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  • Press release 31/09 from 28.05.2009 | Last changed: 03.07.2013

    Pollutants in my neighbourhood

    … Register (PRTR). Online access to www.prtr.bund.de is free of charge to all users. Press release No. 31/09 | 28.05.2009   Parliamentary State Secretary Michael … Vice President of the Federal Environment Agency (UBA) said, ”With just a few mouse clicks private citizens can get free and unlimited information about pollutant … that are integrated into the electronic PRTR. The PRTR has been one of the lighthouse projects in the federal government’s new IT strategy since 2008 and is also …

  • Press release 18/2019 from 06.06.2019 | Last changed: 01.07.2019

    Top marks for Germany's bathing waters

    Zwei Menschen rennen freudig ins Wasser.

    … 2018 season. 74 sites were closed either temporarily or entirely, 45 of which because of problems with cyanobacteria. The reasons for longer-term closures were … sand or water contaminated with cyanobacteria. What is tested? Bathing waters are used by many more purposes than only bathing, which is why there is a potential for …

  • Press release 37/2024 from 11.09.2024 | Last changed: 12.09.2024

    On the way to a pollutant-free environment

    Das Bild zeigt Laborgläser mit verschiedenfarbigen Flüssigkeiten.

    … substances into the environment is sufficient and available information on effects, uses and their environmental occurrence. The consumption of resources by the …

  • Press release 02/2019 from 17.01.2019 | Last changed: 22.01.2019

    Expert group: New housing creation campaign must become greener

    Baustelle mit Baukränen in der Innenstadt

    … from the mistakes made during post-war urban development and building, which focused on large, purely residential and ever more compact settlements and the … maintaining the density necessary for quality of life in cities. Compact, mixed-use urban neighbourhoods ought to become the standard – they have higher quality of …

  • Newsletter from 21.04.2023 | Last changed: 21.04.2023

    EU News – New UBA Publications, Statements and Events - No.: 2/2023

    … impact of packaging and packaging waste over its entire life cycle. Packaging causes considerable resource consumption while having a very short use phase. In some areas, however, the proposal is not ambitious enough from an … substances for both veterinary medicinal products and medicinal products for human use. Scientific Opinion Paper: Monographs of Environmental Data for Active …

  • KomPass: Article from 28.11.2023 | Last changed: 18.11.2025

    TOU-R-1: Seasonality of bed-nights in wider tourism areas

    The picture shows a sandy beach on the Baltic Sea coast with dunes and hooded beach chairs (‘strandkorbs’). The strandkorbs facing the viewer have been locked up for the winter. The sea is visible on the horizon. A few individuals and small groups of people are visible at the waterline; apart from them, the beach is deserted. The sky is partly cloud-covered.

    … a more balanced seasonal utilisation. For the destination this can indicate a useful development towards climate adaptation. TOU-R-1: Seasonality of bed-nights in … a more balanced seasonal utilisation. For the destination this can indicate a useful development towards climate adaptation. … There are various general …

  • KomPass: Article from 28.11.2023 | Last changed: 18.11.2025

    BAU-I-1 + 2: Heat stress in urban areas and summer heat island effect

    … degree of insulation, the proportion of green space and the construction materials used. Also cloud cover and wind patterns play important roles in terms of urban heat … whether climate change exacerbates the urban heat island effect. This may be because heat stress is increasing with equal strength in both cities and their …

  • KomPass: Article from 20.09.2019 | Last changed: 22.10.2019

    GoApply

    … adaptation in the city of Kempten and the Allgäu region 2nd experts workshop: land use management and climate change adaptation – sustainable strategies for the city … and networks can take up the often new topic of adaptation to climate change, because climate impacts have a variety of effects. Single institutions or individuals … and network as many different groups of actors as possible. The discussion focused more and more on the necessary land management in a growth region and the …

  • KomPass: Article from 28.11.2023 | Last changed: 11.12.2024

    WW-I-7: Water levels in lakes

    The picture shows a footbridge leading across the dried-up sandy and stony shore area of a lake. A bridge and some residual water are visible in the background.

    … influence on shallow lakes. When the water level of such lakes recedes, this also causes lake shores to dry out for many metres into a lake, thus resulting in … based on indexed values. This means that for each lake a mean value is calculated using the deviations from the index year 2014, for which the water level value is … influence on shallow lakes. When the water level of such lakes recedes, this also causes lake shores to dry out for many metres into a lake, thus resulting in …

  • KomPass: Article from 28.11.2023 | Last changed: 17.12.2024

    VE-I-5: Impacts on roads due to weather conditions and weather patterns

    The picture shows the upper part of the tail end of a vehicle belonging to the highway maintenance service. The vehicle is orange and its rear doors are marked with the word ’Streckenwartung’ (track maintenance) and reflective red-and-white striped stickers. There are warning lights fitted to the vehicle.

    … sections are impassable, highway maintenance services will handle traffic control using appropriate signage and barriers or cordons. Subject to the availability of … which had to be remedied by highway maintenance services. The labour involved caused a distinct amount of additional time expenditure. In May 2018, a considerable … on work carried out in 2021 seems to be only a partial reflection of the impacts caused by the low pressure system known as Bernd. The reason for this is the …

  • KomPass: Article from 28.11.2023 | Last changed: 18.11.2025

    KM-I-5: Change of flow direction

    The picture shows a river running through a flat landscape consisting of meadows and agricultural areas. The sea is visible in the background.

    … The readings from the other gauging stations do not show any trends, possibly because the time series are still relatively short. KM-I-5: Change of flow direction … water provide habitats for specialised animal and plant species, that can be used as ‘nurseries’ by fish species considered of economic importance. In many …