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  • Newsletter from 11.12.2020 | Last changed: 11.12.2020

    Newsletter "UBA aktuell" - No.: 6/2020

    … short bursts of ventilation through wide open windows provide fresh air low in viruses Source: Wavebreakmedia / iStockphoto The corona pandemic poses major challenges … CO2 footprint can vary greatly. The most important areas to adjust are mobility, housing and nutrition. With the updated CO2 calculator you can calculate your personal …

  • Newsletter from 18.10.2024 | Last changed: 18.10.2024

    Newsletter "UBA aktuell" - No.: 5/2024

    … win-win situation for everyone and the online platform DIVID, set up by the single-use plastics fund, in which foreign manufacturers of single-use plastic products can now register and must do so by the end of the year. Last …

  • DzU article from 20.06.2025 | Last changed: 14.08.2025

    Indicator: Bathing water quality

    A graph shows good and sufficient bathing water quality levels for coastal and inland waters (1992 to 2024). Bathing water quality increased significantly, especially in the 1990s. The target value of 100 % bathing waters with at least sufficient quality was almost reached in 2015 and has been constantly at a high level since then.

    … waters may be associated with health risks. Like all waters, bathing waters are used for a wide range of purposes and are therefore exposed to a number of germs. … of these bacteria are at risk of also having pathogens present. These can cause diseases involving fever, sickness and diarrhoea. This risk is present after …

  • Newsletter from 22.08.2018 | Last changed: 22.08.2018

    Newsletter "UBA aktuell" - No.: 4/2018

    … our supermarkets makes it clear: in recent years, there has been an increase in our use of packaging – packaging which guzzles energy and resources and harms the … 167.3 kilograms per person. Trends such as smaller portion sizes due to smaller households, “coffee to go” in throwaway cups and the booming mail order business mean … to be recycled than in the year before, with the recycled share surpassing that used for energy recovery for the first time. There is considerable potential in this …

  • 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

    … indicator report! Source: Studio Good / Umweltbundesamt Air quality, greenhouse gas emissions, nitrate in groundwater or organic farming - the "Data on the … terrestrial ecosystems Air  Water Resource Conservation Climate  Energy Private households and consumption Environment and economy Transport Agriculture and forestry … direct access to the data. In addition, the data search function (in German) can be used to retrieve the entire data offering on the UBA website. Associated content …

  • Appointment from 11.09.2019 | Last changed: 12.12.2019

    Conference on “Resource-Efficient Decarbonisation Pathways“

    wind energy plant and solar panels

    … of natural resources. Driven by population growth and economic development, global use of material resources has increased tremendously in recent years and is expected … These scenarios describe potential, alternative pathways to achieve a greenhouse gas neutral and resource-efficient economy in Germany by the year 2050. At the … Germany, Europe and around the globe. more information Tags decarbonisation greenhouse gas reduction greenhouse gas neutrality renewable energy resource efficiency … …

  • News from 13.10.2023 | Last changed: 24.10.2023

    UBA President Messner among top 30 major EU environmental actors

    Prof. Dr. Dirk Messner

    … Messner Source: Susanne Kambor / Umweltbundesamt Image in print resolution: may be used free of charge for editorial purposes by quoting "Susanne Kambor, UBA" as … plays an active role in national, European and international networks. This is because the causes of sustainability and environmental issues are diverse and mostly …

  • Press release 41/2020 from 14.09.2020 | Last changed: 21.09.2020

    Broad alliance launches “Biotonne Deutschland“ campaign to promote biowaste collection

    Bio waste

    … | 14.09.2020 More than a third of all biowaste in Germany is disposed of in household waste. The majority of residual waste (around 39 percent) consists of … by an analysis of the German Environment Agency. The reason for this is that many households do not have their own organic waste bin. Biowaste is therefore not being used in biogas plants or as compost and ending up in waste incineration instead. …

  • Press release 64/2020 from 29.12.2020 | Last changed: 30.12.2020

    CO2 pricing for emissions in heating and transport sectors to start in new year in Germany

    Mehrere Autos im Stau.

    … Other fuels will gradually be included in the system. "Germany must become greenhouse gas neutral by 2050. This will only work if all sectors play their part. … trading for fuels in the transport and heating sectors is an important step, because it means that their CO2 emissions will also carry a price," says President Dirk … energy efficiency and renewable energies. A large part of the revenue is used to reduce the EEG surcharge. In this way, national emissions trading curbs the …

  • Press release 28/2018 from 27.09.2018 | Last changed: 09.10.2018

    Studies of mercury, acrylamide and pesticides exposure

    Blutprobe im Reagenzglas

    … and create the basis for science-driven policy making. Up to now the project has focused on nine initial substances and substance groups but will now focus on nine new … They can be applied through sun lotion directly onto human skin but are also used in textiles to prevent dyes from fading, and can therefore be absorbed through …

  • Appointment from 29.06.2020

    Briefing: Evaluation of construction product emissions

    … products. The proposed criteria make it impossible to select safe products for use indoors. Germany cannot accept this proposal and stands up for resuming … Paper for downloading. Further information EU-LCI Working Group Study on the use of EU-LCI UBA thematic page „EU Construction Products Regulation“ UBA thematic …