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  • Green procurement: Article / Tender recommendation / Environmental criteria from 12.08.2016 | Last changed: 24.06.2024

    Incorporating green procurement into your organizational practice

    Schwarze Tastatur mit einer grünen Taste, auf der ein Einkaufswagen zu sehen ist

    … Berlin The set of rules titled Beschaffung und Umwelt – VwVBU, which came into effect on 1 January 2013, requires all government procurement entities in the … regulation concerning the implementation of sustainable procurement came into effect. Hence, environmental concerns and energy efficiency are to be factored into …

  • Press release 32/2024 from 16.07.2024 | Last changed: 02.08.2024

    European emissions trading: record decline in greenhouse gas emissions in Germany

    rauchende Schornsteine einer Industrieanlage vor blauem Himmel

    … fall in emissions is primarily due to the decline in production as a result of the effects of the Russian war of aggression in Ukraine. We must therefore focus on a … to cyclical declines in production in all sectors, particularly as a result of the effects of Russia's war of aggression against Ukraine. The largest decline in …

  • Press release 42/2023 from 28.11.2023 | Last changed: 30.11.2023

    Consequences of the climate crisis in Germany are becoming more severe

    Harvested grain field with yellow stubble and bales of straw. Dark, low-hanging clouds loom menacingly in the sky.

    … Sponge cities with lots of greenery and unsealed surfaces have a cooling effect and can therefore mitigate heatwaves and also prevent flooding.” ⁠UBA … lowest groundwater levels were recorded at the measuring points in many places. The effects of the drought years since 2018 have not yet been balanced out in 2023. The …

  • KomPass: Article from 28.11.2023 | Last changed: 11.12.2024

    WW-R-1: Water use index

    The picture shows a hand on the handle of a tap, with a weak water jet pouring into a wash-hand basin.

    … improvements in terms of recycling or cyclical usage, had particularly favourable effects on the water budget, at least until 2007. In view of the closure of the last … improvements in terms of recycling or cyclical usage, had particularly favourable effects on the water budget, at least until 2007. In view of the closure of the last …

  • KomPass: Article from 28.11.2023 | Last changed: 18.12.2024

    HUE-4: Adaptation to climate change at the municipal level

    The picture shows a slightly hilly landscape characterised by agricultural activity. The centre of the picture shows a village embedded in the landscape. In an almost cloudless sky which is already tinged with orange, you can see a low sun wrapping the landscape in a warm light.

    … HUE-4: Adaptation to climate change at the municipal level Source: BMUB/BMUV & UBA (study ‚Umweltbewusstsein in Deutschland‘/ for 2021: additional survey in the framework of the study ‚Umweltbewusstsein in Deutschland 2020‘)/ ZUG (Statistik über geförderte …

  • Press release 25/2016 from 21.06.2016 | Last changed: 23.01.2017

    Blauer Kompass contest

    photomontage with a landscape and the banner "Blauer Kompass - Anpassungspioniere gesucht"

    … in pilot projects which involved businesses from Duisburg, Erfurt and Wiesloch. The effect in this densely populated area is positive on the microclimate and for the …

  • Press release 26/2025 from 20.06.2025 | Last changed: 24.06.2025

    Bathing waters in Germany once again receive top marks

    Zwei Menschen rennen freudig ins Wasser.

    … excessive growth of cyanobacteria  (commonly known as ‘blue-green algae’) or the effects of heavy, persistent rainfall. In the past year, such rainfall led to high …

  • Press release 37/2024 from 11.09.2024 | Last changed: 12.09.2024

    On the way to a pollutant-free environment

    Das Bild zeigt Laborgläser mit verschiedenfarbigen Flüssigkeiten.

    … substances into the environment is sufficient and available information on effects, uses and their environmental occurrence. The consumption of resources by …

  • Press release 29/2025 from 16.07.2025 | Last changed: 21.07.2025

    German emissions nearly halved in 20 years of trading

    dampfende Kühltürme eines Kraftwerks an einem Gewässer

    … to support the consistent further development of emissions trading: Embedded in an effective mix of instruments, emissions trading will make a decisive contribution to …

  • 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)

    … interfering with the planetary system without being able to assess, let alone effectively control, the growing amount and number of chemicals in the environment. … global framework to manage chemicals and waste in such a way that negative effects on human health and the environment are minimised. Since its launch, SAICM …

  • Press release 01/2026 from 07.01.2026 | Last changed: 16.01.2026

    Emissions trading: €21 billion channeled into the Climate and Transformation Fund

    A chemical manufacturing plant

    … and Transformation Fund Emissions trading proves its worth as a driver of cost-effective, energy-efficient technologies Around 11,000 industrial and energy plants … into the central cross-sector climate policy instrument. In combination with other effective measures, carbon pricing provides crucial momentum for the …