… 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 …

… 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 …

… 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 …

… 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 …

… 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 …

… 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 …

… 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 …

… 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. …

… 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 …

… How to assess land and soil degradation on global level? Water erosion is globally one of the most relevant processes leading to land and soil degradation. Source: Knut …

… 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 …

… 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 …