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  • Press release 03/2024 from 16.01.2024 | Last changed: 18.01.2024

    Federal “Blue Compass” award launches in new round of competition

    Grafik mit der Aufschrift "Bundespreis Blauer Kompass – Jetzt mit Ihrem Projekt bewerben!" in weißen Buchstaben auf einem blau-grünen Hintergrund. Oben rechts sind die Logos des Bundesumweltministeriums und des Umweltbundesamtes zu sehen.

    … Compass” award launches in new round of competition Innovative projects for climate mitigation and adaptation to the consequences of climate change sought The “Blue … climate risks. Submit your application now!” Innovative projects for climate mitigation and adaptation include, for example, measures for heat protection or …

  • Press release 48/2024 from 06.12.2024 | Last changed: 10.12.2024

    UBA game “Little Impacts” wins the German Children’s Software Award TOMMI 2024

    Das Bild zeigt das Logo des Deutschen Kindersoftwarepreises TOMMI.

    … Little Impacts was developed on a scientific basis as part of the research project “Potential of Serious Games as an instrument for promoting sustainability”. In this … the German Environment Agency (⁠UBA⁠), researched, among other things, the diverse potential of game-based approaches for creating an awareness of sustainability. The …

  • Press release 23/2025 from 06.06.2025 | Last changed: 10.06.2025

    Climate change impacts mental health

    Grafik mit drei diskutierenden Personen auf Stühlen

    … the context of climate change. Press release No. 23/2025 | 06.06.2025 ‘In order to mitigate climate change , we need people who are capable of taking action and who …

  • Press release 13/2020 from 20.03.2020 | Last changed: 27.03.2020

    UBA names water body type of the year 2020

    Ein kleiner Bachabschnitt fließt durch ein Waldstück

    … nature and people in times of increasing weather extremes. Flood waves can also be mitigated with such measures. In low water periods, floodplain meadows serve as …

  • Press release 26/2021 from 01.06.2021 | Last changed: 04.06.2021

    Germany's bathing waters: excellent

    Ein Badegewässer

    … other bathers to risk. This is a universally applicable rule, regardless of which potential pathogens are involved. Associated content Links Interactive map All press …

  • Article from 12.06.2025 | Last changed: 12.06.2025

    Serious Gaming and Sustainability

    Game controller with landscape

    … tools for education and participation. Serious games are one such tool and have the potential to provide increasingly significant means of access to environmental information and education for the general public. They also offer the potential to create increased digital and data literacy. BMUV (2020): Auf einen … Institute for Solar Energy Systems ISE and others together with UBA explored the potential of (serious) games for a change to more sustainability. The project …

  • Article from 10.01.2022 | Last changed: 25.01.2024

    Digital services / Cloud computing

    someone is typing on a laptop, with symbols for cloud computing such as clouds and download arrows above them

    … a methodology to record the environmental impact of abiotic resource depletion potential (minerals and fossil raw materials), global warming potential, cumulative energy demand (energy consumption for production, use and … that the service is offered at varying degrees of efficiency. The global warming potential (GWP) of online (cloud) storage of the four data centres investigated …

  • Article from 22.02.2024 | Last changed: 19.05.2025

    German Environmental Survey, GerES VI (2023-2024)

    a colorful picture with many different faces

    … factors on disease occurrence in Germany and possibly also in Europe and to analyse potential connections between socio-economic factors and environmental pollution … factors on disease occurrence in Germany and possibly also in Europe and to analyse potential connections between socio-economic factors and environmental pollution …

  • Article from 19.02.2014 | Last changed: 17.11.2025

    Soil functions

    A mole on the surface.

    … filter far more efficiently than do sandy soils. Changes in soil chemistry can potentially mobilize bound substances, an example of this being increasing soil … filter far more efficiently than do sandy soils. Changes in soil chemistry can potentially mobilize bound substances, an example of this being increasing soil …