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  • News from 08.09.2023 | Last changed: 20.12.2023

    The World Chemicals Conference – Why we need it

    The Welt im Reagenzglas  (The world in a test tube)

    … at global level. 08.09.2023 The debate about saving the planet is often mainly focused on the urgency to cut greenhouse gas emissions. The two other emergencies of the triple planetary crisis - biodiversity loss and pollution - get far less public and media attention. Yet they are equally urgent and must be solved together. … Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs). The ICCM5 is an opportunity to raise the profile of chemicals issues and put them higher on the political agenda. The future of …

  • News from 10.05.2021 | Last changed: 12.05.2021

    CAP-Reform 2013: Limited environmental impact, high costs

    Acker, der teils begrünt, teils frisch angebaut wurde. Die Furchen auf dem frisch bepflanzten Acker sind tief. Am Horizont sind vereinzelte Laubbäume und Himmel zu sehen.

    … protection based on a data analysis of IACS data of the German Länder II" used data from the German farm structure survey, the survey on agricultural land use … implemented to achieve marked ecological effects. This inefficient use of public funds for environmental services has two reasons: for some greening measures, …

  • Press release 49/2018 from 19.12.2018 | Last changed: 08.01.2019

    Disposal of packaging to become greener

    Yellow bags of packaging waste

    … design packaging to be more recyclable, to consume fewer resources and to make more use of recyclates in production," said Maria Krautzberger, President of the German … service packaging that is filled in a shop and external packaging which is commonly used in shipping. Secondary packaging refers to packaging which is used to group …

  • KomPass: Article from 28.11.2023 | Last changed: 17.12.2024

    VE-I-4: Road accidents due to weather conditions and weather patterns

    The picture shows a car driving on a road covered in water. It is clear to see that the headlights and windscreen wipers are switched on. Heavy rain is falling.

    … road conditions both in January and February but also in December, were the cause of an unusually high number of accidents partly owing to slippery conditions on … by the choice of one’s mode of transport: Humans prefer travelling by car or public transport. The latter reduces the number of unprotected and particularly …

  • Press release 02/2019 from 17.01.2019 | Last changed: 22.01.2019

    Expert group: New housing creation campaign must become greener

    Baustelle mit Baukränen in der Innenstadt

    … and is not bound by instructions from UBA. Press release No. 02/2019 | 17.01.2019 “Public-sector funding for building must – despite the apparent urgency in some … from the mistakes made during post-war urban development and building, which focused on large, purely residential and ever more compact settlements and the …

  • News from 12.10.2018 | Last changed: 01.11.2018

    Can product design prevent marine litter?

    crab in a plastic bottle on the beach

    … of litter into the sea in the future. In this respect, the focus was on single-use plastic products which are found particularly often in the marine environment. … news Related contents Indikator: Kunststoffmüll in der Nordsee Ökodesign Related publications How to do Ecodesign Tags ecodesign HELCOM marine litter marine …

  • KomPass: Article from 28.11.2023 | Last changed: 15.12.2025

    BAU-I-4: Heavy rain in residential areas

    The picture shows the rainwater gutter of a brick building. Heavy rain is falling.

    … the heavy-rain warnings only indicate part of the threat to settlements: The DWD uses the additional warning criterion of persistent rainfall for extended and … Change 26/2021‚ Dessau-Roßlau, 121 pp. https://www.umweltbundesamt.de/sites/default/files/medien/5750/publikationen/2021-06-10_cc_26-2021_kwra2021_kurzfassung.pdf DWD – …

  • Press release 39/2015 from 03.11.2015 | Last changed: 23.01.2017

    Recycling precious and special metals: a call for coordinated action

    gold bar on a circuit board

    … a source of raw materials more and more important. Up to now most special metals in used products have either not been recycled at all or only on a very small scale. A … recycling of precious and special metals. The information from the workshop will be used to draft a regulation on management of used electrical and electronic …

  • KomPass: Area of action climate impact from 15.07.2022 | Last changed: 17.12.2025

    Climate Impacts: Field of Action Soils

    freshly ploughed field

    … soil structure (including humus content), the degree of soil cover, and the land use and cultivation. If the amount of precipitation exceeds the infiltration … of Action Soils Related contents Erosion – jede Krume zählt Cluster Land Related publications Climate Impact and Risk Assessment 2021 for Germany (Summary) Tags …

  • KomPass: Article from 28.11.2023 | Last changed: 18.12.2024

    RO-R-1: Priority and reserved areas for nature and landscape

    The picture shows a meadow with flowers in various colours and small trees in the foreground. A woodland is visible on the horizon. The sky is partly cloud-covered.

    … areas reserved for wildlife and landscape. Länder and regional planning authorities use this approach to support the biotope network thus helping animal and plant … was the case on slightly more than one third of the entire terrain of the Federal Republic of Germany: In that year, a total of circa 115,000 square kilometres were …

  • Press release 17/2022 from 22.03.2022 | Last changed: 29.03.2022

    New measures to protect natural groundwater against trace substances

    Ein Reagenzkolben vor grüner Wiese, darin Wasser.

    … must be considered. It is critical that we minimise, replace or avoid the use of substances with problematic environmental properties as early as the … on diclofenac adopted a unanimous final declaration. It compiles a series of publicity measures that can be implemented in the short to medium term and which the …