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  • Press release 26/2017 from 24.07.2017 | Last changed: 07.08.2017

    Good indoor air quality is in jeopardy

    A craftsman laying a wooden floor.

    … German Environment Agency publishes What matters 2017 Healthy air in buildings and homes is one of the topics in this year's UBA What matters publication. Source: … President Krautzberger said: "Intensive agriculture is exposing water, soil, air, climate and biodiversity to great stress. Cleaning up the environmental damage …

  • Press release 12/2022 from 02.03.2022 | Last changed: 14.04.2022

    Microplastics in the ocean: Full extent still not foreseeable

    Plastikmüll am Meeresstrand

    … ocean: Full extent still not foreseeable Urgent: Measures to reduce inputs Weather and tides break down plastic waste into small pieces (less than 5 millimetres in size). Source: sablin / … inter- and transdisciplinary approaches. As in the case of the knowledge gained on climate change over the past decades, understanding of the effects associated with …

  • Press release 49/2019 from 04.12.2019 | Last changed: 17.12.2019

    Soil of the Year 2020: Intertidal Flat Soil

    Bildmontage des Wattbodens mit einzelnen Bodenschichten im Untergrund

    … Soil of the Year 2020: Intertidal Flat Soil Tidal flats occur on all continents and in all climate zones Intertidal flat soils are true natural treasures. Source: Dr. …

  • Press release 45/2018 from 14.12.2018 | Last changed: 20.12.2018

    “To-go coffee" with the Blue Angel

    zwei „Coffee to go“-Becher auf einem Tisch, daneben zwei Papiertütchen mit Zucker

    … Joint press release with the Federal Ministry for Environment, Nature Conservation and Nuclear Safety “To-go coffee" with the Blue Angel Blue Angel improves … coffee The to-go coffee trend is one reason for increasing volumes of packaging waste in Germany Source: freepeoplea / Fotolia.com The Blue Angel is now available …

  • News from 05.05.2015 | Last changed: 05.05.2015

    Phasing out the flame retardant HBCD

    Builders insulating a house

    … the international Stockholm Convention. This means that a worldwide ban on the sale and application of the chemical will soon become effective. We have compiled … in Produkten Related publications Identification of potentially POP-containing Wastes and Recyclates – Derivation of Limit Values Residues of flame retardants in …

  • Press release 28/2024 from 06.06.2024 | Last changed: 21.06.2024

    The German Environment Agency celebrates 50 years of environmental protection at its Dessau site

    Zu sehen ist das Hauptgeäude des Umweltbundesamtes in Dessau-Roßlau. Im Anschtt befindet sich ein Teil der bunten Fassade sowie die Blickrichtiung zum gläsernen Haupteingang.

    … members of the public on 15 June 2024 in Dessau-Rosslau Join us on June 15, 2024 and delve into our topics, meet our employees and tour our premises Source: Susanne … 50 different disciplines will provide information on current key topics such as ⁠ climate protection   ⁠ and climate adaptation, and offer a wide variety of programme …

  • Press release 40/2020 from 11.09.2020 | Last changed: 08.12.2020

    Current transport policy puts people with low income at a disadvantage

    Ein Fahrradfahrer in einem Stau mit Autos

    … for example because they more frequently live on roads with higher traffic volumes and thus higher noise and air pollution levels - even though they often do not … mobility, we are closing this justice gap and protecting the environment and climate". Press release No. 40/2020 | 11.09.2020 The new UBA paper "Transforming the …

  • Press release 26/2021 from 01.06.2021 | Last changed: 04.06.2021

    Germany's bathing waters: excellent

    Ein Badegewässer

    … marks for nearly all bathing waters in Germany once again in 2020 – but Covid-19 pandemic did put a damper on the fun 90 per cent of bathing waters in Germany rated … all German bathing water sites 'excellent'. 96% of bathing waters in lakes, rivers and on the coast complied with the quality standards of the European Bathing Water Directive. This is confirmed by the Quality of …

  • Appointment from 19.11.2021

    Online-Conference Socio-ecological Transformation

    … Transformation Tuesday, November 30th, 2021 9:45 — 16:30 Production, Use and Management of Chemicals to serve People without polluting the Planet We kindly … Svenja Schulze, German Federal Minister for the Environment, Nature Conservation and Nuclear Safety, Dr. Hans Bruyninckx, Executive Director of the EEA, and Sam Adu Kumi, Director of the Chemicals Control and Management Centre of the …

  • Press release 23/2020 from 08.06.2020 | Last changed: 17.06.2020

    Clean bathing waters, but the fun has its limits

    See in Brandenburg

    … limits Nearly all bathing waters in Germany have highest quality marks – Covid-19 pandemic putting a damper on bathing 93 percent of Germany's bathing waters rate … water sites 'excellent'. Overall, 98 percent of bathing waters in lakes, rivers and on the coast were in compliance with the quality standards of the European Bathing Water Directive. This data is confirmed by the …

  • Press release 16/2016 from 20.04.2016 | Last changed: 23.01.2017

    EU Commission declines to authorise antifouling ingredient

    blue rowboats

    … substances inhibit the growth (fouling) of single-celled organisms, algae and small organisms such as barnacles and mussels on ship hulls through their slow release from paints and into the surrounding water. Once in the water they also cause harm to the local …