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  • Article from 15.04.2020 | Last changed: 15.04.2020

    Pesticides

    … Pesticides Pesticides are the active substances used in plant protection products and biocides. They are toxic in especially to plants (herbicides), insects … Ordinance which are used in plant protection agents and biocides complied with the environmental quality standards for the period 2016-2018 at the monitoring sites of …

  • Article from 09.10.2025 | Last changed: 10.10.2025

    Geoengineering-Governance

    atmosphere of the Earth

    … geoengineering measures all have in common is that they harbour risks for humans and the environment and can have a global impact. They should therefore also be regulated … capture with carbon storage (DACCS) technology. Other methods rely on chemical reactions between the atmosphere and rocks (enhanced weathering). Effective climate …

  • Article from 08.12.2020 | Last changed: 11.12.2020

    Environmental Compliance Assurance

    A red barrel lies in a river and is examined by a person in a green protective suit.

    … Environmental Compliance Assurance Monitoring of the environment is one of the … body of legislation, e.g. the implementation of immission control law, water law and nature conservation law. A number of laws, however, are enforced by the Federal … of environmental law (cf. Laws of environmental liability, harm and criminal actions ). In its Umweltdelikte [Environmental crimes] publication series the German …

  • Article from 22.04.2020 | Last changed: 22.04.2020

    Chemicals

    … Chemicals The group of polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons exceeds the values of the environmental quality standards for chemicals regulated in the German Ordinance on Surface Waters. last … The biota EQS for fluoranthene (30 µg/kg) was adopted to protect human health when consuming fisheries products. The biota EQS were also taken up in the …

  • Article from 22.05.2019 | Last changed: 28.05.2019

    Persistent Organic Pollutants (POPs)

    … Pollutants (POPs) Persistent organic pollutants are subject to long-range transport and also occur in the environment far from their source. They accumulate in the suspended solids of … the very bioaccumulative BDE, dioxins, heptachlor, HCB and PFOS is to protect human health when consuming fishery products. For HBCDD and hexachlorobutadiene the aim of …

  • Article from 24.06.2020 | Last changed: 25.06.2020

    RESCUE – Resource-Efficient Pathways to Greenhouse-Gas-Neutrality

    picture symbolizing the interdependencies between greenhouse gas emissions and raw material use

    … need resources, too. Source: Umweltbundesamt In the RESCUE project, the German Environment Agency (UBA) explores the nexus between climate protection and associated resource requirements. Using six scenarios, different development … and services are the main driving forces behind energy and resource demands. Extraction and use of fossil and nuclear energy carriers can have negative impacts on …

  • Landing page from 22.08.2024

    Data Search

    … Data Search Data Search Here you will find diagrams, infographics, maps and tables for direct download. Data Search Data topics (-) Show all Klima (130) Energie (23) Luft (16) Fläche, Boden, Land-Ökosysteme (23) Wasser (36) Chemikalien (4) Umwelt und Gesundheit (23) … 21 Next page › Last page » You can also search in other data portals of the German Environment Agency Rigoletto … Data Search … Data Search …

  • Landing page from 03.12.2025

    Data on the environment

    … Data on the environment Here in the section "Data on the environment" you will find current data, trends and assessments on the environmental situation in Germany. You get direct access to the data search, and …

  • Landing page from 26.11.2025

    Topics

    … Air Agriculture Chemicals Climate | Energy Digitalisation Economy | Consumption Health Noise Soil | Land Sustainability | Strategies | International matters Transport Waste | Resources …

  • Article from 30.09.2025 | Last changed: 01.10.2025

    Resources Commission at the UBA (currently inactive)

    Excavators at work in an open pit

    … (currently inactive) Resource policy is an international and cross-policy field of action Source: bibi / Fotolia.com The Resource Commission supports the German Environment Agency (UBA) with proposals for the sustainable management of natural … Resources Commission established Publications A resource-efficient Europe – A programme for climate, competitiveness and employment Low Resource lifestyles and …

  • Article from 29.02.2016 | Last changed: 29.02.2016

    Airguns - an underestimated disruptive factor

    Finnwal

    … kilometres which may reduce the naturally available communication range of blue and fin whales to as little as 1%. last update on 29.02.2016 Underwater sound … and seals rely heavily on their sense of hearing and their ability to hear their environment is essential for their survival. Man-made underwater noise is now … effects Detrimental effects of underwater noise Dialogues on the waste prevention programme II Assessment of communication masking in Antarctic marine mammals by …

  • Article from 18.03.2014 | Last changed: 23.10.2020

    Erhard Collection: „Waste – A look back”

    a man in a street collecting waste

    … Erhard Collection: „Waste – A look back” Waste disposal in England (copperplate engraving, H. Phyne, 1805) Source: Sammlung Erhard A selection of pictures from the Erhard Collection of the Environmental Library at the German Environment Agency in Dessau-Roßlau last update …