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  • Article from 15.04.2025 | Last changed: 14.08.2025

    Central Office Division Z

    Carina Harms

    … Harms is the head of Central Office Division Z. Source: Susanne Kambor / Umweltbundesamt Although the activities of our Central Office Division mainly center around services for the UBA itself, the Division’s citizen´s service unit and … protection. Accordingly the Central Office Division’s tasks mainly revolve around human and financial resources; various planning and organizational processes; …

  • Article from 16.12.2024 | Last changed: 04.11.2025

    Division V

    … humankind. The Paris Agreement of 2015 commits the international community to limiting global temperature rise to well under 2 degrees and to limit the increase to 1.5 degrees Celsius, if possible. The …

  • Article from 28.02.2014 | Last changed: 18.11.2025

    Paving and construction

    street with concrete and asphalt

    … green softens asphalt and concrete Source: ThomBal / Fotolia.com There’s no way around it: all construction has a direct impact on the soil. Depending on the extent of … creates an urban climate whose air temperatures are higher than those found in forests and greenfield sites. Such areas also prevent groundwater formation, since precipitation runoff ends up in sewer systems rather than …

  • Article from 16.05.2024 | Last changed: 14.08.2025

    Division IV

    Dr. Erik Schmolz

    … IV Dr. Erik Schmolz is the head of Division IV Source: Susanne Kambor / Umweltbundesamt Image in print resolution: may be used free of charge for editorial … MB) Dr. Erik Schmolz is the head of Division IV Source: Susanne Kambor / Umweltbundesamt Image in print resolution: may be used free of charge for editorial … MB) Dr. Erik Schmolz is the head of Division IV Source: Susanne Kambor / Umweltbundesamt Image in print resolution: may be used free of charge for editorial …

  • Article from 15.02.2016 | Last changed: 14.08.2025

    Division III

    Dr. Bettina Rechenberg

  • Article from 14.06.2023 | Last changed: 14.08.2025

    Division II

    … include the Federal Water Act (WHG) and related ordinances on surface and ground water, or the Federal Soil Act and related soil protection regulations. Division … German Environment Agency The UBA’s motto, For our environment (“Für Mensch und Umwelt”), sums up our mission pretty well, we feel. In this video we give an … the large number of enquiries, there may be delays in responding. We ask for your understanding. Links German Environmental Specimen Bank Tags environmental health …

  • Article from 26.05.2025 | Last changed: 14.08.2025

    About us

    look into the inside courtyard with its glass roof

    … About us Source: Umweltbundesamt 10.12.2020 For our environment: The German Environment Agency (Umweltbundesamt – UBA) The UBA’s motto, For our environment (“Für Mensch und Umwelt”), sums up our mission pretty well. In this video we give an insight into …

  • Article from 27.12.2017 | Last changed: 23.01.2025

    Spatial and Settlement Development

    Lucian Milasan

    … structures with high environmental and residential quality and preserving large, undeveloped open spaces; taking account of the spatial requirements of climate … , spatial adaptation to climate change and demographic change, the inclusion of underground and maritime space, the resurgence of housing and living in urban …

  • Article from 12.05.2014 | Last changed: 28.04.2023

    Tradable land planning permits

    Tradable land planning permits

    … paradigm, whereby use of the environmental good in question (in this case, land) is limited and is divided into various claims on use. These claims are then allocated … to obtain permits for construction projects outside of existing built-up areas. Under this system, the number of certificates must equate to the acreage of open … imposing value and quantity restrictions; imposing physical and spatial market limits; setting goals and rules for initial certificate allocation; organizational …

  • Article from 02.08.2023 | Last changed: 23.10.2025

    Guarantees of origin for renewable energy sources

    … renewable energy. Flow chart of guarantees of origin in Germany Source: Umweltbundesamt Information for electricity suppliers The detailed rules and regulations governing the HKNR can be found in the Guarantees of Origin and Guarantees of Regional Origin Implementing Ordinance ( Herkunfts- und Regionalnachweis-Durchführungsverordnung – HkRNDV ). Participants, e.g. …

  • Article from 28.01.2016 | Last changed: 29.02.2016

    International research in Antarctica

    Ice samples taken from the Antarctic polar ice provide researchers with valuable information.

    … Consultative Parties. For more information go to the SCAR website. The list below features the websites of the Consultative Parties' national Antarctic research … fields Source: M. Müller/UBA This research observatory records the different sounds beneath the water surface. Source: M. Müller/UBA Next Previous Consultative … Consultative Parties. For more information go to the SCAR website. The list below features the websites of the Consultative Parties' national Antarctic research …

  • Article from 19.05.2016 | Last changed: 19.05.2016

    Protected Areas under the CAMLR-Convention

    Protected Areas under the CAMLR-Convention The world's oceans are increasingly under threat from overfishing, pollution and global climate change, all of which … (ASMAs) at the ATCM. These areas could include coastal zones or marine regions. … Protected Areas under the CAMLR-Convention