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  • News from 08.11.2024 | Last changed: 08.11.2024

    COP29: How to finance global climate action?

    Entrance with banner COP29 Baku Azerbaijan

    … of carbon dioxide were emitted worldwide, according to the latest Emissions Gap Report by the UN Environment Programme ( UNEP EGR 2024 ). With an increase of 1.3 … of the Climate Change Conference Website of the host country UNEP Emissions Gap Report 2024 All news Related contents Diplomacy and Sustainability Actors Forging … Ecosystems in Nationally Determined Contributions and national greenhouse gas reporting Submission under the United Nations Framework Convention 2025 Carbon …

  • Press release 01/2020 from 08.01.2020 | Last changed: 06.02.2024

    Professor Dirk Messner is new President of the German Environment Agency

    Dirk Messner

    … protection are needed now more than ever – whether about the climate crisis, air, soil or water pollution, or sustainable chemistry. Strong environmental policy … include: proposals for environmentally friendly mobility for liveable cities; clean air campaigns; information about nitrogen emissions during the diesel debate; …

  • Press release 79/2008 from 17.11.2008 | Last changed: 17.07.2013

    Germany now involved in more than 100 international climate protection projects

    … power generated by coal and gas plants, which emit carbon dioxide as well as other air pollutants such as nitrous oxide and sulphur dioxide. At the same time, … less deforestation that occurs, such projects also improve the local population’s air quality, which is all too often polluted with the smoke gases of ubiquitous wood …

  • Press release 56/2014 from 15.12.2014 | Last changed: 23.01.2017

    Environmentally harmful subsidies amount to over 52 billion euros

    Euro bank notes

    … new UBA study is an analysis of which subsidies are promoting climate change, impairing the quality of water, soil and air, which lead to health problems and which increase the consumption of land and …

  • Press release 11/2023 from 15.03.2023 | Last changed: 22.03.2023

    UBA forecast: 2022 greenhouse gas emissions down by 1.9 percent

    dampfende Kühltürme eines Kraftwerks und Hochspannungsleitung

    … in the Federal Climate Change Act. These findings are based on new calculations reported by the German Environment Agency (UBA), which were announced today. Press … in the Federal Climate Change Act. These findings are based on new calculations reported by the German Environment Agency (UBA), which were announced today. … …

  • Appointment from 14.10.2022 | Last changed: 26.10.2022

    International Conference: Microplastics in Soils

    The issue of microplastics in soils - a danger for humans and the environment? You can see a hand with a magnifying glass examining the soil.

    … open the conference. Bavo Peeters, policy officer at the European Commission will report about efforts at the EU level to reduce microplastic pollution. Several …

  • Press release 29/2015 from 06.08.2015 | Last changed: 23.01.2017

    More legal rulings on shipments of illegal waste in 2013

    Richter mit Hammer

    … with a fine. In 2013 the federal states and the Federal Office for Goods Transport reported a total of 26 penalty proceedings involving fines of €200 and more to UBA. …

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    Figure 10: Soil moisture values - clay-rich sand

    The chart consists of two illustrations – one showing the number of days with soil humidity of less than 30 per cent usable field capacity (nFK) for winter wheat on sandy clay while the other shows – for the same number of days – the comparable value for winter wheat on clay-rich sand, each for the period of 1961 to 2022. The multi-annual mean for the period of 1991 to 2020 for sandy clay amounts to 5.3 days. The linear trend for Germany regarding the period examined amounts to an increase by 8.6 days.

    … soil moisture Competence Centre on Climate Impacts and Adaptation monitoring report … The chart consists of two illustrations – one showing the number of days …

  • Press release 75/2008 from 05.11.2008 | Last changed: 17.07.2013

    Global warming: Water scarcity in the Alps?

    … of focus for various committees of the Alpine Convention, which is due to publish a report on the state of the Alps with a focus on water in early 2009, and to resolve … is due to be published by the European Environment Agency in a 80-page report in early 2009. Dessau-Roßlau, 5 November 2008   Associated content Documents …

  • Press release 47/2024 from 05.12.2024 | Last changed: 09.12.2024

    Packaging consumption decreased in 2022 and recycling rate increased slightly

    Separated packaging in the household, collected in boxes. Glass, cardboard, plastic, etc.

    … there were decreases for packaging waste made of wood and glass. “The latest report shows that we are on the right track when it comes to recycling packaging … decrease to 2.9 billion lightweight plastic carrier bags, according to the 2022 report, 389 million carrier bags with a wall thickness of between 15 and less than …