… Climate | Energy, Economy | Consumption, Air, Waste | Resources, Health, Water Environmentally Harmful Subsidies in Germany Update 2021 The report provides an overview of environmentally harmful subsidies in Germany and makes proposals for their reform or reduction. It focuses on subsidies that have …

… Economy | Consumption Environmentally harmful subsidies in Germany For the German public, environmental … assets - such as climate, water, soil or air. This is reflected by public and private expenditure on protection of the environment: in 2003 the state and …

… Economy | Consumption Environmentally Harmful Subsidies In Germany 2014 Updated Edition 2014 In 2010 … than €52 billion. The state granted subsidies among others to the lignite industry and aviation sector. The volume of subsidies therefore remains high –  and there is …

… Chemicals Guide: Environmentally responsible use of fluorinated fire-fighting foams … foams are used in fire-fighting to extinguish flammable liquids (fire category B) and solids which liquefy in case of fire or heat exposure. Fire category B comprises … 2.03 MB Print version not available Tags chemicals extinguishing agent … Guide: Environmentally responsible use of fluorinated fire-fighting foams …

… Water Trends of pharmaceutical residues in rivers, suspended particular matter and fish – New insights by new analytical methods for active substances, their metabolites and transformation products Environmental research is detecting ever more pharmaceutical residues in the aquatic environment as analytical methods become increasingly sensitive. The physicochemical properties of some active …

… Chemicals, Waste | Resources REACH and the recycling of plastics Reference manual for an appropriate implementation of … the most important aspects and regulations for plastic recyclers, and provide the reader with guidance on how successful REACH implementation can be carried out in …

… Sustainability | Strategies | International matters Quantifying the land footprint of Germany and the EU using a hybrid accounting model Footprint analysis reveals the appropriation of land resources from a consumer’s perspective. This report presents a novel hybrid land-flow accounting … employing a globally consistent top-down approach and combining physical with environmental-economic accounting. It delivers detailed results for cropland, …

… Sustainability | Strategies | International matters Raising Knowledge among Students and Teachers on Tailings Safety and its Legislative Review in Ukraine Tailings … management facilities (TMFs) store large amounts of mining waste, which can become a source of environment contamination, damaging biota and affecting human … level, the project raised knowledge on TMF safety among Ukrainian students of environmental and mining sciences and developed an educational course for the …

… Chemicals, Water Emerging and legacy organic contaminants in the polar regions The report summarises and … the current state of knowledge on organic contaminants in polar regions that have become significant concerns because of their persistence, bioaccumulation and … under climate change and anthropogenic pressures to be able to predict the environmental fates and toxicity risk of EOCs in polar regions. Download Series …

… climate policy up to date – decreasing cost projections for renewable energy and batteries and their implications Discussion paper A range of studies on … not in reach if current NDCs are implemented. A new study, commissioned by German Environment Agency, compares pre2015 and latest levelized cost projections and … technologies, i.e. power generation from renewables and lithium batteries, will become substantially cheaper by 2025/2030 since the preparation of NDCs. Thus, …

… Waste | Resources Responsible mining? Challenges, perspectives and approaches Summary of the findings of the research project „Approaches to reducing negative environmental and social impacts in the production of raw materials (UmSoRess)” The …

… | Energy, Waste | Resources, Sustainability | Strategies | International matters Towards healthy and sustainable diets in Germany An analysis of the environmental effects and policy implications of dietary change in Germany Dietary …