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  • DzU article from 25.06.2025 | Last changed: 16.09.2025

    Indicator: Employment in the renewable energy sector

    Graph: After a strong increase since 2000, employment has been declining since 2012 due to the sharp job losses in solar energy. There was a slight increase from 2015 to 2016. Most jobs were created in the wind energy and biomass sectors. Between 2016 and 2019, there were sharp declines. By 2023, there were significant increases again, especially in solar energy and heat pumps.

    … results, the various studies agree on fundamental trends and core statements. More detailed information: „Beschäftigung und Umweltschutz" (in German only). Related contents … results, the various studies agree on fundamental trends and core statements. More detailed information: „Beschäftigung und Umweltschutz" (in German only). … …

  • Press release 27/2019 from 20.08.2019 | Last changed: 28.10.2019

    German Environment Agency launches air quality app for Android and iPhone devices

    the Luftqualität app on a smartphone

    … and ozone pollution available from 400 measuring stations The app has up-to-date information about particulate matter, nitrogen dioxide and ozone pollution. Source: … particulate matter (PM10), nitrogen dioxide and ozone. The data is collected from more than 400 air quality measuring stations across Germany. An air quality index …

  • Press release 07/12 from 08.02.2012 | Last changed: 03.07.2013

    Painkillers contaminate Germany’s waterbodies

    … tonnes land in wastewater every year Germany’s waterbodies and soil are showing more and more traces of pharmaceutical residues, as proven by the latest data from … the ecologically problematic aspects of certain pharmaceuticals. The study contains information about the behaviour and occurrence of pharmaceuticals in the …

  • Cover from 27.11.2025

    Competence center KomPass

    Detailed image of a compass

    … adaptation instruments and the development of new instruments. Provision of information KomPass compiles the latest research findings and uses them to develop target group-specific information products. The majority can be found on this website. The “tatenbank” , …

  • DzU article from 08.01.2026 | Last changed: 08.01.2026

    Indicator: Energy consumption for buildings

    A graph shows the building-related final energy consumption for room heating, room cooling, hot water and lighting for 2008 to 2024. The indicator decreases with fluctuation. No differentiation is shown between the individual uses.

    … Figures are taken from the ‘Anwendungsbilanzen ( AGEB 2024 , in German only ). More detailed information: 'Energieverbrauch für fossile und erneuerbare Wärme ' (in German only) … Figures are taken from the ‘Anwendungsbilanzen ( AGEB 2024 , in German only ). More detailed information: 'Energieverbrauch für fossile und erneuerbare Wärme ' (in …

  • Press release 10/2018 from 12.04.2018 | Last changed: 12.07.2018

    UBA issues recommendations to fight micropollutants in water bodies

    Ein Reagenzkolben vor grüner Wiese, darin Wasser.

    … concentrations can have a negative impact on the environment and human health. Ever more sophisticated analytical methods are tracing more and more of these … toxic) should not be authorised at all. Physicians and pharmacists must have better information about the environmental aspects of pharmaceutical drugs. Patients must …

  • 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.

    … extreme weather events seem to require the deployment of civic protection crews more and more frequently. The deployment situation seems to be characterised … conclusions about the actual self-help capacity of citizens from their level of information, which depends not only on the level of information but also on the …

  • KomPass: Article from 28.11.2023 | Last changed: 30.09.2024

    Cluster Financial services industry

    The picture shows a man sitting at a desk holding a ballpoint pen between his fingers while operating a pocket calculator. There are several documents on the desk; it is just possible to make out the fuzzy image of some charts.

    … For example, liability insurance or household insurance products are typically more profitable whereas homeowners’ comprehensive insurance regularly incurs … FiW-R-1 ), there seems to be a need for more strongly and more intensively bundled information on climate risks. In order to raise public awareness of the risks of …

  • Cover from 22.01.2026

    Conference “Advancing REACH beyond 2020” Start

    … “Advancing REACH beyond 2020” Conference Agenda Registration Venue & travel information Conference documents We regret to inform you that the "Advancing REACH … stakeholders from authorities, industries and NGOs. The focus of this conference is more on a political level - elaborating the general options and feasibility - than a …

  • Press release 37/2024 from 11.09.2024 | Last changed: 12.09.2024

    On the way to a pollutant-free environment

    Das Bild zeigt Laborgläser mit verschiedenfarbigen Flüssigkeiten.

    … Congress took place at the German Environment Agency (UBA) in Dessau-Rosslau with more than 500 experts from companies, scientists, non-governmental organisations and … input of problematic substances into the environment is sufficient and available information on effects, uses and their environmental occurrence. The consumption of …

  • KomPass: Area of action adaptation from 15.07.2022 | Last changed: 08.01.2026

    Adaptation: Field of Action Forestry

    Stack of wood logs

    … maple and small-leaved lime are considered very suitable. Larch, English oak, sycamore maple, large-leaved lime, and walnut are well suited. Primarily with a targeted … soils | Utilisation of raw timber | Timber construction quota | Silvicultural information on the theme of adaptation Humus is essential for storing water and …

  • KomPass: Article from 28.11.2023 | Last changed: 18.12.2024

    HUE-1: Manageability of climate change impacts

    The picture shows a woman’s head and shoulders while she looks sceptically out of a window. The window is part-shaded by an indoor blind.

    … Federal government considers it one of its key responsibilities to ensure adequate information is easily accessible, with convincing illustrations of the challenges … public’s awareness regarding events closely bound up with climate change. But the more the public turn their attention to other subjects, the more the perceived …