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  • 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

    … farm Source: Hrui / AdobeStock “Factor X” stands for an intelligent, efficient and environmentally friendly use of natural resources (e. g. raw materials, water, … humans is causing ecosystems to exceed their stress limits and exacerbating global environmental problems. In the last 40 years, the global extraction of raw materials …

  • Article from 10.12.2025 | Last changed: 10.12.2025

    Resource use in Germany

    Opencast mining with large machines

    … of the interfaces between individual resource categories ("nexus") and the "environmental impact of raw material extraction". The resource report is aimed at a … and administration. On the one hand, the report is intended to serve as a source of data information and a reference work; on the other hand, it provides arguments for … sustainable resource management. The next resource report is planned for 2026. The research work for this will begin in early 2024. Research project „Resource use in …

  • Article from 10.08.2020 | Last changed: 17.11.2025

    Military and armament contaminated sites

    … former waste disposal sites. An historical classification is often applied that is based on usage and operation prior to 1945 or thereafter. last update on 10.08.2020 … contaminated-site programs as a starting point, the UBA commissioned a number of research projects and put the findings of these projects on a CD that was issued in … destroyed. The UBA no longer actively addresses this issue and stopped updating its database in 2003. For information concerning legacy military sites, contact the …

  • Article from 01.04.2022 | Last changed: 08.12.2022

    Digitalisation as engine of transformation for a green economy

    a green globe lies in green grass, inside it the word "CO2" with three arrows pointing down. Around the globe placed five icons: Wind turbines, e-car, solar plant, power plant and hand with leaves.

    … economy have largely been considered separately from digitalisation in the past. A research project is now investigating the application areas and transformation potential of big data, artificial intelligence (AI) and digital platforms for a green economy. last … on the findings obtained, the report develops recommendations for action regarding environmental, climate protection and sustainability-related changes to the …

  • 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

    … at the visitor center at our Dessau-Roßlau site. You can also visit a branch of our environmental library at our sites in Dessau-Roßlau, Bad Elster as well as at one of … due to remodelling work. You can order our free publications via the  publication database Fachbibliothek Umwelt (environmental library) Our large environmental … There you are welcome to take out books, look through scholarly journals, and do research in one of our many databases. School and kindergarten field trips Groups of …