… yet is often marginalised in mobility planning. Reason enough for this year's European Mobility Week (EMW) on 16 - 22 September to cast the spotlight on … where people can have their photo taken in a look similar to the cover of the 50-year-old "Abbey Road" Beatles album. The campaign aim is to encourage people to walk.  For an overview of this year's participating cities and towns and their individual measures, go to …

… of the major challenges, and it keeps progressing: 2016 has again been the warmest year since weather records began. In the long-term, we must emit fewer greenhouse … of nutrients from fields to rivers and lakes. The Environmental Data report also points to the need for action with regard to efficient use of raw materials. Total …

… packaging waste: 18.7 million tonnes accrued More and more packaging is used every year Source: M. Schuppich / Fotolia.com A total of 18.7 million tonnes of packaging … Week for Waste Reduction. This is an average 226.5 kg per capita of packaging per year. The private end consumer share of this total is 47 percent, which is 3.8% more than 2016 and amounts to 8.84 million tonnes (107 kg per capita per year). UBA's President Maria Krautzberger said: “We consume far too much packaging. …

… intense rainfall events in Germany. Source: Gina Sanders / Fotolia.com This year has made it especially clear what is going to happen when anthropogenic climate … rainfall will occur more frequently in the future. The torrential flooding this year could be a foretaste of the summer in a warmer world to come. And that is not … natural hazards." The vulnerability analysis done by the Federal Government last year is based on this knowledge; its results are unfortunately corroborated by this …

… keeps rising. The experience of drought periods in the summer months of recent years shows that various regions in Germany are already now witnessing conflicts in … levels requires greater attention. As indicated by data collected in the drought years of 2018 to 2020, the trend towards diminishing groundwater levels and reduced …

… of 3.5 million tonnes cannot compensate for the cumulative deficits of previous years. Germany will subsequently have to buy emission allowances from other Member … 56.1 million tonnes of CO ₂ equivalents and thus continuing the trend of previous years. The causes for this are a relatively low use of mineral fertilisers, a …

… to the month with the lowest number of bed-nights in the course of a calendar year. In this context, a high indicator value signifies high seasonality, in other … the seasonality of bed-nights has decreased significantly in the course of recent years, and this applies to all tourism areas with the exception of urban-type areas. … the seasonality of bed-nights has decreased significantly in the course of recent years, and this applies to all tourism areas with the exception of urban-type areas. …