… harm that occurs. The legislature can create environmental liability legislation under both public and civil law. In terms of civil law this is a matter of … consequences of the practical application of the Environmental Damage Act can be found in the presentation “Umweltschutz durch Umwelthaftung – Das … International environmental liability law can provide compensation for transboundary or extraterritorial damage incurred by the polluter and thus contribute to …

… German Environment Agency’s headquarters in Dessau Source: Silke Seider / Umweltbundesamt last update on 21.11.2024 Background and aims of the Environmental Information Act The Environmental Information Act … des Umweltinformationsgesetzes (UIG) - Analyse der Anwendung der Regelungen des UIG und Erschließung von Optimierungspotentialen für einen ungehinderten und einfachen …

… makes up immission control legislation. German immission control legislation has undergone a dynamic development since BImSchG entered into force in 1974. It has in … by the German Environment Agency (UBA) analyzes the operator obligations under the Federal Immission Control Act with regard to energy efficiency. Present … Schulte and Kathleen Michalk (Technische Universität Dresden, Institut für Technik- und Umweltrecht), see here (English summary available). Associated content Links …

… aims to simplify environmental law to make it easier to comply with and to understand. It should prevent burden on citizens, businesses and the state that are … in that way. Part of Better Regulation is to cut bureaucracy, thereby reducing undue bureaucratic hurdles for citizens, businesses and public administration, which … Related contents Abfallrecht Bodenschutzrecht Immissionsschutzrecht Klimaschutz- und Energierecht Umweltgesetzbuch Umwelthaftungs- und Umweltschadensrecht …

… transformation of Germany’s energy system (Energiewende) will require more underground storage sites. Conflicting claims of different land uses can therefore be … water extraction, raw material extraction, storage, CCS , geothermal energy, underground disposal). Conflicts concerning protected assets and the public interest …

… the global environment. last update on 19.06.2024 Governance of geoengineering under international law Climate change is one of the greatest challenges of the … technological means to influence global systems. These suggestions are subsumed under the heading of “geoengineering” or “climate engineering”. Most of the … Geoengineering-Governance . Environmental migration and international law Around the world, people are threatened by serious environmental changes which are …

… regional, climatic, cultural and political circumstances of agriculture around the world. Greenhouse gas reduction and climate adaptation, food security, … is responsible for supplying food and it provides a livelihood for many people around the world. It therefore plays a key role in achieving the global Sustainable … difficult to keep the environmental impact of the food system within planetary boundaries. In order to make the agricultural system more sustainable, several goals …

… electricity and heat in the thermal treatment Source: Bernd Engelmann / Umweltbundesamt Thermal waste treatment, which is one of the mainstays of waste disposal in … were transposed into German law via 17. Verordnung zur Durchführung des Bundes-Immissionsschutzgesetzes (Verordnung über die Verbrennung und die Mitverbrennung von Abfällen – 17. BImSchV), which applies to all waste …

… grams of CO 2 equivalents. This corresponds to electrical power consumption of around 2.3 watts per video stream, not counting power consumption for data transmission … devices, in passenger kilometres on various modes of transport Source: Umweltbundesamt Calculating the carbon footprint of virtual desktop infrastructure The … und Ressourceneffizienz digitaler Infrastrukturen: Ergebnisse des Forschungsprojektes „Green Cloud-Computing“ Related contents Globale Koalition für digitale …