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  • Article from 24.02.2025 | Last changed: 31.03.2025

    Guided tours

  • Article from 07.08.2024 | Last changed: 05.02.2025

    UBA offices

    Collage of three buildings: modern glass building, historic building in green environment and mountain station on snow-covered slope

    … to come see our unique building for yourself, visit our Fachbibliothek Umwelt (environmental library), which houses a large collection of environmental books, and … our flowing, flow-through and stagnant system simulation facility (FSA) where we do research into areas such as the effect of pharmaceutical drugs and pesticides on the … Messe 6, 04103 Leipzig, Germany Directions The UBA application lab for AI and Big Data is located at the Leipzig site Location of the German Environment Agency's AI …

  • Article from 25.08.2014 | Last changed: 25.10.2016

    Environmental guidelines

    the Federal Environment Agency´s office building from above with its solar cells on the roof

    Environmental guidelines Renewable energies are also used in the Federal Environment … We feel that it is essential that we at the UBA set a good example when it comes to environmental protection. And so we have set ourselves the goal of ensuring that we …

  • Article from 06.02.2025 | Last changed: 14.08.2025

    President

    Prof. Dr. Dirk Messner

    … Dr. Stephan Bartke Head of PB 1 (m. d. W. d. G. b.) Strategy / Controlling / Research Email: stephan.bartke@uba.de , Tel.: + 49 (0)340 / 2103-2612 Franziska … Tel.: +49 (0)30 / 8903-5046 Dr. Stephan Bartke Strategic third-party funded research / European research networking Email: stephan.bartke@uba.de, Tel.: +49 …

  • Article from 20.01.2023 | Last changed: 14.08.2025

    Mission Statement

    Modern four-storey building with wood and different colored glass elements, in front of it trees and a pond with water lilies and pond lilies

    … and to many European and international organisations on the basis of its own research. It is also responsible for implementing a large number of environmental laws. Outstanding professional and scientific work as well as its … society. We use state-of-the-art digital methods to analyse our own environmental data and data from third parties. This lays the foundation for research and …

  • Article from 06.07.2020 | Last changed: 08.10.2021

    State of the art in safety technology

    … developed by the Federal Environment Agency and the Federal Institute for Materials Research and Testing (BAM). It contains the following modules: DOSIS database (documentation system on the state of the art in safety technology) ZEMA … accidents and helps to fulfil the obligation on public authorities to disseminate environmental information, as set out in Article 10 of the Environmental Information …

  • Article from 13.10.2016 | Last changed: 13.10.2016

    Nanotechnology: Opportunities and Risks

    … does it hold? last update on 13.10.2016 Nanotechnology refers to the production, research or application of particles or surfaces which are smaller than 100 … and the elimination of pollutants from the environment. There is very little data available on the subject up to now. The UBA commissioned a series of studies … and risks of nanotechnology processes and products for the environment and for environmental protection. The studies are entitled: “Environmental Relief Effects …

  • Article from 06.07.2020 | Last changed: 07.12.2023

    Plant safety

    … are used – and in the event of an accident, minimize the consequent health and environmental effects. At the UBA, all such measures are based on the principle of … update on 06.07.2020 In the interest of promoting plant safety, we conduct our own research, support Ministry of the Environment research, and assist with the process … Reporting and Assessment Unit (ZEMA) documents, assesses and publicizes in a database and annual reports all accidents and incidents that are subject to …

  • Article from 08.01.2024 | Last changed: 09.01.2024

    Mobile air conditioning with fluorinated refrigerants

    The photo shows that the fluorinated refrigerant 1234yf burned during the laboratory test.

    … the Federal Environment Agency commissioned the Federal Institute for Materials Research and Testing (BAM) to test the ignition behaviour of the refrigerant 1234yf … Authority report on R1234yf in MAC (2013) (3.13 MB) Mobile Air Conditioning: Environmentally Sound Alternatives (1.38 MB) Press Release 06/2010 (54.24 kB) Press …

  • Article from 22.03.2016 | Last changed: 22.03.2016

    Visitor Guidelines for the Antarctic

    People and penguins

    … The German Environment Agency has compiled a guide for visitors to the Antarctic based on these recommendations. It contains useful advice and guidelines for proper … environment or to leave graffiti or other markings on historical buildings, research stations or rocks. Travellers are urged to keep their own safety in mind, … for the Antarctic Monitoring penguin colonies in the Antarctic using remote sensing data Tags Antarctica … Antarctica is not only a very sensitive ecosystem, it is also …

  • Article from 29.02.2016 | Last changed: 29.02.2016

    Whale monitoring in the Antarctic

    humpback whale

    … and distribution of whales and their populations in Antarctic waters. The existing database is very limited. Since 1978 the International Whaling Commission (IWC) has … which are mainly found in the pack ice. This is why the UBA has been funding a research project from 2008 – 2013 to close gap in knowledge on abundance and habitat … authorisation process as foreseen in the German Act to implement the Protocol of Environmental Protection to the Antarctic Treaty (AUG). The project is also …

  • Article from 22.08.2019 | Last changed: 24.09.2019

    Emissions from wood and coal burning stoves in residential areas

    different houses, covered with snow, with smoking chimneys

    … the problem. If they choose to ignore your complaints then the local authorities or environmental agency are the institutions you might need to contact . Associated … the problem. If they choose to ignore your complaints then the local authorities or environmental agency are the institutions you might need to contact . … Emissions …