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  • News from 05.03.2021 | Last changed: 08.03.2021

    SAICM-Workshop for German Stakeholders

    Picture of the UN building with flags in front of it

    SAICM-Workshop for German Stakeholders SAICM works under the umbrella of the United Nations Environment Programme (UNEP) … on different topics of chemicals management throughout the first half of 2021. … SAICM-Workshop for German Stakeholders …

  • News from 12.12.2013 | Last changed: 09.11.2017

    Environmental Research Plan 2014 now online

    microscope and computers

    Environmental Research Plan 2014 now online The Environmental Research Plan … by the Federal Environment Ministry. Source: Franz Flügel / Fotolia.com The UFOPLAN 2014 which has just been announced reflects the thematic areas in which the Federal …

  • News from 31.03.2014 | Last changed: 19.05.2014

    Adapting to climate change: take preventative action now

    People standing on a seat bench surrounded by water

    … Change (IPCC) published Part II of the current World Climate Report on 31 March 2014. 31.03.2014 Mehr in der Presseinformation. All news … The Intergovernmental Panel on … Change (IPCC) published Part II of the current World Climate Report on 31 March 2014. … Adapting to climate change: take preventative action now …

  • News from 12.10.2023 | Last changed: 20.12.2023

    New Global Framework on Chemicals adopted

    The 5th International Conference on Chemicals Management took place from 25 to 29 September 2023

    … ICCM5 ended a day late on 30 September 2023. The expectations were high , as SAICM , the prior political approach of the United Nations Environment Programme, … the entire lifecycle. Since GFC is the successor, rather than a replacement, of SAICM, well-proven processes and instruments can be retained. The new framework has … targets relating to five strategic objectives and are much more concrete than under SAICM. These targets compass several obligations, for example to create the …

  • News from 08.09.2023 | Last changed: 20.12.2023

    The World Chemicals Conference – Why we need it

    The Welt im Reagenzglas  (The world in a test tube)

    … framework, the so-called Strategic Approach to International Chemicals Management (SAICM). As this framework did not prove strong enough to tackle pollution, a process was set up in 2015 to overhaul and complement SAICM. Eight years of preparatory work will culminate in decisions at the Fifth … effects on human health and the environment are minimised. Since its launch, SAICM is widely recognized for its comprehensive scope and unique multi-stakeholder …

  • News from 04.12.2014 | Last changed: 06.05.2015

    Video "Let´s Talk About Soil"

    A soil profile with differently coloured layers of brown earth.

    … one of the many types of strong soil. Source: S. Marahrens / Umweltbundesamt 04.12.2014 Nearly every single human activity has an ecological impact on the complex soil … lost through erosion, pollution and land consumption. Associated content 04.12.2014 Video "Let's Talk About Soil" Links FAO World Soil Day 2014 UBA web portal: UN Year of the Soils (in German) All news Related contents …

  • News from 21.03.2014 | Last changed: 16.04.2014

    Veterinary drugs – a new problem for groundwater?

    Laying-hens in a hen house

    … in industrialised farming, Germany’s groundwater is mostly uncontaminated. 21.03.2014 read more All news Tags veterinary antibiotic veterinary drug … Federal …

  • News from 15.12.2014 | Last changed: 05.01.2026

    Negative impact on environment from transport sector remains high

    passenger plane

    … annual report on the pressures of the transport sector on the environment. 15.12.2014 The latest edition of the TERM report affirms that the European transport … greenhouse gas transport emissions in Europe. Associated content Links TERM report 2014 News report by the European Environment Agency All news Related contents …

  • News from 23.06.2015 | Last changed: 11.08.2015

    TTIP: Risks for environmental protection

    flag of the European Union and flag of the USA

    … TTIP All news Related publications Umweltschädliche Subventionen in Deutschland 2014 Environmentally Harmful Subsidies in Germany Environmentally harmful subsidies …

  • News from 15.01.2014 | Last changed: 10.11.2017

    More ecofriendliness in food sector necessary

    tomato in the dustbin

    … Organisations (vzbv) and UBA present joint recommendations for action. 15.01.2014 The product life cycle analysis for foods is in a class of its own: fully …