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  • Article from 21.10.2022 | Last changed: 27.10.2022

    Environmental burden of disease

    Traffic jam in a crowded street

    … influences can cause illness: For example, noise increases the risk of heart attack and particulate matter may trigger lung cancer. The Federal Environment Agency uses … environmental impacts are associated with particularly large numbers of diseases and what benefits environmental protection can have for our health. last update on … level of health-related costs which may be saved by a healthy environment. Even if more useful information on health-related environmental protection is provided, the …

  • Article from 08.05.2023 | Last changed: 08.05.2023

    Human biomonitoring in Europe

    Waving flags of Switzerland, Greece, Spain, Luxembourg, Italy, the Netherlands, Portugal, the United Kingdom, Belgium and the European Union

    … was investigated uniformly in Europe. Source: CC Vision European environment and health policy attaches great importance to the human biomonitoring (HBM) tool … last update on 08.05.2023 Human biomonitoring: A tool of European environmental and health policy Human biomonitoring (HBM) is a tool to record human exposure to … many European countries and has paved the way for decisions on the feasibility of a more complex European HBM study. A pan-European HBM study could help provide …

  • Article from 21.11.2022 | Last changed: 23.11.2022

    Cooperation for the promotion of human biomonitoring

    Refinery

    … cooperation on human biomonitoring between the Federal Ministry for the Environment and the German chemical industrial association (VCI). The cooperation is significant … effects and any assessment (HBM) values already derived by the Commission. More than half of the analytical methods have already been developed Within the …

  • Article from 19.03.2019 | Last changed: 07.02.2024

    European testing procedure: Emissions from construction products

    A gypsum board in an emissions testing chamber.

    … on pollutant emissions from construction products both validated testing procedures and qualified testing bodies are required. Test methods for determining the release … substances from construction products have been available in Europe for some time, and the first designated testing laboratories for this purpose have recently been … products in the internal market has been a goal of the European Union for more than 25 years. For over 15 years, construction products with CE marking have …

  • Article from 22.11.2016 | Last changed: 27.03.2017

    Food waste in the catering sector

    Schmackhafte Desserts an einem Buffet.

    … environment. Source: Nuvola / Fotolia.com Food production consumes many resources and produces greenhouse gas emissions. For the sake of the environment food waste … per capita per year. It is an amount which corresponds to half a football pitch in land take, 84 full bathtubs of water and greenhouse gas emissions equal to a … the equivalent of two loaded shopping carts, or about 230 euros worth of food. For more on the environmental impact of food waste and measures to prevent it see " …

  • Landing page from 07.11.2025

    Environmental Indicators

    The following overview shows the key environmental indicators of the German Environment Agency. These indicators are particularly relevant for German and international environmental policy.

  • Article from 16.08.2024 | Last changed: 16.08.2024

    Cross-media monitoring in air quality management

    Neuglobsow air monitoring station

    … sites throughout Europe. Comprehensive measurements are used to draw up water and material cycle balances on catchment scale. These detailed observations of cause-effect relationships are incorporated into the development and validation of simulation models. The models are used to simulate the effects of … of the lake and its chemical and biological processes in future. Furthermore, the mixed pine and beech woods in the monitored area are exemplary of forests …

  • Article from 21.10.2019 | Last changed: 08.10.2025

    Germany’s System for Guarantees of Regional Origin (GRO)

    … their customers regional electricity products. last update on 21.10.2019 Reason and background for GRO Germany has a very successful supporting system for renewable … of regional renewable electricity. A paper by the Federal Ministry of Economics and Energy (only available in German language) from 11 March 2016 explains in more detail the mechanism behind it. The aim of this regional green electricity …

  • Article from 31.08.2024 | Last changed: 02.09.2024

    SDGs: A challenge for sustainability policy

    Poster with symbols for the 17 Sustainable Development Goals

    … States adopted them in September 2015. In addition to implementation at national and local level, UBA's efforts in the area of sustainability focus on an … at EU level. last update on 31.08.2024 On 25 September 2015, the heads of state and government adopted the Agenda „ Transforming our world: the 2030-Agenda for … Agency works and researches in a number of other thematic fields to achieve more sustainable development and for an ambitious implementation of the SDGs. …

  • Article from 07.09.2016 | Last changed: 26.01.2018

    Checklists for the pulp and paper industry

    Checklists for the pulp and paper industry last update on 07.09.2016 These sector-specific checklists make … Facilities Checklists for the chemical industry Checklists for refineries More Checklists Downloads Бумага и целлюлоза Контрольные списки Целлюлозно-бумажная …

  • Article from 04.09.2016 | Last changed: 24.09.2016

    Call for Papers and Contributions

    Das dreifarbige Logo der International Cycling Conference 2017 zeigt ein Fahrrad und darunter den Titel der Konferenz als Schriftzug

    Call for Papers and Contributions Logo International Cycling Conference 2017 Source: International Cycling Conference 2017 Bridging the gap between research and practice 19.-21.09.2017, Mannheim Baroque Palace, Germany last update on … and implementation on the ground. To further make the case for active mobility much more can be done to create or highlight synergies across fields of practice and

  • Article from 25.08.2016 | Last changed: 26.01.2018

    More Checklists

    More Checklists last update on 25.08.2016 Checklists for the investigation and risk …