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  • Press release 47/2015 from 16.12.2015 | Last changed: 19.06.2017

    Federal Government offsets all of its greenhouse gas emissions from official travel

    aeroplane

    … emission credits from CDM projects After train travel, Federal Government car and air travel are also to become carbon neutral. Source: Andrew Barker / Fotolia.com … is to offset 138,038 tonnes of emissions caused by government car trips and air travel through climate protection projects in emerging and developing countries. … on the basis of official travel statistics from 2013. UBA collected all the data on air travel and the fuel consumption of official cars and developed its own method to …

  • Appointment from 24.03.2025

    International online conference ‚Green Cooling Summit 2025‘

    Aggregat einer Wärmepumpe vor einer Hausfassade

    … codes. Good practice examples of district heating and cooling as well as building air conditioning exhibit real life sustainable options. The Green Cooling Summit 2025 addresses suppliers and endusers of building air conditioning technologies as well as architects, construction engineers and …

  • Press release 27/2017 from 25.07.2017 | Last changed: 14.03.2018

    Federal employees continue to travel climate-friendly

    business travellers in an airport

    … all its official travel as of the current legislative term. This includes car and air travel by staff at 110 federal authorities.  President Maria Krautzberger of the … tons of CO2 equivalents. UBA recorded the mileage travelled for all official air travel and the fuel consumption of its official cars to calculate greenhouse gas … than ground-level emissions, UBA also added in a factor of 3 for all its air travel. UBA is also reviewing all the projects on offer for compliance with the …

  • Press release 42/2019 from 06.11.2019 | Last changed: 26.11.2019

    UBA presents concept for environmentally acceptable aviation

    passenger plane

    … aviation Adjust taxes, reduce noise, promote rail and climate-friendly fuels Aircraft emissions are particularly harmful to the climate Source: Eray Haci … sector's tax contributions to match the other transport sectors, noise quotas for airports, a modal shift of domestic flights to the railways, and the promotion of … classes and to establish a system more in line with the "user pays" principle. If air fare tax were graduated on the basis of how much noise and emissions the …

  • Press release 16/2017 from 25.04.2017 | Last changed: 31.05.2017

    Nitrogen pollution from diesel-fuelled cars even higher than suspected

    smog of a car

    … of excessive diesel fumes." Nitrogen dioxide irritates the respiratory tract and impairs lung function in the long term, leading to chronic cardiovascular disease and … that exhaust purification of nitrous oxides in on-road diesel passenger cars is impaired in cold weather only came to light in all its details during the diesel … which features a systematic calculation of the impact of this bad state of affairs. It illustrates the extent to which ambient temperature influences the NOx …

  • Green procurement: Article / Tender recommendation / Environmental criteria from 03.09.2021 | Last changed: 03.04.2023

    Sustainable events

    Menschen auf einer Konferenz

    … Champions 2.0 Nachhaltige Kunst- und Kulturveranstaltungen Umweltverträgliche Open-Air-Veranstaltungen Tags event management … Public institutions organise a high …

  • Press release 14/2017 from 12.04.2017 | Last changed: 15.05.2017

    Most Germans want to be less dependent on their car

    Bike and Person on a Bridge in Berlin

    … a switch to buses and trains.  UBA 's President Maria Krautzberger said: "Clean air and more green spaces in the city are goals which can only be achieved with more … income brackets. Similarly, people in lower incomes (45%) feel more affected by air pollution than those with higher incomes (28%). Ambitious environmental …

  • Press release 20/2016 from 27.05.2016 | Last changed: 23.01.2017

    Federal Government initiates carbon offsetting scheme for all official travel

    a plane takes off

    … scheme for all official travel UBA cancels credits for greenhouse gas emissions Air travel is sometimes unavoidable for long-distance official travel. Source: … from the CDM, an amount which corresponds to the emissions of all of the official air and car travel in 2014 by the Federal Government's 16 ministries and 58 federal …

  • KomPass: Article from 28.11.2023 | Last changed: 18.11.2025

    GE-I-8: Index – case study

    The picture shows a man’s upper arm in focus. The man is lifting the sleeve of his T-shirt with two fingers. In contrast with the skin previously covered by the T-shirt, the part of the skin that has been exposed to sunlight looks very red.

    … concentration has decreased in Germany, thanks to the successful implementation of air pollution control measures 45 , followed by an increasing number of annual … This ‘global brightening’ effect is essentially due to a successful international air pollution control policy rather than representing a direct impact of climate … concentration has decreased in Germany, thanks to the successful implementation of air pollution control measures 45 , followed by an increasing number of annual …