… Paludiculture: More climate action with rewetted peatlands Government should provide financial … agricultural purposes Source: Peter Eggermann / Fotolia.com Rewetting peatlands can do a great deal to protect the climate. Drained peatlands in Germany emit some 53 … Agency (UBA). This requires the water level in peatland to be high enough so that the carbon bound in the peat is not released as CO2 into the atmosphere. High …

… in 2018 in Germany Systems for reusables and recycling need to be expanded More and more packaging is used every year Source: M. Schuppich / Fotolia.com In … "to go", must become the rule, but anyone taking food to go should also be able to do so in reusable containers. This would put an end to the flood of pizza boxes and … not yet clear. However, due to the closure of shops and restaurants, it is likely that more service packaging was used, especially for food and beverages. Consumer …

… flexible opening hours than at recycling centres. WEEE can now be returned while doing one's weekly shopping." The new legal take-back obligation mainly targets appliances with a diameter of less than 25 cm. Larger appliances can be returned free of charge if a new appliance … the package of amendments to the Electrical and Electronic Equipment Act (ElektroG) that came into force on 1.1.2022 to improve the collection of WEEE and increase …

… Energiewende: "This basis in law will help to save energy. BAM has worked to ensure that the technical requirements in this process are demanding but entirely … the energy efficiency class information that is familiar on household appliances. When combined with solar heaters or other types of heaters, these combination heater systems will have to bear additional labelling in future. The EU Commission is strengthening consumers' …

… PMT/vPvM substances, can endanger our water resources over a long period of time. That is why the German Environment Agency – in line with the European chemicals … including one on water analyses in 13 drinking water catchment areas. With this in mind, the UBA is also publishing a list of 259 such PMT/vPvM substances and calling … substances. Users should take the new hazard classes PMT and vPvM into account when self-classifying in the future. In order to protect our water resources and …

… water. Since restrictions due to floods are usually of shorter duration, they have less economic significance than low-water events. Restrictions due to low water have lasted more than 100 days in individual years, in the case of floods no more than 14 days. … water levels and flow velocities in the waterways decrease. Even low water can mean that ships can no longer be fully loaded. The reduced river width restricts the …

… release No. 13/2015 | 30.03.2015 Nearly two thirds of respondents (63%) report that environmental and climate protection are a basic requirement for coping with … all respondents report that they "always" choose the energy-efficient alternative when buying household appliances or lighting. Another one fourth does this "very … supply in this sector is simply not yet adequate. Organic cotton currently has less than a 1% share of the entire cotton market. Manufacturers must speed up …

… eight UER projects Defective certificates amounting to around 215,000 tonnes of CO2 do not reach the market UER projects are measures to reduce CO2 emissions from fuels … sector. Source: Leonid Ikan / Fotolia.com The intensive and complex educational work of the German Environment Agency (UBA) in the area of Upstream Emission … issue the requested approvals due to irregularities we have identified. This means that no new UER certificates from these projects will be released onto the market. …

… provides 50 billion euros of funding every year for measures some of which are doing great harm to the environment. Environmentally harmful subsidies in the … in inner cities. Diesel vehicles run on fuel which costs 18.4 cents per litre less than petrol cars and therefore this makes them quite popular. This form of … have been traced in bodies of water and fish worldwide and even the liver of polar bears. Some PFC are known to be carcinogenic; others can affect fertility. UBA …

… Centre for Environmental Information (umwelt.info)". This is the result of a working meeting in Merseburg today involving the Federal Ministry for the … Access to all German environmental information and data through a single platform – that is the goal of the new National Environmental Information Centre which the …

… weather events such as heavy rain, heat and drought. Many local authorities are working toward that aim. However, it is becoming increasingly important to remove barriers so that … implementing measures or promoting implementation by private actors. Nevertheless, legal, organisational and financial obstacles still stand in the way of the …

… Europe’s local authorities will be showing their citizens how sustainable mobility works in practice. 2,000 cities and municipalities from all over Europe are … of sustainable mobility and to establish measures which make local transport more sustainable for the climate and environment. Mobility-related campaigns are …