… even 2 million tons higher than in 1990. So what is the remedy? A phase-out of environmentally harmful subsidies for the transport sector, which currently benefits … releases since 2007 is now available.  read more (in German) Environmental Innovation Programme promotes energy-efficient test bay The Arntz Beteiligungs GmbH & Co. KG …

… made tax-deductible Proposals of the EU Commission regarding the CAP: benefits for environmental protection? Species decline, climate change, water pollution: Our … as presented by the EU Commission, will achieve this. read more (in German) Action Programme for Cleaner Air is a step in the right direction The UBA welcomes the … in Berlin in the form of a “mobile version”. read more (in German) Environmental Innovation Programme encourages metal and plastic recycling Old auto-bodies and …

… New publications Dear reader, Germany spent the lordly sum of 57 billion euros on environmentally harmful subsidies in 2012, for example in the coal and lignite … machining process (PECM) developed in a project carried out under the Environmental Innovation Programme, reduced the time and energy required for these processes to one-fifth of …

… paper on the Montreal Protocol shows what humankind can achieve to solve global environmental problems when nations unite and take concerted action. The Montreal … places with no road access. A project under the Federal Government's Environmental Innovation Programme has now demonstrated how a self-driving crawler tractor can transport …

… plausible. The applied method for calculating the burden of disease attributable to environmental factors was developed by the World Health Organization (WHO) and is … the decline, slightly Energy sector emissions lower, transport sector higher New EU Innovation Fund: how can it support climate protection? A research report … of a variety of plastics and metals. With the help of the Environmental Innovation Programme in Gernsheim, Hesse, a waste sorting system has been created which uses …

… Read more about the new “Innovative Waste Water Technology” funding priority of the Environmental Innovation Programme. Wishing you informative reading The UBA press office Walking – the …

… for the verification of the resistance potential of antibiotics. Furthermore, an environmental risk assessment should be made up for antibiotics already on the … seas and impedes drinking water production. In a pilot plant of the Environmental Innovation Programme, the wastewater from plastics manufacturing has been processed without …

… also find our recommendations on a number of areas of work in progress regarding environmental protection. These include how rivers can be restored to good … are recorded online. UBA provided support for the lecture series from the funding programme for associations (Verbändeförderung). SAICM-Workshop for German … The first sale date is scheduled for October 2021. More support for green start-ups Innovative green start-ups are central to managing environmental challenges. …

… brochure: The English-language guide provides a concise introduction to the German environmental administration for an international readership. Also in this issue: … and switch over to climate-friendly alternatives. These include financial support programmes for advice on the saving of energy and on buying energy-efficient … to respond to enquiries.  read more (in German) Stronger promotion of environmental innovations Innovative environmentally-friendly products, production processes and …

… half over the next three years: Reusable cups – ideally ones with the “Blue Angel” environmental label – should be offered to customers as standard cups for coffee to … sent to a landfill site? This was demonstrated by a project in the environmental innovation programme using a specific construction project: the construction of the Rastatt …

… and calculations completed by the UBA in cooperation with five further European environmental and transport authorities also show, however, that cleaner is possible … society. A background paper from the UBA shows that change can be achieved through innovations such as solidarity-based agricultural models, citizen participation and … Goals and measures were therefore determined in the 2013 waste prevention programme of the German federal government, and possible indicators were named. It …

… in English: UBA's biannual "What Matters" magazine covers current topics in environmental protection. The first edition “Recycling” takes an in-depth look at … can have very different levels of energy consumption depending on how they are programmed. The German Environment Agency (UBA) has developed criteria to assess the … oil resources. The process was developed with the support of the Environmental Innovation Programme.  read more (in German) Metal industry: measures for the …