Publications | Umweltbundesamt

Waste | Resources, Agriculture

A Greener Common Agricultural Policy

A start has been made but many weak points remain

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A revised Common Agricultural Policy (CAP) for 2014 - 2020 was agreed between the EU Commission, the Agriculture Council and the European Parliament in late June 2013. While the reform essentially follows Agriculture Commissioner Dacian Cioloș proposed agenda, the outcome became watered down in the course of negotiations. This is the conclusion reached by the Agriculture Commission at the German F...read more

Climate | Energy

Stakeholder Participation in Adaptation to Climate Change

Lessons and Experience from Germany

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The report concludes with recommendations for planning and conducting stakeholder participation processes and suggests suitable designs depending on the pursued objectives.read more

Chemicals

Identification of potential PBT/vPvB-Substances by QSAR methods

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The identification and the assessment of potential PBT/vPvB substances are key tasks of the German Federal Environment Agency (UBA) under the ⁠REACH⁠ regulation. Potential PBT/vPvB substances can for example be identified using quantitative structure-activity relationships (QSARs). For a definitive assessment, experimental data are required.read more

Sustainability | Strategies | International matters

What Matters 2013

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The UBA annual publication 2013Noise protection is one of the key thematic focus areas of UBA's work in 2013. More than half of the people in Germany feel disturbed by noise. Another focus area is oceans, which are under stress from overfishing and over-fertilisation in particular. The hunt for raw materials on the ocean floor also poses a new threat. The third focus area is sustainable building a...read more

Air

Estimation of costs of (behavioural) emission mitigation measures and instruments including estimation of utility loss

Teilbericht zum F&E-Vorhaben „Strategien zur Verminderung der Feinstaubbelastung - PAREST“

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This report focuses on the estimation of the costs of (behavioural, non-technical) emission mitigation measures and instruments, including one mitigation option from the agricultural sector, one for aerosol sprays and several from the transport sector.read more

Air

A high resolution European emission data base for the year 2005

Teilbericht zum F&E-Vorhaben „Strategien zur Verminderung der Feinstaubbelastung - PAREST“

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A transparent and consistent emission inventory is a prerequisite for (predictive) modelling of air quality. TNO has been asked to prepare a European emission inventory to support UBA in its ambitions to develop strategies to reduce the particulate matterexposure of the German Population.read more

Air

Gridded European emission data for the projection years 2010, 2015 and 2020

based on the IIASA GAINS NEC scenarios

Teilbericht zum F&E-Vorhaben „Strategien zur Verminderung der Feinstaubbelastung - PAREST“

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In the UBA PAREST project it was agreed that the national emissions for projection years should be in line with the EC environmental objectives for the year 2020.read more

Transport

Financing Sustainable Transport in Africa

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In order to explain how future policies in transport should be formulated, it is necessary to understand that sustainability in transport does not only imply transport infrastructure, but can be embedded in a broader policy approach. Financing of infrastructure, investments in public and non-motorised transport, institutional development and road maintenance all require significant funding. Since...read more