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  • Press release 11/2023 from 15.03.2023 | Last changed: 22.03.2023

    UBA forecast: 2022 greenhouse gas emissions down by 1.9 percent

    dampfende Kühltürme eines Kraftwerks und Hochspannungsleitung

    … summer 2022. The Federal Government will now have to respond with an effective programme – but it is a task for society as a whole. The key is to increase the pace … the law provides that the responsible ministries must submit an immediate action programme within three months’ time with proposed measures to bring the building …

  • News from 25.01.2019 | Last changed: 25.01.2019

    How does emissions trading work?

    Screenshot aus dem gezeichneten Kurzfilm: Zu sehen ist ein Kraftwerk, das Geld für Emissionsberechtigungen zahlt.

    … questions and explains why is it economically viable for companies to invest in environmentally friendly technologies and thus make a contribution to climate …

  • Press release 15/2015 from 25.04.2015 | Last changed: 23.01.2017

    25 April is World Penguin Day

    two penguins

    … for peaceful purposes "in the interest of all humankind". The Protocol on Environmental Protection to the Antarctic Treaty entered into force in 1998 and … environment and prohibits commercial mining activities. The Act implementing the Environmental Protocol (AUG) enacts the Protocol into German law and designates the …

  • Press release 32/2023 from 15.09.2023 | Last changed: 30.11.2023

    European Mobility Week: Sustainable mobility saves energy

    A banner reads: "European Mobility Week 16 to 22 September Mix and Move! - climate-friendly mobility."

    … established in consultation with citizens to make local transport more climate and environmentally friendly in the long term. At the same time, further actions will …

  • Press release 07/2018 from 22.03.2018 | Last changed: 05.04.2018

    Sandy lowland river: Water Type of the Year 2018

    Der Fluss Nieplitz

    … "green" infrastructures can replace or complement technical structures and mitigate environmental impact. Associated content Vorkommen des Gewässertyp 2018 - sandiger …

  • Press release 05/2014 from 29.01.2014 | Last changed: 23.01.2017

    Putting power gluttons on a diet

    smartphones

    … product size group. Consumer goods that have the Blue Angel ecolabel are the most environmentally friendly in that product group. Associated content Links order free …

  • Press release 45/2015 from 08.12.2015 | Last changed: 23.01.2017

    German diet is a strain on the climate

    Eine Vielzahl von abgepacktem und rohem Fleisch

    … with pollution are the result. The Umwelt, Haushalte und Konsum report focuses on environmental pollution caused by consumer behaviour in the areas "food", …

  • Article from 03.03.2025 | Last changed: 03.03.2025

    Chemical contamination in the Antarctic

    Appearances are misleading - even in the pure white of the polar landscape, pollutants can already be detected.

    … well as from industrial influences, the polar regions are ideal research areas for environmental behavior and the detection of chemicals. Because of this remoteness … at the poles due to climate change. Because of their global distribution, environmentally relevant PFAS should be regulated globally through the Stockholm …

  • Article from 03.12.2025 | Last changed: 03.12.2025

    European Earth Observation Programme Copernicus

    Sentinel-2 RGB satellite image of Dessau-Roßlau (date of recording: June 21, 2020), overlaid with the data product “Riparian Zones” (reference year 2012), provided by the Copernicus Land Service.

    European Earth Observation Programme Copernicus Sentinel-2 satellite image (May 21, 2020) overlaid with the … The European Earth observation programme Copernicus provides key information for environmental and nature conservation monitoring, atmospheric and climate monitoring …

  • Article from 22.02.2024 | Last changed: 19.05.2025

    German Environmental Survey, GerES VI (2023-2024)

    a colorful picture with many different faces

    German Environmental Survey, GerES VI (2023-2024) Adults are back in focus in the German Environmental Survey. Source: Fotolia/Dashk (edited by Agentur Naumilkat) The German …

  • Article from 03.04.2020 | Last changed: 03.04.2020

    Metals

    … copper, zinc) and in biota (mercury). The assessment of metals is based on environmental quality standards (chemical status) which are valid throughout the EU … Schnackenburg/Elbe measuring station and Kleve-Bimmen/Rhine (see images) and by the Environmental Specimen Bank.  Especially in the Elbe is this recognizable. There is …

  • Article from 15.05.2020 | Last changed: 15.05.2020

    Headaches

    A child that holds its head.

    … measured in Europe actually cause headaches cannot be answered from existing environmental epidemiological studies. The results of these studies were found to be contradictory. Why are there not more environmental epidemiological studies on headaches? Researchers agree that there are …