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  • Press release 27/2025 from 25.06.2025 | Last changed: 31.07.2025

    Germany cancels emissions certificates linked to coal-phase out

    A factory surrounded by forest.

    … linked to coal-phase out Emissions trading provides incentives to reduce greenhouse gas emissions. Source: kbarzycki / stock.adobe.com For the first time, Germany … effect': Without additional cancellation, the freed-up certificates could be used to emit more CO2 elsewhere in the European Union and other countries participating in the trading system (Iceland, Norway, Liechtenstein). The emission reductions associated with the coal …

  • Press release 29/2022 from 15.06.2022 | Last changed: 04.07.2022

    Germany’s 2021 emissions from power stations almost back to pre-pandemic levels

    Industrieanlagen

    … (DEHSt) at the German Environment Agency (UBA) provides a detailed report on greenhouse gas emissions from fixed installations subject to emissions trading and in … emissions trading system can provide significant impetus in this regard.” Jürgen Landgrebe, Head of Division V Climate Protection, Energy, German Emissions Trading … ETS will also create considerable financial leeway in the EU. These funds must be used for targeted support and to cushion societal efforts aimed at decarbonisation. …

  • Press release 10/2024 from 11.03.2024 | Last changed: 27.03.2024

    Carbon border adjustment mechanism CBAM ensures fair competitive conditions for climate-friendly feedstock production in the EU

    Das Bild zeigt rauchende Schornsteine von Industrieanlagen.

    … are required to participate. Press release No. 10/2024 | 11.03.2024 Jürgen Landgrebe, Head of the “Climate Protection, Energy, German Emissions Trading Centre” … reporting obligation, including, for example, a list of default values that may be used until 31 July 2024 for simplification purposes. Importers can and must check …

  • KomPass: Article from 28.11.2023 | Last changed: 14.01.2025

    FW-R-6: Silvicultural information on the theme of adaptation

    The picture shows two young foresters having a discussion in a sparse forest. The man on the left-hand side of the picture stands with his arms crossed while the other man is gesticulating with his hands. In the background, beams from a low sun are penetrating the forest.

    … must create the prerequisites for the management of private forests to make its own useful contribution to the adaptation of forests. In this light it is essential to … of private forests is concerned.   122 - BMEL – Bundesministerium für Ernährung und Landwirtschaft 2014: Der Wald in Deutschland – Ausgewählte Ergebnisse der dritten …

  • Press release 50/2013 from 30.12.2013 | Last changed: 23.01.2017

    Geo-Engineering: Commercial fertilization of oceans finally banned

    fishes in the sea

    … in 2007 to carry out commercial fertilization activities off the Galapagos Islands to curb climate change, even though the effectiveness of such interventions … effects of dubious scientific activity on the environment in other areas of resource protection – for example, whale catching by Japan for supposedly scientific …

  • KomPass: Article from 28.11.2023 | Last changed: 11.12.2024

    WW-I-9: Spring algal bloom in lakes

    The picture shows an aerial view of a lake. Its surface is coloured a luminous green in places, owing to spring algal bloom. There are agricultural fields visible in the lake’s vicinity.

    … in phytoplankton. This spring algal bloom will fade once the nutrients have been used up, the stability of stratification increases and foraging pressure is brought … lakes in Germany. Five lakes each are located in the Alps-and-foothills and the uplands region, while 10 of the lakes are located in the North German Plain. The …

  • Press release 6/2014 from 16.02.2014 | Last changed: 23.01.2017

    Particulates and nitrogen dioxide still a health burden in 2013

    386 measuring stations; particulate matter (PM 10) daily mean value: exceedance of EU limit value 3%, WHO guideline 98% and 2% no exceedances; particulate matter (PM 10) daily mean value: exceedance of WHO guideline 51%, 49% no exceedances

    … Environment Agency calculations, excessive levels of particulate pollution cause about 47,000 premature deaths every year – as a result of acute respiratory … MB) Next Previous Links Clean Air for Europe programme UMID article: Health risks caused by particulate matter thematic page "Year of air 2013" Current concentrations … Critical Limits for Acidification and Nutrient Nitrogen Creation of a harmonized land cover map as an example for the entire region of the Geneva Air Pollution …

  • Press release 31/09 from 28.05.2009 | Last changed: 03.07.2013

    Pollutants in my neighbourhood

    … Register (PRTR). Online access to www.prtr.bund.de is free of charge to all users. Press release No. 31/09 | 28.05.2009   Parliamentary State Secretary Michael … Vice President of the Federal Environment Agency (UBA) said, ”With just a few mouse clicks private citizens can get free and unlimited information about pollutant … that are integrated into the electronic PRTR. The PRTR has been one of the lighthouse projects in the federal government’s new IT strategy since 2008 and is also …

  • KomPass: Article from 28.11.2023 | Last changed: 18.11.2025

    TOU-R-1: Seasonality of bed-nights in wider tourism areas

    The picture shows a sandy beach on the Baltic Sea coast with dunes and hooded beach chairs (‘strandkorbs’). The strandkorbs facing the viewer have been locked up for the winter. The sea is visible on the horizon. A few individuals and small groups of people are visible at the waterline; apart from them, the beach is deserted. The sky is partly cloud-covered.

    … a more balanced seasonal utilisation. For the destination this can indicate a useful development towards climate adaptation. TOU-R-1: Seasonality of bed-nights in … of the wider tourism areas aggregated as ‘Alps with alpine foothills’, ‘Coasts’, ‘Uplands’, ‘Urban-type areas’ and ‘Other areas’. The seasonality coefficient illustrated shows the relationship of the number of bed-nights for the …

  • KomPass: Article from 28.11.2023 | Last changed: 17.12.2024

    VE-I-5: Impacts on roads due to weather conditions and weather patterns

    The picture shows the upper part of the tail end of a vehicle belonging to the highway maintenance service. The vehicle is orange and its rear doors are marked with the word ’Streckenwartung’ (track maintenance) and reflective red-and-white striped stickers. There are warning lights fitted to the vehicle.

    … hailstones and heavy rain kept the highway maintenance services in Hesse, Rhineland-Palatinate and North Rhine-Westphalia exceptionally busy. In 2021, the ‘Bernd‘ … sections are impassable, highway maintenance services will handle traffic control using appropriate signage and barriers or cordons. Subject to the availability of … which had to be remedied by highway maintenance services. The labour involved caused a distinct amount of additional time expenditure. In May 2018, a considerable …

  • KomPass: Article from 28.11.2023 | Last changed: 18.11.2025

    KM-I-5: Change of flow direction

    The picture shows a river running through a flat landscape consisting of meadows and agricultural areas. The sea is visible in the background.

    … The readings from the other gauging stations do not show any trends, possibly because the time series are still relatively short. KM-I-5: Change of flow direction … watercourses, surf and tides interact with the river currents from further inland. Owing to variable freshwater and saltwater proportions, the dynamic landscapes … water provide habitats for specialised animal and plant species, that can be used as ‘nurseries’ by fish species considered of economic importance. In many …