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A new publication by the Agriculture Commission at the Federal Environment Agency (KLU) proposes a fundamental reorientation of the agriculture system in five main areas: nutrient surpluses, food system, international agricultural trade, rural development, and digitalisation.

200 international experts meeting in Berlin.

UBA and AWI demand more climate action and protection of the oceans and the mitigation of risks for coastal regions.

Only beer is sold mostly in reusable bottles.

Over the last 40 years the Environmental Innovation Programme has funded 733 pilot projects which have saved some 790 thousand tonnes of CO2.

130 ideas to make our world more sustainable competed in yesterday’s jury meeting for the popular national award.

73 municipalities in Germany to show sustainable mobility in practice from 16 to 22 September

Diesel passenger cars with Euro 3 to 6a/b/c emission standards continue to have elevated levels of nitrogen oxide emissions in real-world driving conditions. Their emissions greatly exceed the limit values set in the laboratory measuring cycle. Diesel passenger cars with Euro 6d-TEMP, however, comply with the limits specified by the EU, also in real world conditions.

Landscape planning and pest control are among the many tasks which municipalities are charged with in their mandate to protect citizens and maintain infrastructure. It often requires the use of plant protection agents and biocides. A specialist conference hosted by the UBA showed that alternative methods are already making it possible to do without chemicals that are harmful to the environment.

Up-to-date measurements of particulate matter, nitrogen dioxide and ozone pollution available from 400 measuring stations

In the first half of 2019 electricity produced from renewable energies made notable gains over the same period in the previous year. During the first six months of the year production was around 129 billion kilowatt hours, about 10 percent more than the same period in 2018 (+ 12 billion kWh). But the rate of new build of wind energy turbines has slowed in 2019.

More than 800.000 tonnes of refrigerators, dish washers and other appliances were collected in 2017.