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  • Press release 06/2025 from 11.02.2025 | Last changed: 13.02.2025

    Call for entries for the German Prize for Nature Writing 2025

    in einem dunklen Gehölz fällt Licht auf einen alten abgebrochenen Baum

    … for entries for the German Prize for Nature Writing 2025 Prize recognises authors whose literary work focuses on nature Source: Gabriela Torres Ruiz The publishing … No. 06/2025 | 11.02.2025 The German Prize for Nature Writing honours authors who make reference to 'nature' in their literary work. The prize, which is awarded …

  • Cover from 19.11.2025

    umwelt.info

    Canals bird's eye view

    … information available. This situation calls for a new approach to providing anyone who is interested with comprehensible but also well-founded answers to their … better overview of the environmental information and data available in Germany as a whole. Metadata and data will first be retrieved via standardised interfaces. Once …

  • Cover from 14.02.2019

    Climate Impacts and Adaptation

    Frau steht mit Regenjacke und Gummistiefeln in einem überschwemmten Gebiet

    … here you can find all current topics. Furthermore, stay up-to-date with our KomPass newsletter. Impacts of climate change Climate change alters the world which we live …

  • KomPass: Article from 28.11.2023 | Last changed: 17.12.2024

    BAU-R-1: Recreation areas

    The picture shows an aerial photograph of the ‘Straße des 17. Juni’, a street commemorating the building of the Berlin Wall (the anniversary of German unification takes place annually on 17th June). To the right and left of this street, you can see the canopy of trees in the Große Tiergarten park. The city’s silhouette is visible in the picture’s horizon, including the Reichstags building, tv tower, cathedral and the Brandenburg Gate.

    … risk are primarily older people, people with chronic illnesses, children and people who live in isolation. However, other population categories can also be affected by … risk are primarily older people, people with chronic illnesses, children and people who live in isolation. However, other population categories can also be affected by …

  • KomPass: Article from 28.03.2022 | Last changed: 28.03.2022

    Climate models and scenarios

    A bridge over a dry river

    … the socio-economic scenarios provide indications of where and how older people who suffer particularly from heat will live in the future. With this information, … the socio-economic scenarios provide indications of where and how older people who suffer particularly from heat will live in the future. With this information, …

  • Press release 26/2021 from 01.06.2021 | Last changed: 04.06.2021

    Germany's bathing waters: excellent

    Ein Badegewässer

    … is considered extremely unlikely. According to the World Health Organization (WHO), there is no evidence at present that the virus is transmitted via water. However, people who suffer from an acute respiratory tract infection or diarrhoea should not go …

  • Press release 23/2020 from 08.06.2020 | Last changed: 17.06.2020

    Clean bathing waters, but the fun has its limits

    See in Brandenburg

    … SARS coronavirus-2 when bathing is considered extremely unlikely. According to the WHO, there is no evidence at present that the virus is transmitted via water. As a matter of principle, however, people who suffer from an acute respiratory tract infection or diarrhoea should not go …

  • Press release 05/2024 from 31.01.2024 | Last changed: 02.02.2024

    Call for entries for the German Prize for Nature Writing 2024

    in einem dunklen Gehölz fällt Licht auf einen alten abgebrochenen Baum

    … Writing 2024 Authors can submit texts until 10 March 2024 Prize recognises authors whose literary work focuses on nature Source: Gabriela Torres Ruiz The publishing … No. 05/2024 | 31.01.2024 The German Prize for Nature Writing honours authors who make reference to 'nature' in their literary work. The prize, which is awarded …

  • News from 11.02.2015 | Last changed: 13.02.2015

    Air quality 2014: Nitrogen dioxide now ranks as pollutant Nr. 1

    different houses, covered with snow, with smoking chimneys

    … (UBA) of measurements taken at over 500 measuring stations. Nitrogen dioxide, whose main source is motor vehicle exhaust emissions, is particularly critical and … the lowest concentrations can do damage to health. The World Health Organization (WHO) has confirmed this time and time again." Associated content Prozentualer Anteil …

  • Press release 50/12 from 17.12.2012 | Last changed: 09.07.2013

    Mothers and children throughout Europe tested for pollutant exposure

    … Throughout Europe, including in Germany, there are still mothers and children whose exposure to at least one chemical is too high and for which the Human … to go to the website of the European consortium Click here to read the consortium newsletter The UBA web page on the German participation in DEMOCOPHES Documents …

  • Press release 07/2025 from 20.02.2025 | Last changed: 24.02.2025

    In 2024, all air quality limits met for the first time

    Stau

    … findings on the health effects of air pollution. The World Health Organisation (WHO) recommends significantly lower guideline values to protect health. New limit … the new European limit values will only gradually approach the significantly lower WHO recommendations, any improvement in air quality will lead to a reduction in the health risk for the population as a whole,” says Messner. The scenarios outlined by the EU Commission on the projected …