… WHO Collaborating Centre for Air Hygiene - No.: 54 - December 2014 No.: 54 - December 2014 | 29.04.2015 Tackling climate change, air pollution and chemicals: European …

… assessment of the eutrophication status of German coastal and marine waters 2006 – 2014 in the North Sea according to the OSPAR Comprehensive Procedure The project … of the German coastal and marine waters of the North Sea, based on data from 2009-2014. The assessment results were also used in the implementation of the Marine …

… mid-term assessment of the German Environmental Survey for Children and Adolescents 2014–2017 (GerES V) Previous newsletter issues you can find in our online archive on …

… from lignite, which was subsidized to the tune of some 16.7 billion euros in 2014. And thirdly, for the promotion of environmentally friendly alternatives, … tonnes of CO2 equivalents for 2015, which is 2.3 million tonnes (0.3%) less than in 2014 and 27.9% less than in 1990. This data is based on calculations which the … sector must reduce its greenhouse gas emissions by more than half the levels in 2014. In addition, coal-fired power production must also be more than halved by …

… While a kilowatt hour of electricity still produced 564 grams of CO2 on average in 2014, the UBA is assuming 534 grams for 2015 based on preliminary data. Estimates … 1956 into a thirteen-storey hotel. r ead more (in German)  Incidents from 2012 to 2014: the chemicals industry was most frequently affected ZEMA registered 56 … and disturbances of normal operation in German industrial plants between 2012 and 2014 – most of them at chemical plants. Read more about it in the current annual …

… modelling of plant protection products including current EU guidance (SANC0/12117/2014 - final, 2014) In previous investigations it was demonstrated that the tiered approach for …

… effects: in this respect, according to the statistical assessment for the year 2014, about 6,000 premature deaths, or expressed otherwise, about 50,000 years of … pulmonary disease and asthma was identified in a systematic literature search. In 2014, approximately 14 percent of all asthma cases could be attributed to nitrogen …

… natural lakes. However, lignite remains the dirtiest of all sources of energy. In 2014 alone lignite caused environmental damage in the amount of 16.8 billion euros. … on the Industrial Emissions Directive (2010/75/EU), the European Commission started 2014 an information exchange on best available techniques (BAT), aiming at the …

… courts: according to the results of a UBA research project published in 2014 the NGOs won or partially won almost half of their lawsuits. Topic page on the …

… consumption, the proportion of renewables (13.9 percent) was even lower than in 2014.  Expanding renewable energies is essential to climate protection. As UBA has …