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  • 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.

    … put a particular strain on the population in large cities. In the hot summer of 2018, for example, 42 hot days were recorded in Frankfurt am Main, while the … at the measuring points in many places. The effects of the drought years since 2018 have not yet been balanced out in 2023. The lack of water led to crop losses in agriculture. In 2018, for example, winter wheat yields were down 15 per cent and silage maize yields …

  • News from 09.10.2018 | Last changed: 10.10.2018

    UBA Key Priorities for the new EU Long-term Climate Strategy

    solar park, wind energy plants, sun flowers

    … recently its submission on key priorities relevant for the new EU strategy. 09.10.2018 The EU’s current 80-95% emissions reduction objective for 2050 laid down in the … of the Paris Agreement (PA). Now, with the 1.5C-special report of IPCC (IPCC, 2018), the global community has a profound and up-to-date scientific basis for …

  • Press release 31/2022 from 23.06.2022 | Last changed: 23.06.2022

    EU regulation won’t cut pesticide use without incentives for farmers

    Spray device on the tractor

    … Information: Danish Pesticide Load Indicator: Kudsk, P, Jørgensen LN, Ørum JE (2018): Pesticide load — A new Danish pesticide risk indicator with multiple … applications. Land Use Policy 70, 384–393. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.landusepol.2017.11.010 Möhring N, Kudsk P, Jørgensen LN, Ørum JE, Finger F (2021): An R package …

  • News from 31.03.2017 | Last changed: 11.04.2017

    Extending the service life of electrical appliances

    Two women in front of a washing machine

    … that will be fed into the European debate about the Circular Economy Package. 31.03.2017 The European Parliament drafted the own-initiative report "Longer lifetime for …

  • Press release 7/2015 from 13.02.2015 | Last changed: 23.01.2017

    UBA for more incentives for environmental management in companies

    The European Commissioner for Environment Potočnik hands a certificate to Burkhard Huckestein from the UBA.

    … neutral. Total energy consumption will be brought down by another three percent by 2017, from its current 13,400, to just under 13,000-megawatt level. UBA wants to … CO2 emissions of its automobile fleet from 73 tonnes per year now to 70 tonnes by 2017. There are about 1,200 organisations at 1,900 locations in Germany which have …

  • Green procurement: Article / Tender recommendation / Environmental criteria from 17.04.2024 | Last changed: 24.06.2024

    Bibliography and links

    Stapel mit Büchern, die farbige Einbände tragen.

    … 2019) Herausgeber: FEMNET e.V. Link Innovative öffentliche Beschaffung (Oktober 2017) Herausgeber: Bundesministerium für Wirtschaft und Energie Link Nachhaltig einkaufen im Rathaus (März 2017) Herausgeber: Servicestelle Kommunen in der Einen Welt Schriftenreihe Dialog … Herausgeber: Europäische Kommission Link Public Procurement for a Circular Economy (2017) Herausgeber: Europäische Kommission Link Global Review of Sustainable Public …

  • Press release 27/2023 from 14.08.2023 | Last changed: 23.08.2023

    Wherever spraying takes place, streams are damaged

    A stream between two fields

    … aquatic environments. Focus on water bodies in the agricultural landscape In 2018/2019, more than 100 stretches of water in the immediate vicinity of … The new report on small water body monitoring further classifies the findings of 2018/2019. For the first time, the actual records of the farmers in the catchment … vicinity of agricultural land after rainfall events throughout Germany in the years 2018/2019. European path towards sustainable crop protection The European …

  • Appointment from 09.12.2020

    Conference: Non-financial reporting in Germany

    … the European Commission, business and finance representatives, among others. Since 2017 approximately 500 German companies have to adhere to extended non-financial …