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… cannot be said about the transport sector. The sector is at a standstill, its 2016 emissions even 2 million tons higher than in 1990. So what is the remedy? A … sector are compromising Germany’s climate goals More diesel was consumed in 2016 and road freight transport grew by 2.8 per cent. Source: Pavel Losevsky / … by the increasing number of vehicles on the roads. Road transport performance in 2016 grew by 2.8 percent compared to the previous year while environmentally …

… of CO2 in 2015, according to the preliminary data, the UBA estimates the figure for 2016 to be 516 grams. According to the forecasts, the estimated figure for 2017 is … action in cities How many pollutants are released by businesses? New data for 2016 Ammonia is the number one airborne pollutant to be released by businesses, and … 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 …

… banks should proceed and identifies which projects should no longer be funded. 2016 was hottest year on record worldwide Heat waves and record high temperatures, …

… example for the removal of nitrate from our drinking water. Our report Air Quality 2016 also reflects the topic of subsidies. Subsidized diesel for automobiles is one … and event co-organiser. read more (in German) Science and research Air quality 2016: Nitrogen dioxide still the top pollutant The air in Germany’s cities continued to have excessive levels of nitrogen dioxide pollution in 2016. This is according to an evaluation of preliminary measurements made by the …

… contrast, drinking water quality remains good. Special issue: Human Biomonitoring 2016 now published A special issue publication "Human Biomonitoring 2016“ has just been published. It features 34 articles which present the current … data on the transfrontier shipment of waste which is subject to notification in 2016 and data on the detection and prosecution of illegal waste shipments in 2015 …

… Umweltbundesamt 742 tons of antibiotics were delivered to vets in Germany in 2016. If manure is spread on farmlands, the antibiotic residues excreted by the … of the annual average limit value. Greenhouse gas emissions rose again in 2016 Emissions from the transport sector higher than 1990 - coal phase-out more …

… of our newsletter you can read about how much packaging waste arose in Germany in 2016 and how things stand regarding its recycling. Wishing you informative reading … press office Increasing quantities of waste packaging Between the years 2000 and 2016, the consumption of plastic packaging increased by about 74 percent. Source: Umweltbundesamt In Germany in the year 2016, this was equivalent to 220.5 kilograms of waste packaging per person: in …

… from coal will also save billions of Euros in costs to the environment. In 2016 alone, greenhouse gases and airborne pollutants from coal-fired power plants … risks of mining also has an impact. Waters in Germany: Status and Assessment Since 2016, there are new legal requirements for the assessment for nutrients and … (in German) Renewable energies: the latest on statistics and emissions balance In 2016, the use of renewable energies in Germany prevented greenhouse gas emissions …

… Euros. Extrapolated in terms of the total greenhouse gas emissions in Germany in 2016, that is equivalent to 164 billion Euros. The figure for particulate matter … greenhouse gases, electricity generated by burning lignite in Germany in 2016 was responsible for environmental damage with a value of 31.2 billion Euros. … published to complement the study entitled “Environmental awareness in Germany 2016”.  read more (in German) New UMID: perception and communication of risks How …