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  • Press release 47/2020 from 08.10.2020 | Last changed: 03.11.2020

    Schulze: Germany needs a national water strategy

    Fluss mit sehr wenig Wasser

    … Environment Minister Schulze intends to present next summer. Press release No. 47/2020 | 08.10.2020 Federal Environment Minister Svenja Schulze said, "Fortunately, our country is …

  • Press release 04/2022 from 18.01.2022 | Last changed: 27.01.2022

    Blauer Kompass contest launches first round as a new federal prize

    Der Bundespreis Blauer Kompass hat eine blaue Kompassnadel als Logo

    … “Blauer Kompass” FAQs zum Bundespreis und zur Bewerbung Blauen Kompass winners 2020 Preisverleihung des Blauen Kompass 2020 Documents Bundespreis „Blauer Kompass“ 2022 All press releases Tags climate …

  • Press release 33/2020 from 28.07.2020 | Last changed: 29.07.2020

    Residual waste in Germany has nearly halved in 35 years

    volle Restmülltonne

    … and more recyclable materials than in rural areas and suburbs. Press release No. 33/2020 | 28.07.2020 Environmental State Secretary Jochen Flasbarth said: “Environmental policy has …

  • Press release 18/2016 from 25.04.2016 | Last changed: 23.01.2017

    Federal Transport Infrastructure Plan fails its own environmental review

    freight trains in a switch yard

    … The measures adopted in the transport sector under the Climate Action Programme 2020 must now finally be implemented in order to reduce CO 2 emissions to between 7 … take for settlement and transport is to be brought down to only 30 hectares/day by 2020 instead of the current 69 hectares/day. UBA has calculated that the FTIP could …

  • 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.

    … can hardly expect to achieve the Federal Government’s climate protection goal for 2020. The aim is for Germany to reduce greenhouse gas emissions by 40 per cent over … demand to introduce instruments to stabilise emissions trading well ahead of 2020,” said UBA’s Vice-President Holzmann. Emissions trading in Germany accounts for …

  • News from 04.09.2020 | Last changed: 11.03.2024

    Pesticides in Europe's waters – data assessment

    a man is taking a water sampling

    … to ensure compliance with environmental quality standards in waters. 04.09.2020 Which data was analysed? The project primarily used data on the usage, modes of …

  • Press release 09/2022 from 10.02.2022 | Last changed: 16.02.2022

    Germany complies with air quality limit values nearly everywhere in 2021

    Stau

    … Particulates and nitrogen dioxide pollution have continued to decrease. In 2020 there were six cities which exceeded the NO₂ limit value, whereas that number … all declined steadily in recent years. The latest complete data available is from 2020 and shows that Germany met its reduction commitments under the European NEC Directive (National Emission Reduction Commitments Directive). In 2020 emissions of ammonia were down by some 25 percent over 1990 levels, and …

  • Press release 26/2022 from 03.06.2022 | Last changed: 14.06.2022

    Germany’s bathing waters continue to get top marks

    Junge springt vom Steg in einen See

    … were temporarily inaccessible. Impact of the COVID-19 pandemic on bathing waters (2020, PDF, in German) Associated content Links Report on European bathing water …