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  • Article from 24.02.2025 | Last changed: 31.03.2025

    Guided tours

    … Agency, and former Gas Quarter. Tours by appointment Cost: 1-hour guided tour in German = €60 (group of 20 max.), guided tour in English €80 (group of 20 max.) … of UBA Dessau-Roßlau: Stairs and bridges in atrium Source: Silvia Sinah In the environmental library of UBA Dessau-Roßlau Source: Silvia Sinah Citizens’ service …

  • Article from 07.08.2024 | Last changed: 05.02.2025

    UBA offices

    Collage of three buildings: modern glass building, historic building in green environment and mountain station on snow-covered slope

    … The UBA´s headquarter in Dessau-Roßlau Wörlitzer Platz 1, 06844 Dessau-Roßlau, Germany Phone: ++49 340 2103-0, Fax: ++49 340 2104-2285 Postal address: Postfach … to come see our unique building for yourself, visit our Fachbibliothek Umwelt (environmental library), which houses a large collection of environmental books, and …

  • Article from 25.08.2014 | Last changed: 25.10.2016

    Environmental guidelines

    the Federal Environment Agency´s office building from above with its solar cells on the roof

    Environmental guidelines Renewable energies are also used in the Federal Environment … report which then exposes us to public discussion. Tags environmental management German Environment Agency environmental guidelines … We feel that it is essential …

  • Article from 20.01.2023 | Last changed: 14.08.2025

    Mission Statement

    Modern four-storey building with wood and different colored glass elements, in front of it trees and a pond with water lilies and pond lilies

    … issues. last update on 20.01.2023 I. The UBA (overarching vision) Foreword    The German Environment Agency (UBA) is one of the largest environment agencies in … of its own research. It is also responsible for implementing a large number of environmental laws. Outstanding professional and scientific work as well as its …

  • Article from 06.07.2020 | Last changed: 08.10.2021

    State of the art in safety technology

    … on the state of the art in safety technology The information system INFOSIS in German was developed by the Federal Environment Agency and the Federal Institute for … accidents and helps to fulfil the obligation on public authorities to disseminate environmental information, as set out in Article 10 of the Environmental Information …

  • Article from 13.10.2016 | Last changed: 13.10.2016

    Nanotechnology: Opportunities and Risks

    … Nanotechnology: Opportunities and Risks The German Environment Agency evaluates and reviews the aspects of nanotechnology … and risks of nanotechnology processes and products for the environment and for environmental protection. The studies are entitled: “Environmental Relief Effects …

  • Article from 06.07.2020 | Last changed: 07.12.2023

    Plant safety

    … are used – and in the event of an accident, minimize the consequent health and environmental effects. At the UBA, all such measures are based on the principle of … rules and regulations. Moreover, we document and analyze industrial accidents in Germany and elsewhere with the goal of avoiding future accidents or at least keeping …

  • Article from 08.01.2024 | Last changed: 09.01.2024

    Mobile air conditioning with fluorinated refrigerants

    The photo shows that the fluorinated refrigerant 1234yf burned during the laboratory test.

    … fluorinated greenhouse gas tetrafluoroethane (R134a). In 2013, passenger cars in Germany alone leaked 2,400 tonnes of the greenhouse gas R134a, or 3.5 million tonnes … Authority report on R1234yf in MAC (2013) (3.13 MB) Mobile Air Conditioning: Environmentally Sound Alternatives (1.38 MB) Press Release 06/2010 (54.24 kB) Press …

  • Article from 22.03.2016 | Last changed: 22.03.2016

    Visitor Guidelines for the Antarctic

    People and penguins

    … on the protection of the Antarctic flora and fauna (Recommendation XVIII-1). The German Environment Agency has compiled a guide for visitors to the Antarctic based … on the protection of the Antarctic flora and fauna (Recommendation XVIII-1). The German Environment Agency has compiled a guide for visitors to the Antarctic based …

  • Article from 29.02.2016 | Last changed: 29.02.2016

    Whale monitoring in the Antarctic

    humpback whale

    … stronger basis for decision making in the authorisation process as foreseen in the German Act to implement the Protocol of Environmental Protection to the Antarctic Treaty (AUG). The project is also …

  • Article from 22.08.2019 | Last changed: 24.09.2019

    Emissions from wood and coal burning stoves in residential areas

    different houses, covered with snow, with smoking chimneys

    … Sweepers around 11.7 Mio so called “ single-roo m firing systems” are installed in Germany. They also reported that the number of traditional coal stoves is … the problem. If they choose to ignore your complaints then the local authorities or environmental agency are the institutions you might need to contact . Associated …

  • Article from 14.08.2017 | Last changed: 14.08.2017

    Environmental pollution and diseases of the elderly

    old woman

    Environmental pollution and diseases of the elderly Older people's health can also … would be a benefit for the society because at present more than 1 million people in Germany suffer from dementia and around 250,000 from Parkinson’s disease. These …