… below current pollution limits again“ Especially in the industrial area around Leipzig/Halle/Weißenfels/Bitterfeld, extremely high concentrations of sulphur … times higher than in the West German Ruhr area. The highest values today are around 10 µg/m³ and around the year 2000 the concentrations in eastern and western …

… across the country. The inclusion of climate change adaptation in existing funding instruments, such as urban development funding or the new promotion programme "Climate Change Adaptation in Social … caused by global warming entirely, but only to reduce it. Against this background, the decisive reduction of greenhouse gas emissions is the first and foremost …

… of "hot days” – days on which temperatures climb to over 30°C has risen from around three in 1951, to about ten days per year today. The heat wave of 2003 caused … change. Environment at municipal level Blauer Kompass contest goes into next round Greening the office roof, unsealing the schoolyard, farming crops which are … farm payments. In a position paper, it sets out key points to address for the funding period post-2021.  read more (in German) The Antarctic Treaty turns 60 On …

… issue of “UBA aktuell” It is now 50 years since the German Environment Agency was founded. Reason enough to look back on the successes achieved, but also on the … attacks and strokes. This is why the UBA has been dealing with noise since its foundation. It has always played a key role in the development and implementation of … However, there is still a great need for action when it comes to road traffic. Around one in four people in Germany are exposed to more road traffic noise than what …

… study. It shows: Germany is capable of reducing its greenhouse gas emissions by around 70 percent by 2030 compared to 1990. We must, however, act immediately and … of the North Sea and the Baltic Sea Algal blooms, water turbidity, overfishing, underwater noise or rubbish have a negative impact on the condition of the North Sea … to new developments in the packaging sector. read more (in German) UBA News Bundespreis UMWELT & BAUEN 2021 – Progressive building and refurbishment for more …

… World Health Organization (WHO) and is used by several scientific institutions. The underlying epidemiological studies take into account so-called confounders, such as smoking and obesity, in the mathematical models, which can, of … superior products and consumer information The EU is revising the requirements surrounding product configuration and information for several groups of products. For …

… way, UBA is drawing attention to a pressing problem – the contamination of our groundwater with nitrate from intensive agricultural practices. Read more about the … more expensive When more fertiliser is applied than plants and soil can absorb: groundwater contamination Source: countrypixel / Fotolia.com Drinking water is our most … that way in the coming years, but at what cost? More than 27 per cent of the groundwater bodies in Germany exceed the quality standard for nitrate stipulated in the …

… installations covered by the scheme in both Germany and the EU have been cut by around half. You can read more about this in the current edition of our newsletter. … gas emissions from installations covered by the scheme in Germany have fallen by around 47 per cent. Across all EU Member States, the average decrease has been even … auctions flows entirely into the German government's Climate and Transformation Fund (KTF). This fund supports a range of programmes to help both businesses and …

… are the considerable levels of nitrate infiltrations from agriculture into our groundwater a cause of worry,  making it a more costly exercise to maintain the quality … set of recommendations against micropollutants of this kind in a background paper. The requirements for the approval of medicinal products should become … contaminated sites of tomorrow – at a high cost. The English version of the background paper is expected to be published by August 2018.  Background paper (in German) …