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  • Article from 06.10.2020 | Last changed: 20.06.2024

    Sustainability Transformations and Covid

    Sustainability Transformations and Covid Over the past several decades, the global … to consequences with a potential for serious impact on the environment, economies and societies. COVID-19 crisis precipitated the situation by transforming it from a … transformations for the existence of healthy societies going forward. Furthermore, sustainable development endeavors by the respective governments are not …

  • Article from 30.11.2020 | Last changed: 20.06.2024

    How environmental policy stakeholders could respond to social

    … policy stakeholders could respond to social The crisis has created situations and images that seemed utopian in "normal" times, in addition to the manifold, sometimes serious, negative social and socio-economic consequences of the COVID-19 pandemic: Inner cities with less … and attention in individual fields of action The discussion paper concludes with more extensive considerations on the further development of the environmental policy …

  • Article from 22.12.2020 | Last changed: 20.06.2024

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

    What is the One Health approach, and how to 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. …

  • Article from 20.07.2015 | Last changed: 10.11.2017

    Information as an instrument

    Close-up of a compass dial.

    … One is to inform the public about the state of the environment. Secondly, reliable and comprehensive information is an important basis for decision-making on … last update on 20.07.2015 Access to information is essential for all institutions and groups actively committed to an intact environment: policy-makers, environmental authorities, associations, citizens’ action groups and the private sector. On its website, the Federal Environment Agency offers a …

  • Article from 14.12.2015 | Last changed: 20.12.2015

    Season's Greetings from the German Environment Agency

    … Our food is the source of 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 baking season, too. Follow our advice and you can 'green' every biscuit recipe. last update on 14.12.2015 Season's … chocolate and other decorations. Wait until biscuits have cooled to decorate. For more tips on practical climate protection click on the links located to the upper …

  • Article from 08.01.2024 | Last changed: 09.01.2024

    Mobile air conditioning in cars, buses and railway vehicles

    Mobile air conditioning in cars, buses and railway vehicles An EU directive 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 …

  • Article from 19.07.2024 | Last changed: 02.08.2024

    The Oder River under stress

    Photo from the river Oder

    … disaster occurred in the Oder River: an estimated 1,000 tons of fish, mussels, and snails died. This began in the Polish part of the Oder and continued downstream into Germany. The cause was a toxic brackish algae called … is 840.9 km long. Due to regulations and construction, its length has shrunk by more than  20%. Its drainage basin covers 124,049 km², with 86.4% in Poland, 5.9% in …

  • Article from 17.02.2016 | Last changed: 17.02.2016

    Environmental protection and peacekeeping

    Environmental protection and peacekeeping To maintain their livelihood, many people … often entails resettlement and may have severe consequences for local populations. Moreover, the distribution of income earned from raw material extraction, and the …

  • 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

    … Environment Ministry's Advisory Assistance Programme The UBA cooperates with EECCA and Central/Eastern European states Source: Umweltbundesamt Since the year 2000 the … by the programme. The target regions of the programme are the states of Central and Eastern Europe, the Caucasian countries and Central Asia. last update on 03.06.2020 Within the scope of the programme, new …

  • Article from 19.03.2020 | Last changed: 23.03.2020

    Lawful Rights of Participation

    colorful symbolised People under the magnifying glass

    … in environmental protection. The public can add weight to environmental protection and nature conservation as subjects of public interest and serve as a counterweight to economic interests. This brings more balance to government decision-making. last update on 19.03.2020 Successful …

  • Article from 17.12.2012 | Last changed: 01.09.2013

    Integrated coastal zone management in Germany

    … recommendation of the EU, Recommendation 2002/413/EC (of the European Parliament and of the Council of 30 May 2002 concerning the implementation of Integrated Coastal Zone Management in Europe). As both a process and an instrument, ICZM seeks to balance the various economic and social claims to … to include aspects of coastal zone management. In addition, Germany has registered more than 30 practice-based ICZM case studies for listing in the database of the EU …

  • Article from 10.12.2025 | Last changed: 10.12.2025

    Resource use in Germany

    Opencast mining with large machines

    … Resource use in Germany Recycling keeps materials in circulation and saves primary raw materials. Source: Jan Malburg / Adobe Stock In 2019, German … will fall slightly. German raw material consumption will also fall slightly in 2020 and 2021. last update on 10.12.2025 The German Environment Agency has been … benefits from global trade: although it imports, both directly and indirectly, more raw materials and goods than it exports, there is a considerable surplus in its …