… newsletter by the WHO Collaborating Centre for Air Quality Management and Air Pollution Control at the German Environment Agency. Some topics of the new issue: … Regional Office for Europe launches AirQ+, a tool for health risk assessment of air pollution Notes and news Meetings and conferences New publications Coming events …

… newsletter by the WHO Collaborating Centre for Air Quality Management and Air Pollution Control at the Federal Environment Agency, Germany. Some topics of the new issue: Health burden of Air Pollutant Exposure in Belgrade: A European Region with high circulatory and …

… from harmful UV radiation, is actually recovering. We wish you interesting reading. Yours sincerely, Press Office at the German Environment Agency Diesel cars: Software … annual mean limit of 40 micrograms per cubic metre. Only roughly 20 cities where pollution levels are currently just below the limit will benefit from the decisions … hardware retrofitting to be another important measure to achieve clean air in urban areas. The hardware solution concerns so-called SCR catalytic converters which use a …

… biggest source of NO2. Source: Kai Krueger / Fotolia.com In 2018, the level of air pollution by nitrogen dioxide in Germany declined slightly compared with the … high rates of emissions of nitrogen dioxide. Action must finally be taken in this area: these vehicles need to be retrofitted with effective catalytic converters – … be recycled. In principle, this applies to all types of waste. How good is your knowledge of this field?  read more (in German) UBA positions Aligning EU …

… CAP: benefits for environmental protection? Species decline, climate change, water pollution: Our farming industry also takes the blame for that. And it is supported … only make sense if they contribute to the necessary environmental protection in the area of farming. It is questionable as to whether the reform proposals for the …

… of the measuring stations located near traffic. We wish you interesting reading. Yours sincerely, 

Press Office at the German Environment Agency Environmentally … and health damage they cause – due to greenhouse gas emissions and air pollution from electricity produced from lignite, which was subsidized to the tune … entitled "Environmentally sound concepts of maritime spatial use for the Baltic Sea Area of the Russian Federation". Law & legislation Packaging Act: Recycling bin is …

… to the European chemicals legislation REACH. We wish you interesting reading. Yours sincerely, Press Office at the German Environment Agency  Even new diesels pollute the air considerably – and do not help with climate protection The real … the German Environment Agency.  read more (in German) Video clip: Traffic in urban areas Cleaner air, less noise and more space and green in urban areas – this is only …

… newsletter by the WHO Collaborating Centre for Air Quality Management and Air Pollution Control at the Federal Environment Agency, Germany. Some topics of the new …

… newsletter by the WHO Collaborating Centre for Air Quality Management and Air Pollution Control at the Federal Environment Agency, Germany. Some topics of the new …

… walking strategy for Germany. Source: william87 / Fotolia.com To make our urban areas more liveable, healthy and climate-friendly, the amount of cars on the road … the health hazards that arise from environmental influences such as noise or air pollution can often be very high. Maria Krautzberger, President of the UBA, on the …

… considerable resource consumption while having a very short use phase. In some areas, however, the proposal is not ambitious enough from an environmental point of … risk communication and risk management and this across different regulatory areas. The current revision of the general pharmaceutical legislation of the EU …

… work of the Environmental Specimen Bank and how fish can be used to understand the pollution of our environment. We hope you find it an interesting read The Press … project PARC and analyses the exposure of children and young people in Germany to pollutants from the environment. In PARC, data from 20 European countries is being … sprayed outdoors. The extent to which the chemicals are carried by drift into areas that should not actually be treated depends in particular on the equipment …