… various types of waste with defined hazardous properties that are harmful for the environment and/or human health. Hazardous waste must be handled using special techniques and processes that …

… on 18.11.2025 Background The United Nation's Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) and the urgently needed sustainability transformation face new challenges due to the … ("Zeitenwende"), such as energy supply, mobility, and agriculture. The German Environment Agency (UBA) considers the new global situation both a threat and an … (Password: Magnifying22)   21st September 2022  Current developments in the Russian environmental and climate policy and adaptation options to keep a ‘green agenda’ …

… Participants summarize their most important impressions from the workshop and call for cooperation in the prevention of corruption. last update on 18.11.2025 … threat to the achievement of the UN sustainability goals. Corruption damages the environment, leads to mismanagement and loss of natural resources and …

… International Soil Law and Governance Conference On Thurs., 20 Oct. 2022, the “Int. Soil Law and Governance … Climate Change Law (ClimLaw: Graz), Faculty of Law of the University of Graz German Environment Agency (UBA) Cooperation partners: United Nations Environment Programme (UNEP) Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO) The …

… few decades, they have been resource-intensive centres of consumption. Social interaction was strongly linked to consumption. With the growth of online retail, … leading to a more circular economy and sufficiency ⁠. However, due to the current environment, these models usually only remain a niche option and are at best only … and the City of Brzeg Dolny from Poland. The project is funded by the EU Interreg programme for Central Europe and will run from May 2023 to April 2026. Course of the …

… are personal views and may not reflect the official perspective of the German Environment Agency. Greenhouse gas-neutral administrations: The E-Tool: A web-based … Challenges and approaches for small entities and institutions - Climate Action at the lowest English administrative level 23.05.2024 Speaker: Ian Byrne … micro-organizations?   Greenhouse gas-neutral administrations: Guidelines and programmes for a systematic approach 18.04.2024  Speakers: Eurico Clemente (ADENE – …

… – Ocean acidification due to CO₂ The North Sea Source: Manuela Krakau / UBA Oceans and seas absorb significant amounts of carbon dioxide (CO₂) from the atmosphere. … ² - ). Acidification process in the sea Illustration of the chemical equilibrium reaction for carbon dioxide (CO₂) in the sea. Source: FG II 2.3 / UBA CO₂ uptake … algae use carbon to build their skeleton. Skeletal dissolution occurs in an acidic environment. Source: Prof. Dr. André Scheffel / Universität Greifswald Due to ocean …

… Developing a concept for a Polar Environmental Monitoring Program Pollutants enter the Antarctic and accumulate in … Antarctic environment to climate change makes it necessary to understand the interactions between POPs, CECs and polar ecosystems. This is the only way to gain … drawing on existing initiatives such as the Arctic Monitoring and Assessment Programme (AMAP), the Antarctic Monitoring and Assessment Programme (AnMAP) and the …

… problems for specific products. Thomas Lindhqvist first described it in 1990 as “an environmental protection strategy to reach an environmental objective of a decreased … manufacturer of the product responsible for the entire life-cycle of the product and especially for the take-back, recycling, and final disposal”. Proponents of EPR …