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  • Article from 18.11.2025 | Last changed: 18.11.2025

    Series: Greenhouse gas-neutral administrations

    keywhole in concrete wall

    … to easily enter and track consumption data for resources such as electricity, gas, purchased materials, transport processes etc. in order to identify the organisations … to easily enter and track consumption data for resources such as electricity, gas, purchased materials, transport processes etc. in order to identify the organisations …

  • Article from 01.03.2024 | Last changed: 20.08.2025

    Seas under pressure – Ocean acidification due to CO₂

    The photo shows a view of the surface of the North Sea.

    … lime through biomineralisation during the formation of bone and shell structures (production of ‘composite materials’ in so-called calcifiers such as corals, … and pollutant inputs are among the dominant factors. Furthermore, weathering products from rocks carried in via rivers have a buffering effect on the CO₂ content … gas exchange over the sea (see the following figure). Atmospheric oxidation products of some trace gases, such as dimethyl sulfide (DMS), methylamine, and a …

  • Article from 18.11.2025 | Last changed: 18.11.2025

    Series: Extended Producer Responsibility in international law

    World map from green leaves

    … discussed as a concept to solve the current waste problems for specific products. Thomas Lindhqvist first described it in 1990 as “an environmental … as the latter might contribute to a sustainable waste management through increased purchasing costs. In summer 2023, The TES Academy started a joint collaboration …

  • Article from 10.12.2025 | Last changed: 10.12.2025

    Factor X - Intelligent use of natural resources

    The photo shows a solar park and several wind turbines

    … Factor X implies that huge resource efficiency potential exists in many areas of production and consumption which so far has largely remained untapped and is in some … in its use of resources, and the supply of and demand for resource-efficient products and services must increase. Short film FLOW – Faktor X: Beyond Climate …

  • Article from 13.09.2024 | Last changed: 28.01.2025

    International strategies and programmes

    Flag poles with flags

    … reduced use and reuse of materials over recycling and to implement a "sustainable products policy". All member states are called upon to define appropriate national … for a resource-efficient and sustainable global economy and promote sustainable production and consumption. Since the Paris Agreement, the interactions between … their negative environmental impacts by promoting strategies to increase resource productivity and implement waste management. The OECD develops material flow and …

  • Article from 18.11.2025 | Last changed: 18.11.2025

    Diplomacy and Sustainability Actors Forging New Alliances

    Partners, steps and elements of the collaborative process are symbolized in a graphic.

    … related areas and a workbook to facilitate shared learning and knowledge production was developed. The primary audience includes challenge holders or … related areas and a workbook to facilitate shared learning and knowledge production was developed. The primary audience includes challenge holders or …

  • Article from 08.01.2024 | Last changed: 09.01.2024

    Mobile air conditioning in cars, buses and railway vehicles

    … from 2009 to 2017. Further information on trifluoroacetic acid as a degradation product of halogenated refrigerants can be found on the website on degradation products . Mobile air conditioning in buses Mobile air conditioning systems in buses … refrigeration systems are used to produce and maintain the cooling temperature of products, especially foodstuffs, in small and large refrigerated vehicles, …

  • Article from 19.07.2024 | Last changed: 02.08.2024

    The Oder River under stress

    Photo from the river Oder

    … surfaces, and especially mining. In brown coal mining, saline brine can be a by-product. In the Oder, rock salt (sodium chloride) from mining is significant. … of Prymnesium algae is needed, especially on the conditions that promote mass reproduction and toxin production, as well as the relationships between low water, …

  • Article from 10.12.2025 | Last changed: 10.12.2025

    Resource use in Germany

    Opencast mining with large machines

    … at a high level in 2019, at 2,536 million tonnes. By 2018, total raw material productivity had risen by 12 % (calculation according to Destatis: 8 %). Source: UBA … – RESCUE: Summary Report Tags environmental impact resource efficiency resource productivity circular economy sustainable resource use resource report … In 2019, …

  • Article from 26.10.2023 | Last changed: 07.02.2024

    NonHazCity 3 Interreg Project

    Logo NonHazCity3

    … be avoided, if they are paid attention to when selecting materials and building products, designing, constructing, renovating and de-constructing or demolishing a … municipalities, entrepreneurs and citizens to become aware of chemicals in building products and to make decisions that minimise pollutants and their associated risks … be avoided, if they are paid attention to when selecting materials and building products, designing, constructing, renovating and de-constructing or demolishing a …

  • Article from 07.02.2023 | Last changed: 14.11.2024

    Relevant Micropollutants

    … Metformin (Decision on 08/04/2024) Guanylurea (among others transformation product of metformin) (Decision on 08/04/2024) Chemicals under REACH … Metformin (Decision on 08/04/2024) Guanylurea (among others transformation product of metformin) (Decision on 08/04/2024) Chemicals under REACH …

  • Article from 12.06.2025 | Last changed: 18.06.2025

    Climate Action in Agriculture on a global level

    A farmer plows a field with a ox plow

    … emissions can be attributed to our food systems: 9-14 percent are caused by crop production and livestock farming on agricultural holdings, 5-14 percent by land use … to the high and continuing increase in the consumption of animal-based foods and products. Without a shift to a predominantly plant-based diet and the implementation …