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  • Press release 38/2025 from 23.10.2025 | Last changed: 12.12.2025

    CBAM simplified: 90% of Companies Exempt from CO₂ Border Adjustment

    Container in einem Hafen

    … transitional period) to prepare for the introduction of the new mechanism, without financial obligations and with simplified reporting requirements. From 1 January … Package I, its proposal to simplify and reinforce the CO 2 border adjustment system . The proposal (Omnibus I – COM (2025) 87) includes adaptations to the CBAM …

  • KomPass: Article from 28.11.2023 | Last changed: 18.12.2024

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

    … and the bilateral and regional levels, in order to make people, living spaces, ecosystems and economies more resilient to climate change impacts thus avoiding damage … to developing countries in the run-up to 2025. A differentiation is made between financial contributions to multilateral programmes and bilateral development …

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

    Land take: Make goals binding

    Aerial view of a small town

    … Land take: Make goals binding UBA recommends a quota system and land certificate trading scheme Aerial view of a small town Source: … is very clear that we must reduce land take, and we can only do it through a quota system and by introducing binding quantity restrictions."   A nationwide pilot … environment. UBA recommends a fixed quota regime for land and a certificate trading system. … Land take: Make goals binding …

  • Press release 24/2023 from 07.07.2023 | Last changed: 11.07.2023

    European emissions trading: Greenhouse gas emissions in Germany constant overall

    Coal-fired power plant

    … 1,730 stationary plants in Germany covered by the European Emissions Trading System (EU ETS) emitted about 354 million metric tons of carbon dioxide equivalents … future. At the same time, the money raised from the auctions creates considerable financial leeway to fairly cushion the social consequences of decarbonisation." …

  • News from 06.07.2023 | Last changed: 18.12.2023

    European emissions trading undergoes comprehensive reform

    EU flags

    … allocation and the use of auctioning revenues in the existing emissions trading system (EU-ETS 1). Introduction of a carbon border adjustment mechanism (CBAM) … 1 Reform of the rules for aviation (EU-ETS 1) Creation of a new emissions trading system for buildings, road transport and additional sectors (EU-ETS 2) These changes … allocation and the use of auctioning revenues in the existing emissions trading system Emissions in the existing EU-ETS 1 will be reduced by 62 percent by 2030 …

  • News from 16.07.2020 | Last changed: 28.07.2020

    An estimated 310,000 vehicles with unknown whereabouts

    end-of-life vehicles

    … recommends the introduction of minimum requirements for vehicle registration systems in respect of deregistration of vehicles. 16.07.2020 The number of … The recommendations target minimum requirements for national vehicle registration systems. Associated content Links Annual reports on end-of-life vehicle …

  • News from 20.06.2024 | Last changed: 27.06.2024

    UBA and BfN for a green and just transition in Europe

    Picture of the Berlaymong building, seat of the European Commission in Brussels

    … sector must be promoted and the European chemicals regulation REACH revised. Financial incentives are needed for farmers to switch to sustainable production … for vehicle and tyre manufacturers must be tightened. Biodiversity and ecosystem services Nature, landscapes and biodiversity are inherently valuable and must be protected, preserved and developed. Furthermore, biodiversity and intact ecosystems are essential for human well-being, including food security, climate …

  • Press release 51/2020 from 29.10.2020 | Last changed: 03.11.2020

    EU climate targets: 60 percent reduction of greenhouse gas emissions by 2030 is possible, German Environment Agency says

    EU-Fahnen

    … emissions from industrial and power plants participating in the emissions trading system would have to be reduced by at least 66 to 71 percent by 2030 (compared to … cost-effectively and reliably across Europe. It would also generate substantial financial resources that governments could use to encourage climate-friendly …

  • Press release 09/2023 from 01.03.2023 | Last changed: 06.03.2023

    Paludiculture: More climate action with rewetted peatlands

    drainage channel through a peatland

    … Paludiculture: More climate action with rewetted peatlands Government should provide financial support to farmers practicing voluntary peatland protection Many peatlands … Peatland Protection Strategy. Paludiculture cultivation restores peatland ecosystems. Unlike with renaturation, rewetted soils are suitable for commercial …

  • KomPass: Article from 28.11.2023 | Last changed: 18.11.2025

    FW-I-8: Forest fire hazards and forest fires

    The picture shows an extensive forest fire. Greyish-white smoke is rising from the seat of the fire. A burnt forest area is visible in the background.

    … at an early stage and in containing them successfully. It is true to say that, with financial assistance from the EU, the Federal Länder have in recent years indeed … control are likely to increase rather than diminish. The continuous improvement of systems as well as the training and organisation of fire fighters have thus become a …

  • News from 27.02.2018 | Last changed: 27.02.2018

    New EU Innovation Fund: how can it support climate protection?

    industrial plant

    … Innovation Fund (IF), a financing instrument created under the EU Emissions Trading System to support demonstration projects for low-carbon innovation in the power … Innovation Fund (IF), a financing instrument created under the EU Emissions Trading System to support demonstration projects for low-carbon innovation in the power …