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  • Newsletter from 26.07.2024 | Last changed: 17.03.2025

    EU News – New UBA Publications, Statements and Events - No.: 1/2025

    … pollution, forever concern?’ 25-26 March 2025, in Berlin and online PFAS⁠ have been used for decades and the substances are still being emitted into the environment. … at contaminated sites and to discuss the challenges resulting from the (restricted) use of PFAS contaminated soils and groundwaters. Available solutions and management …

  • Press release 13/2024 from 25.03.2024 | Last changed: 27.03.2024

    Assessment value set for plasticisers in urine

    Behandschute Hand hält Glasröhrchen mit Urin

    … knowledge. Mono-n-hexyl phthalate was detected in urine samples from adults using a new detection method developed on behalf of the UBA as part of the ongoing … In addition, the UBA will continue to work with other authorities to clarify the causes of the exposure found. About the HBM Commission The HBM Commission is an … knowledge. Mono-n-hexyl phthalate was detected in urine samples from adults using a new detection method developed on behalf of the UBA as part of the ongoing …

  • DzU article from 26.03.2025 | Last changed: 01.04.2025

    Indicator: Environmentally friendly passenger transport

    A graph shows the share of pedestrian, utility cycling, railway and passenger transport services in the overall passenger transport volume. Shown here are the years between 2003 and 2022. There has been changes in method in this period in 2003 and 2007.

    … transport (IMT). Car traffic is a heavy burden on the environment through greenhouse gas emissions, air pollution and noise. In addition, stationary as well as … modes have a better environmental balance than cars with average occupancy. The use of bus, train, walking and cycling have been summed up under the term … the figures are approximated by the German Institute for Economic Research (DIW) using a passenger transport model. This model is based on results of the ‘Mobilität …

  • Press release 12/2022 from 02.03.2022 | Last changed: 14.04.2022

    Microplastics in the ocean: Full extent still not foreseeable

    Plastikmüll am Meeresstrand

    … is a complex problem. Microplastics can enter the environment or be produced during use by abrasion. The sources of the former include infills from artificial turf or … polystyrene foams from the construction sector through stricter requirements on the use and applications of insulation materials and through use of temporary precipitation filters around construction sites; Improving …

  • KomPass: Article from 28.11.2023 | Last changed: 30.09.2024

    Cluster Trade and industry

    The picture shows a sectional view of a wooded landscape. There is an industrial estate visible in the distance, consisting of several buildings and facilities. There is smoke rising from some chimneys. The sky is densely cloud-covered. Above the horizon, the sky is tinged with yellow, with dark, greyish-blue clouds billowing at the margin of the picture. In a few lighter places, rays of the sun are penetrating the band of clouds.

    … products – that Germany’s balance of trade is regularly boosted by export surpluses. In many respects, the intensifying climate change is a major challenge to … from climate change impacts. This applies to both risks of damage or limitations caused by weather extremes and risks from changing market conditions jeopardising … heat and drought. In cognisance of the fact that this industry is among the sectors using large volumes of water, the National Water Strategy contains objectives and …

  • Appointment from 05.11.2021 | Last changed: 05.11.2021

    Aviation and maritime transport – Roadmaps to accelerate e-fuels

    Containerschiff und Flugzeug

    … neutrality of air and sea transport can hardly be achieved without the accelerated use of almost GHG-neutral fuels. Such fuels are generated from renewable electricity … made available and how to ensure that in both sectors finally only such fuels are used, several policy roadmaps have been sketched. Our assessment also shows that the …

  • Cover from 06.05.2021

    About NIAM

    Sources and effects of air pollution

    … Source: Umweltbundesamt About NIAM About NIAM Useful links Activities NIAM is a network affiliated to the UNECE Air Convention … to share experience on technical aspects of modelling, on the tools and data we use and exchange information about the analysis of national measures and policies. …

  • News from 07.06.2017 | Last changed: 27.06.2017

    EU Plastics Strategy needs to consider environmental issues

    plastic waste in the water

    … these solutions. Plastics in the environment is a global problem. As Europe we can use our know-how and our position as a frontrunner in e.g. waste management and … of the waste hierarchy. The group calls for promoting alternatives to single-use products such as coffee-to-go cups; Waste management: Member states should set … environmental principles: giving priority to products which are durable, easy to reuse, repair and recycle. Also, procurement tenders should give preference to …

  • Press release 21/2012 from 05.06.2012 | Last changed: 18.07.2013

    Green building: part of energy system transformation

    … the demand for and consumption of energy, decentralised generation of energy and using the resources we have at our disposal. Today’s topping out ceremony of the … project team of architects, town and country planners, building physicists, in-house technicians, architectural historians and structural engineers. He said, “This … optimal, zero-energy building made of wood which incorporates energy concepts and uses renewable energy in its design. In the truest sense of the word, it brings both …