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Sustainability | Strategies | International matters

Integrated Scenarios in the scope of the national sustainability strategy

Possible context scenarios for sustainability policy up to 2040 and sustainable design options for spare time, habitation and nutrition

Sustainability, by definition, is about maintaining future capability in one‘s own decisions. What happens, though, if the framework conditions change? What if the different political, economic and social actors have different ideas of sustainable solutions? Systematically developed future scenarios have been used to point out room for solution for sustainable action in spare time, living and buil...read more

Chemicals, Water

Comparison of species sensitivity of Daphnia and fish in acute and chronic testing

Based on the animal welfare concept (Art. 13, Art. 25), the REACh Regulation (EC 1907/2006) provides several options to avoid the long term fish toxicity test. About 240 substances from the ECHA and ICS database including 73 pesticides are analysed for species sensitivity differences and acute to chronic ratios to evaluate whether and when chronic fish toxicity tests can be avoided without underes...read more

Waste | Resources, Soil | Land

Resource-Efficient Land Use – Towards a Global Sustainable Land Use Standard (GLOBALANDS)

Given the challenges of future land use policies addressing sustainable natural resources manage-ment and socioeconomic aspects, the inter- and transdisciplinary GLOBALANDS (Global Land Use and Sustainability) project identified relevant international policy options, their synergies and possi-ble implementation, and initiated and supported respective processes. GLOBALANDS identified also “windows...read more

The UBA

Data on the Environment 2015

Environmental Trends in Germany

Environmental policy requires great staying power not only in terms of climate protection. A look at air pollution control and water protection shows that while harmful emissions to the environment are decreasing in many areas, this is no reason to sound the all clear. For example, only ten percent of rivers and streams in Germany and only about one percent of examined sections of North and Baltic...read more

Waste | Resources

Waste classification, sampling and analysis

The aim of the EU waste policy is the promotion of the circular economy in order to conserve resources on the one side and to protect human health and the environment on the other side. Before the decision about appropriate treatment options of waste can be made the correct characterisation of waste is necessary. This brochure provides guidance on classification, sampling and analysis of waste.read more

Climate | Energy, Health

Evaluation of Information Systems Relevant to Climate Change and Health - Vol. 2

Adaption to Climate Change: Strategy for Provision of Health Care in Case of Extreme Weather Events

Climate change affects human health through more frequent and/or more severe extreme weather events and increasing climate variability. Furthermore, a strategy for the care of old and sick citizens by nursing care providers and office-based physicians was developed that will be viable under extreme weather conditions.read more

Climate | Energy, Health

Evaluation of Information Systems Relevant to Climate Change and Health - Vol. 1

Adaption to Climate Change: Evaluation of Existing National Information Systems (UV-Index, Heat Warning System, Airborne Pollen and Ozone Forecasts) from a Public Health Perspective – How to Reach Vulnerable Populations

Climate change affects human health through more frequent and/or more severe extreme weather events and increasing climate variability. National information and early warning systems (UV index, heat health warnings, pollen and ozone forecasts) can potentially prompt protective or adaptive measures by the population and thus protect health from environmental factors. The information and early warni...read more

Chemicals, Economy | Consumption

Round Robin Test for the Implementation of Odour Measurements regarding ISO 16000-28 into the Evaluation of Building Products – Part II (Specified by VDI 4302-1)

While in 2012 a commercially available acrylic sealant was used as sample material, in 2014 a lacquer doped with specific substances was sent to the participants for the ⁠VOC⁠ and odour measurement. The resulting measurement values for the perceived intensity were evaluated in consideration of various boundary conditions to identify parameters that could possibly influence the measur...read more