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  • Press release 08/2016 from 24.02.2016 | Last changed: 23.01.2017

    UBA research studies point out ways for efficient integration of renewable energy into the electricity market

    wind energy plants and open power supply line

    … and more flexible use of power generation plants, the use of emergency power systems, use of storage technologies, and more flexible demand from consumers … markets, as well as the configuration of the balancing group and balancing energy system – identify existing inflexibilities and point out adjustments to the …

  • Press release 25/2015 from 15.07.2015 | Last changed: 23.01.2017

    Climate change could cause more heat-related deaths in future

    sun and blue sky

    … Longer and more intensive periods of heat exert great stress on the cardiovascular system. The study concludes there is a correlation between longer and hotter heat … ways to be better prepared for heat waves do exist: the DWD's heat health warning system (online and weather app) helps people to adjust to longer periods of heat …

  • Press release 06/2024 from 01.02.2024 | Last changed: 15.02.2024

    Climate benefit for electric cars confirmed

    Electric cars registered in 2020 are around 40 per cent more climate-friendly than cars with petrol engines.

    … of passenger cars and commercial vehicles with conventional and alternative drive systems in detail, based on the entire vehicle life cycle. According to the results … fossil fuels. In the course of the ongoing transition to a renewable electricity system, these disadvantages will continue to diminish. In 2050, the electric car …

  • News from 27.07.2022 | Last changed: 04.10.2022

    International TES Academy kicks off at UBA

    teamwork with people of different countries

    … war in Ukraine as the budget priorities of Western countries have shifted more financial means to security issues and support of their own national economies. The …

  • Press release 24/2016 from 17.06.2016 | Last changed: 23.01.2017

    Greenhouse gas-neutral freight transport is necessary and feasible

    freight trains in a switch yard

    … Agency (UBA) describe how to achieve this aim. Its key points advocate a systematic shift of freight transport to the railways and for the Energiewende to … of freight transport would remain on the roads. Achieving a zero-emission transport system requires the substitution of fossil fuels in heavy-duty vehicles. The study … toll, in particular the cost of greenhouse gas and noise emissions. For the rail system this would mean an increase and further differentiation of track access …

  • News from 21.10.2020 | Last changed: 03.11.2020

    Increasing the recycling of precious and minor metals

    Board of a processor, on it a recycling symbol

    … This includes consolidation of waste streams and automated level detection systems. Introduction of dismantling and recycling obligations, possibly in … companies, as well as the establishment of recycling enterprise resource planning systems (not only for precious and minor metals) could enhance the profitability of …

  • Press release 17/2025 from 06.05.2025 | Last changed: 02.06.2025

    Unpredictable risks: solar geoengineering is no solution to the climate crisis

    Wolken mit Sonnenaufgang vom All aus

    … mean an extensive and difficult-to-calculate intervention in the Earth's climate system. It could change global precipitation patterns (e.g. in monsoon regions), … warming in some regions and excessive cooling elsewhere. SRM would threaten ecosystems on land and in the oceans, would jeopardise efforts to increase climate … (SRM): Effects, risks and governance of intervention in the global climate system through solar geoengineering” summarises the scientific findings on the …

  • Press release 03/2016 from 29.01.2016 | Last changed: 23.01.2017

    Air quality 2015: Nitrogen dioxide pollution still too heavy

    Verkehrslichter in der Stadt

    … matter in particular, can harm the respiratory tract and damage the cardiovascular system, too. Ozone: the downside of the unusually hot and dry summer in terms of air … risk of thrombosis, or changes in the regulatory function of the vegetative nervous system.   Associated content Links Animation: Auswertung der Feinstaubwerte; Stand …