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  • Article from 05.01.2024 | Last changed: 11.01.2024

    Waste prevention

    A waste container being emptied

    … Based on the results of a first project " Development of scientific and technical foundations for a national waste prevention programme " (German: „Erarbeitung der wissenschaftlich-technischen Grundlagen für die Erstellung eines bundesweiten Abfallvermeidungsprogramms“ ),which for the first time summarized …

  • Article from 29.04.2013 | Last changed: 20.01.2014

    Commercial municipal waste

    Ein Müllcontainer steht auf der Straße, daneben steht ein Bürostuhl

    … statistics issued by the Federal Statistical Office (Statistisches Bundesamt), in 2010 around 3.45 million tons of mixed commercial municipal waste, three million tons of … waste sorting. Recycling of the lower figure, 1.1 million tons, equates to around 13 kg/E*a. Using this data as a starting point, solutions aimed at leveraging …

  • Article from 07.12.2021 | Last changed: 07.12.2021

    Ammunition in the sea

    Gefahren durch Munitionsaltlasten für Schifffahrt, Fischerei, menschliche Gesundheit und das Meeresökosystem

    … in the sea Gefahren durch Munitionsaltlasten für Schifffahrt, Fischerei, Gesundheit und das Meeresökosystem Source: Forsvarets forskingsinstitutt - the Norwegian … The pollutants in conventional ammunition are so-called explosive-typical compounds (ETC) such as 2,4,6-trinitrotoluene (TNT) and other nitroaromatics, …

  • Article from 29.04.2025 | Last changed: 29.04.2025

    Marine governance: How can effective marine protection succeed?

    … Marine governance: How can effective marine protection succeed? Oceans know no boundaries. This also applies to marine life and the spread of pollution. Effective … within the framework of competent international organizations. Due to the transboundary nature of the world's oceans, the activities of one state can have an impact … on the pressure aspects of eutrophication , contaminants , marine litter , underwater noise and climate change . UBA works on the regulation of activities …

  • Article from 03.12.2025 | Last changed: 03.12.2025

    European Earth Observation Programme Copernicus

    Sentinel-2 RGB satellite image of Dessau-Roßlau (date of recording: June 21, 2020), overlaid with the data product “Riparian Zones” (reference year 2012), provided by the Copernicus Land Service.

    … for Earth observation. Since 2014, the programme has been implemented under the leadership of the European Commission in close cooperation with the Member … land monitoring Publications Machbarkeitsstudie zur Nutzung von Satellitenfernerkundungsdaten (Copernicus) für Zwecke der Ableitung ökologischer Belastungsgrenzen und der Verifizierung von Indikatoren der Deutschen Anpassungsstrategie an den …

  • Article from 15.06.2020 | Last changed: 24.06.2020

    Examples of Good Practice In Natech Risk Management

    … for this record were the results of a survey, the contributions to the Natech-II-Workshop in 2018 at Potsdam, and research results from the members of the project … areas in which examples of good practice in Natech Risk Management might be found. There was wide variation in the replies, revealing that in some areas many … information were the contributions that were handed in by speakers at both Natech workshops in 2012 and 2018, contributions of the Natech-Steering Group, as well as …

  • Article from 15.06.2020 | Last changed: 16.07.2020

    Natural Hazards Triggering Technical Accidents (Natech)

    Lightning and technical installation

    … and OCHA Joint Unit, and the secretariat of the UNECE Convention on the Transboundary Effects of Industrial Accident. This project includes two phases, the EU … from 2015 to 2019. The Natech-I-Project From 2009 To 2015 A first Workshop on Natech Risk Management was organized in 2012 at Dresden with support by …

  • Article from 06.10.2023 | Last changed: 06.10.2023

    How to reach UBA

    … from the main building, bear left and cross the bus lot. Take the Antoinettenstraße underpass to reach Wörlitzer Platz. A footpath between Wörlitzer Bahnhof and a … minutes' walk from the Langen train station. There is also a bus which stops at "Bundesbehörden". Travel information: Deutsche Bahn (DB) Map of UBA office in Langen … Previous Leipzig Alte Messe 6, 04103 Leipzig You can reach the old exhibition grounds by S-Bahn S2, S3 via stop "Leipzig Völkerschlachtdenkmal" and by streetcar via …

  • Article from 19.08.2019 | Last changed: 07.01.2020

    Air quality maps: Background information

    Air quality maps: Background information How are the German Environment Agency's … Current Air pollution maps The air quality maps are based on measurement data of around 400 stations of the German states and the German Environment Agency networks. …

  • Article from 31.07.2020 | Last changed: 20.11.2025

    Non-Chemical Alternatives for Rodent Control (NoCheRo)

    Die Silhouette einer Ratte vor grünem Hintergrund

    … Non-Chemical Alternatives for Rodent Control (NoCheRo) Source: UBA Since an EU workshop on non-chemical alternatives in rodent control in 2018, a working party has … was presented in a second EU workshop and published on this website, besides background information on the European workshops and the follow-up activities. last update on 31.07.2020 Scope of the …

  • Article from 20.02.2020 | Last changed: 27.02.2020

    LIFE APEX – Apex predators and prey support chemical regulations

    Analysed apex predator and prey species in LIFE APEX

    … more cost-effective use of chemical monitoring data from the large, valuable but under-used resources from biota samples in Europe's Environmental Specimen Banks, … monitoring as they are at the top of food webs and thereby are important for the understanding of exposures to the wider environment as well as to humans. Together … 2,400 contaminants (e.g. pharmaceuticals, pesticides, biocides, perfluorinated compounds, industrial chemicals) will be analysed by wide-scope target analysis. …

  • Article from 18.08.2022 | Last changed: 18.08.2022

    RESCUE: Main results

    … beyond this. GreenEe1 achieves 60 percent and GreenEe2, GreenMe and GreenLife are found at 61 to 63 percent GHG reductions compared to 1990 levels. GreenSupreme … GHG-emissions pathway. Only the GreenSupreme scanario is compatible. Source: Umweltbundesamt The phase-out of fossil energy carriers benefits both climate protection … and supplemented by other aspects of sustainable lifestyles, a reduction of around 61 to 62 percent by 2050 is observed. Additional measures to increase material …