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  • Press release 53/11 from 07.11.2011 | Last changed: 02.07.2013

    Reiche and Flasbarth announce: Buildings have great potential to use energy efficiently

    … Joint press release with the Federal Ministry for Environment Reiche and Flasbarth announce: Buildings have great potential to use energy efficiently UBA office building in Berlin built to be zero-energy Ms … ecological aspects are also high priority. Pollutant-free building materials are used, and the entire carcass and facade are made of wood, a renewable material. In …

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    WW-R-1: Water use index

    The XY scatter chart WW-R-1 ’Water use index’ shows the development of the water use index between 1991 and 2021. Two time series show the water use index as a percentual proportion of water use compared to the available water supply in the amount of 188 billion cubic metres, which is the mean of available water resources in the years of 1961 to 1990, and as a percentual proportion of water use compared to the available water supply in the amount of 176 billion cubic metres.

    … WW-R-1: Water use index Source: UBA (based on data of StBA on water abstraction and BfG on water … Download image (84.59 kB) The following contents contain this medium: WW-R-1: Water use index Tags Competence Centre on Climate Impacts and Adaptation … … WW-R-1: Water use index …

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    Terms of Use Scan4Chem

    … Terms of Use Scan4Chem 17.08.2020 Document Terms of Use Scan4Chem (125.52 kB) The following contents contain this medium: REACH for …

  • Press release 46/12 from 23.11.2012 | Last changed: 15.11.2024

    The prospects for Doha - we must use the time available up to 2020

    … Joint press release of WBGU, UBA and SRU The prospects for Doha - we must use the time available up to 2020 The German … advisors say the EU should target 30-percent-lower emissions by 2020 Global greenhouse-gas emissions from fossil fuels have reached new record levels, yet there will …

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    Environmentally conscious use of medicines

    Photo of a young woman using a laptop, medication in one hand, looking up information online, with more medication on a table in the background

    … Environmentally conscious use of medicines Patients can help reducing adverse environmental impacts of … / Adobe Stock The following contents contain this medium: Environmentally conscious use of medicinal products … Patients can help reducing adverse environmental impacts of pharmaceutical substances. … Environmentally conscious use of medicines …

  • Press release 09/2018 from 02.04.2019 | Last changed: 16.04.2019

    Climate footprint 2018: 4.5 percent decrease in greenhouse gas emissions

    Kraftwerk

    … Nature Conservation and Nuclear Safety and the German Environment Agency Climate footprint 2018: 4.5 percent decrease in greenhouse gas emissions German Environment Agency produces initial detailed estimate GHG … first detailed estimates and may therefore contain uncertainties. They are derived using a system of modelling and extrapolated trends based on the detailed inventory …

  • Press release 15/2025 from 25.04.2025 | Last changed: 29.04.2025

    Using household appliances for longer pays off

    Handwerker vor Wäschetrockner

    Using household appliances for longer pays off Restoring old appliances saves money … new, more energy-efficient ones. Replacement may only make sense if appliances are used very frequently and are very inefficient. Differences in individual product …

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    Diagram of scientific use of airguns

    Diagram of scientific use of airguns

    … Diagram of scientific use of airguns Source: Hannes Grobe / Alfred Wegener Institut The following contents … im Südpolarmeer Tags noise pollution airgun … Diagram of scientific use of airguns …

  • DzU article from 18.12.2025 | Last changed: 19.12.2025

    Indicator: Greenhouse gas emissions avoided by renewable energies

    A graph shows the trend for greenhouse gas emissions avoided by the use of renewables for power, heat and transport. 28 million tonnes of CO2 equivalents were avoided in 1990, and 259 million tonnes in 2024.

    Indicator: Greenhouse gas emissions avoided by renewable energies Greenhouse gas emissions avoided through the use of renewable energy sources Source: German … to reducing greenhouse gas emissions and achieving climate protection targets. Using energy more efficiently also plays an important role in achieving climate …

  • Press release 11/2023 from 15.03.2023 | Last changed: 22.03.2023

    UBA forecast: 2022 greenhouse gas emissions down by 1.9 percent

    dampfende Kühltürme eines Kraftwerks und Hochspannungsleitung

    UBA forecast: 2022 greenhouse gas emissions down by 1.9 percent Increase in coal and … electricity generation caused emissions to rise. Good news: electricity production using renewables was able to curb emissions, up by nine percent over 2021. The …