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  • Article from 01.03.2024 | Last changed: 20.08.2025

    Seas under pressure – Ocean acidification due to CO₂

    The photo shows a view of the surface of the North Sea.

    Seas under pressure – Ocean acidification due to CO₂ The North Sea Source: Manuela Krakau / UBA Oceans and seas absorb significant amounts of carbon dioxide (CO₂) from the atmosphere. With increased uptake of CO₂, the pH level of seawater …

  • Article from 03.03.2025 | Last changed: 03.03.2025

    Developing a concept for a Polar Environmental Monitoring Program

    A colony of emperor penguins in the Antarctic

    Developing a concept for a Polar Environmental Monitoring Program Pollutants enter the Antarctic and accumulate in sensitive ecosystems Source: Miriam Müller/ UBA Monitoring pollution levels is of crucial … Eco-Environmental Sciences (RCEES), Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing, China … Developing a concept for a Polar Environmental Monitoring Program

  • Article from 13.09.2024 | Last changed: 28.01.2025

    International strategies and programmes

    Flag poles with flags

    … use of natural resources and the associated environmental impacts have increased continuously in recent decades. Materials such as metals and biomass play a key role in the transformation towards a greenhouse gas-neutral economy. last update on 13.09.2024 The sustainable use of resources and raw materials … policy and is reflected in a number of international strategies and programmes. According to the United Nations International Resource Panel (UN IRP), global resource …

  • Article from 07.05.2020 | Last changed: 16.07.2025

    Agricultural Expert Panel at the German Environment Agency

    a very huge field without plants, trees and bushes

    … Agricultural Expert Panel at the German Environment Agency Agriculture has to become "greener" to protect soil, water and biodiversity Source: Martina Chirnielewski / Fotolia.com The Agricultural Expert Panel at the German Environment Agency (KLU) concluded its three-year term of office with the publication of a detailed paper on …

  • Article from 15.06.2020 | Last changed: 25.06.2024

    Perspectives of sustainable and crisis-proof cities in the

    … of sustainable and crisis-proof cities in the ‘More local, public and agile, the cornerstones of a resilient post-Corona city’ The shutdown of public and economic life; the rediscovery of what is really ‘systemically relevant’; new forms …

  • Article from 22.06.2020 | Last changed: 25.06.2024

    A new kind of closeness - Impulses for more sustainability in

    … A new kind of closeness - Impulses for more sustainability in The drastic travel and contact restrictions during the COVID 19 pandemic abruptly stopped movements and encounters of people on all spatial …

  • Article from 23.07.2020 | Last changed: 25.06.2024

    Resilience thanks to green energy: Future investments for

    … the storyline of a dystopian film, but reality for many people around the world. Considering that, according to the WHO, around 7.6 billion people have no or only limited access to …

  • Article from 14.12.2015 | Last changed: 20.12.2015

    Season's Greetings from the German Environment Agency

    … adopted in Paris will produce the first climate agreement, binding for all countries, that is able to meet this challenge. There are also small ways that each … meals in an energy-efficient ways are some of the individual ways to make a contribution. One can also make a difference at Christmas. We present you our … climate advice for Christmas baking: Pre-heating the oven is not necessary Use the convection setting to bake your biscuits: several baking sheets can be done in one …

  • Article from 26.02.2025 | Last changed: 27.02.2025

    Mobile air conditioning in rail vehicles

    modern high speed train in the city in winter

    Mobile air conditioning in rail vehicles The air-conditioning systems in the ICE 3 class 403 train use ambient air for cooling. … of system with propane is now being used in the long-distance train ICE 3neo. … Mobile air conditioning in rail vehicles

  • Article from 08.01.2024 | Last changed: 09.01.2024

    Mobile air conditioning in cars, buses and railway vehicles

    Mobile air conditioning in cars, buses and railway vehicles An EU directive has … refrigerants with a global warming potential of more than 150 in certain mobile air conditioning systems since Jan. 2011. It requires the previously used refrigerant … Here you can find further information on transport refrigeration systems. … Mobile air conditioning in cars, buses and railway vehicles

  • Article from 06.10.2015 | Last changed: 06.10.2015

    International cooperation

    International cooperation International cooperation is an important part of the Federal Environment Agency’s …

  • Article from 19.07.2024 | Last changed: 02.08.2024

    The Oder River under stress

    Photo from the river Oder

    … The Oder River under stress The Oder River Source: Marco Rudolph / Adobe Stock In the summer of 2022, an environmental disaster occurred … of fish, mussels, and snails died. This began in the Polish part of the Oder and continued downstream into Germany. The cause was a toxic brackish algae called … between Germany and Poland. The Oder is 840.9 km long. Due to regulations and construction, its length has shrunk by more than  20%. Its drainage basin covers …