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  • Article from 27.07.2018 | Last changed: 30.01.2019

    The UBA research agenda “Urban environmental protection”

    A city with red buildings from above

    The UBA research agenda “Urban environmental protection” The UBA research agenda focuses on topics which are of … environmental quality goals. The Agenda also highlights gaps in our knowledge about environmentally oriented, socially acceptable and health promoting urban … urban tourism, noise reduction in urban, mixed-used areas or environmental justice The Agenda will be reviewed, updated and extended at intervals of five to …

  • Article from 01.04.2014 | Last changed: 17.11.2025

    Commissions and advisory boards

    … Commissions and advisory boards Soil protection is an environmental protection task involving overlapping activities, whose scientific … disciplines who address soil protection issues. In view of the multifarious environmental consequences of farming, the UBA has strengthened its competencies in … light on the positive and negative aspects of the interplay between farming and environmental protection; and (b) identifying potential and recommending actions in …

  • Landing page from 22.10.2025

    Green public procurement

    Each year, German contracting authorities purchase around €300 billion worth of products ranging from pencils to city buses. This massive purchasing power can potentially be used to reduce environmental pollution, improve environmental product and service range, and promote more targeted market launches of innovative eco-friendly products.

  • Article from 01.04.2022 | Last changed: 08.12.2022

    Digitalisation as engine of transformation for a green economy

    a green globe lies in green grass, inside it the word "CO2" with three arrows pointing down. Around the globe placed five icons: Wind turbines, e-car, solar plant, power plant and hand with leaves.

    … on the findings obtained, the report develops recommendations for action regarding environmental, climate protection and sustainability-related changes to the … most important findings on the competitiveness of German companies in the field of environmentally oriented data science applications, on the potential of AI …

  • Article from 04.12.2024 | Last changed: 05.12.2024

    Economic aspects of transport

    Stau auf einer Autobahn

    … economy’s transport volume to a level that makes both macroeconomic sense and is environmentally sound, external costs must be assessed fairly to their source; in …

  • Article from 13.06.2022 | Last changed: 22.07.2025

    Sustainable mobility

    LKW und Pkw auf der Autobahn

    … cleaner and quieter, motorised transport still accounts for detrimental environmental impact due to emissions of greenhouse gases, air pollutants and noise … and settlement and transport planning that focuses on traffic avoidance and environmentally friendly modes of transport. Associated content Environmentally …

  • Article from 10.04.2025 | Last changed: 12.01.2026

    Visit us

     The UBA building in Dessau-Roßlau from above. The building is elongated, with a façade of wood and coloured glass slabs and slanted solar cells covering the entire surface of the flat roof

  • Article from 05.06.2014 | Last changed: 12.01.2026

    Classification and labelling of chemicals

    Hazard symbol "Dangerous for the enviroment"

    … help to determine hazardous physical-chemical properties as well as health and environmental hazards. Labelling Labelling makes known hazards visible. Users can … help to determine hazardous physical-chemical properties as well as health and environmental hazards. Labelling Labelling makes known hazards visible. Users can …

  • Article from 15.07.2014 | Last changed: 12.01.2026

    Economic and legal dimensions of resource conservation

    brown coal mining

    … future generations have sufficient natural resources, and to avoid or minimize the environmental impact of resource use. For this, we need (a) laws and economic … and actions that are resource conservation oriented. Unfortunately, current environmental laws and the like do not in all cases pursue the goal of systematic, … To close this gap, we need to incorporate resource conservation regulations into environmental laws, and enact specific laws concerning natural-resource …

  • Article from 19.03.2018 | Last changed: 12.01.2026

    Environment and Health: newsletters and series

    The cover pictures of newsletters and series about environment and health are shown.

    Environment and Health: newsletters and series Environment and Health: newsletters and series Source: Umweltbundesamt last update on 19.03.2018 Division Environmental Hygiene of the Federal Environmetal Agency periodically publishes new …