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  • Article from 24.04.2025 | Last changed: 22.08.2025

    CASRI report on enhancing Ethics, Gender Equality, and Diversity

    stylized people in different colors

    … equal opportunities to contribute, lead, and succeed. This approach sets a powerful example for future research and innovation initiatives, demonstrating that true … equal opportunities to contribute, lead, and succeed. This approach sets a powerful example for future research and innovation initiatives, demonstrating that true …

  • Article from 28.11.2023 | Last changed: 18.11.2025

    Effects chain – Example from the ‘human health’ action field

    Effects chain – Example from the ‘human health’ action field 2023 Monitoring Report … temperature also entailed an increase in the frequency of temperature extremes. For example, the frequency of hot days with a maximum temperature of at least 30 °C has …

  • Article from 10.12.2025 | Last changed: 10.12.2025

    Sustainable resource use in the leisure sector

    Top view of a soccer field

    … What can circular and resource-efficient leisure activities look like and what examples of best practice already exist? Approach The project starts with an … workshop events. These will take place in spring and autumn 2026 . Best practice examples complement the recommendations for the need for action in the leisure …

  • Article from 29.07.2025 | Last changed: 29.07.2025

    Geoengineering

    … change, but merely address global warming as a symptom. Ocean acidification, for example, would continue, as the concentration of CO 2 in the atmosphere would remain … volcanic eruptions, the effects of SAI are still best researched. It is clear for example, that the chemical reactions would lead to a warming of the stratosphere and … with sulphate aerosols. For this reason, the effects of calcite or diamond dust for example are also calculated in computer models. Larger field experiments with …

  • Article from 21.02.2023 | Last changed: 21.02.2023

    Environmental management at UBA

    EMAS logo on the face of the UBA office building in Dessau-Roßlau

    … specialist units at UBA to make the Agency itself more environmentally friendly. Examples of targeted measures include the procurement of office equipment or the … specialist units at UBA to make the Agency itself more environmentally friendly. Examples of targeted measures include the procurement of office equipment or the …

  • Article from 09.10.2025 | Last changed: 10.10.2025

    Geoengineering-Governance

    atmosphere of the Earth

    … in space or increasing the reflectivity of the earth’s surface (albedo), for example by painting the roofs of settlements white. The most commonly discussed … few CDR approaches seek to take advantage of these natural processes. Some onshore examples are large-scale afforestation activities, or the use of bioenergy combined …

  • Article from 22.05.2019 | Last changed: 28.05.2019

    Persistent Organic Pollutants (POPs)

    … on the banks of water bodies can potentially remobilise contaminated sediments. For example, HCH and HCB have been detected in varying concentrations in suspended … Elbe - 2019 Download image (1.70 MB) Next Previous An earlier use of POPs, for examples in coatings, seals (PCB) or insulation materials (HCBDD) can be the source …

  • Article from 21.08.2023 | Last changed: 10.10.2025

    Heat pumps

    Luft-Wasser-Wärmepumpe

    … temperatures. Many large heat pumps already use non-halogenated refrigerants. For example, carbon dioxide (R744), propane (R290), ammonia (R717), and ammonia/dimethyl … temperatures. Many large heat pumps already use non-halogenated refrigerants. For example, carbon dioxide (R744), propane (R290), ammonia (R717), and ammonia/dimethyl …

  • Article from 29.12.2022 | Last changed: 02.01.2023

    Identifying and managing flood risks

    Comprehensive and river basin-wide management is needed to deal with floods.

    … how far the implementation of measures has progressed and whether new findings, for example adaptions to climate change, make it necessary to adjust flood risk … years. Flood damage can therefore also occur outside the defined floodplains, for example in the case of a flood event that statistically occurs only once in 200 … years. In floodplains, special flood protection regulations apply to buildings. For example, municipalities are no longer allowed to designate new construction areas in …

  • Article from 23.04.2025 | Last changed: 23.06.2025

    Research and development projects on nanomaterials

    Nano structures

    … three nanocarrier types and the active substances they contain will be selected as examples for further investigations. These nanocarriers are expected to pose …

  • Article from 06.07.2020 | Last changed: 07.12.2023

    Plant safety

    … the construction, quality and operations for various types of plant elements. For example, the law requires plant operators to conform with the state of the art in … the construction, quality and operations for various types of plant elements. For example, the law requires plant operators to conform with the state of the art in …

  • Article from 26.03.2024 | Last changed: 26.03.2024

    Air Quality Control in Europe

    … Acidification and Nutrient Nitrogen Creation of a harmonized land cover map as an example for the entire region of the Geneva Air Pollution Convention Considerations …