… Chemicals, Water, Soil | Land The database "Pharmaceuticals in the Environment" Update for the period 2017-2020 Over the past decades, human consumption of pharmaceuticals …

… Climate | Energy, Economy | Consumption Effective and socially acceptable design of CO2 pricing in the building and transport sectors Ambitious CO2 pricing via emissions trading is a key lever for achieving the statutory climate targets in the building and transport sectors. …

… This evaluation of air quality in Germany in the year 2021 is based on preliminary data which has not yet been conclusively audited from the air monitoring networks of the federal states and the UBA, valid on 31th January 2022. Due to the comprehensive quality assurance … final data will only be available in mid-2022. The currently available data allows for a general assessment of the past year. The following pollutants were subject to …

… This evaluation of air quality in Germany in the year 2022 is based on preliminary data which has not yet been conclusively audited from the air monitoring networks of the federal states and the UBA, valid on 31th January 2023. Due to the comprehensive quality assurance … final data will only be available in mid-2023. The currently available data allows for a general assessment of the past year. The following pollutants were subject to …

… Air Air quality 2020 Preliminary evaluation The publication describes the preliminary status … to this development, there are hardly any exceedances of the EU annul limit value for nitrogen dioxide (NO2). And there was less ozone pollution than in both previous years. The second part of …

… Climate | Energy, Noise Noise effects of the use of land-based wind energy Wind turbines are important for a sustainable energy supply. Noise from these turbines is often discussed in …

… Sustainability | Strategies | International matters Data on the Environment Environmental monitor 2020 With the indicator report "Data … picture of the state of the environment, the causes of environmental pollution and starting points for improved policy action. For this purpose, a total of 30 important environmental …

… The UBA Data on the Environment 2015 Environmental Trends in Germany Environmental policy … power not only in terms of climate protection. A look at air pollution control and water protection shows that while harmful emissions to the environment are decreasing in many areas, this is no reason to sound the all clear. For example, only ten percent of rivers and streams in Germany and only about one …

… | Land PROSOIL – Protection of soil organisms: Development of toxicity criteria for soil organisms in the framework of classification of substances and PBT … to environmental hazards. Legal requirements for the use of terrestrial toxicity data are missing, although data from substance regulations (pesticides, … toxicity data for soil organisms were compiled and analyzed in a comprehensive database. Based on the toxicity distributions for different organisms, sensitive …

… Transport Options for action for an ecological design of long-distance mobility in passenger and … in passenger and freight transport", strategies and solutions were identified that effectively reduce the greenhouse gas emissions caused by long-distance transport. … mobility of people in Germany on the basis of an extensive literature and data analysis and supported by a model approach and a complementary survey. Based on …

… Chemicals, Health, Water Trends of pharmaceutical residues in rivers, suspended particular matter and fish – New insights by new analytical methods for active substances, their metabolites and transformation products Environmental …

… Waste | Resources Determining climate protection potentials in the circular economy for Germany and the EU / Partial Report Germany This partial report shows … crediting of self-composting in the recycling rate is estimated with regard to the effects on the climate protection potential and, based on the available data, waste avoidance and reuse are included in the greenhouse gas balance for the …