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  • Publication from 23.04.2025

    The Use of Natural Resources

    The Use of Natural Resources

    … regarding resource use in Germany. The first UBA resources report focuses on renewable and non-renewable raw materials. The themes covered range from raw material extraction and …

  • Press release 15/2022 from 15.03.2022 | Last changed: 17.03.2022

    Greenhouse gas emissions rose by 4.5 percent in 2021

    dampfende Kühltürme eines Kraftwerks und Hochspannungsleitung

    … response to an increased demand for electricity, lower electricity generation from renewable energies and the higher price of gas. Electricity production from renewables fell by seven per cent, mainly due to poor wind conditions. The transport …

  • DzU article from 22.12.2025 | Last changed: 22.12.2025

    Indicator: National Welfare Index

    A graph shows the national welfare index (NWI) and gross domestic product (2000 = 100) for the years between 1991 and 2024. Since 2000, the NWI has increased by 10.7 percent, while GDP rose by 27.4 percent.

    … lowers the value of the index. Environmental costs and consumption of non-renewable resources are examples of negative categories, voluntary work and … in pollution, mainly due to falling energy consumption and the expansion of renewable energy and the associated lower emissions. There was also a slight …

  • 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.

    … cent more climate-friendly than cars with petrol engines. With a rapid expansion of renewable energy production, this climate advantage will increase to around 55 per … cent when registered in 2020 to up to 55 per cent for cars registered in 2030 if renewable energies are rapidly expanded. The benefit to the climate will remain even …

  • Press release 33/2025 from 17.09.2025 | Last changed: 22.09.2025

    Design for the future

    Group photo

    … Reefine | Zhong-Wei Lin (Royal College of Art) Concept category Colors with renewable pigments | BASF Coatings GmbH (Headquarters: Münster) Concrete Lightweight …

  • Press release 55/2014 from 05.12.2014 | Last changed: 23.01.2017

    Start of International Year of Soils 2015

    a plant growing on a very dry soil

    … but protecting soil is essential to life itself. Soil grows food, animal feed and renewable resources – as world continues to grow and rising standards of … but protecting soil is essential to life itself. Soil grows food, animal feed and renewable resources – as world continues to grow and rising standards of …

  • Press release 03/2023 from 23.01.2023 | Last changed: 25.01.2023

    German Ecodesign Award 2023: Federal Government competition renews offer of reward for ecological design

    Das Logo des Bundespreis Ecodesign

    … the Environment, German Environment Agency, and International Design Center Berlin German Ecodesign Award 2023: Federal Government competition renews offer of reward for ecological design The German Ecodesign Award is Germany’s … knows no bounds here! … German Ecodesign Award 2023: Federal Government competition renews offer of reward for ecological design

  • Press release 07/2021 from 15.03.2021 | Last changed: 16.06.2021

    Germany's greenhouse gas emissions down 8.7 percent in 2020

    dampfende Kühltürme eines Kraftwerks und Hochspannungsleitung

    … policy instruments are beginning to have an effect, especially the expansion of renewable energies and carbon pricing. But Germany would have missed its 2020 … are a relatively low use of mineral fertilisers, declining cattle stock and the renewed dry weather conditions. Emissions in the waste management sector dropped by …