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  • Press release 56/2014 from 15.12.2014 | Last changed: 23.01.2017

    Environmentally harmful subsidies amount to over 52 billion euros

    Euro bank notes

    … or the expansion of public bus and rail transport services. Press release No. 56/2014 | 15.12.2014 The transport sector accounted for the majority of environmentally harmful … Associated content Publications Environmentally Harmful Subsidies In Germany 2014 Documents Umweltschädliche Subventionen in Deutschland im Jahr 2010 Aufteilung …

  • Press release 7/2015 from 13.02.2015 | Last changed: 23.01.2017

    UBA for more incentives for environmental management in companies

    The European Commissioner for Environment Potočnik hands a certificate to Burkhard Huckestein from the UBA.

    … Agency campaigns for corporate environmental performance and leads by example In 2014, the European Commissioner for Environment Potočnik awarded the EMAS Award 2014 to the UBA. Source: European Commission The President of the Federal … More information about EMAS Publications EMAS-Umwelterklärung des Umweltbundesamtes 2014 All press releases Tags EMAS environmental management environmental management …

  • KomPass: Article from 28.11.2023 | Last changed: 18.11.2025

    TOU-I-2: Snow cover for winter tourism

    The picture shows a ski lift heading for a slope wooded predominantly with conifer trees. The slope is covered with a thin layer of snow. However, in the foreground especially, there are large areas of ground without any snow cover thus revealing grass and bare earth. A radiant sun is shining brightly from a cloudless sky.

    … required by the prevailing climatic conditions. While in the subsequent surveys in 2014 and 2016 the proportion was 17 % in both years, in 2021 this value had dropped … required by the prevailing climatic conditions. While in the subsequent surveys in 2014 and 2016 the proportion was 17 % in both years, in 2021 this value had dropped …

  • News from 13.02.2014 | Last changed: 09.11.2017

    No burning of biomass by default

    stack of wood in the forest

    … maize starch or vegetable oil should not automatically be used for energy. 13.02.2014 The life cycle assessment analysis improves if there is material use of …

  • Press release 10/2014 from 10.03.2014 | Last changed: 15.05.2023

    Greenhouse gas emissions rise again slightly in 2013, by 1.2 per cent

    The chart shows the greenhouse gases in million tonnes CO2 equivalents. In 1990 1,248 were emitted, in 2012 940 and the forecast for 2013 is 951. CO2 is the biggest proportion, than CH4, N2O and f-gases.

    … (TWh) in net electricity export also pushed emissions up. Press release No. 10/2014 | 10.03.2014 Vice-President Thomas Holzmann of UBA says, “It is worrisome that the trend … in the emissions trading sector will become available as scheduled on 1 April 2014.) As in previous years, renewable energy is the reason for the relatively …

  • Press release 39/2014 from 31.08.2014 | Last changed: 23.01.2017

    New requirements for old heating units

    different houses, covered with snow, with smoking chimneys

    … the World Health Organization are exceeded nearly everywhere." Press release No. 39/2014 | 31.08.2014 Old wood-fired furnaces and fireplaces deteriorate air quality, particularly in …

  • Press release 16/2014 from 02.04.2014 | Last changed: 23.01.2017

    Loss of biodiversity on fields

    Lerche

    … enough nutrition on such flowering strips and fallow land." Press release No. 16/2014 | 02.04.2014 The researchers for the UBA study evaluated a great deal of existing research …