… AG Rail vehicles include local and long-distance trains, suburban fast trains, underground trains and trams. The energy for heating is provided electrically or with … … Rail vehicles include local and long-distance trains, suburban fast trains, underground trains and trams. The energy for heating is provided electrically or with …

… The Oder River under stress The Oder River Source: Marco Rudolph / Adobe Stock In the summer of 2022, … removing bank and bed reinforcements, and reducing nutrient and pollutant inputs. … The Oder River under stress …

… Federal Environment Ministry's Advisory Assistance Programme The UBA cooperates with … Central/Eastern European states Source: Umweltbundesamt Since the year 2000 the Federal Ministry for the Environment (BMU) runs the Advisory Assistance Programme … UBA together with the further application documentation (Email: AAP-info@uba.de). … Federal Environment Ministry's Advisory Assistance Programme …

… Participation rights play a major role in environmental protection. Source: WunderBild / Fotolia.com Participation rights play a major role in environmental … and associations. A broad level of public participation makes it easier to understand decisions and thus helps in finding acceptable solutions. Another plus of … prescribes which role the public plays in the procedure. According to the Federal Immission Control Act ( BImSchG ) for example, the competent authority must …

… harm that occurs. The legislature can create environmental liability legislation under both public and civil law. In terms of civil law this is a matter of … authorities to proceed against the polluter, if necessary with coercion, and to order it to repair any harm. Such regulations are contained in the Environmental … complex subject matter of international environmental liability law has yet to be undertaken. A large number of questions, including fundamental ones, remain open. For …

… 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 … and regulates the active dissemination of information of this kind. The federal Act entered into force on 14 February 2005 and transposes the Environmental Information Directive 2003/4/EC into German law. The Länder (German states) have enacted their own laws on freedom of access to …

… case-by-case approach. Immission control law nowadays adopts a significantly broader-based approach. It requires industrial installations which have the potential to … measures but also to take precautionary measures in accordance with the “Stand der Technik” (is equivalent to best available techniques). These measures target the … the Environment Caused by Air Pollution, Noise, Vibration and Similar Phenomena (Federal Immission Control Act - BImSchG ) is at the core of the body of statutory …

… areas are increasing traffic. In its Sustainable Development Strategy of 2002 the Federal Government set a target to reduce the new land use for human settlements and … transport area to 30 hectares per day by 2020. According to information from the Federal Statistical Office, the average rate of land use in 2010-2013 was 73 … 104 soccer pitches). It follows that even more effort must be made to achieve the Federal Government’s 30-hectare/day target. There are economic and planning …

… the global environment. last update on 19.06.2024 Governance of geoengineering under international law Climate change is one of the greatest challenges of the … technological means to influence global systems. These suggestions are subsumed under the heading of “geoengineering” or “climate engineering”. Most of the proposals … the environment and restricts imports of such goods. Possible design options for border tax adjustment, and its permissibility under WTO rules One example of possible …