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  • News from 31.03.2017 | Last changed: 11.04.2017

    Extending the service life of electrical appliances

    Two women in front of a washing machine

    … report "Longer lifetime for products: benefits for consumers and companies" in 2016. This report is currently being discussed in the Parliament committees. The …

  • Press release 08/2020 from 18.02.2020 | Last changed: 28.02.2020

    German environmental industry remains strong

    Windräder bei Nacht

    … worldwide declined even more sharply: from 18.2% in 2002-2006 to 13.5% in 2012-2016. However, Germany still ranks among the three top in patent applications … at more than double the rate of patent applications as a whole between 1991 and 2016. Although the pace of innovation in the energy sector is high, developments …

  • Press release 37/2016 from 22.11.2016 | Last changed: 10.02.2017

    Joint action for man and the environment

    UBA's President Maria Krautzberger and actor Oliver Mommsen at SOS Children’s Village Berlin

    … believe in providing help and support where it is most needed. Press release No. 37/2016 | 22.11.2016 “I have been an SOS sponsor for a long time and an environmental ambassador for …

  • Press release 35/2016 from 17.11.2016 | Last changed: 10.02.2017

    Electromobility has clear economic advantages

    electric car

    … the most economical of all greenhouse gas-neutral solutions.” Press release No. 35/2016 | 17.11.2016 Germany’s transport sector must become greenhouse gas-neutral by 2050 to reach …

  • Press release 20/2025 from 26.05.2025 | Last changed: 28.05.2025

    German agencies classify TFA as toxic substance

    Das Bild zeigt eine Pflanzenschutzspritze, die übers Feld fährt.

    … | 26.05.2025 Since TFA was detected in the drinking water of the Neckar region in 2016, authorities have been intensively examining the substance  across disciplines. TFA is not only released by large industrial facilities — in 2016 and 2017, it was also identified as a degradation product of several active …

  • Press release 40/2020 from 11.09.2020 | Last changed: 08.12.2020

    Current transport policy puts people with low income at a disadvantage

    Ein Fahrradfahrer in einem Stau mit Autos

    … Subventionen in Deutschland Source: UBA-Darstellung nach Zahlen aus UBA (2016b) Download image (1.38 MB) Next Previous 10.09.2020 UBA-Präsident Dirk Messner … lärmarm – grün – kompakt – durchmischt Umweltschädliche Subventionen in Deutschland 2016 All press releases Tags ecological justice public transport sustainable …

  • KomPass: Article from 28.11.2023 | Last changed: 20.09.2024

    Cluster Transport, transport infrastructure

    The picture shows a flooded dip in a road. There is a roadblock in the foreground indicating that the road is closed to traffic. A sign reading ‘Hochwasser’ (floodwater) is fixed to the roadblock. There are flooded meadows visible on both sides of the road.

    … and ‘resilient transport and data systems and transport safety’. Starting in 2016, research activities have been bundled – insofar as they figured in the context … and ‘resilient transport and data systems and transport safety’. Starting in 2016, research activities have been bundled – insofar as they figured in the context …

  • Press release 19/2019 from 06.06.2019 | Last changed: 16.08.2019

    Plastics in the environment

    Plastic waste on a beach.

    … 1.5 million tonnes in the 1950s. That figure had risen to 348 million tonnes by 2016 and continues to grow. At the same time more and more plastic waste is ending …