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  • Article from 10.12.2025 | Last changed: 10.12.2025

    Resource use in Germany

    Opencast mining with large machines

    … circulation and saves primary raw materials. Source: Jan Malburg / Adobe Stock In 2019, German consumption of raw materials totalled 1,328 million tonnes, or 16 … tonnes per capita. This represents only a slight change in the trend up to 2018. In 2019, raw material consumption in Germany will fall slightly. German raw material … development and summarises individual subtopics. The current report deals with around 30 resource-related sub-topics in a modular fashion (report summarised in a …

  • Article from 12.12.2025 | Last changed: 12.12.2025

    FAQ

    … provides precipitation data from the RESTNI 3 project for dispersion calculations under the TA Luft (Technical Instructions on Air Quality Control). In addition to … in the first quarter of 2026 in the UBA series of texts at https://www.umweltbundesamt.de/publikationen . According to this procedure, the precipitation data will … concentration depends on the distance from the source and the height above the ground. The averaging time (hourly average, annual average) also plays a role. It is …

  • Article from 22.06.2023 | Last changed: 22.06.2023

    Laws of environmental liability, harm and criminal actions

    dead bird in the water

    … harm that occurs. The legislature can create environmental liability legislation under both public and civil law. In terms of civil law this is a matter of … consequences of the practical application of the Environmental Damage Act can be found in the presentation “Umweltschutz durch Umwelthaftung – Das … International environmental liability law can provide compensation for transboundary or extraterritorial damage incurred by the polluter and thus contribute to …

  • Article from 21.11.2024 | Last changed: 21.11.2024

    Access to environmental information

    Blick auf Bürgerinformation und Bibliothek im UBA-Gebäude Dessau-Roßlau

    … German Environment Agency’s headquarters in Dessau Source: Silke Seider / Umweltbundesamt last update on 21.11.2024 Background and aims of the Environmental Information Act The Environmental Information Act … des Umweltinformationsgesetzes (UIG) - Analyse der Anwendung der Regelungen des UIG und Erschließung von Optimierungspotentialen für einen ungehinderten und einfachen …

  • Article from 03.12.2020 | Last changed: 07.12.2020

    Immission control law

    Two chimneys blow out white smoke

    … makes up immission control legislation. German immission control legislation has undergone a dynamic development since BImSchG entered into force in 1974. It has in … by the German Environment Agency (UBA) analyzes the operator obligations under the Federal Immission Control Act with regard to energy efficiency. Present … Schulte and Kathleen Michalk (Technische Universität Dresden, Institut für Technik- und Umweltrecht), see here (English summary available). Associated content Links …

  • Article from 09.09.2019 | Last changed: 10.09.2019

    Better Environmental Regulation

    Symbols: Books-Brain-Light

    … aims to simplify environmental law to make it easier to comply with and to understand. It should prevent burden on citizens, businesses and the state that are … not necessary for enhancing the protection of the environment. last update on 09.09.2019 Improved environmental law is effective, enforceable and free of contradictions … in that way. Part of Better Regulation is to cut bureaucracy, thereby reducing undue bureaucratic hurdles for citizens, businesses and public administration, which …

  • Article from 10.01.2018 | Last changed: 10.01.2018

    Spatial planning law

    Industrial facilities on the river

    … transformation of Germany’s energy system (Energiewende) will require more underground storage sites. Conflicting claims of different land uses can therefore … protection in planning cascades for large-scale projects. The UBA held a workshop on the latter topic in November 2011 in Berlin ( Anspruchsvoller …

  • Article from 19.06.2024 | Last changed: 20.06.2024

    International environmental law

    paragraphs

    … the global environment. last update on 19.06.2024 Governance of geoengineering under international law Climate change is one of the greatest challenges of the … technological means to influence global systems. These suggestions are subsumed under the heading of “geoengineering” or “climate engineering”. Most of the … Verlag (126 pages, 34.00 EUR, ISBN: 3-503-07819-3). Associated content Links Workshop on Sustainability chapters in Free Trade Agreements Border Tax Adjustment …

  • Article from 18.02.2025 | Last changed: 17.06.2025

    Pain relief gel – questions and answers

    Photo showing hands with white cream, which is wiped off with a paper towel.

    … 2024 Viele Gewässer enthalten umweltbelastende Stoffe, zu denen auch Arzneimittel und deren Abbauprodukte gehören. Auch im Grundwasser und somit im Rohwasser für unser Trinkwasser werden Rückstände von Arzneimitteln …

  • Article from 10.08.2020 | Last changed: 17.11.2025

    Military and armament contaminated sites

    … Publications Bestandsaufnahme von Rüstungsaltlastverdachtsstandorten in der Bundesrepublik Deutschland Modellhafte Altlastenuntersuchung an ausgewählten Standorten der Munitionszerlegung und -vernichtung nach dem Ersten Weltkrieg Documents Internationale Erfahrungen - …