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  • 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

    … a level similar to 2019 of around 42 percent. This is the result of a preliminary evaluation by the office of the Working Group on Renewable Energy Statistics … a level similar to 2019 of around 42 percent. This is the result of a preliminary evaluation by the office of the Working Group on Renewable Energy Statistics …

  • Press release 03/2025 from 16.01.2025 | Last changed: 20.01.2025

    Sustainability in supermarkets: Retail can do more

    Voller Einkaufswagen vor Supermarktregal.

    … due to growing public pressure and the competitive situation.” As early as 2022, an evaluation system was developed on behalf of the UBA to systematically record, evaluate and categorise the activities of the eight companies with the highest … and 103 sub-indicators, the data of the food retail sector was collected and evaluated from publicly available sources as well as for internal company …

  • News from 26.10.2015 | Last changed: 26.10.2015

    How to assess land and soil degradation on global level?

    Water erosion on landfield

    … and definitions of land degradation moved from production-based aspects to the evaluation of ecosystem goods and services, and the inclusion of economic and … portrays the major land and soil degradation assessments of the past and critically evaluates their results. Another section is devoted to the various methodologies …

  • Press release 42/2014 from 07.10.2014 | Last changed: 23.01.2017

    Environmental quality and innovation go hand in hand: nominations for the Bundespreis Ecodesign 2014 (German Federal Ecodesign Award)

    eight persons of the jury at the former airport Tempelhofer Feld in Berlin

    … on 6 October. Entries included ecological dyeing techniques, sustainable logistics schemes and reconceptualised everyday objects. Rita Schwarzelühr-Sutter, … background information on ecodesign and the list of criteria which is used to evaluate the entries. Last year's prize-winning entries and nominations can be …

  • Press release 26/2022 from 03.06.2022 | Last changed: 14.06.2022

    Germany’s bathing waters continue to get top marks

    Junge springt vom Steg in einen See

    … waters continue to get top marks Samples of 2,291 bathing waters were taken and evaluated in the 2021 bathing season Source: mmphoto / Fotolia.com Over 96 percent … bathing sites in the 2021 bathing season, with 12,948 water samples taken and evaluated. 363 of the bathing sites are along the coasts of the North and Baltic …

  • Press release 39/2022 from 22.09.2022 | Last changed: 04.10.2022

    Sustainability at the supermarket: retailers not tapping their full potential

    Supermarket

    … with suppliers), own locations and consumption (interaction with consumers). It evaluated 22 areas of activity, 43 indicators and 112 sub-indicators each on a scale … of the food retailers, the project team developed a scientifically based evaluation system with 22 areas of activity, 43 indicators and 112 sub-indicators. …

  • Press release 34/2021 from 26.08.2021 | Last changed: 29.09.2021

    Structural change in the central German coal-mining district – establishment of environmental information centre in Merseburg

    Binärcode

    … portal. Artificial intelligence methods, among others, will also be used in the evaluation of data. We will create attractive jobs in Merseburg in the field of … (umwelt.info) in Merseburg. Possible sites in Merseburg are now being inspected and evaluated. Today's working meeting also marked the start of close cooperation …

  • News from 27.07.2022 | Last changed: 28.07.2022

    Pesticide authorisations put our ground-& drinkingwater at risk

    A hand holding a water glass can be seen.

    … - chosen by the pesticide manufacturers themselves - is initially responsible for evaluating the product. If the risks associated with the use of the product are … in which the efficacy and the effects on human health, and the environment are evaluated. Formally, each EU state grants authorisation on its own, but a comprehensive evaluation is carried out by only one state, which the other countries - with very …

  • Press release 13/2021 from 29.03.2021 | Last changed: 09.04.2021

    State of the environment 2020: German Environment Agency draws a mixed picture

    a tractor with trailer spreads slurry on a field

    … Environment Agency draws a mixed picture Only a few indicators receive positive evaluation Liquid manure spreading Source: Hans van der beele / Thinkstock The … crises," said UBA President Dirk Messner. See the full report (in German) for an evaluation of the other topics and indicators.       Associated content Links More …

  • Press release 25/2016 from 21.06.2016 | Last changed: 23.01.2017

    Blauer Kompass contest

    photomontage with a landscape and the banner "Blauer Kompass - Anpassungspioniere gesucht"

    … measures in their neighbourhoods. The Frankfurt-Rhein-Main region has a training scheme called "Klaro: Klimarobust Planen und Bauen“ which aims to raise awareness …

  • Press release 33/2025 from 17.09.2025 | Last changed: 22.09.2025

    Design for the future

    Group photo

    … release No. 33/2025 | 17.09.2025 149 competition entries passed the preliminary evaluation by the panel of advisory board members and experts from the German … of projects during the jury session. The important professional preliminary evaluation carried out each year by the project advisory board and colleagues from the German Environment Agency deserves special mention. This preliminary evaluation is not only a unique feature of the competition, but also indispensable …