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Article from 14.01.2025 | Last changed: 24.10.2025

Maps and CCE Data

Weltkartenausschnit Fokus EU, Rezeptoren mit unterschiedlichen Farbgebungen

… Maps and CCE Data Receptor Map Source: CCE Maps are created/updated using CL data from the NFC. … methodological developments under ICP M&M. To this, CCE develops and implements databases for the calculation of CL, their exceedances and their mapping at the spatial …

Article from 10.08.2020 | Last changed: 17.11.2025

Remediation technology

… remediation measures that are available today. Their selection is determined by the environmental medium being remediated, the extent of the contamination, the type of … proven successful. The hazard-prevention measure selection process should take the environmental impact of the envisaged measures into account, as well as the … remediation measures that are available today. Their selection is determined by the environmental medium being remediated, the extent of the contamination, the type of …

Article from 27.08.2024 | Last changed: 28.11.2024

National collaboration

… The CCE collaborates with National Focal Centres (NFCs) to support effect-based, integrated assessment of European air pollution abatement policy … alternatives. NFCs are institutes that are responsible for producing the national data on critical loads/levels and maps for inclusion in the European maps in …

Article from 10.03.2014 | Last changed: 15.12.2025

Contaminated sites

Graphic realization of a multifarious land use

… by improper treatment, storage or disposal of waste and/or the improper handling of environmentally hazardous substances. last update on 10.03.2014 Introduction Since … addressed both nationally and internationally: Further development and knowledge-based adaptation of assessment bases for the precautionary, trigger and action …

Article from 26.11.2018 | Last changed: 13.02.2025

Leaching tests for emissions from building products

… with groundwater or rainwater should not release harmful amounts of pollutants. An environmentally compatible choice of products requires reliable and comparable data on the leaching of substances. UBA has published reference data based on new … reliable data for the CE marking of building products. A German Environment Agency research project (see “Publications”) carried out by the central organisation of the …

Article from 24.04.2014 | Last changed: 24.04.2014

Emissions behaviour of wood and wood-based materials

… Emissions behaviour of wood and wood-based materials Wood products can produce emissions of harmful substances Source: sebka / Fotolia.com Wood and wood-based materials are environmentally friendly and sustainable, provided the wood is sourced and processed … Some of their emissions can be problematic. The Federal Institute for Materials Research and Testing (BAM) researched the emissions behaviour of pine wood and …

Article from 10.12.2025 | Last changed: 10.12.2025

Sustainable resource use in the leisure sector

… These are not available in unlimited quantities and their use can have negative environmental consequences . Some products and services in the leisure sector … such as sailing boats, photographic equipment and guitars need to be manufactured. Based on preliminary figures, the German Environment Agency has estimated that … This is a share of around 13% of total German raw material consumption. The research project The UBA research project "Sustainable resource use in the leisure …

Article from 24.09.2015 | Last changed: 24.09.2015

Plant protection products

… of our drinking water. The use of plant protection products is thus associated with environmental risks. Before a product is authorised these risks must be weighed … and refines evaluation procedures, carries out application-oriented environmental research, and provides public information on current issues of relevance to plant … of test systems with mycorrhizal fungi for the risk assessment Designing a strategy based on toxicity evaluation to improve pesticide risk assessment for terrestrial …

Article from 06.11.2015 | Last changed: 06.11.2015

Chemical research at UBA

A woman in the apron of the chemistry works in the laboratory. You are filled with liquid glass vessels

… Chemical research at UBA One of UBA’s many laboratories for chemical research Source: … The research they do provides answers to questions concerning, for example, the environmental behaviour of chemicals in the environment. The laboratory test results …

Article from 09.04.2020 | Last changed: 27.06.2024

Risks and opportunities in responding to the coronavirus crisis

… over how to interpret the future. The question of how and with which concepts the research into sustainability and the environment and the world of politics become … against the coronavirus must be linked up with the fight against climate change and environmental crises. Due to the damage caused by the virus, the economy must be … against the coronavirus must be linked up with the fight against climate change and environmental crises. Due to the damage caused by the virus, the economy must be …

Article from 16.04.2020 | Last changed: 27.06.2024

COVID-19: let’s make sure we don’t learn the wrong lesson

… can be a powerful lever for instituting change. Creating awareness of the broader environmental dimensions of COVID-19 is essential. We must ensure that attention is … It should also be the moment for the Open Science Movement to come of age. Open data, open access to scientific results and a new and vigorous openness to society … Geoffry Boulton is Regius Professor of Geology Emeritus, University of Edinburgh; Research in geology/glaciology of environmental change; Governing Board member of …

Article from 20.04.2020 | Last changed: 27.06.2024

Ecology of data: we should use the coronavirus crisis as ...

… Ecology of data: we should use the coronavirus crisis as ... In times of upheaval, we see … and sustainability! Both developments – digitalisation and sustainability – are based on similar basic principles. It therefore is no accident that both fields make …