Publications | Umweltbundesamt

Climate | Energy, Economy | Consumption

Forms and Channels of Carbon Leakage

This paper structures and summarises some of the debates around carbon leakage: Carbon leakage as a problem for the effectiveness of unilateral (or non-harmonised) climate policy, for its economic efficiency in terms of reducing emissions at least cost, for the competitiveness of businesses, and as a possible contradiction for the emerging discussion on radical innovations and industrial restructu...read more

Soil | Land

NIFLUM – Nitrogen Flux Method Evaluation – Outcomes and Recommendations of an International Expert Workshop

Targeted ammonia emission reductions can only be achieved through efficient measures in the political process. At an international expert workshop, problems arising in the derivation of emission factors for NH3 and nitrogen oxides after N-fertiliser application were discussed. An overview of this issue is given in the report.Eine zielgenaue Ammoniak-Emissionsminderung  kann nur durch effiziente Ma...read more

Waste | Resources

Best Practice Municipal Waste Management

Information pool on approaches towards a sustainable design of municipal waste management and supporting technologies and equipment

The need to curb natural resources depletion and climate change and secure a healthy living space for an ever growing human society has become a global challenge which increases the demand to minimise waste generation and manage arising wastes effectively and sustainably on a worldwide scale. This task applies to all countries independently from their status of development. Many countries are ther...read more

Water

Flyer: Water Resource Management in Germany

Fundamentals, pressures, measures

The brochure „Water Resource Management in Germany” offers a comprehensive overview of the fundamentals, pressures and measures of German Water Resource Management. The accompanying flyer presents in short the essential facts and data on available water resources, water uses, status of waterbodies, water supply and water disposal as well as on relevant legislation.read more

Climate | Energy

Submission under the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change and the Kyoto Protocol 2018

National Inventory Report for the German Greenhouse Gas Inventory 1990 – 2016

As a Party to the United Nations Framework on Climate Change (UNFCCC), since 1994 Germany has been obliged to prepare, publish and regularly update national emission inventories of greenhouse gases. Pursuant to Decision 24/CP.19, all Parties listed in ANNEX I of the UNFCCC are required to prepare and submit annual National Inventory Reports (NIRs) containing detailed and complete information on th...read more

Climate | Energy

Coal-fired power generation and climate protection until 2030

Discussion contribution of the German Environment Agency for achieving the climate targets in Germany

With this position paper, the UBA proposes strategic measures and targeted climate policy instruments for achieving a reduction in coal-fired power generation for the period up until 2030. To achieve a disproportionately high reduction in greenhouse gas emissions by the energy sector as a contribution to achieving the climate protection targets by 2020, the UBA recommends to limit coal-fired power...read more

Sustainability | Strategies | International matters

Raising Knowledge among Students and Teachers on Tailings Safety and its Legislative Review in Ukraine

Tailings management facilities (TMFs) store large amounts of mining waste, which can become a source of environment contamination, damaging biota and affecting human health. In Ukraine 344 officially known TMFs are potentially dangerous. To address this problem on a practical level, the project raised knowledge on TMF safety among Ukrainian students of environmental and mining sciences and develop...read more

Water

Water Resource Management in Germany

Fundamentals, pressures, measures

The brochure „Water Resource Management in Germany” offers a comprehensive overview of the fundamentals, pressures and measures of German Water Resource Management as well as key facts and data on the status of our waterbodies, their protection, and on water supply and water disposal. The brochure provides a compendium of information for interested readers, experts, students and journalists and pr...read more