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  • News from 19.03.2025 | Last changed: 05.01.2026

    Freight transport: climate-neutral, electrified, reimagined

    The various proposed measures for environmentally friendly freight transport described in the brochure have been summarized in a vision picture.

    … catenaries for rail or potentially also for road transport, and fuels produced with renewable energies for international air or sea freight are examples of the … and aviation. This will enable the logistics sector to maximise its reliance on renewable energy. Transport by rail is already largely electrified but needs to …

  • Press release 09/2016 from 17.03.2016 | Last changed: 23.01.2017

    UBA emissions data for 2015 indicate urgent need for consistent implementation of Climate Action Programme 2020

    many cars on a motorway

    … in 2015 the production of electricity with coal did not increase. The proportion of renewable energy in electricity production grew significantly to 30 percent. … “The bad news is that the progress made in climate action by the development of renewable energy is unfortunately being undone by the consistently high production …

  • Press release 24/2023 from 07.07.2023 | Last changed: 11.07.2023

    European emissions trading: Greenhouse gas emissions in Germany constant overall

    Coal-fired power plant

    … emissions are stagnating at pre-pandemic levels and we are even observing a renewed increase in coal firing. We must now take decisive countermeasures in this respect and move away from fossil energies. The expansion of renewables needs to pick up speed and we must phase out coal by 2030. The now …

  • KomPass: Area of action adaptation from 15.07.2022 | Last changed: 08.01.2026

    Adaptation: Field of Action Forestry

    Stack of wood logs

    … of surrounding trees, represents the most favorable and natural form of forest renewal. Due to its high genetic diversity, it provides better conditions for the … of surrounding trees, represents the most favorable and natural form of forest renewal. Due to its high genetic diversity, it provides better conditions for the …

  • Press release 83/2008 from 27.11.2008 | Last changed: 17.07.2013

    Giving sun this Christmas and protecting the environment

    … and Energy” department at the Federal Environment Agency emphasizes: ”By using renewable energy sources we are supporting sustainable, environmentally sound …

  • Press release 40/09 from 23.06.2009 | Last changed: 09.07.2013

    National climate policy: UBA calls for bolder action

    … Germany needs an energy system that provides consumers with a high share of renewable energies. The Energy Savings Ordinance ( Energiesparverordnung - EnEV ), …

  • Press release 13/2016 from 08.04.2016 | Last changed: 23.01.2017

    Cornerstone for an exemplary ecological building

    a hole in a baseplate for a building is filled with concrete by three men and a women who are all well-dressed

    … A Plus-Energy building is being erected which operates completely on its own renewable energy. The entire campus will therefore consume no more energy than it …

  • Press release 46/12 from 23.11.2012 | Last changed: 15.11.2024

    The prospects for Doha - we must use the time available up to 2020

    … it will cost us all the more later. It is not only a matter of new technologies and renewable energy sources; it is about the transformation of entire societies and … economy. Technologies and services for resource and energy efficiency and a renewable energy supply are needed all over the world. In this way Germany, as a …

  • Press release 24/12 from 19.07.2012 | Last changed: 01.07.2013

    Strategic reserve can ensure supply of electricity at low cost

    … would be virtually irreversible. It might also encumber the integration of renewable energy into the electricity production system in the medium or long term … than in capacity markets. This is especially important for the integration of renewable energy. “With a strategic reserve capacity of about four gigawatts (GW), …

  • Press release 32/2024 from 16.07.2024 | Last changed: 02.08.2024

    European emissions trading: record decline in greenhouse gas emissions in Germany

    rauchende Schornsteine einer Industrieanlage vor blauem Himmel

    … achieving our climate protection targets. This is primarily due to the expansion of renewable energies and the decline in coal-fired power generation. Emissions trading … energy from industry and private households, a significant increase in the share of renewable energies and the associated decline in fossil fuel energy generation. …

  • Appointment from 04.10.2022 | Last changed: 26.10.2022

    Inner worlds in times of multiple crises

    teamwork with people of different countries

    … opportunity for the vision of a sustainability transformation (e.g., transition to renewable energy). Therefore, UBA hosts an online discussion series to reflect on …