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  • Article from 15.04.2025 | Last changed: 25.04.2025

    The 1.5°C goal of the Paris Agreement

    Lettering 1,5 degrees Celsius

    … on a small scale. They are extremely expensive, resource-intensive and their potential impact on the environment is not (yet) foreseeable. It is therefore … must be minimised in extent and duration. Any overshoot can result in serious and potentially irreversible changes in the climate system, with unforeseeable effects … Finance under the Paris Agreement Potential of blue carbon for global climate mitigation - Factsheet Methane, the underestimated greenhouse gas Approaches to …

  • Article from 04.07.2013 | Last changed: 15.12.2025

    Site remediation

    … The mobile or mobilizable elements of these pollutants. Their propagation potential in soil, water and air. Their potential for being uptaken by humans, … factors are as follows: decontamination measures for contaminant elimination or mitigation purposes; measures aimed at avoiding or mitigating long term propagation of the pollutants in question. In cases where site …

  • Article from 09.10.2025 | Last changed: 10.10.2025

    Geoengineering-Governance

    atmosphere of the Earth

    … Source: Kobes / Fotolia.com A number of ideas have emerged in recent years for potential interventions in the climate system to counteract global warming. What … gas emissions) of climate change, geoengineering can in fact only influence or mitigate its impacts. Interventions are usually classified into two groups: Solar … environmental processes; secondly, the assumption that geoengineering can replace mitigation and adaptation measures; thirdly, a policy shift leading to fundamental …

  • 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.

    … the river basin, regardless of administrative boundaries. Flood risk and damage potential Since the Elbe flood in 2002, the term flood risk has become established … occurrences (annuality) and the possible damage associated with this event (damage potential). Floods are divided into "frequently occurring events" (occurring every … a flood). Risk maps include, for example, information on the number of inhabitants potentially affected, the type of economic activity in the potentially affected …

  • Article from 06.07.2020 | Last changed: 07.12.2023

    Plant safety

    … the construction, quality, and operation of industrial installations that could potentially provoke environmental harm and other hazards due to accidents or … are presumed to use such substances in an industrial chemical process that could potentially go out of control. In Germany, the Seveso II Directive was mainly … the construction, quality, and operation of industrial installations that could potentially provoke environmental harm and other hazards due to accidents or …

  • Article from 25.05.2021 | Last changed: 25.05.2021

    Ozone

    … emission reduction in international maritime shipping Particulate matter formation potential of gas-phase emissions over Germany Satellite-based Emission Verification …

  • Article from 21.05.2025 | Last changed: 21.05.2025

    UMID: Environment and Human Health – Information Service

    Nori-Algenflakes auf einem weißen Teller

    … challenges using the example of skin lightening creams +++ FURTHER ARTICLES: Potential of wasterwater monitoring beyond SARS-CoV-2 wastewater surveillance | … – the European Network for Biological and Retrospective Physical Dosimetry | Which potential do geographic information systems have for the population-wide health …

  • Article from 04.01.2023 | Last changed: 22.08.2025

    Floods - how they form and how we influence them

    Flooded elbe river near Dessau

    … of the Research Field Earth and Environment of the Helmholtz Association Damage potential In addition to climate-induced changes in the water balance and human … and inundation areas are increasing. This contributes to a further rise in potential damage. Residential buildings, industrial facilities as well as transport … and inundation areas are increasing. This contributes to a further rise in potential damage. Residential buildings, industrial facilities as well as transport …

  • Article from 11.04.2025 | Last changed: 11.04.2025

    Monitoring and assessment

    … (OGewV) and provides for an assessment of the chemical status and ecological potential of transitional and coastal waters every six years on the basis of … metals) is included in the assessment of the ecological status.  The ecological potential is determined in the transitional and coastal waters up to the 1 nautical … (OGewV) and provides for an assessment of the chemical status and ecological potential of transitional and coastal waters every six years on the basis of …

  • Article from 02.02.2022 | Last changed: 25.07.2025

    Maritime shipping

    Sailing boat and container ship in the harbor of Hamburg

    … a comparably environment-friendly means of transport. There is still considerable potential to design and construct them in such a way that they pollute the … p. 14 , Umweltbundesamt, 2016 , CO2 emissions from maritime traffic , Third IMO GHG Study 2014 . Maritime Transport Regulations Since maritime transport is globally … planning to build a new ship. Already during the design and construction of a ship, potentials for environmental protection should be used. For example, the …

  • Article from 31.03.2025 | Last changed: 10.04.2025

    Use and Impact

    Port view of Bremerhaven with container crane and container ship.

    … the ocean’s capacity to absorb CO ₂ . While these methods may support climate mitigation efforts, they also pose uncertain ecological risks. Another focus is … raw materials from the ocean floor. While these resources have significant economic potential, their extraction threatens little-explored and highly sensitive … the ocean’s capacity to absorb CO ₂ . While these methods may support climate mitigation efforts, they also pose uncertain ecological risks. Another focus is …

  • Article from 01.03.2024 | Last changed: 20.08.2025

    Seas under pressure – Ocean acidification due to CO₂

    The photo shows a view of the surface of the North Sea.

    … air, can in turn neutralise acidic aerosols in the atmosphere. The acidification potential of the sea can therefore be strongly influenced by humans through air … be reduced, and international climate protection goals must be achieved in order to mitigate the impacts of climate-related environmental stressors, such as ocean … Actively removing CO ₂ emissions There are various ocean-based strategies for mitigating climate change that are intended to contribute to achieving net zero …