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  • Publication from 12.11.2020

    Environmental Awareness in Germany 2018

    Cover of study Environmental Awareness in Germany 2018

    … Download Series brochure / flyer Number of pages 96 Year of publication November 2020 Author(s) Dr Frieder Rubik, Ria Müller, Richard Harnisch, Dr Brigitte …

  • Press release 26/2021 from 01.06.2021 | Last changed: 04.06.2021

    Germany's bathing waters: excellent

    Ein Badegewässer

    … waters: excellent Top marks for nearly all bathing waters in Germany once again in 2020 – but Covid-19 pandemic did put a damper on the fun 90 per cent of bathing … waters in Germany rated ‘excellent‘ Source: Thaut Images / Fotolia.com In the 2020 bathing season, the EU Commission rated 90 per cent of all German bathing water … the Quality of Bathing Water data published by the EU Commission on 1 June for the 2020 bathing season. The report confirms the continued good quality of bathing …

  • Publication from 31.01.2022

    Thematic Conferences Advanced Materials

    Cover TEXTE

    … stakeholder perspectives. This report is closely connected to UBA TEXTE 132/2020 which provided the discussion input on approaches to describe, cluster and …

  • Press release 18/2020 from 11.05.2020 | Last changed: 15.05.2020

    National alliance champions more use of the bio-bin

    auf einem Gehweg steht vor einer grünen Hecke eine braune Mülltonne, auf der "Bioabfälle" steht und aus der Gartenabfälle herausgucken

    … be turned into valuable compost and biogas. Source: eyetronic / Fotolia.com May 11 2020 marks the launch of this year's "Biowaste Bin Campaign” (Aktion Biotonne … municipal enterprises are supporting the national campaign. Press release No. 18/2020 | 11.05.2020 Germans throw around five million tonnes of waste from kitchen and garden into …

  • Press release 50/2021 from 15.12.2021 | Last changed: 28.12.2021

    Significant lower share of renewable electricity in Germany in 2021

    Bild zu Windkraftanlagen als Alternative für die Energieerzeugung im Kaliningrader Gebiet

    … in gross electricity consumption will decline in 2021 – from 45.3 percent in 2020 back down to a level similar to 2019 of around 42 percent. This is the result … There was extremely little wind in the first quarter of 2021 compared to 2020. In a year-on-year comparison, there were significantly fewer hours of … production plants. However, this was not the case in 2021, also because 2019 and 2020 had added little new capacity. The significantly colder weather in 2021 …

  • Press release 10/2022 from 11.02.2022 | Last changed: 17.02.2022

    Environmental awareness: Great momentum for socio-ecological transformation

    Cyclist

    … are the findings of a detailed analysis of the Environmental Awareness in Germany 2020 study. There is little doubt anymore that climate change is man-made. The study … study, 2,115 citizens aged 14 and over were polled in November and December 2020. The survey and analysis were carried out by the Institute for Applied Social … Radio interview (german, April 2021) Publications Umweltbewusstsein in Deutschland 2020 Repräsentativumfrage zum Umweltbewusstsein und Umweltverhalten im Jahr 2020

  • Press release 46/2019 from 26.11.2019 | Last changed: 09.12.2019

    Blauer Kompass contest goes into next round

    Blaues Logo des Wettbewerbs 2020

    … 3: Societies, associations, foundations Deadline for submissions: 10 February 2020 An expert committee of members from UBA, the Institute for Ecological Economy … will be determined by a public online vote at www.uba.de/tatenbank in early April 2020. All four winning projects of the Blauer Kompass contest will be celebrated at … scheduled to be held at the Federal Environment Ministry in Berlin on 26 June 2020. Each winner receives a trophy as well as support through national press and …

  • Press release 24/2020 from 09.06.2020 | Last changed: 17.06.2020

    Air in cities becoming cleaner: number of cities above NO2 limit down by half in 2019

    Stau

    … of air (µg/m³), compared to 57 cities in the previous year. Preliminary data for 2020 already points to further reductions of NO2 pollution by up to 40 percent in … coronavirus pandemic. It remains to be seen how overall air quality will improve in 2020. Press release No. 24/2020 | 09.06.2020 Federal Environment Minister Svenja Schulze said: "The air in …

  • Press release 12/2020 from 16.03.2020 | Last changed: 15.04.2020

    Renewables cover 17.1 percent of gross final energy consumption in Germany in 2019

    Photovoltaikanlage auf dem Dach des Umweltbundesamtes in Dessau-Roßlau

    … the previous year. This puts the target of 18 percent which Germany must achieve by 2020 under the EU Renewable Energy Directive within sight. These are conclusions … - for example in the forthcoming Buildings Energy Act." Press release No. 12/2020 | 16.03.2020 In the heating sector, the share of renewable energies rose only slightly from …