… law Legal regulations protect the environment Source: Julia Gerlach / Umweltbundesamt A comprehensive concept for sustainable mobility needs legal instruments. … viability Sustainable mobility requires realising innovative changes differing in design as best suited for the respective area, e.g. conurbations or rural areas. We … test and implement alternative concepts such as sustainable car sharing and redesign and promote public transport systems to be future-viable, including …

… is the only sector which has failed to reduce its emissions since 1990. Source: LVDESIGN / Fotolia.com Passenger traffic and freight transport in Germany are growing … tonne kilometres to be exact – has increased consistently in Germany in recent decades. Since 1960, freight transport has more than tripled, and passenger traffic has … covers the following four areas:  Traffic avoidance, Modal shift to greener modes of transport, e.g. railway or shipping Increasing energy efficiency, and Use of …

… Alpine region. Mountain forests in particular are suffering from the effects of widescale air pollution and the growth of traffic. Thru-traffic also significantly … sustainable tourism. The Alpine.Mobility.Camps project organizes activity-oriented workshops for sustainable mobility in select Alpine tourist destinations. The focus …

… substances. Montreal Protocol, Annex F: Controlled substances Source: Umweltbundesamt Downloads: download table (PDF) (30.29 kB) EU regulation of fluorinated …

… is not simply a matter of reducing administrations’ direct climate footprint. Besides administrations’ credibility and function as role model, it is also about the … to keep the process of administrations towards GHG-neutrality on track. Exploratory Workshop 9th November 2023, Dessau-Roßlau, Germany and Online Workshop 24th November … Concept note GHG-neutral administrations (276.52 kB) Review of the exploratory workshops (523.01 kB) … Greenhouse gas-neutral administrations: Empowering …

… products. As originally introduced by Swedish economist Thomas Lindhqvist, it describes “an environmental protection strategy to reach an environmental objective … the negotations of the UN Plastics Pollution Convention. The process, with several workshops and virtual joint activities in between, started with the kick-off …

… toward a resilient sustainability transformation, 12th - 14th December 2022, Dessau-Roßlau, Germany. last update on 23.03.2023 Background European societies have … of these events have revitalized a discourse on how societies, in general, can be designed in such a way that they are more resilient in the face of multiple crises … at stake, it was successful in emotionally relating the participants to the workshop topic and preparing the affective ground for the remainder of the event. …

… The relevance of the War in Ukraine for transformation Weltkugelfahnen Source: ktsdesign Fotolia 440799 SubscriptionL last update on 18.11.2025 Background The United … more to security issues und the support (once again) of national economies. The workshop aims at bringing such perspectives from the global South to the front and … and engaging in activities that can support a sustainability transformation despite – or even because of – the multiple crises we are currently experiencing. We …

… Preventing corruption for a sustainability transformation Source: Umweltbundesamt Preventing corruption as precondition for a successful sustainability … transformation Participants summarize their most important impressions from the workshop and call for cooperation in the prevention of corruption. last update on … for a successful sustainability transformation, 14th – 16th February 2023, Dessau-Roßlau, Germany From 14 to 16 February 2023, the TES Academy held a three-day …

… 05.12.2025 The challenges European city centres are changing. Over the last few decades, they have been resource-intensive centres of consumption. Social interaction … Additionally, the UBA, together with the University of Budapest (BME), organized a workshop at this year’s European Week of Regions and Cities in Brussels. Lastly, … this, all partners collected information with the help of interviews, surveys or workshops. In addition, relevant ⁠ stakeholders and political measures for circular …