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  • Publication from 29.07.2015

    What Matters 2014

    two man putting a sticker with the Blue Angel on a bottle bank

    The UBA What Matters 2014 Annual Report of the Federal Environment Agency The UBA … more ambitious targets to reduce air pollution and ensure better protection of our soils. A separate chapter discusses how resource efficiency must become the order of … Other languages Deutsch Publisher Umweltbundesamt File size 8.48 MB Print version not available Tags German Environment Agency … What Matters 2014 …

  • Publication from 26.02.2015

    Electric bikes get things rolling

    Cover E-Bike get things rolling

    … Transport Electric bikes get things rolling The environmental impact of pedelecs and their potential Common questions regarding pedelecs involve their potential for sustainable mobility, and, above all, their environmental impacts. This paper provides answers to these queries. A … Other languages Deutsch Publisher Umweltbundesamt File size 2.76 MB Print version not available Tags electric bicycle sustainable transport … Electric bikes get …

  • News from 04.04.2025 | Last changed: 04.04.2025

    More cooperation required to tackle PFAS pollution in soil

    Wildschein im Wald

    More cooperation required to tackle PFAS pollution in soil Studies have shown that PFAS accumulate in wild boar livers Source: Photohunter / Adobe Stocl The conference “PFAS in soil – forever pollution, forever concern?” focused on soil … had become conspicuous due to high PFAS levels in the blood of the population Gallen, Switzerland: Elevated PFAS levels in milk and meat from cattle. The cause is …

  • Press release 38/2024 from 13.09.2024 | Last changed: 18.10.2024

    Majority of German cities and municipalities are faced with the challenges of the climate crisis

    Deutsche Kleinstadt mit aufgehender Sonne

    … Joint press release by the German Environment Agency (Umweltbundesamt) and the Federal Ministry for the … Protection Majority of German cities and municipalities are faced with the challenges of the climate crisis Current study shows progress as well as further need … the protection of health, risk precautions and prosperity. In addition to a legal basis, we also need sufficient financial resources. For long-term financing, I am …

  • Publication from 20.02.2023

    Sustainability Policy – Key to Stability, Security and Resilience

    Cover TEXTE

    … Resilience Lessons for Sustainability Policy Ukraine War and Sustainability Policy The following text elaborates on the necessities of a future sustainability and … sustainability policies are analysed. Policy recommendations are developed on basis of the analysis in a second step. These recommendations call for ambitious sustainability policy as key for increased security, stability and …

  • Press release 01/2018 from 15.01.2018 | Last changed: 14.02.2018

    "Good design has nothing to hide"

    Logo: eco Bundespreis ecodesign

    … Ecodesign Award 2018 Federal Ecodesign Award "Bundespreis Ecodesign": Here are the green innovations Source: Internationales Design Zentrum Berlin (IDZ) … about what's inside are in fact true. For the seventh year in a row companies from all industries and of all sizes as well as designers and students can now submit … entries in the "Young Talents" category. "Credibility is a valuable good, which is why we are looking for green design that emphasizes transparency and honesty. In …

  • Press release 18/2020 from 11.05.2020 | Last changed: 15.05.2020

    National alliance champions more use of the bio-bin

    auf einem Gehweg steht vor einer grünen Hecke eine braune Mülltonne, auf der "Bioabfälle" steht und aus der Gartenabfälle herausgucken

    National alliance champions more use of the bio-bin "Aktion Biotonne Deutschland" campaign … mitigation and resource conservation and to produce low-emissions energy. That is why it is so important that as many municipalities as possible collect their …

  • Publication from 23.06.2025

    What Matters 1-2020: PFAS. Came to stay.

    Cover of the What Matters magazine about PFAS

    … Chemicals What Matters 1-2020: PFAS. Came to stay. Each issue of the German Environment Agency's "What Matters" magazine is devoted to relevant … These chemicals are used in many applications for their water, grease and soil-repellent function. Coffee-to-go cups, for example, can be coated with PFAS, … June 2020 Author(s) Umweltbundesamt Other languages File size 8.35 MB Print version not available Tags PFAS … What Matters 1-2020: PFAS. Came to stay. …

  • Press release 26/2015 from 21.07.2015 | Last changed: 23.01.2017

    Chemical brownfields: forest soil is very slow to forget

    photo of a forest

    Chemical brownfields: forest soil is very slow to forget New map shows old pollutant loads Forest soil stores … cover 30% of Germany's land area and fulfil a number of important functions: they are the habitat of plants and animals, they produce oxygen and their soil … data do not indicate any direct threat to the population, but we cannot give the all-clear either. Once persistent are released into the environment they are stored …

  • Press release 36/2025 from 15.10.2025 | Last changed: 17.10.2025

    Majority of Germans want to travel more sustainably – but do not act accordingly

    Nachhaltigkeit beim Reisen ist bei der Reiseentscheidung nur einer unter vielen Wünschen.

    Majority of Germans want to travel more sustainably – but do not act accordingly New UBA study reveals contradiction between aspiration and reality Sustainability was the deciding factor in only 5% of travel decisions Source: Eray Haciosmanoglu Many … (in up to five percent of trips). Never before have Germans, on average over all holiday trips (of at least five days’ duration), travelled so far per day of …

  • Press release 31/2025 from 27.08.2025 | Last changed: 08.09.2025

    UBA prohibits misleading online coaching offers

    A woman works on her computer in an office

    … has taken action against unfair business practices Source: kasto / stock.adobe.com The German Environment Agency (UBA) has taken action against unfair business … company from offering distance learning courses to consumers in Austria that are not properly approved. The platform operator has now withdrawn its appeal against … is advised: Often, these courses do not meet legal requirements. This makes it all the more important that the ⁠UBA consistently protects consumers, as in this …