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  • Article from 29.12.2022 | Last changed: 02.01.2023

    Identifying and managing flood risks

    Comprehensive and river basin-wide management is needed to deal with floods.

    … This includes precautionary measures (e.g., land use planning, floodplain designation, flood-adapted construction, technical measures, behavioural … apply to buildings. For example, municipalities are no longer allowed to designate new construction areas in floodplains. This "ban on new construction" is a …

  • Article from 02.02.2022 | Last changed: 25.07.2025

    Maritime shipping

    Sailing boat and container ship in the harbor of Hamburg

    … environment-friendly means of transport. There is still considerable potential to design and construct them in such a way that they pollute the environment less. … regard to the discharge of sewage. A special feature is that in 2011 the IMO has designated the Baltic Sea as the first and so far, only special area under MARPOL …

  • Article from 10.12.2025 | Last changed: 10.12.2025

    Factor X - Intelligent use of natural resources

    The photo shows a solar park and several wind turbines

    … order to achieve a goal like Factor X, scientists, economists, politicians, product designers, consumers and the service sector must work together with creativity and …

  • 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

    … from the information desk (at the entrance), for visitors who’d like to take a self-designed tour of the UBA building on their own (there is a nominal deposit for the … grades 1 through 4 on water, air and waste sorting. The events and workshops are designed to raise environmental awareness in a child-friendly and age-appropriate …