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  • Appointment from 12.06.2024

    Incentive Schemes to Promote Sustainable Mobility Behaviour

    … Agency (UBA) invites together with the German Institute for Urban Affairs (Difu) and the ConPolicy GmbH local authorities, mobility and transport planning experts as well as urban planning experts to join the web seminar “Beyond Push and Pull: Incentive Schemes to Promote Sustainable Mobility Behaviour in Communal …

  • Cover from 27.03.2019

    Conference Measuring Sustainability in Tourism: Agenda

    … for Download 2 April 2019  12:00 Registration   13:00 Welcome to the conference and short introduction to the programme   Andreas Wurm, Moderation   13:10 KEYNOTE SPEECH Tourism and Sustainability & the Importance of Measuring Sustainability in Tourism in the …

  • Press release 03/2019 from 18.01.2019 | Last changed: 22.01.2019

    Slight decline in greenhouse gas emissions in Germany in 2017

    Surface mining with power plant

    … tonnes of CO2 equivalents in 2017 -- 4.4 million tonnes (0.5%) less than in 2016, and 27.5% less than in 1990. These are the results of inventory calculations which … “By 2030 emissions must be cut to at least 55 percent below 1990 levels, and to 70 percent by 2040. The transport sector in particular continues to be moving in the wrong direction: emissions rose once again and are already two percent higher than in 1990. Ever increasing numbers of …

  • Press release 01/2019 from 14.01.2019 | Last changed: 18.01.2019

    So very eco: – Submissions for Federal Ecodesign Award 2019 wanted

    Logo: eco Bundespreis ecodesign

    … press release by the German Environment Agency, the Federal Ministry of Environment and the International Design Center Berlin e.V. So very eco: – Submissions for … Zentrum Berlin (IDZ) The German Federal Ecodesign Award 2019 has been announced, and once again, businesses of all sizes and sectors, designers and students can enter their products or services in the …

  • Press release 41/2018 from 05.12.2018 | Last changed: 14.02.2019

    First national competition for sustainable urban logistics

    Lieferwagen in der Stadt

    … Joint press release by the German Environment Agency and the Federal Ministry for Environment, Nature Conservation and Nuclear Safety First national competition for sustainable urban logistics … Environmentally friendly delivery service strategies help reduce air pollution and noise Source: m.mphoto / Fotolia.com Federal Environment Minister Svenja Schulze …

  • Cover from 14.01.2021

    KomPass - News

    KomPass-Logo mit Briefsymbol und Text Aktuelles

    … Source: KomPass / UBA News Are you interested in news regarding climate adaption and the consequences of climate change? Whether it is a new publication, research … our KomPass newsletter. … Are you interested in news regarding climate adaption and the consequences of climate change? Whether it is a new publication, research …

  • Press release 38/2018 from 26.11.2018 | Last changed: 06.12.2018

    Award ceremony for winners of 7th German Federal Ecodesign Award

    Logo des Bundespreis Ecodesign 2018

    … Joint press release by BMU, UBA and IDZ Award ceremony for winners of 7th German Federal Ecodesign Award Awards for … Internationales Design Zentrum Berlin (IDZ) The Federal Environment Ministry (BMU) and German Environment Agency (UBA) are awarding prizes to this year's winners of … a modularly constructed smartphone, an electric retrofittable bicycle engine, and an initiative to dispense free tap water for people on the move. The Federal …

  • Appointment from 18.04.2016

    Colloquium: 20 Years Focal Point to the Basel Convention

    … Convention Umweltbundesamt Hauptsitz Wörlitzer Platz 1 06844 Dessau-Roßlau Deutschland Open in OpenStreetMap Thursday, October 9th, 2014 - 13:30 until Friday, October … the Basel Convention on the Control of Transboundary Movements of Hazardous Wastes and Their Disposal, which has been based at the Federal Environment Agency since 1994. Participants from Germany, Europe and other continents discussed the future legal framework for transboundary waste …

  • Cover from 30.11.2022

    ERF Programme

    … 1st, 2022 (Thursday) "Transformative approaches for sustainable resource use and a circular economy" 09.00-10.00  | Welcome and key notes: Sustainable resource use and circular economy - the political landscape Conference paper 1(3) 10.00 - 10:30 | …

  • Press release 36/2015 from 12.10.2015 | Last changed: 23.01.2017

    Progress of environmental protection in agriculture too slow

    tractors on a field

    … has clearly been too slow. Many known problems such as high nitrogen inputs to soil and air remain unsolved despite improvements. In 1985 some 90 percent of land area exceeded critical loads for nitrogen; today that figure still hovers at 50 … being added to the old, due for example to the plastics or microplastics traced on and in agricultural soils. These are issues which were not even on the agenda in …

  • DzU article from 24.11.2025 | Last changed: 24.11.2025

    Indicator: Hot days

    A graph shows the number of hot days in the areal mean for 1951 to 2025. Although the trend varies greatly, the increase is clearly visible. A trend line has also been plotted on the graph which shows a significant rise.

    … number of hot days averaged across Germany were recorded in 2003, 2015, 2018 and 2022. Despite considerable fluctuations between individual years, the overall … raise pollutant levels in the air we breathe, leading to an increase in respiratory and circulatory diseases. High air temperatures combined with intense sunlight encourage the formation of ground-level ozone. Ozone irritates the eyes and airways and can exacerbate existing respiratory diseases. It can also trigger …

  • Cover from 30.10.2015

    Greener Agriculture Agenda

    … version) Programme Day 1: Thursday, 5 November 2015 12:30-13:00    Registration and sandwiches Theme: Production and consumption of agricultural goods in the Baltic region Moderation: Sonja van …