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  • Article from 06.10.2020 | Last changed: 20.06.2024

    Sustainability Transformations and Covid

    … the past several decades, the global community was following a development model that seemed unsustainable. The adopted path of development led to consequences with … transformations for the existence of healthy societies going forward. Furthermore, sustainable development endeavors by the respective governments are not … we need to ask ourselves as to what should be given importance or included while working towards sustainable development. Also, based on economies belonging to …

  • Article from 30.11.2020 | Last changed: 20.06.2024

    How environmental policy stakeholders could respond to social

    … stakeholders could respond to social The crisis has created situations and images that seemed utopian in "normal" times, in addition to the manifold, sometimes … social and socio-economic consequences of the COVID-19 pandemic: Inner cities with less traffic, wild animals reclaiming their habitats, a reduction to the essentials. … to the development of resistance to antibiotics, which can cause complications when treating secondary bacterial infections of viruses. Finally, media attention to …

  • Article from 22.12.2020 | Last changed: 20.06.2024

    What is the One Health approach, and how to implement it?

    … implement it? The current coronavirus pandemic has refocused attention on the fact that more than two thirds of known infectious diseases in humans originated in animals. … zoonotic agents often originate in wild animals. They become dangerous to humans when an infection gets spatially and mechanistically possible and can be spread …

  • 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 … is the greatest challenge which now face man and the environment. We are glad that the agreement adopted in Paris will produce the first climate agreement, … 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

    … extreme environmental conditions. Prymnesium parvum is a single-celled organism that usually occurs in brackish and marine waters but can also be found in inland … communication between Polish and German authorities. The 2022 fish die-off - lessons learned Crises like the 2022 fish die-off in the Oder are hard to predict because many environmental factors influence the water, and it's unclear when the system's limits is exceeded. However, everyone involved has learned  from …

  • Article from 10.12.2025 | Last changed: 10.12.2025

    Resource use in Germany

    Opencast mining with large machines

    … the report is intended to serve as a source of data information and a reference work; on the other hand, it provides arguments for scientific policy advice and the … of 35 % in the extraction of abiotic raw materials, and an increase of 15 % in that of biotic raw materials. Source: UBA Resources Report 2022 Download image … benefits from global trade: although it imports, both directly and indirectly, more raw materials and goods than it exports, there is a considerable surplus in 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

    … In our capacity as an environmental protection agency, it’s important to us that our UBA buildings set new (and high) standards for green construction and renovation. Our Dessau-Roßlau building, which was constructed in 2005 when we relocated our head office from Berlin to Dessau, was awarded the German gold …

  • Article from 15.07.2014 | Last changed: 12.01.2026

    Cleaning agents and laundry detergents

    Various liquid detergents and cleaning agents

    … to the chemical pollution of wastewater. last update on 15.07.2014 Think green when you wash and clean – Unburden the environment Each year more than 1.3 million tonnes of cleaning agents and laundry detergents are sold to …