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  • Article from 03.11.2020 | Last changed: 23.04.2021

    Advancing REACH

    Erklärung des Begriffs REACH: Europäische Chemikalienverordnung zur Registrierung, Bewertung, Zulassung und Beschränkung chemischer Stoffe

    … amendments to the text of the Regulation and its annexes. last update on 03.11.2020 Aim and object of the research project Together with other projects, this … A current UBA report provides a systematic analysis on the relations between main elements of REACH (e.g. Registration or Information in the supply chain) and …

  • Article from 26.10.2020 | Last changed: 09.11.2020

    National Integrated Assessment Modelling (NIAM)

    … National Integrated Assessment Modelling (NIAM) last update on 26.10.2020 NIAM is a network affiliated to the UNECE Air Convention that aims at bringing …

  • Article from 15.12.2021 | Last changed: 17.12.2021

    Accelerating global climate action by 2030

    … and forest protection are at the spotlight of the analysis. last update on 15.12.2021 Background The Parties to the Paris Agreement agreed to hold the long-term …

  • Article from 01.07.2021 | Last changed: 06.07.2021

    Webinar “Soil Governance: Southeast Asia in Focus”

    Webinar auf Bildschirm zu sehen

    … Webinar “Soil Governance: Southeast Asia in Focus” Webinar “Soil Governance: … the topic. More than 80 % of the participants would be interested to attend further webinars and events. Further webinars on specific topics such as „soils and climate …

  • Article from 18.02.2014 | Last changed: 16.07.2025

    The Common Agricultural Policy (CAP)

    Waving flags of Switzerland, Greece, Spain, Luxembourg, Italy, the Netherlands, Portugal, the United Kingdom, Belgium and the European Union

    … Council of Ministers and European Parliament reached a compromise for the 2014 to 2020 subsidy period, for the CAP as well as for the medium term financial framework. … two pillars, the first for 75 per cent of the grants and the second for the remaining 25 per cent. The first column mainly involves marketing instruments and direct payments, which in Germany are …

  • Article from 14.06.2021 | Last changed: 24.06.2021

    A model legislation for sustainable soil management in Africa

    … Ginzky (UBA) co-led the project which started in November 2018 and ended in April 2020 and which was funded by the “Deutsche Gesellschaft für internationale Zusammenarbeit GmbH” (GIZ). The project results were mainly based on the analysis of three country reports for Cameroon, Kenya and Zambia … gathered at several stakeholder events in various African states. The main results of the project inter alia include the following: No coherent soil …

  • Article from 04.09.2025 | Last changed: 04.09.2025

    Organic farming

    Close-up of an organically grown apple

    … has many advantages over conventional farming in terms of resource conservation, mainly due to the systemic approach pursued in organic farming and the lower … the proportion of organically farmed land to 30 percent by 2030. However, with 11.2 percent of agricultural land used for organic farming in 2024 (data source: …

  • Article from 11.08.2021 | Last changed: 07.01.2026

    Nationally Determined Contribution (NDC) design

    … this project, the design of 20 NDCs were analysed with this method. last update on 11.08.2021 Background The Paris Agreement on climate change includes a five-year … Paris Agreement, which detail the climate action countries intend to take. The year 2020 is a milestone: Countries, whose NDC ends 2025, have to submit new NDCs. … alphabetical order) Argentina Australia Brazil Cambodia Colombia European Union Jamaica Kenia Mexico Nepal Panama Republic of Korea Republic of Moldova Russian …

  • Article from 24.09.2015 | Last changed: 09.09.2025

    Threats to biodiversity

    Meadow with different blossoming flowers

    … the diversity of organisms on and in soils also fulfills important functions in maintaining soil productivity and fertility. Many people are familiar with the … number of species and occurrence of soil organisms. Increased effort is required to maintain soil fertility if these ecological services provided by nature are not … biodiversity. The goal of halting species loss and reversing the trend by 2010 and 2020 has not yet been achieved. The target is now to achieve this by 2030. The …

  • Article from 27.08.2025 | Last changed: 27.08.2025

    Nitrogen

    A tractor spreading fertilizer on a field

    … to achieve high yields of good quality, to supply sufficient nutrients, and to maintain soil fertility. The nitrogen surpluses in agricultural soils, which are … showed that 32.7 percent of groundwater bodies are in poor chemical condition. The main cause of this is diffuse nitrate pollution (22 percent of all groundwater … to reduce or prevent this, the Fertilizer Ordinance (DüV), which was amended in 2020, contains a number of requirements for the proper application of farm manure …