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  • Article from 28.09.2020 | Last changed: 20.06.2024

    Considering involving stakeholders after COVID: or – there is no

    … Considering involving stakeholders after COVID: or – there is no good except doing! Blog article by Dr. Harald Ginzky During the early days of the lockdown due … “blue” hydrogen is the solution, and which methods ensure negative emissions, more systematic deliberations are required on how socio-ecological change can be … obligatory approval procedures for projects. This strongly emphasizes the necessity that economic stimulus programmes should be designed to ensure the public …

  • Article from 06.10.2020 | Last changed: 20.06.2024

    Sustainability Transformations and Covid

    … the past several decades, the global community was following a development model that seemed unsustainable. The adopted path of development led to consequences with … transformations for the existence of healthy societies going forward. Furthermore, sustainable development endeavors by the respective governments are not … we need to ask ourselves as to what should be given importance or included while working towards sustainable development. Also, based on economies belonging to …

  • Article from 30.11.2020 | Last changed: 20.06.2024

    How environmental policy stakeholders could respond to social

    … stakeholders could respond to social The crisis has created situations and images that seemed utopian in "normal" times, in addition to the manifold, sometimes … social and socio-economic consequences of the COVID-19 pandemic: Inner cities with less traffic, wild animals reclaiming their habitats, a reduction to the essentials. … to the development of resistance to antibiotics, which can cause complications when treating secondary bacterial infections of viruses. Finally, media attention to …

  • Article from 22.12.2020 | Last changed: 20.06.2024

    What is the One Health approach, and how to implement it?

    … implement it? The current coronavirus pandemic has refocused attention on the fact that more than two thirds of known infectious diseases in humans originated in animals. … zoonotic agents often originate in wild animals. They become dangerous to humans when an infection gets spatially and mechanistically possible and can be spread …

  • Article from 14.12.2015 | Last changed: 20.12.2015

    Season's Greetings from the German Environment Agency

    … nearly one fifth of global greenhouse gas emissions. Each and every one of us can do something practical to protect the climate in some small way – during Christmas … is the greatest challenge which now face man and the environment. We are glad that the agreement adopted in Paris will produce the first climate agreement, … the environment – for example through our food. Buying seasonal organic produce, doing without meat from time to time, and preparing meals in an energy-efficient …

  • Article from 26.02.2025 | Last changed: 27.02.2025

    Mobile air conditioning in rail vehicles

    modern high speed train in the city in winter

    … intends to gradually reduce the production and use of HFCs and replace them with less harmful substances in a phase out approach regulated by the EU F-gas Regulation … system using the fluorinated refrigerant R134a. The propane air conditioning system worked safely and was at least as efficient as the one using R134a. The report on … intends to gradually reduce the production and use of HFCs and replace them with less harmful substances in a phase out approach regulated by the EU F-gas Regulation …

  • Article from 08.01.2024 | Last changed: 09.01.2024

    Mobile air conditioning in cars, buses and railway vehicles

    … has banned the use of fluorinated refrigerants with a global warming potential of more than 150 in certain mobile air conditioning systems since Jan. 2011. It … are still using tetrafluoroethane (R134a), a greenhouse gas with a climate impact that is 1,430 higher than that of carbon dioxide. A climate-friendly alternative exists: Some city buses are …

  • Article from 13.05.2020 | Last changed: 24.10.2023

    UNEP / UNESCO / BMUV Training Programme

    … and emerging countries in Asia, Africa, America and Europe. They therefore have work experience and expertise as an important basis for targeted further training. … of topics and is designed, in particular, to promote interdisciplinary thinking and working. As well as this course, there are usually three separate short courses, …

  • Article from 06.10.2015 | Last changed: 06.10.2015

    International cooperation

    … International cooperation is an important part of the Federal Environment Agency’s work. Environmental protection is a global task today, which is why policy advice in … and Development, held in 1992 in Rio de Janeiro, enhanced general awareness that all states share responsibility for a viable world; and since then, numerous … Links REACH OECD UNECE UN Publications Towards Sustainable Development Goals: Working Paper Green Economy: an Engine for Development? Resource-Efficient Land Use …

  • Article from 19.07.2024 | Last changed: 02.08.2024

    The Oder River under stress

    Photo from the river Oder

    … extreme environmental conditions. Prymnesium parvum is a single-celled organism that usually occurs in brackish and marine waters but can also be found in inland … communication between Polish and German authorities. The 2022 fish die-off - lessons learned Crises like the 2022 fish die-off in the Oder are hard to predict because many environmental factors influence the water, and it's unclear when the system's limits is exceeded. However, everyone involved has learned  from …

  • Article from 17.02.2016 | Last changed: 17.02.2016

    Environmental protection and peacekeeping

    … often entails resettlement and may have severe consequences for local populations. Moreover, the distribution of income earned from raw material extraction, and the … projects and measures aimed at improving the environment, making resource use more efficient and fair and promoting environmentally sustainable development should … German government in 2006, 2008, 2010 and 2014. The German Environment Agency (UBA) works towards the reduction of environmentally and resource-related risks to peace …

  • Article from 03.06.2020 | Last changed: 04.06.2020

    Federal Environment Ministry's Advisory Assistance Programme

    Map of EECCA and Central/Eastern European states

    … The other states within the target region receive support in pursuing development that is aligned towards European environmental standards. The purpose of the … strategies and plans, e.g. via the consolidation of the current national legal framework; Development of pilot projects and best practice with regard to the … of networks and communication structures, e.g. by establishing round tables or working groups; Development of tools to assist with the autonomous implementation of …