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  • Article from 28.11.2023 | Last changed: 18.11.2025

    Effects chain – Example from the ‘human health’ action field

    … action field 2023 Monitoring Report on the German Strategy for Adaptation to Climate Change last update on 28.11.2023 Climate changes relevant to the action … affect human beings in different ways. Above all, the group comprising the elderly and people living alone, is regularly affected by mortalities at significant scales …

  • Article from 11.08.2022 | Last changed: 13.10.2025

    Fachbibliothek Umwelt (Environmental Library)

    View into the environmental library in Dessau

    … (Bismarckplatz) will remain closed until about 2025/26 due to renovation and modernization work. The address of the temporary accommodation, which will also … library in the German-speaking world, with branches in Dessau-Roßlau, Berlin and Bad Elster, contains more than 500,000 books, about 320,000 eBooks, more than 1,500 printed journals, about 30,000 ejournals and other sources of information. The library is an open access library kept …

  • Article from 14.01.2025 | Last changed: 24.10.2025

    Maps and CCE Data

    Weltkartenausschnit Fokus EU, Rezeptoren mit unterschiedlichen Farbgebungen

    Maps and CCE Data Receptor Map Source: CCE Maps are created/updated using CL data from the NFC. last update on 14.01.2025 The mandate of the CCE is to develop and update methodologies for assessing critical … (MSC) West depending on past emissions and emission scenarios for 2030 to 2050. … Maps and CCE Data

  • Article from 10.12.2025 | Last changed: 10.12.2025

    Sustainable resource use in the leisure sector

    Top view of a soccer field

    … Anton Mazaev / Adobe Stock Leisure activities are important for our well-being and quality of life. We meet friends, pursue our hobbies or go travelling. These … greenhouse gases and develops a framework for action for a resource-efficient and climate-friendly leisure sector. last update on 10.12.2025 Whether it is a visit to …

  • Article from 22.05.2020 | Last changed: 25.06.2024

    Biodiversity as insurance: aligning economic stimulus packages

    … Biodiversity as insurance: aligning economic stimulus packages The corona pandemic reminds us how vulnerable modern societies have become through their … to live in a confined space ( BMU 2020 , IPBES 2020 ). Against the background of climate change, the biodiversity of ecosystems will become even more important for …

  • Article from 29.07.2025 | Last changed: 29.07.2025

    Geoengineering

    … Geoengineering Geoengineering, climate engineering, climate intervention or climate altering technologies - even if … for decades: climate modification approaches harbor major risks for environment and society. last update on 29.07.2025 Geoengineering comprises deliberate and … Upwelling, Downwelling Direct Ocean Electrochemical Capture Dumping of harvest waste and algae farms See UBA topic - Marine Geoengineering (German) Terrestrial CDR …

  • Article from 28.11.2023 | Last changed: 18.11.2025

    BO-I-4: Temperature in the topsoil

    The picture shows a seedling emerging from moist, dark soil.

    … in the topsoil With soil temperatures rising beyond 5 °C, plants begin to sprout and grow. Source: sandra zuerlein / stock.adobe.com 2023 Monitoring Report on the German Strategy for Adaptation to Climate Change last update on 28.11.2023 BO-I-4: Temperature in the topsoil At a …

  • Article from 28.11.2023 | Last changed: 18.11.2025

    BO-I-3: Rainfall erosivity

    The legend comprises six categories for the rainfall erosivity (unit: kilojoules per square metre multiplied by millimetres per hour) as a district average for the years 2017 to 2021.

    … 2021 2023 Monitoring Report on the German Strategy for Adaptation to Climate Change last update on 28.11.2023 BO-I-3: Rainfall erosivity In Germany, … were  particularly high. Targeted anti-erosion measures taken on vulnerable soils and on steeply sloping terrain can help to  reduce soil loss even where high …

  • Article from 20.04.2015 | Last changed: 28.04.2023

    The CORINE Land Cover (CLC) program

    CORINE Land Cover 2006

    The CORINE Land Cover (CLC) program CORINE Land Cover 2006 Source: Umweltbundesamt Land cover is a key indicator of … Centre (DLR)’s Deutsches Fernerkundungsdatenzentrum, on behalf of the UBA. … The CORINE Land Cover (CLC) program

  • Article from 20.05.2022 | Last changed: 18.07.2022

    Good to know about nanomaterials

    Nano structures

    … The Federal Environment Agency supports an objective debate on the chances and risks which nanotechnology involves. It wants to help promote the opportunities … in various fields of application Use of nanomaterials and nanoscale products for wastewater treatment Use of Nanomaterials in Energy Storage Use of nanomaterials in … Nanomaterials in the environment Use of nanomaterials and nanoscale products for wastewater treatment Use of Nanomaterials in Energy Storage Use of nanomaterials in …

  • Article from 04.08.2015 | Last changed: 17.11.2025

    Soil protection law

    paragraphs

    … AllebaziB / Fotolia.com Regulations in soil protection law exist at both national and European level. The numerous EU provisions must be implemented into national … soil protection provisions could in particular be found in EU chemical law, waste law and in legislation on facilities and industrial installations. … Desertification of 1994, the Convention on Biological Diversity of 1992 and the Climate Framework Convention of 1992. The main aims of the Desertification …

  • Article from 20.11.2025 | Last changed: 24.11.2025

    Evaluation Criteria and Guidelines

    Evaluation Criteria and Guidelines last update on 20.11.2025 Introduction Pursuant … Environment Agency (Umweltbundesamt – UBA ) has been tasked with stipulating mandatory evaluation criteria for materials and substances that come into contact … which is already assessed by another authority or international organization … Evaluation Criteria and Guidelines