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  • Article from 11.03.2025 | Last changed: 31.07.2025

    Protecting the seas and oceans: how can it be done?

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    … for all life on Earth. They produce half of the world's oxygen, are home to around 80 per cent of all animal species and cover almost three quarters of the Earth's … surface. The oceans play a key role in the climate system, as they absorb around a third of the carbon dioxide (CO 2 ) produced by humans from the atmosphere … Waste, especially plastic waste including microplastics, is omnipresent. Underwater noise disturbs and harms whales, dolphins and fish in particular. In the …

  • Article from 06.07.2020 | Last changed: 04.10.2023

    Risk management in river basins

    … strategy for international river basins. last update on 06.07.2020 Background By the 1970s the scale of the side effects of post-war industrialisation were … Federal Ordinance on Facilities Handling Substances Hazardous to Water (AwSV) in 2017. In the meantime, this score system for R-phrases has been adapted to the new … Federal Ordinance on Facilities Handling Substances Hazardous to Water (AwSV) in 2017. In the meantime, this score system for R-phrases has been adapted to the new …

  • Article from 13.11.2024 | Last changed: 14.11.2025

    International soil governance

    … in Nairobi, Kenia – August 2018 International Workshop, Kampala, Uganda – Sept 2017 International Yearbook of Soil Law and Policy Special Issue „soil governance“ … Security“ (Journal) Internationaler Workshop Setting the scene Dr Ginzky, Umweltbundesamt, Deutschland Setting the scene National Law findings Dooley, Ecologic … Umweltbundesamt, Deutschland Future cooperation Programm Program Programm des Workshops Teilnehmerliste List of participants List of Participants Protokoll …

  • Article from 31.08.2024 | Last changed: 02.09.2024

    Alpine Convention

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    … and ecological viability. The economic and societal framework conditions require a fundamental change. Furthermore, the Alps are affected to a large extent by … sustainable tourism. The Alpine.Mobility.Camps project organizes activity-oriented workshops for sustainable mobility in select Alpine tourist destinations. The focus …

  • Article from 04.04.2024 | Last changed: 10.10.2025

    Statutes and regulations

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    … these substances. Montreal Protocol, Annex F: Controlled substances Source: Umweltbundesamt Downloads: download table (PDF) (30.29 kB) EU regulation of fluorinated … concerning fluorinated greenhouse gases . Directive 2006/40/EC Since January 2017, the EU Directive 2006/40 /EG bans fluorinated refrigerants with a global … concerning fluorinated greenhouse gases . Directive 2006/40/EC Since January 2017, the EU Directive 2006/40 /EG bans fluorinated refrigerants with a global …

  • Article from 22.07.2024 | Last changed: 20.08.2024

    Statistics concerning transfrontier shipment of waste

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    … of waste Time series on wastes requiring written notification Source: Umweltbundesamt German government statistics concerning transfrontier shipment of wastes … Grenzüberschreitende Verbringung von zustimmungspflichtigen Abfällen 2018 - Export 2017 Datenerhebung nach Umweltstatistikgesetz Grenzüberschreitende Verbringung von zustimmungspflichtigen Abfällen 2017 - Import Grenzüberschreitende Verbringung von zustimmungspflichtigen Abfällen …

  • Article from 05.04.2022 | Last changed: 13.01.2023

    Legal Basis

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    … of waste (WSR), which is based on the Basel Convention on the Control of Transboundary Movements of Hazardous Wastes and Their Disposal of 22 March 1989 and the Decision of the OECD-Council C(2001)107/Final on the Control of Transboundary Movements of Wastes Destined for Recovery Operations. The WSR transposes the … rough outline only. Simplified overwiev of permission transfrontier waste shipments under the WSR Source: Umweltbundesamt Legal Basis in Germany The Waste Movement Act …

  • Article from 18.11.2025 | Last changed: 18.11.2025

    Greenhouse gas-neutral administrations: Empowering professionals

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    … transformation process, from 2023 till 2025 last update on 18.11.2025 Background The aim of greenhouse gas (GHG) neutral administrations is not simply a matter … to keep the process of administrations towards GHG-neutrality on track. Exploratory Workshop 9th November 2023, Dessau-Roßlau, Germany and Online Workshop 24th November … Concept note GHG-neutral administrations (276.52 kB) Review of the exploratory workshops (523.01 kB) … Greenhouse gas-neutral administrations: Empowering …

  • Article from 18.11.2025 | Last changed: 18.11.2025

    Promoting Extended Producer Responsibility in international law

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    … transformation process, June 2023 to summer 2024 last update on 18.11.2025 Background Extended Producer Responsibility (EPR) has been increasingly discussed as a … the negotations of the UN Plastics Pollution Convention. The process, with several workshops and virtual joint activities in between, started with the kick-off …

  • Article from 01.09.2023 | Last changed: 11.12.2023

    PARC – Partnership for the Assessment of Risks from Chemicals

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    … building on HBM4EU. Furthermore, based on new concepts and data on exposure, the foundations for risk assessment increasingly based on "New Approach Methodologies" … and proposals for implementation will be made. One goal of policy makers around the world is the commitment to a high level of consumer health and environmental … Kingdom and Switzerland, are involved in the partnership with varying levels of funding, whereby Germany and France are providing the largest financial …

  • Article from 14.04.2023 | Last changed: 11.12.2023

    From Stakeholder Dialogue to German Centre for Micropollutants

    … findings and the measures initiated, the German Centre for Micropollutants was founded at the German Environment Agency in 2021. last update on 14.04.2023 From the … federal government’s Trace Substance Strategy. In a first phase lasting until June 2017, the stakeholders drew up initial recommendations in a policy paper . These … Stakeholder Groups in the Stakeholder Dialogue on Micropollutants Source: BMU/UBA 2017 (Stakeholder Dialogue Policy Paper) Source: BMU & UBA On 19/03/2019, …

  • Article from 13.04.2023 | Last changed: 28.08.2023

    1H-Benzotriazole Round Table

    1H-Benzotriazole Round Table The industrial chemical 1H-benzotriazole is a relevant … adverse effects on aquatic ecosystems and drinking water quality. That is why a round table was launched at the end of 2020 in order to develop mitigation measures. … for the Identification of Relevant Micropollutants”. In November 2020, the “1H-Benzotriazole Round Table” was launched with the participation of experts from …