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  • Press release 51/2021 from 21.12.2021 | Last changed: 28.12.2021

    Rise in use of problematic plant protection products

    Honigbiene im Rapsfeld

    … implementation of integrated pest management should be promoted more strongly, for example with the funds earmarked for this purpose in the EU's Common Agricultural … Furthermore, UBA proposes the introduction of a pesticide tax following the example of Denmark in order to create incentives to reduce pesticide use in …

  • Press release 03/2020 from 21.01.2020 | Last changed: 30.01.2020

    German Sustainable Building Award launched

    moderner Holzbau mit Flachdach im Grünen

    … environmental protection is producing many exciting projects. The projects are real examples of the many advantages – including cost – of sustainable construction …

  • Press release 65/09 from 17.09.2009 | Last changed: 01.07.2013

    Sustainable mobility on foot, by bike, bus, and rail

    … offices as well as a supply of the necessary resources. The city of Munich, for example, has appointed a mobility desk officer solely for this purpose.  For this … As a result, the Agency has long encouraged cycling through various measures, for example by setting up sheltered, safe, and easily accessible bike stands at its …

  • Press release 46/09 from 02.07.2009 | Last changed: 03.07.2013

    Perfluorinated compounds: Avoid inputs - protect the environment

    … and into the population’s bloodstream. Although this was an isolated case, it is an example of the challenges facing the use of sewage sludge in agriculture: since … values. As concerns industrial processes, in the textiles and paper industries for example, the UBA is calling for closed water cycles. Furthermore, the appropriate …

  • Press release 32/2016 from 13.10.2016 | Last changed: 23.01.2017

    Environmentally harmful subsidies in transport sector at record level

    exhaust pipe of a car emitting exhaust gases

    … mobility. Many subsidies which harm the environment are also socially unjust. For example, there is the privileged status of company cars, subsidised by the state … are known to be endocrine disruptors or toxic to the reproductive system, for example nonylphenol polyethoxylate (NPE), which is sometimes used for dyeing. Its …

  • Press release 17/2023 from 06.06.2023 | Last changed: 05.04.2024

    Connectivity with consequences: 13 steps to counter software obsolescence

    Gebrauchte Smartphones

    … entails risks that are often not obvious at first glance. Networked products, for example, need regular updates to fix bugs or close security and functional gaps. If … certain connected products can only be controlled with the help of others, for example a heating thermostat that can only be controlled via the smartphone of a …

  • Newsletter from 08.12.2021 | Last changed: 08.12.2021

    Newsletter "UBA aktuell" - No.: 6/2021

    … subsidies. These revenues could then be used for socio-ecological investments, for example, supporting companies in switching to greenhouse gas-neutral production … harmful subsidies is also necessary in some cases on grounds of social justice. One example is the private use of company cars, which the state subsidises with at least … CO₂ footprint. A new research project is now investigating the differences, for example, by city and region or by housing situation - and is relying on the help of …

  • Newsletter from 04.06.2024 | Last changed: 04.06.2024

    Newsletter "UBA aktuell" - No.: 3/2024

    … Environmental Monitor 2024 once again gives a mixed assessment. Air quality, for example, is currently looking good; the averaged index of the five most important air pollutants fell by over a …

  • Press release 33/2022 from 29.06.2022 | Last changed: 27.07.2022

    From 1 July: 25,000 additional collection sites for waste electrical and electronic equipment

    old washing machines pile up at a recycling center

    … to consumers, and that fewer end-of-life appliances are disposed of improperly, for example in household waste, packaging waste or in nature, where they do not belong. … flow or in their presentation media (e.g. website) or with shipment of their goods. Collection and take-back points in the retail sector and in the …

  • Press release 03/2021 from 28.01.2021 | Last changed: 08.02.2021

    Many companies underestimate the risks of climate change

    Niedrigwasser

    … global supply chains of raw materials and intermediate products as well as domestic goods traffic via waterways may be more strongly affected by climate change in the … therefore address climate-related risks and take appropriate precautions – in this example, through adapted shipbuilding or a modal shift to rail. Among the risks that …

  • Press release 20/2020 from 20.05.2020 | Last changed: 16.06.2020

    Emerge more sustainable from the coronavirus pandemic

    A PV power plant in the country side.

    … UBA also advises a gradual reduction of environmentally harmful subsidies - for example, the unfavourable taxation of diesel or tax exemptions for kerosene. Revenue … an opportunity to promote sustainable economic growth. It will place Germany in a good position to generate income over the medium and long term," said Dr. Fritzi …

  • News from 30.06.2022 | Last changed: 30.06.2022

    Germany hands over HELCOM chairmanship to Latvia

    For a healthy and sustainably used Baltic Sea

    … 2021, the HELCOM Contracting Parties adopted an ambitious ten-year plan to restore good condition to the Baltic Sea. We were able to agree measures related to German …