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  • Article from 28.11.2023 | Last changed: 18.11.2025

    Effects chain – Example from the ‘human health’ action field

    … action field 2023 Monitoring Report on the German Strategy for Adaptation to Climate Change last update on 28.11.2023 Climate changes relevant to the action … affect human beings in different ways. Above all, the group comprising the elderly and people living alone, is regularly affected by mortalities at significant scales …

  • Article from 11.08.2022 | Last changed: 13.10.2025

    Fachbibliothek Umwelt (Environmental Library)

    View into the environmental library in Dessau

    … (Bismarckplatz) will remain closed until about 2025/26 due to renovation and modernization work. The address of the temporary accommodation, which will also … library in the German-speaking world, with branches in Dessau-Roßlau, Berlin and Bad Elster, contains more than 500,000 books, about 320,000 eBooks, more than 1,500 printed journals, about 30,000 ejournals and other sources of information. The library is an open access library kept …

  • Article from 10.12.2025 | Last changed: 10.12.2025

    Sustainable resource use in the leisure sector

    Top view of a soccer field

    … Anton Mazaev / Adobe Stock Leisure activities are important for our well-being and quality of life. We meet friends, pursue our hobbies or go travelling. These … greenhouse gases and develops a framework for action for a resource-efficient and climate-friendly leisure sector. last update on 10.12.2025 Whether it is a visit to …

  • Article from 28.11.2023 | Last changed: 18.11.2025

    BO-I-4: Temperature in the topsoil

    The picture shows a seedling emerging from moist, dark soil.

    … in the topsoil With soil temperatures rising beyond 5 °C, plants begin to sprout and grow. Source: sandra zuerlein / stock.adobe.com 2023 Monitoring Report on the German Strategy for Adaptation to Climate Change last update on 28.11.2023 BO-I-4: Temperature in the topsoil At a …

  • Article from 28.11.2023 | Last changed: 18.11.2025

    BO-I-3: Rainfall erosivity

    The legend comprises six categories for the rainfall erosivity (unit: kilojoules per square metre multiplied by millimetres per hour) as a district average for the years 2017 to 2021.

    … 2021 2023 Monitoring Report on the German Strategy for Adaptation to Climate Change last update on 28.11.2023 BO-I-3: Rainfall erosivity In Germany, … were  particularly high. Targeted anti-erosion measures taken on vulnerable soils and on steeply sloping terrain can help to  reduce soil loss even where high …

  • Article from 02.08.2023 | Last changed: 23.10.2025

    Guarantees of origin for renewable energy sources

    … Guarantees of origin (GO) prove the origin of renewable energy in a transparent way and provide electricity consumers the necessary reliability. last update on 02.08.2023 Register of Guarantees of Origin (HKNR) The mandatory electricity disclosure that electricity supplier are required to carry out … electricity supplier may only disclose  renewable electricity on electricity bills and advertisement if they have cancelled GOs for the delivered amount of energy …

  • Article from 20.04.2015 | Last changed: 28.04.2023

    The CORINE Land Cover (CLC) program

    CORINE Land Cover 2006

    The CORINE Land Cover (CLC) program CORINE Land Cover 2006 Source: Umweltbundesamt Land cover is a key indicator of … Centre (DLR)’s Deutsches Fernerkundungsdatenzentrum, on behalf of the UBA. … The CORINE Land Cover (CLC) program

  • Article from 20.05.2022 | Last changed: 18.07.2022

    Good to know about nanomaterials

    Nano structures

    … The Federal Environment Agency supports an objective debate on the chances and risks which nanotechnology involves. It wants to help promote the opportunities … in various fields of application Use of nanomaterials and nanoscale products for wastewater treatment Use of Nanomaterials in Energy Storage Use of nanomaterials in … Nanomaterials in the environment Use of nanomaterials and nanoscale products for wastewater treatment Use of Nanomaterials in Energy Storage Use of nanomaterials in …

  • Article from 19.07.2024 | Last changed: 19.07.2024

    Questions and Answers on Water Reuse

    Questions and Answers on Water Reuse Water reuse can help alleviate water shortages. But … large water cycle Thus water reuse in this context refers to the deliberate use of waste water in smaller water cycles as a means of alleviating regional shortages. … contamination of groundwater depends, among other things, on the soil and the climate. Studies have shown that water reuse can cause groundwater contamination …

  • Article from 27.03.2023 | Last changed: 27.03.2023

    National Water Strategy

    … Water Strategy for Germany was adopted by the Federal Cabinet. This strategy and the associated “programme of water measures” lay the foundation for a … bodies. Water management and water protection are facing diverse challenges due to climate change, globalisation, diffuse substance inputs and demographic change. The …

  • Article from 21.08.2023 | Last changed: 10.10.2025

    Heat pumps

    Luft-Wasser-Wärmepumpe

    … / Adobe Stock Heat pumps are coming into increasing use for heating of buildings and for hot water production in commercial as well as industrial applications. Heat … of earth, water and air, these also use other heat sources such as process heat, waste heat from building air conditioning or waste water. Depending on the task and

  • Article from 23.04.2025 | Last changed: 23.06.2025

    Research and development projects on nanomaterials

    Nano structures

    Research and development projects on nanomaterials Nano structures are more than … / Fotolia.com The German Federal Environment Agency (UBA) is currently funding and guiding the research and development projects on nanomaterials and other advanced materials …