The draft Federal Transport Infrastructure Plan (FTIP) fails to meet eleven of the twelve targets identified in its own environmental report. read more
Federal Transport Infrastructure Plan fails its own environmental review
UBA measures new record highs for carbon dioxide
A sad record: concentrations of the greenhouse gas carbon dioxide at both of the UBA´s measuring stations on the Zugspitze and the Schauinsland exceeded an annual average level of more than 400 parts per million for the first time. read more
EU Commission declines to authorise antifouling ingredient
A victory for environmental protection: Cybutryn, better known by its trade name Irgarol®, may no longer be used as the active substance in antifouling products on boat hulls after 27 January 2017. read more
Significantly lower levels of mercury and lead, more plasticisers
Which pollutants are people exposed to nowadays and which have diminished as a result of environmental legislation? These are some of the questions which experts will be discussing today at the international conference "Human Biomonitoring - Science and Policy for a healthy future" in Berlin. read more
Germany is able to achieve climate-neutral building stock by 2050
The UBA recommends a swift move to renovate Germany's building stock comprehensively. A new UBA study shows how it can be done. read more
Cornerstone for an exemplary ecological building
The cornerstone ceremony for the addition to the German Environment Agency in Dessau-Roßlau took place on Friday, 8 April 2016. read more
Emissions trading: Industrial emissions again practically unchanged in 2015
Energy utilities mitigate by 1.7 percent read more
Gravel-bed streams - our water body type of the year 2016
The German Environment Agency (UBA) has chosen the water body type of the year 2016 just in time for World Water Day on 22 March: large gravel-bed streams. read more
