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News from 01.02.2022 | Last changed: 02.02.2022

Corporate Sustainability Reporting faces major changes

skyscrapers with glass facades, in which trees reflect

… actions and performance indicators and corporate greenhouse gas neutrality. 01.02.2022 Since 2017 certain large undertakings in Germany and the EU are subject to …

Press release 37/2025 from 20.10.2025 | Last changed: 12.12.2025

Two percent can make a big difference

Luftaufnahme einer ländlichen Flusslandschaft im Sommer.

… and watercourses. This goal is still far from being reached.Even as recently as 2022, 90 percent of streams and rivers did not meet the criteria for a good …

Press release 20/2024 from 13.05.2024 | Last changed: 15.05.2024

Environmental Monitor 2024: Climate protection measures are having an impact

… in Germany in 2023, which is 76 million tonnes or 10.1 percent less than in 2022. This is the sharpest decrease since 1990. The reasons for this are the …

Press release 43/2018 from 12.12.2018 | Last changed: 11.09.2019

Higher quality plastics recycling is necessary

Das Wort Recycling vor schwarzem Hintergrund, darauf auch ausrangierte Kühlaggregate.

… achieve a recycling quota of 58.5 percent as of 2019, and then 63 percent starting 2022 (mechanical recycling). UBA proposes that, in addition to the plastics-specific …

KomPass: Area of action adaptation from 11.01.2022 | Last changed: 08.01.2026

Adaptation: Field of action finance and insurance sector

… product design, investment decisions and risk reporting. last update on 11.01.2022 Insurance industry A valid data basis is necessary for active management of the …

KomPass: Area of action climate impact from 11.01.2022 | Last changed: 17.12.2025

Climate Impacts: Field of Action Transport

… as a result, which can lead to accidents and economic losses. last update on 11.01.2022 Navigability of inland waterways The navigability of inland waterways can be …

Press release 16/2023 from 07.06.2023 | Last changed: 11.08.2023

Marine Litter Round Table active against plastic pollution in the North Sea and the Baltic Sea for seven years

Müll liegt am Sandstrand, vor allem Plastik- und Fischereimüll.

… and the G20 countries within the framework of German leadership, most recently in 2022, the international community launched an important initiative last year in …

Cover from 19.01.2026

The German Centre for Micropollutants

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Newsletter from 11.08.2023 | Last changed: 11.08.2023

Newsletter "UBA aktuell" - No.: 4/2023

… / Strategies / International Matters UBA News Dear Readers, In the summer of 2022, frightening pictures were circulating in the German media showing masses of … Marco Rudolph / Adobe Stock The massive fish die-off in the Oder River in August 2022 showed that science, water management and politics are facing new challenges. … in line with Article 290 of the Treaty on the Functioning of the EU? In November 2022, the European Commission put forward a proposal for a regulation for a Carbon …

Press release 33/2018 from 06.11.2018 | Last changed: 14.12.2018