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  • Article from 06.06.2020 | Last changed: 27.06.2024

    The virus has made it clear: the future is now

    … All of a sudden, the tried and tested arguments of interest-driven politics – economic constraints, technological barriers, unchanging behavioural patterns, individual … that the cur-rent socio-political range of actions will be insufficient to cope with future crises, which are just as threatening, but of a completely …

  • Article from 07.05.2020 | Last changed: 25.06.2024

    Changing direction rather than ramping things up

    … I sit by the roadside. The driver changes the wheel. I do not like the place I have come from. I do not like the place I am going to. Why with impatience do I watch him … I sit by the roadside. The driver changes the wheel. I do not like the place I have come from. I do not like the place I am going to. Why with impatience do I watch him … the wheel? Bertolt Brecht, 1953 Ramping things up: after the initial horror of the coronavirus crisis, the realists who want to offset possible deaths caused by the …

  • Article from 14.05.2020 | Last changed: 25.06.2024

    Coming through the pandemic the right way up

    Coming through the pandemic the right way up The ultimate impact of the COVID-19 pandemic is not yet clear. We don’t know how long it will last, how it will … lives it forces us to imagine the world in new ways. last update on 14.05.2020 Coming through the pandemic the right way up Blogpost by Andrew Norton  The ultimate …

  • Article from 11.09.2020 | Last changed: 20.06.2024

    Navigating abrupt system changes

    … Navigating abrupt system changes Irrespective of the health issues, the coronavirus pandemic that we are currently experiencing demonstrates that rapid and … changes Blogpost by Prof. Dr. Ilona M. Otto  Irrespective of the health issues, the coronavirus pandemic that we are currently experiencing demonstrates that rapid and … allow working from home).  Have these actions affected GDP growth and generated economic costs? Yes, of course! Is it a problem? There are concerns, but the majority …

  • Article from 20.05.2020 | Last changed: 25.06.2024

    The Coronavirus Crisis as a Social and Scientific Challenge

    The Coronavirus Crisis as a Social and Scientific Challenge The importance of sustainability and resilience - A reconstruction after the coronavirus crisis must be a transformation which strengthens … professor for the history of science at the Free University of Berlin since 2006. … The Coronavirus Crisis as a Social and Scientific Challenge

  • Article from 29.07.2025 | Last changed: 29.07.2025

    Geoengineering

    … climate intervention or climate altering technologies - even if new terms are constantly being found, they do not change the fact that has been known for decades: … major risks for environment and society. last update on 29.07.2025 Geoengineering comprises deliberate and large-scale alterations of the climate system with the aim … merely address global warming as a symptom. Ocean acidification, for example, would continue, as the concentration of CO 2 in the atmosphere would remain the same or …

  • Article from 28.11.2023 | Last changed: 18.11.2025

    BO-I-4: Temperature in the topsoil

    The picture shows a seedling emerging from moist, dark soil.

    … beyond 5 °C, plants begin to sprout and grow. Source: sandra zuerlein / stock.adobe.com 2023 Monitoring Report on the German Strategy for Adaptation to Climate Change … the speed of reactions as well as the chemical solution equilibria. The decomposition of organic matter also accelerates because soil organisms are more … species. Once this temperature threshold is undercut, the development process will come to a standstill. In Germany’s lowlands, soil temperatures of more than 5 °C …

  • Article from 14.01.2025 | Last changed: 30.01.2025

    Shaping environmental policy in a socially responsible way

    Reichstag building

    … policy in a socially responsible way German Bundestag: Social issues are becoming increasingly important in environmental policy Source: hanohiki / stock.adobe.com Social issues are becoming increasingly important in environmental policy. There is an urgent need to …

  • Article from 12.05.2014 | Last changed: 28.04.2023

    Brownfield redevelopment and inner urban development

    … space, –for example, when greenfield land at the outskirts of towns and cities is converted into land for  settlement and transport. The use of greenfield land for shopping malls, commercial zones, and housing tracts has significantly increased over the past three … still operating firms. The existence of brownfield land is mainly attributable to economic change and plant closings. Before brownfield land can be used, it must …

  • Article from 16.12.2024 | Last changed: 04.11.2025

    Division V

    … is one of the greatest challenges facing humankind. The Paris Agreement of 2015 commits the international community to limiting global temperature rise to well under 2 degrees and to limit the increase to 1.5 degrees Celsius, if possible. The conclusions of the IPCC Special Report on Global Warming of 1.5 °C indicate that the …

  • Article from 26.05.2025 | Last changed: 14.08.2025

    About us

    look into the inside courtyard with its glass roof

    … and water, free of pollutants to the greatest extent possible.  Here at the UBA, we concern ourselves with an extremely broad spectrum of issues, including waste … climate protection, and pesticide approvals. Our work centers around gathering data concerning the state of the environment, investigating the relevant … we implement environmental law by making sure that it is applied in areas such as  CO 2 trading and approval processes for chemicals, pharmaceutical drugs and …