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  • Article from 18.08.2020 | Last changed: 20.06.2024

    The coronavirus crisis as an opportunity for an innovative future

    … Nations’ Sustainable Development Goals, offers six transformations that outline essential STI, institutional, and behavioral synergies to achieve the new direction … , is working to underpin the development of science-based targets for systems like land, water, and biodiversity in order to guide companies and cities towards …

  • Article from 27.08.2020 | Last changed: 20.06.2024

    The black toe and the virus: A wake-up call for planetary health

    … striking manifestation of a multidimensional planetary crisis, affecting ecosystem functions in various ways. Destruction of forests and other natural habitats, … in research and teaching. They can promote and evaluate win-win solutions and rebuild their own institutions in a sustainable way. Medical doctors can add their … striking manifestation of a multidimensional planetary crisis, affecting ecosystem functions in various ways. Destruction of forests and other natural habitats, …

  • Article from 01.09.2020 | Last changed: 20.06.2024

    Lessons from the Corona Crisis

    … base on Sars-CoV-2 has been continuously developing. Science has clearly made an essential and indispensable contribution to enabling knowledge-based … protection of the marine environment, deep seabed mining as well as water and soil protection from a legal perspective. Since 1993, Christian Löwe is a research … base on Sars-CoV-2 has been continuously developing. Science has clearly made an essential and indispensable contribution to enabling knowledge-based …

  • Article from 28.09.2020 | Last changed: 20.06.2024

    Considering involving stakeholders after COVID: or – there is no

    … stakeholders after COVID: or – there is no During the early days of the lockdown due to the coronavirus pandemic a “witty expression” did the rounds on social … Considering involving stakeholders after COVID: or – there is no good except doing! Blog article by Dr. Harald Ginzky During the early days of the lockdown due … protection of the marine environment, deep seabed mining as well as water and soil protection from a legal perspective. Tags coronavirus pandemic … During the …

  • Article from 06.10.2020 | Last changed: 20.06.2024

    Sustainability Transformations and Covid

    … for governments to coordinate and act in unison across regions and countries. To avoid the kind of crossroads at which we stand today, actions need to be taken. … developed and developing) has raised serious questions about the existence and functioning of our societies and economies. This crisis has not only exposed the …

  • Article from 30.11.2020 | Last changed: 20.06.2024

    How environmental policy stakeholders could respond to social

    … with less traffic, wild animals reclaiming their habitats, a reduction to the essentials. last update on 30.11.2020 How environmental policy stakeholders could … developments and to take advantage of the window of opportunity that the pandemic opens for environmental progress? We have compiled our findings in a total of ten …

  • Article from 14.12.2015 | Last changed: 20.12.2015

    Season's Greetings from the German Environment Agency

    … nearly one fifth of global greenhouse gas emissions. Each and every one of us can do something practical to protect the climate in some small way – during Christmas … the environment – for example through our food. Buying seasonal organic produce, doing without meat from time to time, and preparing meals in an energy-efficient … the environment – for example through our food. Buying seasonal organic produce, doing without meat from time to time, and preparing meals in an energy-efficient …

  • Article from 19.07.2024 | Last changed: 02.08.2024

    The Oder River under stress

    Photo from the river Oder

    … shrunk by more than  20%. Its drainage basin covers 124,049 km², with 86.4% in Poland, 5.9% in the Czech Republic, and 7.7% in Germany. Multiple pressures lead to … factors like high nutrient and salinity concentrations must also be avoided. 2024: The Oder in crisis mode An environmental disaster in the Oder is … and exchange data on monitoring, facts, and new scientific findings. There is open, transparent, and proactive communication between Polish and German …

  • Article from 10.12.2025 | Last changed: 10.12.2025

    Resource use in Germany

    Opencast mining with large machines

    … Further chapters deal with the utilisation of the natural resources "water" and "land", the consideration of the interfaces between individual resource categories … Source: UBA Resources Report 2022 Download image (538.72 kB) Nexus water and land footprint There is a nexus (latin for connection) between the use of raw … Further chapters deal with the utilisation of the natural resources "water" and "land", the consideration of the interfaces between individual resource categories …

  • Article from 10.08.2020 | Last changed: 17.11.2025

    Military and armament contaminated sites

    … sites where war materiel was developed, tested, manufactured, processed, stored, or destroyed. The UBA no longer actively addresses this issue and stopped updating its … sites where war materiel was developed, tested, manufactured, processed, stored, or destroyed. The UBA no longer actively addresses this issue and stopped updating its …

  • Article from 10.04.2025 | Last changed: 12.01.2026

    Visit us

     The UBA building in Dessau-Roßlau from above. The building is elongated, with a façade of wood and coloured glass slabs and slanted solar cells covering the entire surface of the flat roof

    … Visit us Aerial shot of the UBA building in Dessau-Roßlau Source: Firma Busse Free broschures are available at the … building is like, then you should consider going on our interactive virtual tour. Opening hours of the UBA building; information for prospective visitors (see below …