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  • Article from 14.01.2025 | Last changed: 30.01.2025

    Shaping environmental policy in a socially responsible way

    Reichstag building

    … and ensure greater ecological justice. last update on 14.01.2025 For some years now, the tension between environmental protection and social justice has … policy socially acceptable and ensure greater ecological justice. … For some years now, the tension between environmental protection and social justice has …

  • Article from 22.01.2024 | Last changed: 11.03.2024

    International Chemicals Management

    International chemicals management aims to achieve the sustainable use of chemicals worldwide

    … (IV 1.1) of the German Federal Environment Agency acts as the German National Focal Point for SAICM and the Stockholm and Minamata Conventions. It addresses the need … institute that has been working on sustainable development worldwide for over 30 years. As a non-profit organisation, it receives financial support from various …

  • Article from 12.05.2014 | Last changed: 28.04.2023

    Brownfield redevelopment and inner urban development

    … reduced land take and whose strategic application the UBA has been advocating for years; we have also submitted recommendations in this regard. As early as 2003, the … that such measures are altogether legally feasible. The federal government could appointland take limits for the Federal States (for example fixed in the Land Use … reduced land take and whose strategic application the UBA has been advocating for years; we have also submitted recommendations in this regard. As early as 2003, the …

  • Article from 28.02.2014 | Last changed: 18.11.2025

    Paving and construction

    street with concrete and asphalt

    … The land rucksack Updating the Land Use and Land Cover Database CLC for the Year 2012 - „Backdating“of DLM-DE from the Reference Year 2009 to the Year 2006 Tags land use soil sealing urban sprawl … There’s no way around it: all …

  • Article from 26.02.2014 | Last changed: 14.11.2025

    Pressures on soil

    Photo of concrete slabs with gras growing through

    … update on 26.02.2014 Soil degradation is a process that has been going on for many years and from myriad sources, the one culprit being land development, which … intensive farming. … Soil degradation is a process that has been going on for many years and from myriad sources, the one culprit being land development, which …

  • Article from 15.02.2016 | Last changed: 14.08.2025

    Division III

    Dr. Bettina Rechenberg

    … technically and logistically suitable method from an environmental and cost standpoint. Division III’s unit Anlaufstelle Basler Übereinkommen (focal point Basel Convention) has been tasked with issuing permits for cross-border …

  • Article from 06.09.2023 | Last changed: 14.08.2025

    Division I

    Martin Schmied

    … Division I elaborates instruments from a legal, economic and social science standpoint that target the following areas: climate protection; air quality improvement; … the OECD, and Central and Eastern European states. The UBA also acts as the German Focal Point for the European Environmental Agency (EEA) . In the wake of the …

  • Article from 26.05.2025 | Last changed: 14.08.2025

    About us

    look into the inside courtyard with its glass roof

    … research to scientific institutions in German and abroad.  We are also the German point of contact for numerous international organizations such as WHO.  Our staff … stations in our own air quality tracking network. Associated content Links 50 years of the German Environment Agency (UBA) entire history of the UBA (in German) … research to scientific institutions in German and abroad.  We are also the German point of contact for numerous international organizations such as WHO.  Our staff …

  • Article from 12.05.2014 | Last changed: 28.04.2023

    Tradable land planning permits

    Tradable land planning permits

    … certificates they will be receiving (expressed as 1,000 square meters of land per year and certificate). By revoking existing land development permits, municipalities … land developments and related sale and purchase of certificates  for the next 15 years will be mapped out on a timeline. To this end, computer-aided sessions will be … land developments and related sale and purchase of certificates  for the next 15 years will be mapped out on a timeline. To this end, computer-aided sessions will be …

  • Article from 02.08.2023 | Last changed: 23.10.2025

    Guarantees of origin for renewable energy sources

    … sources The market share of green electricity has increased dramatically in recent years in Germany. Electricity consumers need to be confident that the green … states are published in brief summaries in German and English. UBA expressly points out that these brief summaries do not indicate that future requests for GOs …

  • Article from 19.05.2016 | Last changed: 19.05.2016

    International Association of Antarctica Tour Operators

    Penguins are one of the reasons to travel to Antarctica.

    … to the Antarctic Treaty. The IAATO's self-regulation has been so successful in past years as to result in a form of tourism practiced by its members that has left a … on visitor numbers, landings and other activities. It also sends delegations to the yearly Antarctic Treaty Consultative Meetings (ATCM) which represent the tourism … to the Antarctic Treaty. The IAATO's self-regulation has been so successful in past years as to result in a form of tourism practiced by its members that has left a …

  • Article from 28.01.2016 | Last changed: 29.02.2016

    International research in Antarctica

    Ice samples taken from the Antarctic polar ice provide researchers with valuable information.

    … cooperation in Antarctic research begun during the International Geophysical Year in 1957/1958. SCAR is an NGO body of the International Council of Scientific … Earth's atmosphere, oceanography and remote sensing. The Committee meets every two years and assesses current research outcome to issue recommendations to the parties … Earth's atmosphere, oceanography and remote sensing. The Committee meets every two years and assesses current research outcome to issue recommendations to the parties …