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  • News from 29.05.2024 | Last changed: 29.05.2024

    Global Stocktake reveals climate action gaps and opportunities

    H.E. Dr. Sultan Al Jaber, COP28 President and other participants onstage during the Closing Plenary at the UN Climate Change Conference COP28 at Expo City Dubai on December 13, 2023, in Dubai, United Arab Emirates.

    … as well as progress on climate change adaptation, alignment of financial flows with mitigation targets, support and international cooperation on climate action were … Stocktake and identified climate action gaps and opportunities for more ambitious mitigation . The Global Stocktake: gaps and goals An analysis of the Nationally … meet the goals of their climate action plans with currently implemented and planned mitigation actions, and technologies to reduce greenhouse gas emissions are …

  • News from 21.09.2023 | Last changed: 21.09.2023

    OECD handbook reinforces environmental protection in raw material

    Drohnenansicht eines kontaminierten, giftigen Wasserlaufs in Geamana, Rumänien

    … issues at the beginning of their global supply chains and take measures to prevent, mitigate or find solutions to arising problems. 21.09.2023 Mining is indispensable … zur umweltbezogenen Sorgfaltspflicht Pilot screening of the environmental hazard potentials of mine sites Environmental Criticality of Raw Materials All news Tags … issues at the beginning of their global supply chains and take measures to prevent, mitigate or find solutions to arising problems. … OECD handbook reinforces …

  • Press release 03/2017 from 30.01.2017 | Last changed: 22.03.2017

    2015 greenhouse gas emissions indicate a slight decrease for second year in a row

    Eine Solaranlage auf freien Feld, im Hintergrund drehen sich Windkrafträder

    … for the energy sector, rose slightly again. The sector’s 160.8 million tonnes GHG emissions for 2015 equal nearly 0.7 million tonnes of CO 2 equivalents more than … if we give electric mobility a chance,” said Ms Krautzberger.  Climate change mitigation is also at a standstill in the agriculture sector, where 2015 emissions … only about 1.6 per cent of GHG emissions, but some have a very high global warming potential (GWP). The trend for these gases is less regular: the introduction of new …

  • Press release 34/2019 from 25.09.2019 | Last changed: 30.09.2019

    Protect oceans and polar regions, secure coastal areas for the long term

    Nahaufnahme einer großen Welle, die kurz davor ist in die Brandung zu stürzen

    … term UBA and AWI demand more climate action and protection of the oceans and the mitigation of risks for coastal regions Oceans play an important role in the earth's … level will remain high should the international community fail to take appropriate mitigation action. Storm surge will be higher along coastal regions and existing … … UBA and AWI demand more climate action and protection of the oceans and the mitigation of risks for coastal regions. … Protect oceans and polar regions, secure …

  • KomPass: Article from 28.11.2023 | Last changed: 30.09.2024

    Cluster Financial services industry

    The picture shows a man sitting at a desk holding a ballpoint pen between his fingers while operating a pocket calculator. There are several documents on the desk; it is just possible to make out the fuzzy image of some charts.

    … For quite some time, the insurance companies have been scrutinising the potential impacts of climate change. By contrast, negative impacts of climate change … analysis of physical risks and – as expected – to the implementation of risk-mitigating measures. On one hand, higher transparency is important in examining … the optimum case, risk transfer is accompanied by strategies for operational risk mitigation. That is why many underwriters now conduct their own individual …

  • News from 28.04.2025 | Last changed: 10.06.2025

    Risks and benefits of inhibitors in agriculture

    Acker neben Wiese mit Bäumen im Hintergrund

    … both the environment and to human health. For example, some of the substances are potentially toxic to aquatic organisms or impair the reproductive function of … around 13% of the EU’s greenhouse gas emissions in 2024. Cost-effective and simple mitigation techniques, such as the use of GHG reducing inhibitors, could help the sector achieve its climate goals.        …

  • Press release 25/2016 from 21.06.2016 | Last changed: 23.01.2017

    Blauer Kompass contest

    photomontage with a landscape and the banner "Blauer Kompass - Anpassungspioniere gesucht"

    … The German Environment Agency (UBA) awards local and regional measures which mitigate the risks of climate change through its Blauer Kompass contest and slogan … city of Kamen, "Natur in graue Zonen" in Bonn and "KiezKlima“ in Berlin show how to mitigate the risks of extreme weather episodes. The city of Kamen renaturalised a … The German Environment Agency (UBA) awards local and regional measures which mitigate the risks of climate change through its Blauer Kompass contest and slogan …

  • Press release 1/2015 from 08.01.2015 | Last changed: 23.01.2017

    Nitrogen surplus – an environmental problem of entirely new proportions

    Drag hoses spreading slurry directly onto the field.

    … of entirely new proportions Federal Environment Agency campaigns for ambitious mitigation strategy Drag hoses spreading slurry directly onto the field. Source: … excessive levels of nitrogen." … Federal Environment Agency campaigns for ambitious mitigation strategy … Nitrogen surplus – an environmental problem of entirely new …

  • KomPass: Article from 28.11.2023 | Last changed: 18.12.2024

    RO-R-5: Increase in settlement and transport areas

    The picture shows the construction of a new road. The partly finished road foundation is visible. In the foreground the foundation is still being completed whereas in the background it is already sealed. Half-way along the site a vibratory plate is standing. To the left of the new road, mounds of earth are visible - behind those a treeline. In the background, the roofs of a residential area are visible.

    … connection with changing climatic conditions, these ecosystem services address the potential of unsealed surfaces to allow the infiltration of precipitation and also – … parts of open valleys transport the cool air to neighbouring residential areas thus mitigating any thermal stress (cf. Indicator RO-R-4 ). As far as agriculture and … networks enabling them to adapt. 222 Land that is free from buildings retains its potentials, or such potentials are relatively easily restored, if the change of use …