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  • Article from 03.12.2025 | Last changed: 03.12.2025

    European Earth Observation Programme Copernicus

    Sentinel-2 RGB satellite image of Dessau-Roßlau (date of recording: June 21, 2020), overlaid with the data product “Riparian Zones” (reference year 2012), provided by the Copernicus Land Service.

    … and to encourage wider use of its data. The UBA is also involved in the German working group of the international “Group on Earth Observation” (GEO). GEO promotes … collected Earth observation data and connects initiatives and organizations working in this field. Furthermore, the UBA explores the potential applications of … and to encourage wider use of its data. The UBA is also involved in the German working group of the international “Group on Earth Observation” (GEO). GEO promotes …

  • Article from 15.06.2020 | Last changed: 24.06.2020

    Examples of Good Practice In Natech Risk Management

    … for this record were the results of a survey, the contributions to the Natech-II-Workshop in 2018 at Potsdam, and research results from the members of the project … But for some aspects in Natech Risk Management examples of Good Practice are less or even missing. There is a lot of work left to fill these gaps. Report A Good … Risk Management might be found. There was wide variation in the replies, revealing that in some areas many responding countries have taken significant steps, while in …

  • Article from 15.06.2020 | Last changed: 16.07.2020

    Natural Hazards Triggering Technical Accidents (Natech)

    Lightning and technical installation

    … 2011 in Japan and the devastating hurricane Harvey 2017 in the USA, make aware that natural hazards not just cause destruction of private houses but also led to … of the population will be increased; a Natech in these situations will have more severe consequences then an equivalent chemical accident at other times.  … Management Project Being aware of the need for a special Natech Risk Management the Working Group on Chemical Accidents (WGCA) of the OECD started in 2009 a project on …

  • Article from 06.10.2023 | Last changed: 06.10.2023

    How to reach UBA

    … walk from Dessau main train station. Exit the train station from the main building, bear left and cross the bus lot. Take the Antoinettenstraße underpass to reach … Autobahn and head toward Zugsspitze /Grainau. Drive down Hauptstraße in Grainau and when you reach the city limits, take three kilometer long Bergstrecke to the parking … funicular driver present. A safety information sheet (Merkblatt für Besucher zur Verminderung des Sicherheitsrisikos) is available at the measuring station. Air quality …

  • Article from 10.05.2023 | Last changed: 10.05.2023

    Environmental administrative offences and environmental crime

    A hammer in a court

    … Immission Control Act ( BImSchG ), for example, section 62 para 1 (1) states that an administrative offence is deemed committed by anyone who constructs an … to Section 62 (1) 1 BImSchG ), can be as high as 50,000 Euros. In exceptional cases when a company assumes liability for a violation committed by a senior executive, …

  • Article from 31.07.2020 | Last changed: 20.11.2025

    Non-Chemical Alternatives for Rodent Control (NoCheRo)

    Die Silhouette einer Ratte vor grünem Hintergrund

    … UBA Since an EU workshop on non-chemical alternatives in rodent control in 2018, a working party has developed a draft guidance on the assessment of efficacy and … and therefore are considered as candidates for substitution under the BPR. Nevertheless, in 2017, the approval of all anticoagulant active substances was renewed for … years. This decision mainly relied on the conclusion of the comparative assessment that alternatives to anticoagulant rodenticides are limited today. However, in …

  • Article from 20.02.2020 | Last changed: 27.02.2020

    LIFE APEX – Apex predators and prey support chemical regulations

    Analysed apex predator and prey species in LIFE APEX

    … and prey for protecting human health and the environment by making better and more cost-effective use of chemical monitoring data from the large, valuable but … analytics (e.g. non-target, wide-scope target and suspect screening) that allow for screening of several thousands of chemicals in each sample and … analytics (e.g. non-target, wide-scope target and suspect screening) that allow for screening of several thousands of chemicals in each sample and …

  • Article from 30.07.2025 | Last changed: 30.07.2025

    News

    News

    … revised empirical critical loads for N compared to 2011. 40 % of ecosystems react more sensitively to N than previously assumed. The ecosystems studied have been … public in the EU and the EECCA countries. Newsletter The CCE aims at establishing a more dynamic communication within the WGE, and especially with its NFCs. Togehter … revised empirical critical loads for N compared to 2011. 40 % of ecosystems react more sensitively to N than previously assumed. The ecosystems studied have been …

  • Article from 26.02.2025 | Last changed: 27.02.2025

    Political context

    Organizational Chart of the Convention on Long-range Transboundary Air Pollution (CLRTAP)

    … the monitoring and evaluation of the long-range transport of air pollutants. WGE – Working Group on Effects To develop the necessary international cooperation in the … from Article 7(d) and 8(f) of the Convention. Article 7(d) of the Convention states that research should be conducted into the effects of sulphur compounds, and other …

  • Article from 26.05.2020 | Last changed: 30.07.2020

    FAQ formaldehyde regulations for wood-based materials & furniture

    … on 01.01.2020. The information is mainly intended for companies and institutions that manufacture, process, sell, transport, store, export or import wood-based … for each subsequent market launch, provided that they do not exceed the limit value when the methods referred to in the announcement (BAnz AT 26.11.2018 B2) under … includes, in principle, exports to countries outside the scope of ChemG, unless otherwise stated in the individual provisions of chemical legislation. The …

  • Article from 18.08.2022 | Last changed: 18.08.2022

    RESCUE: Main results

    … RESCUE: Main results RESCUE shows that until 2050 greenhouse gas emissions can be reduced by 95 to 97 percent (in … Sustainable life-styles (sufficiency) Increasing materials circularity and, by doing so, reducing the demand for primary raw materials Natural carbon sinks: The … fuel, and feedstocks, is based on renewable energies. Despite a healthier diet with less meat and a reduction in the number of livestock in Germany, 60 to 67 percent of …

  • Article from 04.11.2019 | Last changed: 04.11.2019

    RESCUE scenario GreenSupreme

    … chemical industry) can be reduced from around 2,500 terawatt hours (TWh) in 2015 to less than 1,100 TWh by 2050. In order to achieve GHG-reductions quickly, coal-fired … in fuel supply will be promoted and technologies developed at an early stage, so that by 2030 around 63 TWh of sustainable, electricity-based fuels will already be … lifestyle changes assumed in the other scenarios as well as a faster and even more ambitious restructuring of the energy system combined with a liberation from …