… 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 …

… disaster occurred in the Oder River: an estimated 1,000 tons of fish, mussels, and snails died. This began in the Polish part of the Oder and continued downstream … ofprogress in the field of water protection. . Hot and dry summers resulting from climate change can cause such events in the Oder and other waters. Factors include … the resilience of ecosystems. In the short term, discharges of industrial wastewater can be stopped or severely restricted in order to reduce the salt …

… Environment Ministry's Advisory Assistance Programme The UBA cooperates with EECCA and Central/Eastern European states Source: Umweltbundesamt Since the year 2000 the … significance is also attached to measures which relate to the thematic area of “climate protection and climate change mitigation” or which enable preparations to be … Cooperation Kaliningrad Checklists Risk Management Best Practice Municipal Waste Management Publications Advisory Assistance Programme Beratungshilfeprogramm …

… Resource use in Germany Recycling keeps materials in circulation and saves primary raw materials. Source: Jan Malburg / Adobe Stock In 2019, German … will fall slightly. German raw material consumption will also fall slightly in 2020 and 2021. last update on 10.12.2025 The German Environment Agency has been … (since 2024): Vienna University of Economics and Business; Wuppertal Institute for Climate, Environment, Energy; Gerda Palmetshofer Raw material extraction There has …