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  • Press release 49/2024 from 11.12.2024 | Last changed: 04.08.2025

    Interdisciplinary planning competition for new German Environment Agency building in Bad Elster

    fotorealistische Darstellung eines quadratischen Gebäudes mit Flachdach und Fassade aus Holz, Glas und Fassadenbegrünung, über dem Haupteingang steht "Umweltbundesamt Bad Elster"

    … is to keep the scientific basis and standards for a safe drinking water supply and good water quality up to date and develop them further. In view of the increased … building on a different site is planned, as this represents the most economical and practical solution according to the preliminary investigations carried out. This is …

  • Press release 41/2021 from 15.10.2021 | Last changed: 18.10.2021

    Municipalities say thanks for separate collection of biowaste

    Onion peels and other organic waste in a bowl on the kitchen table

    … Separately collected biowaste becomes biogas and sustainable fertiliser. This is good for the climate and helps to conserve resources. Many people know this and are … of the German Environment Agency said, "Organic waste has a lot of potential – for example as compost or for energy production. However, this potential can only be …

  • KomPass: Article from 28.11.2023 | Last changed: 18.12.2024

    HUE-5: International finance for climate adaptation (from budgetary funds)

    … (NDC) under the Paris Climate Agreement. This assistance is provided, for example, via the NDC partnership. In 2021, 88 % of the German contribution to … the cultivation of more drought-tolerant crops, the introduction of sustainable practices in fisheries or measures concerned with malaria control. The sum total …

  • Press release 38/2021 from 17.09.2021 | Last changed: 17.09.2021

    German Environment Agency proposes expanded cross-regulatory approach for European Commission’s “Zero Pollution Action Plan”

    A bridge over water in a city park.

    … and reduction could be designed. Press release No. 38/2021 | 17.09.2021 One example of the existing deficits of policy coordination: After 20 years of the Water Framework Directive, the chemical status of our rivers is still not good. For example, mercury levels exceed the corresponding environmental quality …

  • Press release 23/2020 from 08.06.2020 | Last changed: 17.06.2020

    Clean bathing waters, but the fun has its limits

    See in Brandenburg

    … Commission on 8 June for the 2019 bathing season. The report confirms the continued good quality of bathing waters in Germany, as in previous years. Press release No. … Commission on 8 June for the 2019 bathing season. The report confirms the continued good quality of bathing waters in Germany, as in previous years. … In the 2019 …

  • Press release 11/2017 from 24.03.2017 | Last changed: 27.04.2017

    Land take: Make goals binding

    Aerial view of a small town

    … could be implemented through land certificate trading at municipal level as its practicability has been successfully tested in a national pilot project. Press … could be implemented through land certificate trading at municipal level as its practicability has been successfully tested in a national pilot project. … An area …

  • Press release 16/2019 from 29.05.2019 | Last changed: 06.02.2024

    Working to achieve greenhouse gas neutrality at the German Environment Agency

    EMAS logo on the face of the UBA office building in Dessau-Roßlau

    … climate-friendly action must become an established part of the work we do, for example when on business trips or in procurement,” said Ms Krautzberger. Press … operational issues, organization, technical conditions or even legal framework. For example, responsibility for building management may in part be outsourced, which … climate-friendly action must become an established part of the work we do, for example when on business trips or in procurement,” said Ms Krautzberger. … Whether …

  • Press release 50/2020 from 27.10.2020 | Last changed: 27.10.2020

    Further increase in packaging consumption in 2018 in Germany

    Metalldosen und Plastikabfall

    … said, "Packaging should be avoided before it is even produced. Returnable cups, for example for coffee "to go", must become the rule, but anyone taking food to go … as a minimum be achieved by the dual systems. This includes commercial packaging of goods which typically accrues as waste with private final consumers after use. The …

  • Press release 42/2021 from 25.10.2021 | Last changed: 28.10.2021

    Electrical waste: falling far short of collection target of 65 percent

    used electrical and electronic equipment in a container, for example monitors, computers and household appliances

    … also get more involved and further improve collection and take-back options, for example through more accessible recycling centres or more flexible take-back hours. … is partly due to the expansion of the scope of application of ElektroG. For example, photovoltaic modules, which have a very long service life, have also been … 2021. The Act enters into force on 1 January 2022. Starting on 1 July 2022, for example, grocery retailers (e.g. supermarkets and discounters) with a sales area of …

  • Appointment from 04.09.2015

    Kassel International Dialogue on 100% Renewable Energy

    … of the side-event features a World Café and an excursion to Wolfshagen, one of the example communities in the region. The German-language 100% Renewable Energy Regions … from science and business necessary political framework conditions and practical measures for the successful continuation of energy transition processes at …

  • Press release 36/2024 from 06.09.2024 | Last changed: 18.10.2024

    UBA refuses to approve certificates for eight UER projects

    an einer Förderanlage wird Gas abgefackelt

    … new UER certificates from these projects will be released onto the market. This is good news,” said UBA President Dirk Messner. He also concluded that the simple … upstream sector, i.e. before the crude oil is processed in the refinery. A typical example is the decommissioning of so-called flares on oil derricks, which usually …