… still much to be done to protect the environment and health in Europe. The report underlines the importance of integrating environment and health concerns into all policy areas in order to reduce the environment-related pressures and risks to health. The report … EEA press release UBA topic page: Health Publications UMID 01/2020 Lehren aus der Corona-Krise: Neue Leitmotive für die Umwelt- und Nachhaltigkeitspolitik …

… This is an ambitious goal that committed role models can promote. The Federal Climate Change Act therefore contains a separate section on the exemplary role of the public sector and the goal of making the federal administration climate-neutral as early as 2030. The climate protection laws …

… introduction of minimum requirements for vehicle registration systems in respect of deregistration of vehicles. 16.07.2020 The number of end-of-life vehicles (ELVs) … year of the environmental premium in 2009. The source of these data is the Federal Statistical Office data on waste disposal. The increase is likely to be partly due to the exchange premiums for older diesel vehicles which several manufacturers have offered since August 2017. …

… alternative products. After all, these products are applied extensively and in considerable amounts – about 100,000 tonnes per year in Germany. Conventional farming in … Rechtsgutachten zum Schutz von terrestrischen Nichtzielarten einschließlich der biologischen Vielfalt vor den Auswirkungen von Pflanzenschutzmitteln All press …

… Source: ZDM / Fotolia.com The Commission for Sustainable Building (KNBau) at the Federal Environment Agency (UBA) has issued a plea to the federal government, the Länder governments and local authorities to establish greener standards in the campaign …

… Joint press release of the German Environment Agency and the Federal Ministry for Environment, Nature Conservation, Building and Nuclear Safety Who … submissions nominated – award presentation on 27 November Jury meeting for German Federal Ecodesign Award 2017 Source: IDZ | Kühnapfel Fotografie On 11 September a … at an awards ceremony to be held 27 November. This is the sixth year that the Federal Ministry for Environment and the German Environment Agency are awarding the …

… placing Germany slightly below the EU collection target of 45 percent. In order to achieve the collection rate of at least 65 percent that applies to Germany … compared to 2018. Returning WEEE should become much easier for consumers in order to do so. Having a consumer-oriented network with considerably more collection and return points than now would be useful and for which the …

… cars remain too high Newest generation of diesel passenger cars (6d-TEMP) clearly undercut limits in real-world conditions Many urban areas have high NO2 pollution. The … UBA President Maria Krautzberger said: "The latest measurements and consideration of additional real-world driving conditions are showing that Euro 5 … and even more realistic traffic situations have been taken into account. For older model passenger cars and light duty vehicles, HBEFA for the first time now …

… intra-European aviation, and maritime transport. In 2025, auction revenues under EU ETS 1 amounted to around €5.4 billion, slightly below the previous year’s level (€5.5 billion in 2024). By contrast, revenue from carbon pricing under the national emissions trading system (nEHS) for heating and transport rose …