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  • Press release 38/2025 from 23.10.2025 | Last changed: 12.12.2025

    CBAM simplified: 90% of Companies Exempt from CO₂ Border Adjustment

    Container in einem Hafen

    … 2026. From 2026, a threshold of 50 tonnes of relevant basic and raw materials per year will apply. As a result, small businesses will no longer be required to … will become mandatory for importers (authorised CBAM declarants). For the import year 2026, certificates must be surrendered for the first time in 2027. As of 1 … 2026. From 2026, a threshold of 50 tonnes of relevant basic and raw materials per year will apply. As a result, small businesses will no longer be required to …

  • KomPass: Article from 28.11.2023 | Last changed: 18.11.2025

    FW-R-4 + 5: Utilisation of raw timber and timber construction quota

    … transformation and the large amounts of calamity timber, especially in recent years, pose new challenges for the timber market. For climate protection reasons, it … favour of more vigorous and climate-resilient forests and the calamities of recent years (cf. Indicator FW-I-5 ) have made substantial impacts on the timber market. … transformation and the large amounts of calamity timber, especially in recent years, pose new challenges for the timber market. For climate protection reasons, it …

  • KomPass: Article from 28.11.2023 | Last changed: 30.09.2024

    Cluster Civic protection

    The picture shows two emergency vehicles with blue lights switched on, one of the vehicles is a fire engine and the other one a blue emergency relief (THW) vehicle. Both vehicles are only partly visible.

    … and unable to take the necessary precautions for their own protection. In that year the THW recorded call-out figures amounting to 15,500 emergency relief … BS-R-4 ). There are nationwide campaigns intended to boost membership numbers in years to come, such as THW’s campaign launched in 2020 translated as ‘Your Time is … targeted crisis management. The data provided by THW demonstrate that even in years with extreme events, it is possible to carry out the requisite amount of …

  • DzU article from 10.05.2024 | Last changed: 14.05.2024

    Indicator: Environmental protection goods

    A graph shows the value of environmental protection goods produced between 2009 and 2021 as well as the share of these goods in the overall industrial production.

    … by 2.2 %. In contrast, total industrial production declined by 9.6% in the crisis year 2020. This means that potential environmental protection goods developed much … by 2.2 %. In contrast, total industrial production declined by 9.6% in the crisis year 2020. This means that potential environmental protection goods developed much …

  • Newsletter from 14.04.2022 | Last changed: 14.04.2022

    Newsletter "UBA aktuell" - No.: 2/2022

    … gas emissions and in implementing the energy transition. As the all but normal year 2020 showed a decline in emissions that even surpassed the already downward … expansion of wind energy, which is indispensable for this, has stagnated in recent years. Renewable energies currently account for around 20 percent of Germany’s total …

  • Press release 06/2022 from 24.01.2022 | Last changed: 27.01.2022

    Picture-perfect fruit and vegetables are a burden on environment and climate

    makellose, gerade gewachsene und einheitlich lange Möhren mit frisch-grünem Blattwerk

    … as a (supposed) sign of freshness and consumers often remove them already at the point of sale. The market check also analysed the prevalence of cut-rate fruit and … information is needed, for example in customer magazines or directly at the point of purchase Associated content Links Market check of the consumer centers …

  • Press release 28/2015 from 04.08.2015 | Last changed: 23.01.2017

    Environmental data shows that transport sector is not on course in environmental protection

    LKW und Pkw auf der Autobahn

    … to the railways and ships – the climate protection action programme emphasises this point appropriately. It would also be wise to extend the HGV toll to vehicles with a … of nutrients from fields to rivers and lakes." The UBA's Environmental Data also point to the need for action with regard to efficient and economic use of resources. …

  • Press release 26/2008 from 10.04.2008 | Last changed: 16.07.2013

    Fluorinated greenhouse gases: New EU regulations governing refrigeration and air conditioning systems

    … greenhouse gases as their coolant, they must be checked for leakage at least once a year, pursuant to Regulation (EC) Nr. 842/2006 governing certain fluorinated … greenhouse gases as their coolant, they must be checked for leakage at least once a year, pursuant to Regulation (EC) Nr. 842/2006 governing certain fluorinated …

  • Press release 22/12 from 07.06.2012 | Last changed: 05.07.2013

    EU bans polluters

    … since 2005. Some 100,000 - 140,000 air conditioner units are sold in Germany every year. The sales volume in Italy and Spain is about ten times that amount. As a … (3.42)B * (2.34)C (1.84)B * (2.34)C * (2.34)* These minimum requirements are 0.06 points or less below the limit of a given efficiency class and are therefore rounded …

  • News from 25.01.2022 | Last changed: 28.07.2022

    UBA: fossil gas and nuclear power are not sustainable

    EU-Fahnen

    … on emitting 270g/kWh direct emissions or 550kg/kW average direct emissions over 20 years. The latter is a capacity criterion that includes up to 1.4 billion tons of … means that there is virtually no threshold on emissions per kWh in the next ten years, and emissions above zero even beyond 2050 are deemed sustainable. These … clauses set more tightly. Regarding natural gas, this regulation would need to set yearly caps based on emission thresholds with a clear, decreasing trajectory and …

  • Press release 21/2015 from 05.06.2015 | Last changed: 23.01.2017

    Online debate: How can we adopt a resource-conserving lifestyle?

    Woman standing in a pedestrian zone with a lot of fashion store shopping bags in her hands and in front of her

    … Programme The world today is using nearly twice the amount of raw materials as 30 years ago. Source: Franz Pfluegl / Fotolia.com Should the government tighten the … conservation is a fitting platform to discuss this." A new smartphone every two years, a bigger family car, a large modern furnished flat or own home – symbols of … On a global scale people are using nearly twice the amount of raw materials as 30 years ago. Many of Germany's households have are acquiring more and more large …

  • Press release 20/2015 from 01.06.2015 | Last changed: 23.01.2017

    Contest for 'Blue Angel Prize 2015' has started

    Bühne bei der Preisverleihung Blauer Engel-Preis 2012

    … produces goods or services that bear the Blue Angel is eligible for entry. This year the Jury is paying special attention to positive environmental and climate … been a reliable indicator of green products and services to consumers for over 35 years.” Maria Krautzberger, President of the Federal Environment Agency, said: "The …