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  • Press release 31/2024 from 03.07.2024 | Last changed: 02.08.2024

    Making cities resilient to extreme weather events

    Ein sitzt an einem Fluss, lehnt an einem Buch und liest ein Buch.

    … came into force on 1 July 2024, forms an important basis for this by creating a new strategic framework for the federal, state and local governments to … questions are being investigated, for example, in the UBA project "Rethinking the New European Bauhaus". Associated content Links UBA website on sponge cities UBA …

  • Press release 07/2021 from 15.03.2021 | Last changed: 16.06.2021

    Germany's greenhouse gas emissions down 8.7 percent in 2020

    dampfende Kühltürme eines Kraftwerks und Hochspannungsleitung

    … also have to be examined quickly in the building sector. This is ensured by the new Climate Protection Act with its binding targets for each individual sector, … policy instruments are beginning to have an effect, especially the expansion of renewable energies and carbon pricing. But Germany would have missed its 2020 climate …

  • KomPass: Article from 28.11.2023 | Last changed: 08.12.2025

    Cluster Spatial, regional and urban development planning

    The picture shows an excerpt from a development plan for a residential area with semi-detached and terraced housing. There are two mechanical pencils lying on the plan.

    … of ecologically or climatically valuable land, it is crucial to curb any new take-up of land for purposes which jeopardise its potential in terms of … a serious issue of concern that owing to the prevailing high settlement pressure, new housing developments still keep appearing in flood plains (cf. Indicator RO-R-6 …

  • KomPass: Article from 28.11.2023 | Last changed: 18.12.2024

    RO-R-6: Land use for settlements in officially designated flood plains

    The picture shows a building pit where the walls of a cellar have already been built. Steel girders are seen supporting wooden beams which extend across the ceiling of the cellar. The bottom of the building pit is filled with brown muddy water reflecting a tree.

    … settlements in officially designated flood plains Now as before, there are still new settled areas developing in flood plains. Source: benschonewille / stock.adobe.com 2023 Monitoring Report on the German Strategy for …

  • News from 18.12.2013 | Last changed: 18.12.2013

    "Signals 2013" takes a close-up look at air quality in Europe

    yellow and orange balloons

    … and the environment? What does Europe do to improve air quality? 18.12.2013 The new edition of the European Environment Agency (EEA)’s Signals focuses on these … Europe, or up to two years in some areas. Associated content Links Signals 2013 All news Tags air quality … Poor air quality can have serious impacts on our health and …

  • News from 12.12.2013 | Last changed: 08.04.2022

    Climate engineering: First-ever international control mechanisms

    fishes in the sea

    … measures besides ocean fertilization to state control. However, all of the new regulations can only enter into force when two-thirds of the Contracting Parties … Publications Geoengineering - effective climate protection or megalomania? All news Related publications Solar Radiation Modification (SRM) Technical approaches to …

  • News from 22.03.2024 | Last changed: 22.03.2024

    NonHazCity 3 Building Award: Policies for non-hazardous buildings

    Newly constructed basement walls are insulated

    … worldwide. Many hazardous chemicals are found in the construction sector. This new Award aims to highlight policies protecting people and the environment from … Associated content Links NonHazCity Building Award webpage NonHazCity homepage All news Related contents Bauprodukte Tags construction product hazardous substance …

  • Appointment from 07.09.2022

    Event of the public Virtual TES discussion series

    … Development Goals (SDGs) and the urgently needed sustainability transformation face new challenges due to Russia’s war against Ukraine. The German Environment Agency (UBA) considers the new global situation both a potential threat and an opportunity for the vision of a …

  • Press release 21/2012 from 05.06.2012 | Last changed: 18.07.2013

    Green building: part of energy system transformation

    … more than just phasing out nuclear energy, increasing energy production from renewable energy and expanding the grid. Press release No. 21/2012 | 05.06.2012 The … zero-energy building made of wood which incorporates energy concepts and uses renewable energy in its design. In the truest sense of the word, it brings both …

  • Press release 19/2009 from 03.04.2009 | Last changed: 09.07.2013

    Mitigating the consequences of demographic change

    … change. The key measure to take is to effectively slow urban sprawl, for every new building that is still erected in regions that are either shrinking or stagnating immediately creates new vacancies and speeds up the fall in value of real estate. The federal Government …