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  • Press release 24/2022 from 18.05.2022 | Last changed: 24.05.2022

    "Blauer Kompass" federal award: Nomination of 20 climate change adaptation projects

    Grafik "Blauer Kompass"

    … major task for the future. It is a challeng facing us all: not only in federal and Land politics or in large companies, but also every single local municipality. The … Lower Saxony: proKlima – Der enercity-Fonds und die Klimaschutzleitstelle der Landeshauptstadt Hannover, “Förderangebot SolarGrünDach“, 30449 Hannover Berlin: …

  • KomPass: Article from 28.11.2023 | Last changed: 18.12.2024

    BS-I-1: Person hours due to weather-related damage events

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    … assistance whenever extreme weather-related and weather-pattern related events cause emergency or disaster situations. For example, emergency relief responders are … call-out effort since the foundation of the THW. Parts of the Ahr valley in Rhineland-Palatinate were impacted particularly violently. The overwhelming volumes of … this framework. The responses showed that a great number of input systems were used and that there were differences in the categorisation of the deployment cause

  • KomPass: Article from 28.11.2023 | Last changed: 17.12.2024

    IG-R-1: Perception of the relevance of physical climate risks in trade and

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    … voluntary basis. While initially the focus was on reporting climate-damaging greenhouse gas emissions, by now other environmental impacts are added to the database … CDP-Klima) companies are asked to supply, on an annual basis, statements on greenhouse gas emissions, physical and transitory climate risks and on organisational … companies’ obligations for reporting and the submission of declarations can make a useful contribution to these endeavours. Since the middle of the 2010s, the …

  • Press release 15/2019 from 28.05.2019 | Last changed: 05.06.2019

    Environmental Awareness Study 2018

    Titelbild der Umweltbewusstseinsstudie 2018

    … doing enough, compared to 34% in the survey two years ago. This year's survey focused on the three key areas "energy", "agriculture", and "transport": Energy: There … the goals and strategies of the Energiewende. 95% believe that increasing energy efficiency through new technologies is key to achieving energy transformation, and … Source: BMU / UBA Download image (664.19 kB) Sehr große Probleme der heimischen Landwirtschaft sind ... Source: BMU / UBA Download image (972.15 kB) Umwelt und …

  • KomPass: Article from 28.11.2023 | Last changed: 18.12.2024

    HUE-1: Manageability of climate change impacts

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    … climate change impacts Source: BMUB/BMUV & UBA (study ‚Umweltbewusstsein in Deutschland‘/ for 2021: additional survey in the framework of the study ‚Umweltbewusstsein in Deutschland 2020‘) Widespread doubts about manageability of climate impacts The … in their own country and when they become aware of the heavy damage they have caused. Intensive reporting in the media tends to kindle the public’s awareness …

  • News from 12.10.2018 | Last changed: 01.11.2018

    UBA supports design for a circular economy

    Discussion panel at the Circular Design Forum 2018

    … precisely what design should contribute to: allowing products and materials to be used for as long as possible. Design centres and the UBA support … With the Ecodesign Audits and Sprints developed by the Design Forum Finland and the Estonian Design Centre, the approaches that were playfully tested by …

  • Press release 10/2025 from 07.03.2025 | Last changed: 12.03.2025

    Consumer protection: Second-hand platforms put to the test

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    … with misleading environmental claims (known as “greenwashing”) was being used. The findings showed that around 45 per cent of the websites examined in the … these consumers benefit collectively from the discovery und subsequent remedy of abuses and violations by companies operating throughout Europe. The sweep is not a …

  • Press release 20/2015 from 01.06.2015 | Last changed: 23.01.2017

    Contest for 'Blue Angel Prize 2015' has started

    Bühne bei der Preisverleihung Blauer Engel-Preis 2012

    … German Sustainability Award. The prize distinguishes companies which support the cause of the Blue Angel ecolabel in an extraordinary way and thereby excel in their … Barbara Hendricks said: "The companies whose products bear the Blue Angel have used the ecolabel to steadily improve the environmental scorecard of their products. …