… million tonnes, or 16 tonnes per capita. This represents only a slight change in the trend up to 2018. In 2019, raw material consumption in Germany will fall … consumption will also fall slightly in 2020 and 2021. last update on 10.12.2025 The German Environment Agency has been publishing a report on the use of natural resources in Germany since 2016. After 2016 and 2018, a new …

… Laws of environmental liability, harm and criminal actions The consequences of environmental damage are very dramatic Source: mystock / Fotolia.com Environmental law mainly serves the purpose of ensuring that no degradation of environmental goods and services takes place. Nevertheless, if environmental harm or harm to an individual caused by environmental …

… Access to environmental information The Environmental Information service at the 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 …

… Seider / Umweltbundesamt A uniform Environmental Code shall harmonise and simplify the host of individual environmental laws. last update on 22.01.2021 Reasons for an … and due to pressure exerted by various environmental problems. For this reason, there are today many special environmental laws, which are directed in most cases at individual environmental media and co-exist side by side. These laws sometimes use different definitions of concepts and regulatory …

… International environmental law Statutory regulations are aimed protection of the environment. Source: AllebaziB / Fotolia.com Global environmental problems … regulations alone. Action at international level is required to effectively protect the environment. For this reason the fields governed by international law also include international environmental …

… agriculture: How can this succeed? Source: Christian Tietz / UBA Climate action in the agricultural sector is complex. It becomes even more complex when looking at the many different national, regional, climatic, cultural and political …