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  • Article from 04.07.2013 | Last changed: 15.12.2025

    Site remediation

    … Such investigations centre around the manner in which the site in question was used (e.g. accidents or spills that occurred at the site), as well as assessments of … Such investigations mainly involve site measurements, which are obtained using technical investigation measures such as soil and groundwater sample assays. …

  • Article from 11.08.2022 | Last changed: 13.10.2025

    Fachbibliothek Umwelt (Environmental Library)

    View into the environmental library in Dessau

    Fachbibliothek Umwelt (Environmental Library) The Fachbibliothek Umwelt is the largest environmental library in the … Library is a resource for the UBA’s research, as well as for many external users. It has grown to become the largest environmental library in the …

  • Article from 10.08.2020 | Last changed: 17.11.2025

    Remediation technology

    … are disproportionate for a given site, protective and mitigating measures can be used instead. Natural pollutant mitigation mechanisms should also be factored into … or management concepts. Oftentimes, a constellation of measures is carried out using mobile and semi-mobile cleanup equipment modules. Complex management concepts …

  • Article from 16.04.2020 | Last changed: 27.06.2024

    COVID-19: let’s make sure we don’t learn the wrong lesson

    … It’s telling us that national solutions alone are quite inadequate, that viruses and climate do not carry passports, that we must resolve the underlying causes of our vulnerability through global collaboration, revitalised global … changes faster and further than normal processes are able to achieve. We must use those lessons and the enlivened public response to reform the way we live on the …

  • Article from 20.04.2020 | Last changed: 27.06.2024

    Ecology of data: we should use the coronavirus crisis as ...

    Ecology of data: we should use the coronavirus crisis as ... In times of upheaval, … we do” with the crisis is far more relevant. The momentum of the crisis should be used to turn the juxtaposition and partial opposition of two very important …

  • Article from 20.04.2020 | Last changed: 27.06.2024

    Coronavirus/climate/innovation: why we have to save tomorrow's

    … of energy and resources must become climate-friendly, and its advantages should be used to transform our energy systems, for recycling management, and for CO2-neutral … of energy and resources must become climate-friendly, and its advantages should be used to transform our energy systems, for recycling management, and for CO2-neutral …

  • Article from 23.04.2020 | Last changed: 27.06.2024

    Opportunities for transformative learning in the coronavirus cris

    … situation, design knowledge for sustainable development is needed to make good use of the available scope for a new start after the coronavirus crisis. This design … a logbook to document social change during the coronavirus crisis. The logbooks are used to investigate whether and how this transformation knowledge can be used once …

  • Article from 27.04.2020 | Last changed: 27.06.2024

    How COVID-19 Can Drive Transformational Change in Cities

    … cities? From what we have learned so far, national and city leaders should use this opportunity to focus on four key areas where transformational change is … cities? From what we have learned so far, national and city leaders should use this opportunity to focus on four key areas where transformational change is …

  • Article from 29.04.2020 | Last changed: 25.06.2024

    COVID-19 stimulus packages represent a critical juncture

    … as policies create losers and winners among firms and affected supply chains . Because of these distributional politics, decarbonisation remains a difficult task for … change. Given the carbon lock-in mentioned above, policymakers may choose not to use the window of opportunity for the purposes of decarbonisation. Hence, second, we … After the bailout of US car manufacturers in 2008, the Obama administration used its political leverage to impose stricter fuel economy standards. At the same …

  • Article from 06.06.2020 | Last changed: 25.06.2024

    Sustainability has a solid record as a paradigm of resilience

    … Secondly, the current “crisis mode” is providing impetus for change which we must use. It is an opportunity for a change of direction in organisations, businesses and … particularly evident now, in the decentralised production of protective equipment using 3D printers, for instance, or the use of platform-based applications. The … opportunity to leverage the competitiveness of the EU through digitalisation that uses smart approaches - so that the impact of the policy measures is as sustainable …

  • Article from 11.05.2020 | Last changed: 25.06.2024

    The coronavirus pandemic and protecting the climate – some discus

    … health care and the protection of the climate and rationalises globalisation by focusing on maintaining and redeveloping domestic and regional productive capacities. … in municipalities and parishes; an intensifying of the efforts to conserve and use raw materials efficiently by increasing the use of secondary raw materials and returning products to the product life cycle. The …

  • Article from 11.09.2020 | Last changed: 20.06.2024

    Navigating abrupt system changes

    … trajectory? The answer is “no” and, to date, the only time global greenhouse gas emissions have actually substantially reduced is as an unintended result of … lead to a structural reorganization at the whole system level. However, commonly used models in economics, as well as Integrated Assessment Models, are unable to … born in Poland and studied in Poland, the Netherlands, Ireland, and Germany. She uses various research methods including social surveys, case studies, behavioural …