, verifiability and communication of explicit environmental claims. The most important changes in brief: … Corporate statements are not covered by the new rule. It is also prohibited to communicate compliance with any legal obligations as a distinctive feature. In order … necessary if it only serves to improve the functionality features. to commercially communicate a product containing a feature introduced to limit its shelf life, …

  • News from 25.11.2021 | Last changed: 25.11.2021

    Guide for greenhouse gas-neutral administrations published

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    … administrations must pioneer and be a role model in climate protection”, said Dirk Messner, President of the German Environment Agency (UBA) at an online meeting … information is provided for buildings, transport, procurement, information and communication technology and events, as well as checklists for identifying and … applicable for enterprises and administrations in order to avoid greenwashing”, Dirk Messner said. Associated content Publications The path to greenhouse gas neutral …

  • News from 12.02.2019 | Last changed: 12.02.2019

    Aligning EU Climate Policy with the Paris Agreement

    Planet Earth

    … in October 2018, it has been known that there is a large gap between the currently communicated NDCs and the emission reduction efforts necessary to meet the …