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    Summer tourism

    Man hiking in the mountains

    … tours) is expected. Also bathing and beach tourism is likely to benefit from rising air temperatures, longer sunshine duration, lower summer precipitation, an extension … tours) is expected. Also bathing and beach tourism is likely to benefit from rising air temperatures, longer sunshine duration, lower summer precipitation, an extension …

  • Newsletter from 28.07.2020 | Last changed: 28.07.2020

    Newsletter "UBA aktuell" - No.: 4/2020

    … is everywhere: in the Great Pacific garbage patch, as fine particular matter in the air, or as microplastics in the food chain. The group exhibition Zero Waste … representative German Environmental Survey for Children and Adolescents, GerES V. Air in cities becoming cleaner: number of cities above NO2 limit down by half in …

  • Press release 25/2021 from 31.05.2021 | Last changed: 10.06.2021

    UBA proposes multisectoral cap on nitrogen

    Eine Pflanze und Stickstoff-Verbindungen (Montage)

    … if we start finally complying in practice with the regulations already in force on air pollution control, climate protection and fertiliser law. Even then, this … good environmental status throughout Germany. Protection targets for water, soil, air, ecosystems and human health must be reviewed, and the permissible upper limit … of existing legislation, some of which has just been updated – the national air quality control programme or the new requirements of fertiliser law, for example …

  • DzU article from 25.09.2025 | Last changed: 26.09.2025

    Indicator: Population exposure to particulate matter (PM2.5)

    A graph shows the proportion of people in Germany affected by levels exceeding the WHO guideline value and the EU limit value for fine particulate matter (PM2.5) (legally binding from 2030) for the period from 2010 to 2023 – with a declining trend considering the EU limit value.

    … population health. Environmental importance Particulate matter (PM) in ambient air is harmful to human health. The particles enter the human body through the … vehicles). Part of PM forms in the atmosphere through chemical reactions of gaseous air pollutants (such as nitrogen oxides and ammonia) and is therefore referred to as …

  • News from 24.06.2020 | Last changed: 25.06.2020

    “My Indicator Report“ with current data on the environment

    Cover of the report, text: My indicator report: Data on the environment

    … Create your personal indicator report! Source: Studio Good / Umweltbundesamt Air quality, greenhouse gas emissions, nitrate in groundwater or organic farming - … various environmental fields can be selected:  Land, soil, terrestrial ecosystems Air  Water Resource Conservation Climate  Energy Private households and consumption …

  • Press release 25/2020 from 22.06.2020 | Last changed: 06.02.2024

    ZERO WASTE

    Raul Walch. Laborant’s Pause, 2018. Inkjet-Print. Copyright: Raul Walch

    … is everywhere: in the Great Pacific garbage patch, as fine particular matter in the air, or as microplastics in the food chain. The group exhibition Zero Waste … sills of busy streets to produce paint, Vibha Galhotra visualizes the massive air pollution in New Delhi as "Black Cloud", a cloud of black paper dragons, and in … the artists will supplement the exhibition. Listening walks, DIY workshops and a repair café are planned in cooperation with local partners. The programme is made …

  • Newsletter from 09.08.2017 | Last changed: 09.08.2017

    Newsletter "UBA aktuell" - No.: 4/2017

    … Schwerpunkte 2017 [What matters 2017]. This year's edition focuses on indoor air, and our new explanatory film on fast fashion highlights the downsides of this … can become a health risk. read more (in German) UBA positions Good indoor air quality is in jeopardy The German Environment Agency (UBA) is warning of … the national goal of reducing greenhouse gas emissions by 40 per cent until 2020; air quality in cities continues to be too heavily polluted. In contrast, drinking …

  • Press release 85/2009 from 24.11.2009 | Last changed: 19.07.2013

    High participation rate in emissions trading in aviation sector

    … transport data to the German Emissions Trading Authority. Establishing contact with aircraft operators- whether large air carriers or the amateur or business flyer- often proved difficult initially, … received as we can now account for nearly 97 percent of total CO2 emissions from air traffic,” said Dr. Hans-Jürgen Nantke, Head of the German Emissions Trading …

  • Press release 48/2015 from 17.12.2015 | Last changed: 23.01.2017

    Old diesel vehicles must be phased out of city centres

    Traffic is the main source of NO2 pollution in city centres.

    … diesel vehicles must be phased out of city centres UBA calculation shows: Cleaner air in city centre not notable before 2030 despite new emission standard Traffic is … of nitrogen dioxide emitted mainly by diesel vehicles. Ms Krautzberger said: “The air quality in our cities will not improve significantly before 2030, as our initial … EU emission standards have shown. For the sake of health, we must clean up air much earlier than that. Considering the pollution in inner cities, I do not see …

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    UBA´s official car at the "atmosphere 2009" conference in Brussels

    Rajendra Shende, head of UNEP OzoneAction branch, in front of a silver VW Touran with the inscription "R744"

    … Environment Agency introduced its VW Touran official car equipped with CO2 mobile air-conditioning at the “atmosphere 2009” conference on natural refrigerants in … Environment Agency introduced its VW Touran official car equipped with CO2 mobile air-conditioning at the “atmosphere 2009” conference on natural refrigerants in …

  • DzU article from 25.09.2025 | Last changed: 26.09.2025

    Indicator: Population exposure to particulate matter (PM10)

    A graph shows the proportion of people in Germany affected by levels exceeding the WHO guideline value and the EU limit value for fine particulate matter (PM10) (legally binding from 2030) for the period from 2010 to 2023 – with a clear declining trend.

    … to PM10 by 2030. Environmental importance Particulate matter (PM) in ambient air is harmful to human health. The particles enter the human body through the … vehicles). Part of PM forms in the atmosphere through chemical reactions of gaseous air pollutants (such as nitrogen oxides and ammonia) and is therefore referred to as …