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  • Article from 27.03.2023 | Last changed: 27.03.2023

    National Water Strategy

    … water, energy and substance cycles Strengthen efficient administrations, improve data flows, optimise legal frameworks and secure financing Intensify protection of … water, energy and substance cycles Strengthen efficient administrations, improve data flows, optimise legal frameworks and secure financing Intensify protection of …

  • Article from 14.04.2023 | Last changed: 16.08.2023

    Micropollutants in Water Bodies

    … control during authorisation, the manufacturing companies must disclose all environmental data for micropollutant evaluation. This also applies to active substances of medicinal products that have been on the market for a long time. Moreover, research into environmentally compatible active substances needs to be increased as …

  • Article from 15.04.2020 | Last changed: 15.04.2020

    Pesticides

    … Ordinance which are used in plant protection agents and biocides complied with the environmental quality standards for the period 2016-2018 at the monitoring sites of … Federal Government (LAWA ). For a further 11 substances a check for compliance with environmental quality standards is not always possible since the limit of quantification is higher than the environmental quality standards  . The following substances showed exceedences of …

  • Article from 09.10.2025 | Last changed: 10.10.2025

    Geoengineering-Governance

    atmosphere of the Earth

    … the assumption that humans are in a position to understand and control global environmental processes; secondly, the assumption that geoengineering can replace … measures can have global impact, global regulation is necessary. Even field research activities can have a negative effect, for example as a result of … tests in the atmosphere. No geoengineering measures have been taken up to now, but researchers have been exploring theoretical approaches such as modelling or …

  • Article from 22.05.2019 | Last changed: 28.05.2019

    Persistent Organic Pollutants (POPs)

    … Waters also regulates 14 of the POPs . The Ordinance on Surface Waters defines environmental quality standards (EQS) for the concentrations of suspended … converted into annual average EQS for total water. However, assessment must occur based mainly on measurements in biota, and for PCBs, on measurements in the … Mean concentrations of POP in 2014-2016 Source: German Environment Agency based on data supplied by LAWA - 2018 Exceedances for total hexachlorocyclohexanes (HCH), …

  • Article from 17.06.2025 | Last changed: 10.10.2025

    Switchgear

    Illustration of a typical gas-insulated switchgear

    … In future, recovery will therefore be of great importance not only from an environmental but also from an operator's point of view. Project on the recovery of SF 6 from electrical equipment In the research project "Practical recovery factors for UNFCCC F-gas inventories" (duration … In future, recovery will therefore be of great importance not only from an environmental but also from an operator's point of view. Project on the recovery of …

  • Article from 21.08.2023 | Last changed: 10.10.2025

    Heat pumps

    Luft-Wasser-Wärmepumpe

    … If heat pumps are operated with halogen-free refrigerants, they are especially environmentally friendly because the global warming potentials of these refrigerants … refrigerants and are characterized - beyond the legal requirements - by additional environmentally friendly properties. The requirements include stricter minimum …

  • Article from 29.12.2022 | Last changed: 02.01.2023

    Identifying and managing flood risks

    Comprehensive and river basin-wide management is needed to deal with floods.

    … by flooding. This differentiation of floods according to certain annualities is based on statistical evaluations of a river discharges observed over many decades …

  • Article from 23.04.2025 | Last changed: 23.06.2025

    Research and development projects on nanomaterials

    Nano structures

    … Research and development projects on nanomaterials Nano structures are more than … on these projects please refer to the research database Umweltforschungsdatenbank UFORDAT in German and the corresponding number. last update on 23.04.2025 OECD Test Guideline development for nanomaterials: Transformation of nanomaterials under environmental conditions In addition to their agglomeration (dispersion stability) …

  • Article from 06.07.2020 | Last changed: 07.12.2023

    Plant safety

    … are used – and in the event of an accident, minimize the consequent health and environmental effects. At the UBA, all such measures are based on the principle of … update on 06.07.2020 In the interest of promoting plant safety, we conduct our own research, support Ministry of the Environment research, and assist with the process … Reporting and Assessment Unit (ZEMA) documents, assesses and publicizes in a database and annual reports all accidents and incidents that are subject to …

  • Article from 25.05.2021 | Last changed: 25.05.2021

    Ozone

    … matter formation potential of gas-phase emissions over Germany Satellite-based Emission Verification Evaluation of Information Systems Relevant to Climate …

  • Article from 21.05.2025 | Last changed: 21.05.2025

    UMID: Environment and Human Health – Information Service

    Nori-Algenflakes auf einem weißen Teller

    … It provides information on current topics in the fields of environment and health, environmental medicine and consumer protection. Each article contains an English … wastewater surveillance | Allergies – An important topic for risk assessment and research at BfR | German Environmental Study (GerES): What conclusions can be drawn … municipal heat-health action plans published | Childhood obesity prevention: Which data on a small scale are available on prevalence and determinants in Germany? | …