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  • Article from 18.02.2025 | Last changed: 17.06.2025

    Pain relief gel – questions and answers

    Photo showing hands with white cream, which is wiped off with a paper towel.

    Pain relief gel – questions and answers For the sake of the environment: wipe first, then wash Source: Lena … discarded medicine pharmacy Entsorgung aquatic organisms human pharmaceutical human health surface waters micropollutant environmental exposure Water Framework …

  • Article from 26.10.2023 | Last changed: 07.02.2024

    NonHazCity 3 Interreg Project

    Logo NonHazCity3

    … NonHazCity 3 partner cities on the Baltic Sea want to avoid pollutants in, from and around buildings Source: NonHazCity 3- Projektteam NonHazCity 3 is a European … tox-free, climate-neutral and sustainable construction and renovation. The German Environment Agency leads the group activities that transfer the project output into … industry and other sea-based activities Tags Baltic Sea green procurement human health water protection hazardous substance zero pollution ambition … NonHazCity 3 …

  • Article from 07.02.2023 | Last changed: 14.11.2024

    Relevant Micropollutants

    … Relevant Micropollutants Which micropollutants are an environmental risk for water bodies and should therefore be scrutinised more closely? This is evaluated by the Committee …

  • Article from 12.06.2025 | Last changed: 18.06.2025

    Climate Action in Agriculture on a global level

    A farmer plows a field with a ox plow

    Climate Action in Agriculture on a global level Breaking with traditions – towards … Paris Agreement . In addition, it is becoming increasingly difficult to keep the environmental impact of the food system within planetary boundaries. In order to … agenda item was entitled “Issues related to agriculture” and later became the work programmes “Koronivia Joint Work on Agriculture” (2017-2022) and “Sharm el-Sheikh …

  • Article from 10.08.2020 | Last changed: 17.11.2025

    Military and armament contaminated sites

    Military and armament contaminated sites Although there is no legal definition in Germany for the terms Militärische Altlasten (military-contaminated sites) and Rüstungsaltlasten (armanent-contaminated sites), they nonetheless fall within … military sites, contact the competent federal or regional-state authorities. … Military and armament contaminated sites

  • Article from 10.01.2022 | Last changed: 25.01.2024

    Digital services / Cloud computing

    someone is typing on a laptop, with symbols for cloud computing such as clouds and download arrows above them

    … as possible Source: Blue Planet Studio / Adobe Stock Home office, videoconferencing and streaming services are digital services that are nowadays taken for granted. But what about the environmental impact of cloud services and the critical resources which are used in …

  • Article from 13.06.2022 | Last changed: 22.07.2025

    Sustainable mobility

    LKW und Pkw auf der Autobahn

    … reduce its emissions since 1990. Source: LVDESIGN / Fotolia.com Passenger traffic and freight transport in Germany are growing steadily. Increasing numbers of … in our society. However, the current transport system is also very damaging to the environment. Traffic – transport performance in terms of passenger and tonne … long term? This question is at the heart of sustainable mobility. In its Climate Action Plan 2050 , the German government has resolved to reduce annual greenhouse …

  • Article from 04.12.2024 | Last changed: 05.12.2024

    Economic aspects of transport

    Stau auf einer Autobahn

    … last update on 04.12.2024 Economic considerations Although the transport of people and goods ensures mobility and a wide variety of products, it also incurs a number … economy’s transport volume to a level that makes both macroeconomic sense and is environmentally sound, external costs must be assessed fairly to their source; in … of Environmental Costs - Cost Rates Climate Protection in Transport – Need for Action in the Wake of the Paris Climate Agreement A road toll for Germany: Every …

  • Article from 14.10.2020 | Last changed: 28.04.2023

    Curbing overdevelopment

    … Curbing overdevelopment Average per capita land use in Germany for residential purposes alone amounted to 47 square meters in … to the construction of other main roads, as well as airports and ports. Environmental impact Some 46 per cent of Germany’s road and residential land is … aimed at curbing land use have given rise to strategies as well as research and action programs at both the federal and regional-state levels. A noteworthy …

  • Article from 01.04.2022 | Last changed: 08.12.2022

    Digitalisation as engine of transformation for a green economy

    a green globe lies in green grass, inside it the word "CO2" with three arrows pointing down. Around the globe placed five icons: Wind turbines, e-car, solar plant, power plant and hand with leaves.

    … in the past. A research project is now investigating the application areas and transformation potential of big data, artificial intelligence (AI) and digital … sectors. Based on the findings obtained, the report develops recommendations for action regarding environmental, climate protection and sustainability-related changes to the …

  • Article from 05.03.2025 | Last changed: 05.03.2025

    Distributing drinking water

    … Ordinance all the way to the tap. Its distribution via the water company’s mains and the drinking water systems of individual buildings brings it into contact with a … properties. However, lead dissolves in water in concentrations which bear a risk to health and is therefore not suitable as a material for drinking water installations. … Water Ordinance (TrinkwV) in the version amended in December 2012, the German Environment Agency was given the task of establishing the requirements on materials …

  • Article from 10.04.2025 | Last changed: 12.01.2026

    Visit us

     The UBA building in Dessau-Roßlau from above. The building is elongated, with a façade of wood and coloured glass slabs and slanted solar cells covering the entire surface of the flat roof

    … at the visitor center at our Dessau-Roßlau site. You can also visit a branch of our environmental library at our sites in Dessau-Roßlau, Bad Elster as well as at one of … protection agency, it’s important to us that our UBA buildings set new (and high) standards for green construction and renovation. Our Dessau-Roßlau …