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  • Press release 08/2019 from 27.03.2019 | Last changed: 13.08.2024

    Renewable energy share rises to 16.6 per cent in 2018

    Photovoltaikanlage auf dem Dach des Umweltbundesamtes in Dessau-Roßlau

    … electricity market renewable energies covered nearly 38 per cent of overall gross final electricity consumption, due mainly to the year’s unusually sunny weather. In … percentage points to a 5.6 per cent share. The share of renewable energy in gross final energy consumption for electricity, heating and transport overall increased … (2009/28/EC) makes a comparison with the gross final energy consumption of all reported sectors in Germany. It establishes a correlation of the rate of development …

  • Press release 49/2015 from 30.12.2015 | Last changed: 23.01.2017

    Coordination Office of the Working Group on Renewable Energy-Statistics now located at the German Environment Agency

    wind energy plant and solar panels

    … sources in Germany The share of renewable energy in Germany rose to 13.7% of gross final energy consumption in 2014. Source: Eyematrix / Fotolia.com The German … 1 January 2016. The working group is an important player in meeting international reporting obligations and in providing transparent information to policy makers and … supporting the Federal Ministry for Economic Affairs and Energy in meeting reporting obligations and contribute to the success of the Energiewende." The …

  • Press release 35/2023 from 27.09.2023 | Last changed: 14.11.2024

    Nominees selected for the German Ecodesign Award 2023

    The jury posing in front of a building

    … jury meeting in the Metropolenhaus Berlin, 26 innovative projects made it to the final selection. These will now have the chance to win the German Ecodesign Award … jury meeting in the Metropolenhaus Berlin, 26 innovative projects made it to the final selection. These will now have the chance to win the German Ecodesign Award … jury meeting in the Metropolenhaus Berlin, 26 innovative projects made it to the final selection. … Nominees selected for the German Ecodesign Award 2023 …

  • Press release 28/2023 from 22.08.2023 | Last changed: 24.10.2023

    Additional measures needed to achieve climate targets

    Cars and trucks on a motorway

    … Additional measures needed to achieve climate targets Current projection report sees gap by 2030 The transport sector has failed to meet its CO2-reduction … targets Source: Westend61 / Getty Images The German government's 2023 Projection Report, coordinated by the German Environment Agency (UBA), analyses current climate …

  • Press release 1/2017 from 05.01.2017 | Last changed: 17.03.2017

    Pace of environmentally harmful subsidies phase-out continues to falter

    Euro bank notes

    … effect at an excessively high level and now total 57 billion euros, says a recent report by the German Environment Agency (UBA). More than 90 percent of these … behaviour with taxpayer money. The Federal Government has shown resolve by finally placing the phase-out of environmentally harmful subsidies on the agenda of …

  • KomPass: Article from 28.11.2023 | Last changed: 30.09.2024

    Cluster Financial services industry

    The picture shows a man sitting at a desk holding a ballpoint pen between his fingers while operating a pocket calculator. There are several documents on the desk; it is just possible to make out the fuzzy image of some charts.

    … Financial services industry Source: Jirapong / stock.adobe.com 2023 Monitoring Report on the German Strategy for Adaptation to Climate Change last update on … the amounts of credit exposed to physical climate risks. The data contained in such reports will provide greater transparency in future. Given the fact that – at least … aufbauen - die neue EU-Strategie für die Anpassung an den Klimawandel. COM(2021) 82 final, Brüssel. https://eur-lex.europa.eu/legal-content/EN/TXT/?uri=COM:2021:82:FIN. …

  • 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.

    … in previous years. This assessment is supported by the European Commission’s annual report on bathing water quality across Europe, presented in Brussels on 20 June … (BfG). In addition to the current quality classifications, data from previous reporting years is also accessible. Similarly, the website of the European … information on bathing water quality in other European countries. From sampling to final reporting The monitoring of bathing waters in Germany is carried out by the …

  • Press release 50/2020 from 27.10.2020 | Last changed: 27.10.2020

    Further increase in packaging consumption in 2018 in Germany

    Metalldosen und Plastikabfall

    … consumption has thus increased by 17.9 percent. This is shown in the latest report by the German Environment Agency (UBA) on the volume and recycling of packaging in Germany. Private final consumers account for 47 percent of the total quantity, i.e. over 8.9 million … date. The guidelines of the European Packaging Directive applicable for the 2018 reporting year are determined based on the amounts of waste delivered to recycling …

  • Press release 43/2022 from 30.09.2022 | Last changed: 07.12.2022

    Oder fish die-off: Salt discharges caused mass proliferation of toxic alga

    photo of the river

    … Oder fish die-off: Salt discharges caused mass proliferation of toxic alga Expert report assumes environmental disaster caused by humans The river Oder Source: Marco Rudolph / Adobe Stock According to the German expert group report published today, the most probable cause of the fish die-off in the River … that was published at the same time as the German one. The publication of the reports wound up the activities of the German-Polish expert group. Associated …

  • Press release 46/2022 from 25.10.2022 | Last changed: 25.10.2022

    Ecosystems more sensitive to nitrogen pollution than previously assumed - Study

    Measuring devices in the forest

    … sensitive to atmospheric nitrogen pollution than previously thought, according to a report under the Geneva Air Convention of the United Nations Economic Commission for Europe (CCE). Press release No. 46/2022 | 25.10.2022 The report ( Review and revision of empirical critical loads of nitrogen for Europe ) … reduce nitrogen pollution to protect sensitive ecosystems. Further information: The report was published on 24 October 2022 by the Coordination Centre for Effects, …

  • Press release 18/2023 from 09.06.2023 | Last changed: 13.06.2023

    German bathing water quality remains at a high level

    Children jump in a lake.

    … Germany is a good place to bathe. This is confirmed by the EU Commission's report on the quality of European bathing waters, presented on 9 June 2023. According to the report, over 96 percent of the officially designated bathing water sites on lakes, … river … Germany is a good place to bathe. This is confirmed by the EU Commission's report on the quality of European bathing waters, presented on 9 June 2023. …