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  • Article from 27.08.2024 | Last changed: 28.11.2024

    National collaboration

    Titelbild Publication

    … models, maps) to the CCE, provision of written reports on the methods and models used to obtain national maps,  organisation of training measures for national … of the methods applied in order to perform multinational mapping exercises (e.g. using GIS) and model comparisons,  updating the mapping manual as appropriate, in …

  • Article from 10.12.2025 | Last changed: 10.12.2025

    Sustainable resource use in the leisure sector

    Top view of a soccer field

    Sustainable resource use in the leisure sector Top view of a soccer field Source: Anton Mazaev / Adobe … Mohaupt    Associated content Links The Carbon Footprint of Everyday Activities Publications The Use of Natural Resources. Resources Report for Germany 2022 …

  • Article from 29.07.2025 | Last changed: 29.07.2025

    Geoengineering

    … earth and thus reduce the global average temperature. SRM would not eliminate the cause of climate change, but merely address global warming as a symptom. Ocean … these changes could be distributed across the Earth is currently being researched using computer models. However, these always contain a certain degree of … computer models. Larger field experiments with balloons have been prevented by the public in the past. However, there is an American company that regularly releases …

  • Article from 28.11.2023 | Last changed: 18.11.2025

    BO-I-4: Temperature in the topsoil

    The picture shows a seedling emerging from moist, dark soil.

    … The chemical weathering of rock is accelerated at high temperatures, because the temperature influences the speed of reactions as well as the chemical … solution equilibria. The decomposition of organic matter also accelerates because soil organisms are more active as a result. Furthermore, the soil temperature is …

  • Article from 28.11.2023 | Last changed: 18.11.2025

    BO-I-3: Rainfall erosivity

    The legend comprises six categories for the rainfall erosivity (unit: kilojoules per square metre multiplied by millimetres per hour) as a district average for the years 2017 to 2021.

    … loss Soils usable today is the result of thousands of years of development, because the formation of a soil layer of just one centimetre thickness, arising from the … ABAG, the Allgemeine Bodenabtragsgleichung (General Soil Erosion Equation) which is used to illustrate climate-relevant influences on erosion. Rainfall erosivity …

  • Article from 20.04.2015 | Last changed: 28.04.2023

    The CORINE Land Cover (CLC) program

    CORINE Land Cover 2006

    … Environment) program provides harmonized and thus comparable land cover and land use information for all EU member states. last update on 20.04.2015 Harmonized land … on behalf of the UBA. Associated content Links Corine Land Cover - Germany Publications Updating the Land Use and Land Cover Database CLC for the Year 2012 - …

  • Article from 20.05.2022 | Last changed: 18.07.2022

    Good to know about nanomaterials

    Nano structures

    … Nanomaterials and the REACH Regulation The manufacturing, import and use of chemical substances is regulated by the European Chemicals Regulation REACH … sheets on nano-enabled applications (see list below), which inform the interest public about its opportunities and risks, notably about environmental aspects. UBA …

  • Article from 04.08.2015 | Last changed: 17.11.2025

    Soil protection law

    paragraphs

    … compliance with specified standards, called good agricultural practices when using the soil for agricultural purpose. Germany's Länder have enacted their own … Section 1a Paragraph 2 of the Federal Building Code states that 'land shall be used sparingly and with due consideration'. This principle must be taken into … Rechtliche Steuerung Fachbeirat Bodenuntersuchungen (FBU) Boden des Jahres Related publications The upcoming European Soil Health Law – chances and challenges for an …

  • Article from 21.02.2023 | Last changed: 21.02.2023

    Environmental management at UBA

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

    … – have been validated according to EMAS. In 2017, UBA decided to become greenhouse gas-neutral. last update on 21.02.2023 Our environmental management system at a … UBA is oriented towards the recommendations published on our web page about green public procurement. Product groups for which there is a  Blue Angel ecolabel … climate and resource protection requirements, e.g. with regard to the materials used (recycled concrete, renewable raw materials, low pollution, etc.) and the …

  • Article from 20.11.2025 | Last changed: 24.11.2025

    Evaluation Criteria and Guidelines

    … only materials that fulfill the requirements of these evaluation criteria must be used. Accessible documents below will be updated in terms of applicable citations … concerning migration into drinking water can be computed mathematically by using the Modelling Guideline , rather than being substantiated analytically. The De …

  • Article from 27.03.2023 | Last changed: 27.03.2023

    National Water Strategy

    … protection are facing diverse challenges due to climate change, globalisation, diffuse substance inputs and demographic change. The National Water Strategy aims to ensure the sustainable use of our water resources in 2050 and beyond. In the long term, access to …

  • Article from 14.04.2023 | Last changed: 16.08.2023

    Micropollutants in Water Bodies

    … water bodies are listed. last update on 14.04.2023 While being produced, processed, used and disposed of, chemicals can enter groundwater, rivers, lakes and oceans as … period. Associated content Links 2018 Press Release on UBA Recommendations Publications Recommendations for reducing micropollutants in waters Reducing the …