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  • Appointment from 12.06.2024

    Incentive Schemes to Promote Sustainable Mobility Behaviour

    … Agency (UBA) invites together with the German Institute for Urban Affairs (Difu) and the ConPolicy GmbH local authorities, mobility and transport planning experts as well as urban planning experts to join the web seminar “Beyond Push and Pull: Incentive Schemes to Promote Sustainable Mobility Behaviour in Communal …

  • Press release 36/2015 from 12.10.2015 | Last changed: 23.01.2017

    Progress of environmental protection in agriculture too slow

    tractors on a field

    … 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 …

  • Press release 27/2023 from 14.08.2023 | Last changed: 23.08.2023

    Wherever spraying takes place, streams are damaged

    A stream between two fields

    … spraying takes place, streams are damaged Despite extensive approval testing and strict regulations, pesticides from agriculture enter small water bodies in … harmful quantities Rain washes pesticides into streams, which harm insects and plants. Source: ruudmorijn // iStock A new study commissioned by the German … fields. In 80 percent of the investigated streams in Germany's agricultural landscape, the pesticides measured exceeded the limits set for animals and plants. …

  • Appointment from 26.05.2015

    Workshop: Eco-Pharmacovigilance of Veterinary Medicinal Products

    … between the general obligation to report on potential environmental problems and the question how to fulfill this obligation. The workshop aims to review the current state of Eco-pharmacovigilance of veterinary medi-cinal products and to discuss opportunities to enhance the system. Attention! Registration ist over … of York Boxall: Are Veterinary Medicines Causing Environmental Risks? Legal base and experience with Pharmacovigilance of potential environmental problems Dr. …

  • Press release 46/2015 from 10.12.2015 | Last changed: 23.01.2017

    Deep geothermal energy: environmental risks can be controlled

    gush spring

    … Joint press release by the German Environment Agency and the Federal Institute for Geosciences and Natural Resources Deep geothermal energy: environmental risks can be controlled Groundwater not at risk – seismic monitoring now standard Gush spring: Geothermal energy is thermal energy generated and stored in the …

  • Press release 17/2024 from 17.04.2024 | Last changed: 17.06.2024

    The German Environment Agency celebrates its 50-year anniversary

    Grafik mit dem Jubiläumslogo des Umweltbundesamtes. Eine 50 mit dem Symbol des Blauen Engels. Auf der Grafik stehen alle wichtigen Daten zum Jubiläumsfest am 15.06.2024 in Dessau-Roßlau für alle interessierten Bürgerinnen und Bürger.

    … its 50-year anniversary Celebrate with us 50 years of commitment to people and the environment! Source: Umweltbundesamt Over 50 years ago, the social-liberal … the coexistence of humans and the environment: from protecting the world’s oceans, waste prevention and resource conservation, to the effects of different chemicals on … on national and international levels is necessary to promote environment and climate protection and to continue to enable prosperity within the limits of …

  • Press release 13/2022 from 02.03.2022 | Last changed: 26.08.2022

    Global CODES Network develops joint Action Plan to co-create a sustainable digital transformation globally

    Die Erdkugel und Wörter in einer Programmiersprache.

    … The UNEA side event marked the first public presentation of the Action Plan and intended to collect a final round of community feedback from a diverse group of … some of the world’s most pressing environmental and societal challenges, such as climate change, biodiversity loss, toxic pollution and waste, food insecurity, public health risks, and inequity. The transformational …

  • Press release 09/2020 from 28.02.2020 | Last changed: 22.04.2020

    Speed limits on motorways clearly cut down CO2 emissions

    Eine Autobahn

    … motorways would allow reductions of greenhouse gas emissions ranging between 1.9 and 5.4 million tonnes annually, depending on the actual limit imposed. These are … general speed limit on motorways would make a meaningful contribution to reducing climate change impact. The transport sector in particular has done little in terms …

  • Appointment from 11.09.2019 | Last changed: 12.12.2019

    Conference on “Resource-Efficient Decarbonisation Pathways“

    wind energy plant and solar panels

    … Pathways“ Tagungswerk („Jerusalemkirche“) Lindenstr. 85 10969 Berlin Deutschland Open in OpenStreetMap Monday, November 4th, 2019 - 12:00 until Tuesday, November … by the German Environment Agency (UBA) on 4-5 November 2019 in Berlin Global climate change is triggered by unsustainable patterns of natural resource …

  • Press release 25/2021 from 31.05.2021 | Last changed: 10.06.2021

    UBA proposes multisectoral cap on nitrogen

    Eine Pflanze und Stickstoff-Verbindungen (Montage)

    … Only then can existing protection goals for water bodies, terrestrial ecosystems and human health be achieved. Current annual nitrogen emissions amount to 1.5 … in practice with the regulations already in force on air pollution control, climate protection and fertiliser law. Even then, this represents a first step only, …

  • Press release 12/2020 from 16.03.2020 | Last changed: 15.04.2020

    Renewables cover 17.1 percent of gross final energy consumption in Germany in 2019

    Photovoltaikanlage auf dem Dach des Umweltbundesamtes in Dessau-Roßlau

    … in 2019 Record share of 42.1 percent on electricity market - stagnation in heating and transport The share of electricity production from renewable energy sources rose … while the transport sector stagnated. UBA's President Dirk Messner said: "Tackling climate change will only work if we use more energy from sun, wind and water. The …

  • Appointment from 28.07.2020

    European Forum on Science & Education for Sustainability 2020

    … 6th, 2020 0:00 — 23:45 On 6 October 2020 the German Federal Ministry of Education and Research (BMBF) is hosting the online conference "#EFSES2020 - European Forum on … will be the European programmes Horizon Europe and Erasmus+ and topics such as climate change, the circular economy, social inequality and education for …