… Digitalisation UBA news As recounted Welcome to the new issue of “UBA aktuell”, The German Environment Agency (UBA) is launching umwelt.info, a new internet portal … conservation. In future, all publicly available information and data relating to environmental protection and nature conservation in Germany will be available here. … UBA scrollytelling “Breams – the trend setters” shows the work of the Environmental Specimen Bank and how fish can be used to understand the pollution of our …

… Environment international Law & legislation UBA news New publications Dear reader, Germany spent the lordly sum of 57 billion euros on environmentally harmful subsidies in 2012, for example in the coal and lignite …

… of today’s “throwaway society” than the “coffee to go” in a disposable cup. In Germany, the number of cups that are used before frequently being carelessly … half over the next three years: Reusable cups – ideally ones with the “Blue Angel” environmental label – should be offered to customers as standard cups for coffee to …

… pandemic. Can tofu sausages, insect burgers or steaks produced in a lab solve environmental and health problems in the future? This is the subject of our focus … topics also feature in this issue, such as the results of a representative German Environmental Study on the health of children and young people, which … shows that meat substitutes could play a key role in helping people adopt more environmentally friendly and healthier diets. However, as long as the price of the …

… Appointments As recounted Dear Reader What is the state of the environment in Germany and where is there an urgent need for action? Read our 2020 summary in this … also find our recommendations on a number of areas of work in progress regarding environmental protection. These include how rivers can be restored to good …

… against antibiotic resistances in the environment. Another topic: the plans of the German Federal Ministry for the Environment to gradually phase out the use of the … costs are anything but insignificant. Greenhouse gases, air pollution and other environmental hazards damage our health, destroy ecosystems, cause animal and plant … city, while Frankfurt is in 12th place, with 54 µg/m3.  read more (in German) German environmental study on adult human health – GerES VI As part of the German …