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  • Press release 42/2017 from 11.12.2017 | Last changed: 15.12.2017

    Market shares for green products growing – yet CO2 emissions in consumer sector remain unchanged

    Shopping trolley in a super market

    … Sales of environmentally friendly products has risen seven percent compared to 2015 Source: nonnie192 / Fotolia Sales of green products in 2015 in the consumer sectors of homes and living, mobility and food grew by seven … consumer sectors homes and living, mobility and food. It compares the data for 2008-2015 to the development of CO2 emissions in the consumer sector. It takes a look for …

  • KomPass: Article from 28.11.2023 | Last changed: 19.12.2024

    GE-I-1: Heat stress

    The picture a woman´s face with beads of perspiration caused by the summer heat. The woman is holding a hand to her forhead. In the left-hand side of the picture is a thermometer indicating 40°C air temperature.

    … mean) of heat warnings were issued on more than ten hot days in 2006, 2010, 2013, 2015 and 2018. Compared to the time series of hot days, there are years in which the … heat’ is less stressful to health, fewer heat warning days were recorded than in 2015. On the other hand, the summer heatwaves in 2015 were accompanied by higher humidity. From June to mid-July and from the end of …

  • DzU article from 20.06.2025 | Last changed: 14.08.2025

    Indicator: Bathing water quality

    A graph shows good and sufficient bathing water quality levels for coastal and inland waters (1992 to 2024). Bathing water quality increased significantly, especially in the 1990s. The target value of 100 % bathing waters with at least sufficient quality was almost reached in 2015 and has been constantly at a high level since then.

    … All bathing waters in the EU were supposed to be of at least sufficient quality by 2015. 97.8 % of inland bathing waters had excellent water quality in 2024. With that … were supposed to at least meet the requirements of the sufficient quality level by 2015. The target was missed by a narrow margin in 2024, but Germany is still one of … All bathing waters in the EU were supposed to be of at least sufficient quality by 2015. 97.8 % of inland bathing waters had excellent water quality in 2024. With that …

  • News from 25.11.2025 | Last changed: 25.11.2025

    UN Climate Conference COP30: No breakthrough, but small successes

    Entrance to the grounds of the 30th World Climate Conference

    … globally. Ten years after Paris: a different future than expected before 2015 Before the Paris Agreement was adopted at the UN climate conference (COP21) in 2015, projections of global greenhouse gas emissions showed that the world was heading for a warming of at least 3.6°C by 2100 . However, since 2015, the international climate agreement has led to a large number of individual …

  • DzU article from 24.11.2025 | Last changed: 24.11.2025

    Indicator: Hot days

    A graph shows the number of hot days in the areal mean for 1951 to 2025. Although the trend varies greatly, the increase is clearly visible. A trend line has also been plotted on the graph which shows a significant rise.

    … The highest number of hot days averaged across Germany were recorded in 2003, 2015, 2018 and 2022. Despite considerable fluctuations between individual years, the … temperatures exceeded 30 °C. The strain on heat was also particularly high in 2003, 2015 and 2018: in these years there were between 18 to 20 ‘hot days’ on a nationwide … … The highest number of hot days averaged across Germany were recorded in 2003, 2015, 2018 and 2022. Despite considerable fluctuations between individual years, the …

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    UBA’s official car in front of the Agency’s offices, Dessau-Roßlau 2009

    VW Touran with inscription "R744 - air conditioning with CO2: climate-friendly and efficient" in front of the UBA´s office building Dessau-Roßlau

    … equipped with a mobile air-conditioning using the natural refrigerant CO2. May 2015 marked its fifth year of operation with vehicle mileage of 165,000 kilometres. … equipped with a mobile air-conditioning using the natural refrigerant CO2. May 2015 marked its fifth year of operation with vehicle mileage of 165,000 kilometres. …

  • KomPass: Article from 28.11.2023 | Last changed: 12.12.2024

    LW-R-6: Agricultural irrigation

    The picture shows an arable field with young potato plants being irrigated by a drip irrigation unit.

    … and the irrigation actually carried out will also depend on the ‘crop mix’. In 2015 some 451,800 ha of outdoor cultivation terrain was irrigated in Germany. In … %. In all the other Länder, this proportion is only up to 6.3 %. By comparison, in 2015 and 2019, the areas – equipped with irrigation technology and where hence … In the drought year of 2019, 66 % of irrigatable terrain was irrigated, whereas in 2015, the proportion had been lower, amounting to 58 %. The fact that in the region …

  • Press release 33/2015 from 25.09.2015 | Last changed: 23.01.2017

    Efficient space and water heaters

    a cat is sleeping on a radiator

    … concerning space heaters and water heaters will enter into force on 26 September 2015. The regulations specify a gradual establishment of limit values for energy … one quarter of the EU primary energy saving target for 2020. Press release No. 33/2015 | 25.09.2015 The new regulations govern both large-scale units and those typically used in …

  • Cover from 12.11.2015

    Sustainable Chemistry Conference Documentations

    … Documentations Sustainable Chemistry Conference 2015 Agenda Documentations     Documentation Messages from Berlin Presentations The … supply chains of the textile sector, Petra Schwager, UNIDO Sustainable chemistry 2015 - the way forward, Bettina Roth, VAUDE What are the biggest challenges your … supply chains of the textile sector, Petra Schwager, UNIDO Sustainable chemistry 2015 - the way forward, Bettina Roth, VAUDE What are the biggest challenges your …

  • Newsletter from 28.06.2017 | Last changed: 28.06.2017

    Newsletter "UBA aktuell" - No.: 3/2017

    … diesel vehicles is for the benefit of climate protection also does not stand up: in 2015 the CO2 emissions of newly registered diesel cars were on a par with those of … read more (in German)  Energy-related greenhouse gas emissions hardly changed in 2015 The emission of energy-related greenhouse gases, which are mainly generated by electricity and heat production, practically remained virtually unchanged in 2015 (minus 0.3 percent) compared to the previous year. However, the trend is …

  • KomPass: Article from 28.11.2023 | Last changed: 18.11.2025

    Effects chain – Example presentation from the ‘building sector’ field

    … Four of the five years indicating the greatest number of hot days occurred since 2015. Regarding Germany’s nationwide increase in hot days, it is to be noted that … being particularly significant in years with extraordinarily warm summers such as 2015, 2018 and 2019. For example, in 2018 the nationwide average was 20.4 hot days, … Four of the five years indicating the greatest number of hot days occurred since 2015. Regarding Germany’s nationwide increase in hot days, it is to be noted that …