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  • Article from 28.02.2014 | Last changed: 18.11.2025

    Paving and construction

    street with concrete and asphalt

    … Paving and construction More and more green softens asphalt and concrete Source: ThomBal / Fotolia.com There’s no … in urban environments, creates an urban climate whose air temperatures are higher than those found in forests and greenfield sites. Such areas also prevent …

  • Article from 16.05.2024 | Last changed: 14.08.2025

    Division IV

    Dr. Erik Schmolz

    … Division IV is tasked with chemical safety. We endeavour to protect the public and the environment against hazardous chemicals, to which end we investigate and assess environmentally harmful substances and preparations. When potential hazards come to light, we devise risk reduction …

  • Article from 15.02.2016 | Last changed: 14.08.2025

    Division III

    Dr. Bettina Rechenberg

    … natural resources be conserved? last update on 15.02.2016 Sustainable Production and Products, Waste Management In one way or another all aspects of product … pollution. Division III investigates these problems along the entire supply and lifecycle chain and tries to find viable solutions that will genuinely serve the cause of …

  • Article from 14.06.2023 | Last changed: 14.08.2025

    Division II

    … Division II Division II is in charge of waterbody and soil protection as well as public-health issues such as air and drinking water quality. last update on 14.06.2023 Environmental Health and Protection of Ecosystems Hazards to the environment can cause hazards to human …

  • Article from 06.09.2023 | Last changed: 14.08.2025

    Division I

    Martin Schmied

    … sphere of responsibility encompasses sustainable development strategies, traffic and noise pollution. In this regard, sustainable-development strategies aimed at substantially reducing the carbon footprint of energy and raw material use are taking on ever growing importance. last update on 06.09.2023 Environmental Planning and Sustainability Strategies Environmentally sustainable transport Vehicular …

  • Article from 27.12.2017 | Last changed: 23.01.2025

    Spatial and Settlement Development

    Lucian Milasan

    … Spatial and Settlement Development Sustainable spatial planning must meet the … challenges of environmental protection Source: Lucian Milasan / Fotolia.com Our demands on the use of space are increasing. It is therefore important to plan with the … the ⁠ UBA ⁠ to promote sustainable, environmentally friendly spatial development. … Spatial and Settlement Development …

  • Article from 12.05.2014 | Last changed: 28.04.2023

    Tradable land planning permits

    Tradable land planning permits

    … Tradable land planning permits Tradable land planning permits Source: Lydia Roy UBA / 2014 The purpose of tradable …

  • Article from 02.08.2023 | Last changed: 23.10.2025

    Guarantees of origin for renewable energy sources

    … Guarantees of origin (GO) prove the origin of renewable energy in a transparent way and provide electricity consumers the necessary reliability. last update on 02.08.2023 Register of Guarantees of Origin (HKNR) The mandatory electricity disclosure that electricity supplier are required to carry out … electricity supplier may only disclose  renewable electricity on electricity bills and advertisement if they have cancelled GOs for the delivered amount of energy …

  • Article from 28.01.2016 | Last changed: 29.02.2016

    International research in Antarctica

    Ice samples taken from the Antarctic polar ice provide researchers with valuable information.

    … Research (SCAR) was already established in February 1958. Its task has been and still is to continue the successful cooperation in Antarctic research begun … SCAR is an NGO body of the International Council of Scientific Unions (ICSU) and provides scientific advice to the Antarctic Treaty states. SCAR is charged with the development, coordination and promotion of scientific programmes in Antarctica. The Committee's various action …

  • Article from 28.01.2016 | Last changed: 29.02.2016

    Protection and management of areas under PEPAT

    The former British base Port Lockroy is a protected historic site.

    … Protection and management of areas under PEPAT The former British base Port Lockroy … What do a colony of emperor penguins, the Amundsen-Scott South Pole Station, and polar researcher Ernest Shackleton's hut have in common? They and many other … their corresponding Management Plans, and Historic Sites and Monuments. … Protection and management of areas under PEPAT …

  • Article from 28.01.2016 | Last changed: 29.02.2016

    Protected Areas in Antarctica

    Areas of special importance for Antarctica can be designated as Specially Protected Areas.

    … the Antarctic environment. This protection of very sensitive areas both on shore and in the ocean is provided under the Protocol on Environmental Protection to the Antarctic Treaty and the Convention on the Conservation of Antarctic Marine Living Resources … (CAMLR-Convention). last update on 28.01.2016 Although the Antarctic Treaty and the Protocol on Environmental Protection protects Antarctica under international …

  • Article from 24.07.2013 | Last changed: 29.02.2016

    International activities in and around the Antarctic

    … International activities in and around the Antarctic Despite its remote location, it can become almost busy in the Antarctic in some places and at certain times: research, tourism and logistics support for activities all …