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  • Press release 13/2017 from 11.04.2017 | Last changed: 13.06.2017

    Emissions trading: Emissions reductions in Germany only minimal

    furnace

    … in 2016 - industrial emissions virtually unchanged Source: industrieblick / Fotolia.com The roughly 1,900 fixed installations participating in emissions trading in 2016 had emissions worth 453 million tons of carbon dioxide (CO2) equivalents, or 0.6 per cent less than in 2015. The lower emissions in the … | 11.04.2017 The emissions reductions of German installations were also far less compared to the previous year than those achieved elsewhere on average in the EU. …

  • Press release 37/2018 from 20.11.2018 | Last changed: 20.11.2018

    High costs when environmental protection is neglected

    Feuerwehr hilft bei Überschwemmung.

    High costs when environmental protection is neglected One tonne of CO2 emissions causes damage worth 180 euros – German Environment Agency publishes … phase-out of coal." … One tonne of CO2 emissions causes damage worth 180 euros. … High costs when environmental protection is neglected

  • News from 21.02.2019 | Last changed: 13.11.2019

    CO2 removal should be limited to safe and sustainable measures

    wet forest

    CO2 removal should be limited to safe and sustainable measures Forests & wetlands sequester CO2 in a natural way, technologies like ocean fertilization bear risks. Source: … However, UBA advises against betting on untried, risky technologies. … CO2 removal should be limited to safe and sustainable measures …

  • Publication from 23.06.2023

    Aktualisierte Ökobilanz von Grafik- und Hygienepapier

    Cover TEXTE

    … Economy | Consumption Aktualisierte Ökobilanz von Grafik- und Hygienepapier spotlight report … Produktion von Recyclingpapier 78 Prozent Wasser, 68 Prozent Energie und 15 Prozent CO 2 -Emissionen. Neu ist die Diskussion qualitativer Aspekte wie Biodiversität, … europäischer Ebene für die Förderung von Recyclingpapier zum Beispiel durch das EU-Ecolabel genutzt werden kann. Die Berichte sind auch in englischer Sprache verfasst …

  • Press release 34/2023 from 25.09.2023 | Last changed: 26.09.2023

    CO2 storage must not hinder phase-out of fossil fuels

    schematische Darstellung der Verpressung von CO2 in den Boden

    CO2 storage must not hinder phase-out of fossil fuels New UBA paper: Testing CCS … dioxide safely for humans and the climate. Only in the case of truly unavoidable CO2 emissions should we use CCS." The UBA therefore suggests testing the technology … (UBA) advises testing carbon capture and storage (CCS) in waste management. … CO2 storage must not hinder phase-out of fossil fuels …

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    Gabriele Leng, Holger Koch

    Gabriele Leng (Currenta GmbH & Co. OHG, Leverkusen, Germany), Holger Koch (Institute for Prevention and Occupational Medicine of the German Social Accident Insurance Institute of the Ruhr University, IPA, Bochum, Germany)

    … Gabriele Leng, Holger Koch Gabriele Leng (Currenta GmbH & Co. OHG, Leverkusen, Germany), Holger Koch (Institute for Prevention and … University, IPA, Bochum, Germany) Source: German Environment Agency The following contents contain this medium: Impressions from the HBMC2020 … Gabriele Leng (Currenta GmbH & …

  • Press release 034/08 from 16.05.2008 | Last changed: 02.07.2013

    Renewable energies making the electricity mix more climate-friendly

    … Renewable energies making the electricity mix more climate-friendly CO2 emissions per kilowatt hour of electricity sank in 2006 Every kilowatt hour of power consumed in Germany during 2006 produced an average 596 grammes of carbon dioxide, … per kilowatt hour. This is because energy suppliers used more lignite and brown coal to produce electricity in 2007. The carbon dioxide emission factor is an …

  • Press release 32/2019 from 17.09.2019 | Last changed: 30.09.2019

    40 years of innovative ideas to promote environmental protection

    Logo: Umweltinnovationsprogramm mit einem blaugrünen Zeichen, das an ein Zahnrad erinnert, aber auch an einen Haken, der zeigt, das alles in Ordnung ist.

    … Joint press release with the Federal Ministry for Environment, Nature Conservation and Nuclear Safety 40 years of innovative ideas to promote … has funded 733 pilot projects which have saved some 790 thousand tonnes of CO2. The Federal Environment Ministry (BMU) together with the German Environment … protection and innovation go hand in hand. We need innovations to master the ecological challenges of our time. Environmental protection is a good driver of …

  • Publication from 25.09.2020

    UMID 01/2020

    Titelseite der Publikation UMID, Umwelt + Mensch Informationsdienst, Ausgabe 1/2020 mit Piktogrammen der 17 Ziele für nachhaltige Entwicklung der Vereinten Nationen

    … und Launch des WHO CC (342.91 kB) Ziele und Aktivitäten des WHO Collaborating Centre for Environmental Health Inequalities (177.64 kB) … im Handlungsfeld Klimawandel, Hitze und Gesundheit (179.65 kB) LED & Co – Künstliche Lichtquellen im Alltag und ihre Wirkungen auf den Menschen (881.27 …