… Agency (UBA) describe how to achieve this aim. Its key points advocate a systematic shift of freight transport to the railways and for the Energiewende to … of freight transport would remain on the roads. Achieving a zero-emission transport system requires the substitution of fossil fuels in heavy-duty vehicles. The study … toll, in particular the cost of greenhouse gas and noise emissions. For the rail system this would mean an increase and further differentiation of track access …

… mean an extensive and difficult-to-calculate intervention in the Earth's climate system. It could change global precipitation patterns (e.g. in monsoon regions), … warming in some regions and excessive cooling elsewhere. SRM would threaten ecosystems on land and in the oceans, would jeopardise efforts to increase climate … (SRM): Effects, risks and governance of intervention in the global climate system through solar geoengineering” summarises the scientific findings on the …

… matter in particular, can harm the respiratory tract and damage the cardiovascular system, too. Ozone: the downside of the unusually hot and dry summer in terms of air … risk of thrombosis, or changes in the regulatory function of the vegetative nervous system.   Associated content Links Animation: Auswertung der Feinstaubwerte; Stand …

… in the "MESSAGEix-Globiom" model from the International Institute for Applied Systems Analysis in Vienna, nuclear energy generation increases massively by 2050, …

… show that ecodesign is not just about improving products but about designing new systems and new ways of thinking. Designers are making an important contribution to … product service life, for example through refills and replacements and a take-back system. The Edding highlighter pen has been awarded the Blue Angel. …

… from funding research, the public purse also supports adaptation efforts in tourism financially by means of various funding programmes. Given the wide range of … from funding research, the public purse also supports adaptation efforts in tourism financially by means of various funding programmes. Given the wide range of …

… in Germany it is crucial to overview the constitutional background and the system of environmental administration in Germany. Therefore the German Environment …

… urban heat island effect. A recent study by the German Environment Agency (UBA) has systematically investigated how cooler temperatures can be realised in inner-city … at all times. Climate protection reasons suggest the use of air-conditioning systems if surface cooling systems use natural refrigerants. The phenomenon of …

… own activities for Natech risk management. The overview ranges from early warning systems against natural hazards (such as tsunami, flood or storm warning systems) to methods for analyzing natural hazards and Natech risks to examples of …

… the status quo and published initial results in 2021. They showed that the current system of levies, taxes and subsidies for transport already has distributional … public transport) Creating true-cost pricing for transport (e.g. bonus-malus system for cars) Mitigation of undesirable distributional effects for vulnerable …