… compatible choice of products requires reliable and comparable data on the leaching of substances. UBA has published reference data based on new European … on building products Users of building products seldom find information on the pollutant emissions or content of a given building product. This is about to change. After the EU Member States have agreed on a reporting format, architects and construction …

… Risks and opportunities in responding to the coronavirus crisis “The only thing missing right now is an invasion by … in the poorer countries is of decisive importance: one can only imagine the kind of humanitarian disaster that the coronavirus could cause in Africa, for instance, … that multilateralism has been weakened in recent years by the rise of nationalist movements all over the world. Moreover, the first response to the coronavirus has …

… COVID-19: let’s make sure we don’t learn the wrong lesson We are in the midst of one of the biggest global wake-up calls in … we have created through our ravaging of Earth’s resources holds great risks for humanity. It’s telling us that local impacts of our actions are transmitted through … immediate scientific response to the pandemic is predominantly biomedical. As we move out of the acute phase, that biomedical understanding needs to be embedded in …

… Ecology of data: we should use the coronavirus crisis as ... In times of upheaval, … the basis of cooperation and participation. Accusing digitalisation of alienating human societies is a misunderstanding. The opposite is the case: societies that are …

… Getting through the crisis: with the right goals in mind Once again, the world finds itself in crisis mode. The 21st … we are familiar from climate policy. Managing the coronavirus crisis and protecting human life currently has top priority. The picture of the world afterwards remains …