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  • KomPass: Article from 28.11.2023 | Last changed: 12.12.2024

    LW-R-6: Agricultural irrigation

    The picture shows an arable field with young potato plants being irrigated by a drip irrigation unit.

    … technology and the actually irrigated terrain have increased since 2009. In 2019, 506,480 ha of outdoor cultivation areas were irrigated. Frost protection … In 2015 some 451,800 ha of outdoor cultivation terrain was irrigated in Germany. In 2019 this value had already risen to 506,480 ha. Compared to 2009 values, this is an … the other Länder, this proportion is only up to 6.3 %. By comparison, in 2015 and 2019, the areas – equipped with irrigation technology and where hence irrigation …

  • Press release 50/2021 from 15.12.2021 | Last changed: 28.12.2021

    Significant lower share of renewable electricity in Germany in 2021

    Bild zu Windkraftanlagen als Alternative für die Energieerzeugung im Kaliningrader Gebiet

    … will decline in 2021 – from 45.3 percent in 2020 back down to a level similar to 2019 of around 42 percent. This is the result of a preliminary evaluation by the … electricity production plants. However, this was not the case in 2021, also because 2019 and 2020 had added little new capacity. The significantly colder weather in … will decline in 2021 – from 45.3 percent in 2020 back down to a level similar to 2019 of around 42 percent. This is the result of a preliminary evaluation by the …

  • KomPass: Article from 21.06.2021 | Last changed: 19.11.2025

    BAU-R-5: Insurance density natural hazard insurance residential buildings

    The picture shows a housing estate with a single-family house. A mudslide is pouring over the street in front of it.

    … by floodwater and heavy rain. Source: Photograph: © elmar gubisch / stock.adobe.com 2019 Monitoring Report on the German Strategy for Adaptation to Climate Change last … kB) Tags Competence Centre on Climate Impacts and Adaptation monitoring report … 2019 Monitoring Report on the German Strategy for Adaptation to Climate Change … The …

  • KomPass: Article from 28.11.2023 | Last changed: 12.12.2024

    FW-I-1: Tree species composition in forest nature reserves – case study

    The picture shows a near-natural forest with beech trees. In the foreground there is an uprooted tree lying on the ground.

    … stand density has declined, especially in the most recent monitoring period from 2019 to 2023; this is due to increased tree mortality. The proportion of beech trees … As far as the second and third observation periods from 2014 to 2018 and from 2019 to 2023 respectively are concerned, the direction of development has changed in … context, the density of stands has decreased, especially during the period from 2019 to 2023. Obviously, this development can be attributed to greater tree …

  • Press release 55/2020 from 18.11.2020 | Last changed: 24.11.2020

    Packaging waste: Online marketplaces must be subject to better oversight

    In verschiedene Kisten ordentlich sortierte Materialien wie Altpapier, Altglas und Plastikfalschen

    … This should be enshrined in law," said UBA President Dirk Messner. Since 1 January 2019, producers of packaging that typically accumulates as waste at private final … have registered, which is an increase of a bit more than 17 per cent compared to 2019. Around three times as many companies are fulfilling their product … in the dual systems actually goes for recycling rather than incineration. In 2019, around 58.5 per cent of plastic packaging was recycled – a good 50 per cent …

  • Newsletter from 21.02.2020 | Last changed: 21.02.2020

    Newsletter "UBA aktuell" - No.: 1/2020

    … be incorporated in the ECT. read more (in German) Science and research Air quality 2019: Trend in NO2 decline continues Measured concentrations of nitrogen dioxide (NO2) in 2019 exceeded the annual mean limit of 40 µg/m³ of air at nearly 20 percent of … 2018. Nitrogen dioxide pollution overall continues to decline throughout Germany. 2019 record: Electricity production from renewable sources is now greater than coal …

  • Newsletter from 14.12.2018 | Last changed: 14.12.2018

    Newsletter "UBA aktuell" - No.: 6/2018

    … legislation Packaging Register: manufacturers can now register data From 1 January 2019, manufacturers in Germany will be legally obliged to register data on certain … Convention 3.0 for the Assessment of Environmental Costs - Cost Rates Version 02/2019 The Methodological Convention 3.0 for the Assessment of Environmental Costs … are… Series Texte Page number 445 Year of publication 2018 Appointments 10/08/2019 10:00 - 15:00 Brussels UBA/BDL Workshop “Power-to-Liquid (PtL) in Air …

  • Press release 30/2018 from 08.10.2018 | Last changed: 12.10.2018

    New funding priority: Innovative wastewater engineering

    zwei Faultürme einer Kläranlage spiegeln sich in einem Nachklärbecken.

    … can apply for funding under the Environmental Innovation Programme until 15 April 2019 Innovative wastewater engineering helps recover recyclable materials such as … and financial affairs. Applications for grants will be accepted until 15 April 2019. For more information on the application procedure and other formalities go to … can apply for funding under the Environmental Innovation Programme until 15 April 2019 … New funding priority: Innovative wastewater engineering …

  • News from 27.02.2018 | Last changed: 27.02.2018

    New EU Innovation Fund: how can it support climate protection?

    industrial plant

    … projects for low-carbon innovation in the power sector and industry. From 2019 onwards, this fund will use revenues from auctioning emissions trading … projects for low-carbon innovation in the power sector and industry. From 2019 onwards, this fund will use revenues from auctioning emissions trading …

  • Press release 23/2019 from 18.06.2019 | Last changed: 11.07.2019

    More environmental protection in e-commerce

    eine Frau bestellt vor ihrem Kleiderschrank mit ihrem Smartphone Kleidung

    … President of the German Environment Agency (UBA). At a conference on 18 June 2019 co-hosted by UBA, the Federal Environment Ministry and the Federal Ministry of … and electronic equipment, batteries, packaging and chemicals. Press release No. 23/2019 | 18.06.2019 UBA considers the third country free-rider situation an urgent problem. …

  • Press release 24/2021 from 28.05.2021 | Last changed: 04.06.2021

    Final data on nitrogen dioxide pollution 2020: downward trend continues

    Stau

    … air (µg/m³) as an annual average. There were 25 cities still exceeding the limit in 2019 and 57 in 2018. Dirk Messner, President of the German Environment Agency (UBA) … of 40 µg/m³ at seven of the total of 250 measuring stations close to traffic. In 2019, this was the case at 51 measuring stations. On the whole, the downward trend … close to traffic were more than four micrograms per cubic metre lower than in 2019. The decreases vary depending on the individual measuring stations. In addition …

  • DzU article from 01.11.2024 | Last changed: 01.11.2024

    Indicator: Nitrogen eutrophication

    A graph shows the proportion of vulnerable ecosystems in Germany where the critical loads for eutrophication were exceeded between 2000 and 2019 and the target for 2030. In 2000, the share was 84 % and in 2019, it was 69 %.

    … on 01.11.2024 At a glance 69 % of vulnerable ecosystems in Germany are threatened 2019 by excess nitrogen deposition. With the revised German Sustainable Development … grasslands. Assessing the development Despite declining nitrogen deposition, in 2019 critical loads were still exceeded in 69 % of the area comprising vulnerable … terrestrial ecosystem … 69 % of vulnerable ecosystems in Germany are threatened 2019 by excess nitrogen deposition. With the revised German Sustainable Development …