… Bodenschutz (LABO) The LABO is the federal and regional-state soil conservation board of the Environmental Minister’s Conference … founded in 2001 under the name Ad Hoc International Working Group on Contaminated Land, is an informal network for international information interchange and cooperation that is open to all of members of the international community. The forum discusses tasks and …
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… natural retention and reduction of pollutants in connection with contaminated soil and groundwater remediation projects” RUBIN , the German acronym for “use of … plume remediation measures. Support from scientific experts continues to be essential in such cases. European research Roughly concurrently with Germany’s … European Commission’s ERA-NET scheme aims to promote coordination and reciprocal openness on the part of national and regional research programs. The ultimate goal …
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… Activities at the federal level Soil protection and contaminated-site remediation fall to the federal government … property portfolio under its own responsibility, and in particular government buildings. The agency decides which measures are to be undertaken and provides the …
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… measures. The main site remediation goal set by the BBodSchG law is hazard avoidance. last update on 04.07.2013 How contaminated sites are identified To date, … of samples that are taken and investigation parameters that are applied. It is essential that the findings of preliminary investigations also be assessed using … measures. Source: UBA Downloads: (22.39 kB) Associated content Measures for building site facilities during remediation Geotextiles are used to protect …
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… world. last update on 11.08.2022 UPDATED : 11 September 2024 The current opening hours of the three library branches can be found under the following link: https://doku.uba.de/ The UBA office building Berlin-Grunewald (Bismarckplatz) will remain closed until about 2025/26 due …
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… deleterious changes in the physical, chemical or biological properties of the soil. According to section 5(4) of the BbodSchG law, sites are to be cleaned up in … measures into account, as well as the socioeconomic dimensions of site cleanup and land recycling. It is often the case that a combination of decontamination and … the development of more complex, innovative cleanup strategies. Measures for building site facilities during remediation Geotextiles are used to protect …
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… several times. The geosystems could reach a tipping point: the ice sheet of Greenland, the melting of which implies a seven-metre rise in sea levels, would be irreversibly destroyed. Considerable damage would also be caused to the monsoon system in Asia … for electric mobility can be accelerated, the energy-saving renovation quota for buildings can be doubled, and basic structures for green hydrogen can be …
Article from 16.04.2020 | Last changed: 27.06.2024
… COVID-19: let’s make sure we don’t learn the wrong lesson We are in the midst of one of the biggest global … change. Creating awareness of the broader environmental dimensions of COVID-19 is essential. We must ensure that attention is not diverted away from climate, from … eye on their consequences for civil liberties. It should also be the moment for the Open Science Movement to come of age. Open data, open access to scientific results …
Article from 20.04.2020 | Last changed: 27.06.2024
… trends in a magnifying glass. The question isn't just what the coronavirus crisis “does to us”; on the contrary, “what we do” with the crisis is far more relevant. The … trends into a collaborative process for creating something new: We need to be building synergies from the interaction of digitalisation and sustainability! Both … in good time and high-cost repairs, or the replacement of entire machines, can be avoided. Two thoughts on the effects that digital networking could have on …
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… immediate, and therefore very dramatic as well. A virus has turned the world upside down. It is a matter of life and death. Points of weakness become evident, in the … immediate, and therefore very dramatic as well. A virus has turned the world upside down. It is a matter of life and death. Points of weakness become evident, in the … we need to take a holistic view of things. Focusing on one problem alone will not do justice to this century. The Paris Climate Targets that were adopted in 2015 take …
Article from 23.04.2020 | Last changed: 27.06.2024
… returns to normal once the coronavirus crisis is over, a window of opportunity will open for launching innovative concepts and ideas for sustainable development. This … returns to normal once the coronavirus crisis is over, a window of opportunity will open for launching innovative concepts and ideas for sustainable development. This … returns to normal once the coronavirus crisis is over, a window of opportunity will open for launching innovative concepts and ideas for sustainable development. This …