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  • Article from 22.04.2020 | Last changed: 22.04.2020

    Chemicals

    … their production, use and release is subject to international regulation under the Stockholm Convention. For a more detailed assessment of these substances see … the market of further chemicals is regulated by the European Chemicals Regulation (REACH) . For the period 2016-2018, the monitoring network of the German Working … properties are why several PAHs are regulated under REACH and are subject to far-reaching restrictions on their use. The Ordinance on Surface Waters regulates nine …

  • Article from 22.05.2019 | Last changed: 28.05.2019

    Persistent Organic Pollutants (POPs)

    … Evaluation of the environmental quality standard of POP in 2014-2016 Source: Federal Environment Agency based on data supplied by Working Group of the Federal States on Water Issues (LAWA) - 2018 Bans or limits on the production, use and … PCB in suspended solids in the Elbe river. Germany's National Implementation Plan under the Stockholm Convention on Persistent Organic Pollutants contains an overview …

  • Article from 24.06.2020 | Last changed: 25.06.2020

    RESCUE – Resource-Efficient Pathways to Greenhouse-Gas-Neutrality

    picture symbolizing the interdependencies between greenhouse gas emissions and raw material use

    … transition process will require measures that go beyond immediate GHG abatement. Understanding the resource and raw material demands for the transition appears just as … pathway will combine the most effective measures from the previous scenarios in order to reduce GHG-emissions and raw material demand up to 2050. Main results of the … emitted CO2 from the atmosphere through natural carbon sinks such as forests in order to mitigate GHG-emissions. The use of natural carbon sinks is central for …

  • Article from 30.09.2025 | Last changed: 01.10.2025

    Resources Commission at the UBA (currently inactive)

    Excavators at work in an open pit

    … of key issues and developments on the sustainable use of natural resources, considering in particular associated environmental impacts and social aspects along the … policy and joint communication of findings to policy-makers and society in order to further strengthen sustainable resource use in Germany, the EU, and globally. Contributing to a better understanding of sustainable levels of natural resource use. Work areas during the …

  • Article from 29.02.2016 | Last changed: 29.02.2016

    Airguns - an underestimated disruptive factor

    Finnwal

    Airguns - an underestimated disruptive factor Airguns in the Antarctic – Underwater noise in one of … modelled vocalisations. Although a number of questions remain unanswered, the study reaches the following conclusions based on the assumptions made for propagation and …

  • Article from 18.03.2014 | Last changed: 23.10.2020

    Erhard Collection: „Waste – A look back”

    a man in a street collecting waste

    … managing it until the beginning of the 1960s. Towards the end of the 1960s, the federally owned "Zentralstelle für Abfallbeseitigung (ZfA)" (“Central Office for Waste … Sammlung Erhard Hofstandgefäß (Solingen 1909) Source: Sammlung Erhard Heraustragen der Mülltonnen mittels Tragegurt, Lübeck (1928) Source: Sammlung Erhard … für das Wechseltonnensystem, Crefeld (1913) Source: Sammlung Erhard Abfuhr der Wechseltonnen, Dortmund (1928) Source: Sammlung Erhard Wechselbodensystem, …

  • Article from 17.06.2025 | Last changed: 10.10.2025

    Switchgear

    Illustration of a typical gas-insulated switchgear

    … time, this substance accumulates in the atmosphere. Fluorinated alternatives fall under the PFAS definition Electrical switchgear containing fluorinated greenhouse … commitment The Federal Republic of Germany together with the German industry reached an agreement on global warming prevention on 9 November 2000. In this …

  • Article from 11.07.2024 | Last changed: 11.07.2024

    Eco-friendly transport refrigeration

    … gases and thus enhance the global warming. In transport refrigeration considerable savings could potentially be realized not only in energy consumption but … with CO2 (2018) 2000 reefer containers cooling with CO2 in operation (2018) First order of reefer containers with refrigerant CO2 (2017) CO2- cooled shipping Container … Fluorinated Greenhouse Gases Publications Nachhaltige Kälteerzeugung – Untersuchung der Energieeffizienz natürlicher Kältemittel in Transportkälteanlagen Related …

  • Article from 30.06.2024 | Last changed: 30.05.2024

    Supermarket refrigeration

    indoor sight of a supermarket

    … in the food retail trade. Such systems have been implemented worldwide and have reached the state of the art in industrialized countries. As energy costs rise, the … willing to address the issue of energy efficiency. After all, there is considerable potential for energy savings that can be realized both technically and …

  • Article from 08.10.2020 | Last changed: 10.10.2025

    Application domains and emission reduction

    … years that certain processes and products that use halogen-free substances have reached an ecologically and economically acceptable state of technical advancement. … Risks and Benefits of Fluorinated Greenhouse Gases in Processes and Products under Special Consideration of the Properties Intrinsic to the Substance The study …

  • Article from 27.06.2025 | Last changed: 10.10.2025

    German emissions of fluorinated greenhouse gases

    … UNFCCC Reporting Guidelines IPCC Reporting Guidelines Publications Implementierung der ab dem Berichtsjahr 2013 gültigen IPCC Guidelines for National Greenhouse Gas … Inventarerhebung fluorierter Treibhausgase (HFKW, FKW, SF6, NF3) Inventarermittlung der F-Gase 2017/2018 Inventarermittlung der F-Gase 2019/2020 Inventarermittlung der F-Gase 2021/2022 Related publications …

  • Article from 20.07.2023 | Last changed: 10.10.2025

    Persistent fluorinated greenhouse gases

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

    … the group of PFAS. Currently, a restriction proposal on PFASs is being discussed under REACH . Basic information on PFCs, areas of application and current developments can … group of PFAS. Currently, a restriction proposal on PFASs is being discussed under REACH. Basic information on PFCs, areas of application and current developments can …