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  • Article from 10.12.2025 | Last changed: 10.12.2025

    Digitalisation and natural resources

    The significant footprint of digitalisation needs to be better understood

    Digitalisation and natural resources The significant footprint of digitalisation needs to be better … pervasive in almost all areas of life. However, its impact on natural resources and climate change needs to be better understood. The UBA research project …

  • Article from 19.03.2015 | Last changed: 04.04.2016

    Waste classification

    Glass container contains white glass bottles, but also plastic waste

    Waste classification People sometimes mistakenly put plastic waste in the glass … Bernd Kreuscher / UBA Systems for the classification of waste have been developed and designed according to different principles . The classification can be based on … Such instruments include the European Waste List (EWL) and green and amber list of wastes of Regulation (EC) No. 1013/1006. The various types of waste are classified …

  • Article from 29.04.2025 | Last changed: 29.04.2025

    Marine governance: How can effective marine protection succeed?

    … protection succeed? Oceans know no boundaries. This also applies to marine life and the spread of pollution. Effective marine protection can therefore only be … aspects of eutrophication , contaminants , marine litter , underwater noise and climate change . UBA works on the regulation of activities including agriculture , …

  • Article from 03.12.2025 | Last changed: 03.12.2025

    European Earth Observation Programme Copernicus

    Sentinel-2 RGB satellite image of Dessau-Roßlau (date of recording: June 21, 2020), overlaid with the data product “Riparian Zones” (reference year 2012), provided by the Copernicus Land Service.

    … the “Shore Zones” data product Source: Modified Copernicus Sentinel data (2020) and information from Copernicus services (2012) The European Earth observation … information for environmental and nature conservation monitoring, atmospheric and climate monitoring and crisis management in the event of natural disasters. The UBA …

  • Article from 15.06.2020 | Last changed: 24.06.2020

    Examples of Good Practice In Natech Risk Management

    … 2015 ) to the OECD Guiding Principles on Chemical Accident Prevention, Preparedness and Response ( OECD 2003 ) states in paragraph 18.g.2: “Countries should exchange … for the reader. This text box also indicates whether the cross-cutting issue of climate change is tackled or considered in the example at hand.   A following larger …

  • Article from 15.06.2020 | Last changed: 16.07.2020

    Natural Hazards Triggering Technical Accidents (Natech)

    Lightning and technical installation

    … or storms. Source: Siegfried Layda/Getty Images Examples like the earthquake and tsunamis 2011 in Japan and the devastating hurricane Harvey 2017 in the USA, … Not extreme natural hazards also have the potential to cause Natechs. Climate Change can change frequency and intensity of natural hazards. And Climate

  • Article from 31.07.2020 | Last changed: 20.11.2025

    Non-Chemical Alternatives for Rodent Control (NoCheRo)

    Die Silhouette einer Ratte vor grünem Hintergrund

    … 2018, a working party has developed a draft guidance on the assessment of efficacy and animal welfare impact of traps. The guidance was presented in a second EU workshop and published on this website, besides background information on the European workshops and the follow-up activities. last update on 31.07.2020 Scope of the initiative The …

  • Article from 20.02.2020 | Last changed: 27.02.2020

    LIFE APEX – Apex predators and prey support chemical regulations

    Analysed apex predator and prey species in LIFE APEX

    LIFE APEX – Apex predators and prey support chemical regulations Life APEX Source: … APEX is to improve systematic use of chemical monitoring data from apex predators and prey for protecting human health and the environment by making better and more …

  • Article from 20.06.2025 | Last changed: 24.06.2025

    Advanced materials

    Word cloud of advanced materials

    … Agency is addressing the potential of advanced materials for environmental and climate protection and is participating in discussions on the open questions on …

  • Article from 30.07.2025 | Last changed: 30.07.2025

    News

    News

    … from the CCE Source: Fotolia last update on 30.07.2025 41 st TF ICP M&M 32 nd CCE and 6 th CDM meeting from 18 to 20 february Agenda Presentations Report e-learning course The development of the e-learning tool for effects and related activities represents workplan item 1.3.9 for the Convention. The UNECE … Program, which is administered by the German UBA. The funds were approved, and the project officially started in April 2024. UBA takes on a dual role in this …

  • Article from 26.02.2025 | Last changed: 27.02.2025

    Political context

    Organizational Chart of the Convention on Long-range Transboundary Air Pollution (CLRTAP)

    … Commission for Europe (UNECE) (see organigram above). The CLRTAP was signed in 1979 and came into force in 1983. It was the first international legally binding … at a broader scale. The goal of the convention is to control air pollution and its effects and to develop an extensive programme for the monitoring and evaluation of the …