Skip to main content Skip to main menu Skip to footer

Search

Help

457 - 468 of 1703
  • KomPass: Article from 28.11.2023 | Last changed: 18.11.2025

    VE-I-6: Weather-related disruptions to the railway infrastructure

    The picture shows a single-lane railway track covered by the crown of a toppled tree. A woodland is visible to the left and right of the railway track.

    … extreme weather events and associated impacts. Any damage occurring due to weather effects was frequently remedied before causing any disruptions to train operations. …   171 Edenhofer O., Hoffmann P.: Analyse des Klimawandels für die Deutsche Bahn: Studie zur räumlichen Ausprägung in Deutschland. Pressekonferenz Klimastudie am 18. …

  • Press release 43/2024 from 06.11.2024 | Last changed: 07.11.2024

    Rural areas and urban centres are interdependent

    Kind auf einem Feld schau auf die entfernte Stadt.

    … and Research (BMBF) examined how urban and rural areas can work together more effectively to combine the advantages of both and compensate for deficits, for … and Research (BMBF) examined how urban and rural areas can work together more effectively to combine the advantages of both and compensate for deficits, for …

  • Press release 42/2017 from 11.12.2017 | Last changed: 15.12.2017

    Market shares for green products growing – yet CO2 emissions in consumer sector remain unchanged

    Shopping trolley in a super market

    … [Green Products in Germany 2017 - Market observations for environmental policy] study by the German Environment Agency (UBA), CO2 emissions in the consumer sector … and food account for 80 per cent of the CO2 emissions of private consumption. The study examines the sales volumes in these consumer sectors based on the market … with market share and sales having gained slightly since 2012. According to the study, environmental labels are especially successful when the green products are …

  • Press release 35/2016 from 17.11.2016 | Last changed: 10.02.2017

    Electromobility has clear economic advantages

    electric car

    … Climate Action Plan. This means a complete shift away from fossil fuels.” A recent study published by UBA shows how Germany can achieve these goals in the most … the use of post fossil fuels and alternative technologies in the sector. The study by the Öko-Institut done on behalf of the German Environment Agency develops a …

  • News from 09.07.2018 | Last changed: 20.08.2018

    Environmental- and health impact of 3D printing

    3D printer producing a little plastic tree

    … of manufacturing. The efficiency of raw materials, greenhouse gases, pollutants: a study by the UBA highlights the challenges and opportunities for the environment and … of manufacturing. The efficiency of raw materials, greenhouse gases, pollutants: a study by the UBA highlights the challenges and opportunities for the environment and …

  • KomPass: Article from 28.11.2023 | Last changed: 12.12.2024

    LW-I-1: Agrophenological phase shifts

    The picture shows apple blossoms covered in frost.

    … rhythms and associated temporal shifts in the development of plants have been studied and documented for years by means of phenological observations. These nationwide studies involve the onset of certain biological phenomena recurring periodically … to take a specific variety into account. This circumstance is the reason why the effects of using different varieties are also reflected in the flowering periods …

  • 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.

    … convinced. HUE-1: Manageability of climate change impacts Source: BMUB/BMUV & UBA (study ‚Umweltbewusstsein in Deutschland‘/ for 2021: additional survey in the … of climate change with greater intensity in their own everyday lives. 234 Both studies showed that climate change was perceived more as a threat than before; in …

  • Cover from 14.02.2019

    Climate Impacts and Adaptation

    Frau steht mit Regenjacke und Gummistiefeln in einem überschwemmten Gebiet

    … impression that climate change is still a problem of the future and hardly has any effects in Germany. Yet far-reaching climate changes are already noticeable today - … of climate change Climate change alters the world which we live in - with manifold effects on nature, society and economy and our everyday lives. These effects are …

  • News from 24.10.2016 | Last changed: 10.11.2017

    German Environmental Survey: positive mid-term assessment

    Six children on a lawn sich in einer Kette bei den Händen gefasst und hüpfen lachend in die Luft

    … reached 1,326 children and adolescents and their parents, from 101 locations. The study examines the extent to which children and adolescents in Germany are exposed … reached 1,326 children and adolescents and their parents, from 101 locations. The study examines the extent to which children and adolescents in Germany are exposed …

  • News from 13.02.2014 | Last changed: 09.11.2017

    No burning of biomass by default

    stack of wood in the forest

    … – after as many uses as possible – is used for energy. These are the results of a study done for the UBA. Example: Instead of making wood pellets for heating … to ten times the gross added value from the same amount of biomass and have similar effects on employment. However, current legislation and tax conditions and subsidies …

  • Newsletter from 11.12.2020 | Last changed: 11.12.2020

    Newsletter "UBA aktuell" - No.: 6/2020

    … all breaks with windows wide open.  Mobile devices for air purification are less effective. They are generally not able to quickly and reliably rid the indoor air of … not to forget the protection of other resources and raw materials. The UBA study "RESCUE" recently showed for Germany that climate action and resource …

  • News from 27.03.2024 | Last changed: 27.03.2024

    Shaping digitalisation in transport sustainably

    A woman rents a scooter via an app

    … by groups of people who do not yet own a car or are unable to drive themselves. The study “Digitalisation in transport – potentials and risks for the environment and climate” commissioned by the UBA looks at these possible effects of digitalisation in transport and the corresponding opportunities and …