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  • Article from 19.08.2022 | Last changed: 16.11.2022

    Digital Sustainability

    Globe from above at night with illuminated areas with connections drawn between them

    … The increasing connectivity of life is ambivalent for environmental protection and sustainability. Source: greenbutterfly / Adobestock Digital technologies can be … an important contribution to the global sustainability transformation. Individually and in sum, the technologies harbour potential to bring about important ecological, … and limitations and to assess relevant environmental impacts early on. Climate justice and digital equity must also be taken into greater consideration.  …

  • Article from 02.11.2022 | Last changed: 24.01.2023

    Consequences of Ukraine Crisis for Sustainability & Environment

    A rapeseed field under a blue sky

    … we are facing fundamental questions for many policy areas, including sustainability and environmental policy. last update on 02.11.2022 Humanity has been facing a … such as the UN Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) and the Paris Agreement on climate change. One important challenge, among others, is to set up and further …

  • Article from 18.11.2025 | Last changed: 18.11.2025

    Permitting research projects on marine geoengineering

    … Marine geoengineering refers to targeted interventions in the seas to mitigate climate change, such as through methods for CO₂ removal. The legal basis for this is … 3 HSEG). last update on 18.11.2025 Background Responsibilities for the approval and monitoring of activities (enforcement) in relation to marine waters are divided … ( HSEG ) is to protect the marine environment by regulating the dumping of waste and other matter in the high seas since 1998. The international basis for this …

  • Article from 28.11.2024 | Last changed: 28.11.2024

    Commercial Refrigeration

    refrigeration unit

    … Adobe Stock / Grispb Commercial refrigeration systems are used to keep goods fresh and deep-frozen, especially foodstuffs, but also flowers and pharmaceutical … for example, in specialist food retailers and in catering applications. Nowadays, climate-friendly solutions with natural refrigerants are available for all system …

  • Article from 25.03.2024 | Last changed: 10.10.2025

    TFA as degradation product of fluorinated greenhouse gases

    A hand holding a glas of water

    … as trifluoroacetic acid (TFA). TFA enters the water cycle through precipitation and cannot be removed by proportionate means. last update on 25.03.2024 Fluorinated … residues (NER) in PBT-assessment Potential of blue carbon for global climate mitigation - Factsheet Methane, the underestimated greenhouse gas Approaches …

  • Article from 15.05.2024 | Last changed: 08.11.2024

    The Global Stocktake under the Paris Agreement

    H.E. Dr. Sultan Al Jaber, COP28 President and other participants onstage during the Closing Plenary at the UN Climate Change Conference COP28 at Expo City Dubai on December 13, 2023, in Dubai, United Arab Emirates.

    … The Global Stocktake under the Paris Agreement Closing plenary at the UN Climate Change Conference on December 13, 2023, in Dubai Source: Christopher Pike / … concluded in 2023 with a decision at COP28 on the way forward to increase action and support to effectively address climate change. last update on 15.05.2024 …

  • Article from 20.07.2020 | Last changed: 27.07.2020

    Electrical and electronic waste

    Old televisions and computer monitors on a pile.

    Electrical and electronic waste End-of-life electrical and electronic devices are …

  • Article from 19.03.2024 | Last changed: 19.03.2024

    Climate protection and energy policy in Germany

    transformer station

    Climate protection and energy policy in Germany The most eco-friendly energy is the … targets for the sectors (energy, industry, buildings, transport, agriculture and waste management) Targets for carbon sequestration in the LULUCF sector (natural …

  • Article from 22.01.2014 | Last changed: 03.11.2020

    End-of-life-vehicles

    Pressed old cars in a junkyard

    … replete with recyclable steel, copper, light metals, precious metals, glass, tires and plastic. But these vehicles also contain environmental pollutants such as motor … rates will rise to 85 and 95 percent respectively as of 2015. They are based on waste statistics that the Federal Statistical Office (Statistisches Bundesamt) as …

  • Article from 19.10.2017 | Last changed: 26.02.2018

    Plastics

    nach Farben sortiertes Plastikgranulat

    … Plastics Plastic granules, which are made of plastic waste, are used to make new plastic products Source: digitalstock / Fotolia.com Certain types of products such as packaging, electrical devices and cars are made of plastic in whole or in part, and at some point become waste. In …

  • Article from 07.01.2020 | Last changed: 09.01.2020

    Packaging

    Yellow bags of packaging waste

    … packaging Source: Zauberhut / Fotolia.com Packaging is part of everyday life and serves a useful purpose. But there’s also a serious downside to packaging, as … last update on 07.01.2020 Packaging in Germany 16,6 million tons of packaging waste were generated in Germany in 2012 alone; this figure breaks down as follows …