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  • Article from 21.08.2023 | Last changed: 10.10.2025

    Heat pumps

    Luft-Wasser-Wärmepumpe

    … halogen-free refrigerants, they are especially environmentally friendly because the global warming potentials of these refrigerants are very low and no persistent … halogen-free refrigerants, they are especially environmentally friendly because the global warming potentials of these refrigerants are very low and no persistent …

  • Article from 30.06.2024 | Last changed: 30.05.2024

    Supermarket refrigeration

    indoor sight of a supermarket

    … air conditioning systems. This also affects HFC refrigerant blends with a medium global warming potential (GWP) such as R-454C (GWP = 146), R-455A (GWP = 146) or … Documents Supermarket Refrigeration: Environmentally Sound Alternatives (1.21 MB) Global Warming Potential (GWP) of certain substances and mixtures (341.92 kB) Tags …

  • Article from 08.10.2020 | Last changed: 10.10.2025

    Application domains and emission reduction

    … blowing agents, propellants, fire extinguishing agents and solvents, contribute to global warming. This has prompted the development of numerous alternative solutions. … lists the UBA’s proposed classifications for substitute substances, based on their global warming potential, and discusses both these proposed solutions and other …

  • Article from 27.06.2025 | Last changed: 10.10.2025

    German emissions of fluorinated greenhouse gases

    … alternative refrigerants: natural, halogen-free alternatives and F-gases with lower global warming potentials (GWP values). F-gas emissions in Germany Source: … alternative refrigerants: natural, halogen-free alternatives and F-gases with lower global warming potentials (GWP values). … German emissions of fluorinated greenhouse …

  • Article from 20.07.2023 | Last changed: 10.10.2025

    Persistent fluorinated greenhouse gases

    The atmospheric concentration increases. It was 10 ppt in 2020.

    … fluorinated greenhouse gases Due to the stability of SF6, the concentration in the atmosphere is continuously increasing. Source: AGAGE last update on 20.07.2023 Long-lived fluorinated greenhouse gases are characterized by a long atmospheric residence time and a global warming potential well above 5000 CO 2 equivalents. They are not degraded in …

  • Article from 20.07.2023 | Last changed: 10.10.2025

    Emissions and degradation products

    Look from outer space: the Indian Ocean

    … and insulating gas in switchgears. Some of these substances have an extremely high Global Warming Potential. last update on 20.07.2023 Climate protection programmes … to the European Commission. Degradation products Fluorinated gases degrade in the atmosphere into several substances. Next to fluorinated acid (HF) the persistent and …

  • Article from 04.04.2024 | Last changed: 04.04.2024

    Fluorinated greenhouse gases and fully halogenated CFCs

    blue sky and white clouds

    … halogenated CFCs Some fluorinated greenhouse gases, halons and CFCs have very high global warming potential. Source: CC Vision Substances such as chlorofluorocarbons … replaced by much more climate-friendly substances. The agreement paves the way to a globally binding regulation. The EU had already introduced corresponding regulations …

  • Article from 29.12.2022 | Last changed: 02.01.2023

    Identifying and managing flood risks

    Comprehensive and river basin-wide management is needed to deal with floods.

    … Daseinsvorsorge.   Wasser und Abfall 23, 13–18 (2021).   Tags climate change global warming flood … Managing the hazards and risks posed by floods includes …

  • Article from 11.09.2017 | Last changed: 31.08.2023

    Publications

    … SETAC-Europe, Barcelona Older Publikationen vor 2015 / Publications before 2015 Pdfs Fate of the bacteriocide triclosan in pond mesocosms Fate of the bacteriocide …

  • Article from 15.03.2016 | Last changed: 15.03.2016

    Dioxins

    Dioxin

    … since 1989, yet proper disposal that does not pollute the environment remains a global problem. What are the main sources of dioxine in the environment? Up until … on 17 May 2004. In contrast to the regional UNECE Protocol on POPs, the latter is a global treaty which requires Parties to end or reduce production, application and …

  • Article from 22.01.2024 | Last changed: 02.02.2024

    SAICM

    Picture of the UN building with flags in front of it

    … to individual chemicals. Low-income countries bear the greatest burden. As the global turnover of chemicals will almost double again in the period up to 2030, as … Logo Source: www.saicm.org Associated content Links SAICM website Nach der ICCM5: Globales Rahmenwerk für Chemikalien (GFC) UBA-Hintergrundpapier zu SAICM 2016 Flyer: …

  • Article from 09.03.2012 | Last changed: 02.03.2016

    CLP Regulation

    … CLP Regulation The Globally Harmonized System of Classification and Labelling of Chemicals (GHS) … Einstufung und Kennzeichnung von Chemikalien Tags CLP Regulation … The Globally Harmonized System of Classification and Labelling of Chemicals (GHS) …