… Soil of the Year 2020: Intertidal Flat Soil Tidal flats occur on all continents and in all climate zones Intertidal flat soils are true natural treasures. Source: Dr. …

… residues Source: Rob Bouwman / Fotolia.com How pharmaceutical residues from sludge and slurry accumulate in the soil and what effect does this have demonstrated a … of the occurrence of PFAS (per- and polyfluorinated alkyl compounds) in waste streams Do new generations of active pharmaceuticals for human use require an …

… Rawpixel / Fotolia The new International Academy Transformation for Environment and Sustainability (TES Academy) has been launched in a pilot phase at UBA. The … of Russia’s war of aggression in Ukraine on the sustainability transformation and how to respond to the situation. 27.07.2022 TES Academy The UBA’s new TES … implement transformation processes towards sustainable development across national and disciplinary boundaries and to develop the structures required to achieve this. …

… under multiple crises Friday, July 15th, 2022 16:00 — 17:30 The TES Academy and the UBA Task Force “Ukraine” invite all interested parties to the virtual event … crises)?” to aim at bringing such perspectives from the global South to the front and raise awareness to potential needs that go beyond financial issues. The United Nations Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) and the urgently needed sustainability transformation face new challenges due to the …

… limits Nearly all bathing waters in Germany have highest quality marks – Covid-19 pandemic putting a damper on bathing 93 percent of Germany's bathing waters rate … water sites 'excellent'. Overall, 98 percent of bathing waters in lakes, rivers and on the coast were in compliance with the quality standards of the European Bathing Water Directive. This data is confirmed by the …

… Source: Vasily Merkushev / Fotolia.com Pharmaceutical drug residues, biocides and other chemicals in even the smallest concentrations can have a negative impact … enter groundwater, river, lakes and oceans via different pathways, either through wastewater from sewage treatment plants, soil erosion, leaching from precipitation, … are indications that only a combination of measures in production, applications and wastewater treatment can provide effective all-round protection. Pharmaceuticals: …

… Engendering Environment Bundespresseamt Reichstagufer 14 10117 Berlin Deutschland https://www.bundesregierung.de/Content/DE/StatischeSeiten/Breg/Bundespresseamt/… … officer of the UBA invites to an international conference on Gender Mainstreaming and Gender Impact Assessment in Environmental and Health Protection. Engendering Environment. Gender Mainstreaming and Gender …

… released by the EU Commission have calculated that average to range between 2.4 and 2.8 per cent. “This ranks Germany well below the EU average for the tenth year … in 2016 is due to the unchanged level of emissions in the industrial sector and a downturn in emissions from energy facilities of 0.9 per cent. This can be … phenomena such as the greater share of hydropower in energy production in Spain and trends like the coal-to-gas power shift in the United Kingdom which result in a …

… the Federal Institute for Real Estate, the State Enterprise for Saxon Real Estate and Construction Management and the German Environment Agency Interdisciplinary planning competition for new … real estate company of the federal government, is the client for the new laboratory and office building of the German Environment Agency (UBA) in Bad Elster. With the …

… has clearly been too slow. Many known problems such as high nitrogen inputs to soil and air remain unsolved despite improvements. In 1985 some 90 percent of land area exceeded critical loads for nitrogen; today that figure still hovers at 50 … from the farm into sewage systems, which then are not adequately degraded at wastewater treatment facilities. Although there has been some progress as concerns …