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  • DzU article from 02.07.2025 | Last changed: 03.07.2025

    Indicator: Air quality in agglomerations

    A graph for three air pollutants shows the extent to which the WHO recommendations from 2021 will be exceeded on average in urban areas between 2000 and 2024. The development of the various pollutants varies. Between 2000 and 2024, values for NO2 are between 172 and 28 percent, for ozone between 44 and 28 percent and for PM2.5 between 255 and 61 percent

    … Thus it is impossible to make a meaningful statement about the trend in recent years. In 2008 the EU set out its air quality objectives in the Air Quality … Thus it is impossible to make a meaningful statement about the trend in recent years. In 2008 the EU set out its air quality objectives in the Air Quality …

  • Press release 03/2019 from 18.01.2019 | Last changed: 22.01.2019

    Slight decline in greenhouse gas emissions in Germany in 2017

    Surface mining with power plant

    … Emissions from agriculture in 2017 also declined slightly compared to the previous year, to 66 million tonnes of CO2 equivalents, or 0.4% less than the previous year and 16.3% under 1990 levels. This is due mainly to lower levels of application … processes rose by 2.5%, to a total of 64 million tonnes over the previous year. The main driver of the trend is growth in the metals and cement industries. …

  • Press release 10/2016 from 18.03.2016 | Last changed: 23.01.2017

    First round table on marine litter

    beach with a lot of plastic waste coming from the sea

    … is fishery. Up to 10,000 gillnets are thought to be lost in the Baltic Sea every year, and these ghost nets can go on “fishing” for years and years. The Round Table will coordinate national measures and push forward their …

  • Project of the Consulting Assistance Program from 08.01.2016

    Development of a waste management concept for tourist areas on Lake Baikal

    … in 1996. Today the lake is an attraction for domestic and foreign tourists. Every year, thousands of Russians, as well as foreign guests visit the "holy lake". In the … in 1996. Today the lake is an attraction for domestic and foreign tourists. Every year, thousands of Russians, as well as foreign guests visit the "holy lake". In the …

  • Press release 91/09 from 09.12.2009 | Last changed: 02.07.2013

    Renewable energies and energy efficiency: Key role in climate protection

    … great cuts in the costs of generating electricity can be made in the next twenty years for nearly all technologies applied to use renewable energies, with the … used for the generation of regenerative electricity will be competitive by the year 2030. ”The scenarios up to present often do not reveal the constraints placed …

  • Press release 19/2019 from 06.06.2019 | Last changed: 16.08.2019

    Plastics in the environment

    Plastic waste on a beach.

    … Day on 8 June: Plastic litter has become a visible and urgent problem in recent years, in particular in the world's oceans. Around 75 percent of the waste found in … is dedicated to fighting plastic pollution in the oceans. The motto of this year's World Oceans Day is "Gender and the Ocean". Associated content Links UN: …

  • Press release 10/2019 from 10.05.2019 | Last changed: 16.05.2019

    Blue Angel ecolabel awarded to disposable nappies

    Mutter wechselt Windeln.

    … is estimated that 95% of children in Germany wear disposable nappies in their first years of life. This means that around ten million nappies are used and thrown away … information: The Blue Angel has been the German government's ecolabel for 40 years. It sets high standards for environmentally friendly products and services …

  • News from 07.03.2019 | Last changed: 07.03.2019

    Sewage sludge disposal in Germany

    Sewage sludge treatment, disposal and phosphorus recovery must be adapted to new statutory requirements

    … in (co-)incineration plants. The legislation has changed a great deal in recent years, resulting in further restrictions on the agricultural use of sewage sludge. … incineration ash, are in development and must become established in the next few years. The waste management chain must be adapted and adjusted to changing costs …

  • Press release 19/2016 from 27.04.2016 | Last changed: 23.01.2017

    Cities quieter thanks to 30km/h speed limit

    Stark befahrene Kreuzung in der Stadt

    … that traffic noise in the EU generates costs of around 40 billion euros per year, 90% of which is due to road traffic noise, related healthcare costs and the depreciation of real estate. On the occasion of this year’s Noise Awareness Day under the slogan "Quietly! – This way", a German …

  • Press release 13/2016 from 08.04.2016 | Last changed: 23.01.2017

    Cornerstone for an exemplary ecological building

    a hole in a baseplate for a building is filled with concrete by three men and a women who are all well-dressed

    … 13/2016 | 08.04.2016 The cornerstone for the UBA's main office were laid nearly 14 years ago just a few metres away. That building is still a prototype of ecological … rough structure will now commence. The topping-out ceremony will be celebrated this year. The outer facades will be completed in spring 2017. After geothermal …

  • Press release 59/2020 from 30.11.2020 | Last changed: 08.12.2020

    Ninth year of Federal Ecodesign Award for forward-looking projects

    Die Jury läuft auf die Kameralinse zu.

    … Nature Conservation and Nuclear Safety and the International Design Center Berlin Ninth year of Federal Ecodesign Award for forward-looking projects Jury of the Federal … the prize was first awarded. The Federal Ecodesign Award marks its 10th anniversary year as the most important government award for ecodesign." UBA President Prof. Dr. …