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  • Press release 72/09 from 09.10.2009 | Last changed: 05.07.2013

    European chemicals policy

    … XIII in a Competent Authorities subgroup in two meetings in September and November 2008. The subgroup pointed out that the criteria do not reflect the current state of … organic pollutants (POPs). At the Meeting of the Competent Authorities in December 2008, the European Commission presented a draft proposal for an amendment of Annex XIII that left the criteria unchanged and …

  • News from 18.08.2017 | Last changed: 18.10.2017

    Waste management in Russia and other CIS countries

    participants of the workshop repairing computers

    … of effective waste management structures. Seminars and workshops held in May and June 2017 provided targeted information and training for stakeholders from … Makers was hosted by the UNIDO Centre in Moscow with support from UBA on 15 - 19 May 2017. Representatives of ministries, governmental agencies, business … of effective waste management structures. Seminars and workshops held in May and June 2017 provided targeted information and training for stakeholders from …

  • Cover from 20.01.2026

    Greening the Economy

    Plant

    … Greening the Economy Information Registration Programme Alpine-wide Conference 11 May 2017, Rosenheim, Germany Presentation of pioneering Good Practice Examples … Alpine Region Greening the Economy in the Alpine Region … Alpine-wide Conference 11 May 2017, Rosenheim, Germany Presentation of pioneering Good Practice Examples …

  • Press release 20/2017 from 22.05.2017 | Last changed: 31.05.2017

    Germany's bathing waters are clean machines

    Lake in Brandenburg

    … water quality of bathing waters which were published by the EU Commission on 23 May. Press release No. 20/2017 | 22.05.2017 Only five bathing waters were classified … rivers when the water quality has not been determined.  Poor water quality, which may result for example from treated wastewater discharges which also contain …

  • KomPass: Area of action adaptation from 15.07.2022 | Last changed: 17.12.2025

    Adaptation: Field of Action Soils

    freshly ploughed field

    … In addition to these technical measures, legal, political and management measures may contribute to the prevention of water erosion. Soil protection policy should … of land consumption and land unsealing in settlement and transport development may also require a political decision. Active protection against water erosion may

  • Press release 43/08 from 09.06.2008 | Last changed: 03.07.2013

    Natural refrigerant for mobile air conditioning systems

    … demonstrate the practicability of this innovation. Press release No. 43/08 | 09.06.2008   There are already 400 million motor vehicles equipped with air conditioning … is scheduled. As per EU Directive 2006/40/EC, after 1 January 2011 manufacturers may only sell new type passenger cars if the air conditioning system contains a …

  • KomPass: Article from 28.11.2023 | Last changed: 18.11.2025

    BAU-I-1 + 2: Heat stress in urban areas and summer heat island effect

    … day-time temperature difference of up to 11 Kelvin is possible in the months of May to September. It is so far not possible to judge whether climate change is … it happens in their rural periphery (cf. Indicator GE-I-1 ). This type of situation may occur more frequently in future. As indicated by climate projections for Central …

  • News from 02.10.2017 | Last changed: 04.09.2020

    International action for more protection in a hazardous incident

    firemen with boats on a river

    … Economic Commission for Europe (UNECE). The focus of discussion was the first draft of the new UNECE Guideline for Fire-Water Retention which was drawn up by a UNECE Joint Expert Group on Water and Industrial Accidents. The draft guidance document by the UNECE represents a first attempt to establish minimum … contaminated long stretches of the Rhine in Germany and the Netherlands. A second draft of the guidance document will be published in October 2017 as the outcome of …

  • News from 21.10.2020 | Last changed: 03.11.2020

    Increasing the recycling of precious and minor metals

    Board of a processor, on it a recycling symbol

    … for WEEE and motors with neodymium magnets and end-of-life vehicle electronics may be appropriate. It also recommends consolidation workshops and adjustments to … environmental technologies. Their supply is often unstable, mining and extraction may cause a negative impact on human health and the environment. In addition, too …

  • Cover from 30.10.2015

    Greener Agriculture Agenda

    … Agriculture for a Bluer Baltic Sea Agenda Information Registration PDF Programme (draft version) Programme Day 1: Thursday, 5 November 2015 12:30-13:00   … with reduced entrance fee of 8.- EUR (instead of 16.- EUR) … PDF Programme (draft version) Programme Day 1: Thursday, 5 November 2015 12:30-13:00   …

  • KomPass: Article from 28.11.2023 | Last changed: 18.12.2024

    HUE-1: Manageability of climate change impacts

    The picture shows a woman’s head and shoulders while she looks sceptically out of a window. The window is part-shaded by an indoor blind.

    … it would be possible to manage the climate change impacts. During the period from 2008 to 2012 the majority ratio has shifted and the appraisals turned out more … reasons for this, the 2016 Environmental Awareness Study stated that respondents may have become more aware of the complexity of the issues or that they were …