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  • Press release 09/2011 from 15.02.2011 | Last changed: 18.07.2013

    Hazards of extreme precipitation events experienced more often starting 2040

    … sharp increase in extreme precipitation year in around 2040. In three decades‘ time there will be considerably more damage done by floods. Lawmakers, businesses and society must make timely preparations in anticipation of the looming hazards posed by weather extremes. These are the conclusions reached in a joint research project by the …

  • Press release 42/2008 from 09.06.2008 | Last changed: 19.07.2013

    Jobs in environmental protection at a record high

    … protection, which means almost 1.8 million jobs and a new high.  In 2004 the figure was at 3.8 percent.  Three factors in particular account for this positive development: strong job growth in the renewable energies sector, a rise in exports of German environmental … ”Environmental and climate protection are not a dead end for labour policy; to the contrary, they are a means to more employment.  Environmental management in …

  • Cover from 30.10.2019

    Conference on “Resource-Efficient Decarbonisation Pathways“: Programme

    …  Registration   13.00 – 13.05   Opening: Presentation of agenda and schedule for the day Conny Czymoch   13.05 – 13.20   Opening remarks by UBA President Maria … Greenhouse-Gas-Neutrality Harry Lehmann, UBA Monika Dittrich, ifeu Intro / Setting the Scene Modelling Approach  Selected RESCUE results and scenario comparisons Main conclusions from the project   17.00 – 17.40   Table conversations on stage  Harry Lehmann, Monika …

  • Appointment from 26.09.2016

    High-level Panel Discussion on Plastic Waste and Marine Litter

    … Panel Discussion on Plastic Waste and Marine Litter Permanent Representation of the Federal Republic of Germany to the European Union Brussels Rue Jacques de Lalaing 8-14 Brussels Belgien Open in … of marine litter in a circular economy" with representatives of DG Environment, the European Parliament, major EU Plastic Associations, OSPAR Commission and the …

  • Press release 23/2016 from 14.06.2016 | Last changed: 23.01.2017

    Antibiotics: livestock industry and human medicine can pollute groundwater

    a lot of pills in different colours

    … threshold for human and veterinary medicine in groundwater is useful UBA recommends the introduction of a threshold for human and veterinary antibiotics in groundwater. … CC Vision Antibiotics used in livestock breeding and in human medicine can find their way into groundwater says a recent study by the German Environment Agency … and North Rhine-Westphalia. The residual antibiotics found were mainly traceable to agriculture. Two sites showed very high concentrations that originated …

  • Press release 09/2018 from 02.04.2019 | Last changed: 16.04.2019

    Climate footprint 2018: 4.5 percent decrease in greenhouse gas emissions

    Kraftwerk

    … Joint press release by the Federal Ministry for Environment, Nature Conservation and Nuclear Safety and the German Environment Agency Climate footprint 2018: 4.5 percent decrease in … sector emissions were reduced by about 5 million tonnes (- 2.9%). These cuts are traceable to both petrol and – for the first in many years – to diesel fuel. The …

  • Appointment from 29.06.2020

    Briefing: Evaluation of construction product emissions

    … Briefing: Evaluation of construction product emissions Permanent Representation of the Federal Republic of Germany to the European Union 8-14, rue Jacques de Lalaing 1040 Brussels Belgium Open in OpenStreetMap Thursday, October 19th, 2017 — 0:00 The German Environment Agency organised on October 19th 2017 in Brussels a briefing …

  • Appointment from 06.11.2017 | Last changed: 05.12.2017

    Discussion and performance: environmental and climate migration

    Etwas wird gemalt.

    … Discussion and performance: environmental and climate migration Werkstattbühne, Theater Bonn Rheingasse 1 Bonn Germany Open in OpenStreetMap Saturday, November … Discussion and performance about environmental and climate migration: Fleeing in the face of climate change? STAY The Republic of Fiji is the presiding country of this year's international climate …

  • News from 04.10.2017 | Last changed: 10.10.2017

    Managing glyphosate effects complies with European laws

    Ein Traktor sprüht Pflanzenschutzmittel auf ein Feld.

    … by disrupting food webs. Source: oticki / Fotolia.com Assessing and managing the effects of glyphosate on diversity and abundance of non-target species fully … on non-target organisms by disrupting food webs in agricultural areas. 04.10.2017 The risks of intended uses of plant protection products (PPP) containing glyphosate are considered tolerable where they can be compensated by ´healthy´ landscapes with a sufficient share of diverse …

  • Cover from 15.12.2016

    Conference Decarbonisation and Ressource Efficiency Documentation

    … Krautzberger, President, German Environment Agency (UBA)  Presentations Setting the agenda Dr. Harry Lehmann, Head of Division I, German Environment Agency (UBA) Resource footprint of a renewable energy system The „Energiewende“ in Germany – Does Decarbonisation lead to Dematerialisation? … of Technology, Policy and Management, Delft University of Technology  On the integrated climate impact of resources and energy extraction and use in society …