… on 18.11.2025 Background The United Nation's Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) and the urgently needed sustainability transformation face new challenges due to the … challenges does the war in Ukraine pose for achieving the SDGs and international climate goals? What are the implications for international sustainability policy? …

… Participants summarize their most important impressions from the workshop and call for cooperation in the prevention of corruption. last update on 18.11.2025 … and misappropriation of funds earmarked for environmental protection, adaptation to climate change and climate protection, and ultimately hinders sustainable …

… International Soil Law and Governance Conference On Thurs., 20 Oct. 2022, the “Int. Soil Law and Governance … University of Natural Resources and Life Sciences, Vienna (BOKU) Research Center on Climate Change Law (ClimLaw: Graz), Faculty of Law of the University of Graz German …

… NiCE - From niche to centre Swapping instead of buying new saves resources and avoids waste. Source: LIGHTFIELD STUDIOS / Adobe Stock City centres have long been … due to online retail, the after-effects of the coronavirus and the impact of the climate crisis. The EU Interreg project “NiCE – from niche to centre”, coordinated …

… every inspirational session two keynote speakers shared their view on a joint topic and present their proposals and best practices. Questions, opinions and further ideas of the participants were … administrations: Challenges and approaches for small entities and institutions - Climate Action at the lowest English administrative level 23.05.2024 Speaker: Ian …

… – Ocean acidification due to CO₂ The North Sea Source: Manuela Krakau / UBA Oceans and seas absorb significant amounts of carbon dioxide (CO₂) from the atmosphere. … calcareous algae, mussels and snails). Without this storage function of the oceans, climate change would progress much faster and more intensively. Oceans can therefore … stresses - such as rising temperatures, eutrophication, or pollution from waste and pollutants. More information can be found in the results of the …

… concept for a Polar Environmental Monitoring Program Pollutants enter the Antarctic and accumulate in sensitive ecosystems Source: Miriam Müller/ UBA Monitoring … environmental contamination. The high sensitivity of the Antarctic environment to climate change makes it necessary to understand the interactions between POPs, CECs …

… (EPR) has been increasingly discussed as a concept to solve the current waste problems for specific products. Thomas Lindhqvist first described it in 1990 … manufacturer of the product responsible for the entire life-cycle of the product and especially for the take-back, recycling, and final disposal”. Proponents of EPR …

… resources Wind power wind turbine solar farm Source: Hrui / AdobeStock “Factor X” stands for an intelligent, efficient and environmentally friendly use of natural resources (e. g. raw materials, water, … products and services must increase. Short film FLOW – Faktor X: Beyond Climate Change FLOW, a ten-minute film (playable below) produced by sustainable …

… International strategies and programmes Sustainbale resource management is an international task Source: … pioneers in the development of political strategies and programmes in the field of "waste / resources". As early as 2011, the Commission adopted a "Roadmap to a … The new industrial strategy also aims to drive the development of new markets for climate-neutral and circular products. G7 countries At the suggestion of the German …

… Environment Agency Agriculture has to become "greener" to protect soil, water and biodiversity Source: Martina Chirnielewski / Fotolia.com The Agricultural Expert … agriculture in October 2019. The KLU is an independent panel of scientific experts and scholars and has advised UBA on environmental issues in agriculture since 2010. … in the UBA section "Agriculture"; Former Researcher at the Potsdam Institute for Climate Impact Research, specialized in modelling global land and water use. Dr. …

… Diplomacy and Sustainability Actors Forging New Alliances A worldwide collaborative process has started. Source: CIPSEM/GDL/UBA Navigating Uncertainty: Diplomacy and Sustainability Actors Forging New Alliances An initiative to establish an …