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  • Press release 28/2023 from 22.08.2023 | Last changed: 24.10.2023

    Additional measures needed to achieve climate targets

    Cars and trucks on a motorway

    … Additional measures needed to achieve climate targets Current projection report sees gap by 2030 The transport sector has failed to meet its … CO2-reduction targets Source: Westend61 / Getty Images The German government's 2023 Projection Report, coordinated by the German Environment Agency (UBA), analyses …

  • Cover from 20.01.2026

    NiCE - Konferenz Overview

    Logo der NiCE Konferenz: From niche to centre city centers as places of circular lifestyles.

    … Speakers Sessions & Study Trip UBA invites to the final conference of the EU project “NiCE” on 11 and 12 March 2026, at the UBA headquarters in Dessau-Roßlau. … from across Europe, UBA has researched, collected best practices, conducted pilot projects in cities, and developed recommendations for action. The expert conference … cities, facilitate networking among urban development actors to initiate follow-up projects, actively involve participants by giving them opportunities to contribute …

  • Press release 52/2019 from 18.12.2019 | Last changed: 20.02.2020

    Climate-neutral travel: Federal Government offsets its business travel

    business travellers in an airport

    … travel: Federal Government offsets its business travel International climate action projects selected according to strict criteria The German Government offsets its … and offsets their impact through high-standard international climate action projects. The German Environment Agency (UBA) acquired emission reduction credits …

  • Cover from 02.10.2019

    UBA/BDL Workshop “PtL in Air Transport” Agenda

    … Lehmann Head of Division I,  German Environment Agency (UBA)   11.05 | Current projects (25 min each) Presentations on alternative fuels production sites that are … Lehmann Head of Division I,  German Environment Agency (UBA)   11.05 | Current projects (25 min each) Presentations on alternative fuels production sites that are …

  • Press release 06/2020 from 12.02.2020 | Last changed: 19.02.2020

    Many bisphenol A alternatives may be endocrine disruptive

    Reagenzkolben mit Flüssigkeit

    … prolifically produced chemicals. Source: Vasily Merkushev / Fotolia.com A research project by the German Environment Agency (UBA) tested 44 potential substitutes for … paper. Press release No. 06/2020 | 12.02.2020 The particular aim of the research project was to test possible alternative substances for use in BPA applications … of the tests will be integrated into the EU REACH process to regulate the bisphenol compounds. The Member States and European Chemicals Agency (ECHA) will base …

  • Press release 16/2020 from 08.04.2020 | Last changed: 17.04.2020

    Federal contest prize for environmental building: "UMWELT & BAUEN"

    moderner Holzbau mit Flachdach im Grünen

    … & BAUEN" has been extended. Contestants now have until 22 May 2020 to submit project entries. Press release No. 16/2020 | 08.04.2020 All stakeholders in the … sector are invited to take advantage of the deadline extension and submit their projects. Builders, property developers, architects, building services, urban and … adaptation and other strategies to mitigate the consumption of resources. Building projects which take special consideration of biodiversity and thereby make a …

  • Press release 15/2021 from 31.03.2021 | Last changed: 07.04.2021

    Award for sustainable building UMWELT & BAUEN 2021: call for entries

    Reihenhäuser mit Solaranlagen auf dem Dach

    … Agency (UBA) under the patronage of Federal Minister Svenja Schulze, recognises projects that are already realizing the idea of a new European Bauhaus in terms of … today and are already being implemented. The UMWELT & BAUEN prize honours beacon projects in the field of sustainable building and helps to bring the European …

  • Press release 41/2024 from 18.09.2024 | Last changed: 23.09.2024

    More than 400 submissions – nominees for the German Ecodesign Award 2024 have been announced

    Auf dem Bild sind alle Mitglieder der Jury für den Bundespreis Ecodesign 2024 zu sehen.

    … submissions – nominees for the German Ecodesign Award 2024 have been announced 22 projects have a chance of winning the trophy on 2 December 2024. The jury for the … Award has reached a milestone, as more than 400 innovative and sustainable projects were submitted – a record that demonstrates the high value placed on … the German Environment Agency. The interdisciplinary jury selected 22 outstanding projects that are now in the running for the coveted award. At the award ceremony on …

  • KomPass: Article from 28.11.2023 | Last changed: 19.09.2024

    Cluster Woodland and forestry

    The picture shows a coniferous forest. The bark-free trunk of a damaged spruce tree is visible in the foreground. In the light-coloured wood of this tree the distinct frass traces of a bark beetle are clearly visible.

    … – as for the other climate impacts – there is limited certainty regarding this projection. The experience of recent years has demonstrated – especially in the … assessed as medium – albeit with low certainty – as of the middle of this century. Largescale forest damage can impose major restrictions on the recreational quality … inventory data in respect of the timber increment (cf. Indicator FW-I-2 ). Research projects are underway exploring issues such as the utilisation of satellite image …

  • Press release 27/2017 from 25.07.2017 | Last changed: 14.03.2018

    Federal employees continue to travel climate-friendly

    business travellers in an airport

    … reduction credits (ERCs) from high-quality international climate change mitigation projects will continue to compensate the official travel by German federal … offsets what is unavoidable by investing in high-quality climate change mitigation projects. We will also be doing this for the Climate Change Conference in November …

  • Press release 35/2023 from 27.09.2023 | Last changed: 14.11.2024

    Nominees selected for the German Ecodesign Award 2023

    The jury posing in front of a building

    … Centre in Berlin (IDZ) Nominees selected for the German Ecodesign Award 2023 26 projects have a chance of winning the award at the prize-giving ceremony on 4 … considered at the jury meeting in the Metropolenhaus Berlin, 26 innovative projects made it to the final selection. These will now have the chance to win the … companies and research institutions are leading the way and implementing concrete projects to shape the transformation towards greater sustainability⁠. The …

  • Appointment from 25.03.2021

    EcoDesign Circle 4.0: Closure Event & Circular Breakfast

    … Breakfast Tuesday, March 30th, 2021 9:30 — 11:30 EcoDesign Circle and its extension project have been running since 2016 and we are about to finalise our project activities. UBA was the lead partner in the project. Our project partner SVID (Swedish Industrial Design Foundation) is taking …