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  • Press release 32/2025 from 12.09.2025 | Last changed: 15.09.2025

    What’s next for urban and rural areas?

    Kind auf einem Feld schau auf die entfernte Stadt.

    … by the cross-sectional project in cooperation with the Helmholtz Centre for Environmental Research (UFZ) and all joint projects. A summary of the recommendations was published in the Zeitschrift für Umweltrecht (Journal for Environmental Law). Focus on land: Protect instead of build on Another core topic of …

  • Press release 19/2018 from 22.06.2018 | Last changed: 25.06.2018

    How cities can respond to heat waves and heavy rains – creative projects show how it is done

    Gewinner des Wettbewerbs "Blauer Kompass" 2018 auf der Bühne im Bundesumweltministerium

    … areas.” Press release No. 19/2018 | 22.06.2018 Dr. Harry Lehmann, Head of Division "Environmental Planning and Sustainability Strategies" at the German Environment … Environment Agency) Ulrike Koch (Project management, Independent Institute for Environmental Issues e.V) Jörg Sommer (Chairman, Deutsche Umweltstiftung) Nadine …

  • Press release 52/2014 from 27.11.2014 | Last changed: 23.01.2017

    1st December is Antarctica Day

    waste dump in front of a resaerch station

    … adopted by the parties to the Antarctic Treaty. Unlike the rather localised environmental problems on the Fildes peninsula, the problem of underwater noise from … of all mankind" and to ensure its use for peaceful purposes only. The Protocol of Environmental Protection to the Antarctic Treaty, which came into force in 1998, …

  • Press release 43/2025 from 17.12.2025 | Last changed: 16.01.2026

    Building check: Is my house ready for a heat pump?

    A technician is standing on a ladder and servicing a heat pump.

    … the new online tool “Gebäudecheck Wärmepumpe” from the Institute for Energy and Environmental Research Heidelberg (ifeu), which was developed on behalf of the⁠ … tool "Gebäudecheck Wärmepumpe" (ifeu) UBA portal: So geht's mit Wärmepumpen! UBA environmental tip: heating with a heat pump UBA topic page: Ambient heat and heat …

  • KomPass: Area of action climate impact from 06.01.2023 | Last changed: 07.01.2026

    Climate Impacts: Field of Action Biological Diversity

    colourful flowering summer meadow

    … and humans. Phenological changes in plant life: The most visible and immediate response to climate change are phenological changes in the annual cycle. In spring, … and humans. Phenological changes in plant life: The most visible and immediate response to climate change are phenological changes in the annual cycle. In spring, …

  • Press release 49/2008 from 19.06.2008 | Last changed: 09.07.2013

    More energy efficiency in city lighting

    … submissions. Municipalities can be awarded an investment grant funded by the BMU environmental innovation ­programme for implementation of its scheme. The money …

  • Press release 40/2021 from 29.09.2021 | Last changed: 04.10.2021

    25 projects nominated for the German Federal Ecodesign Award 2021

    Jury of the German Federal Ecodesign Award 2021

    … designer, Professor at University of Art and Design Halle) Andreas Detzel (Environmental expert, ifeu, Heidelberg) Prof. Matthias Held (Product designer, … UBA) Dr. Ulf Jaeckel (Head of Division "Sustainable Consumption, Product-related environmental protection at BMU), deputising for Rita Schwarzelühr-Sutter MdB …

  • Press release 33/2020 from 28.07.2020 | Last changed: 29.07.2020

    Residual waste in Germany has nearly halved in 35 years

    volle Restmülltonne

    … materials than in rural areas and suburbs. Press release No. 33/2020 | 28.07.2020 Environmental State Secretary Jochen Flasbarth said: “Environmental policy has made a lot of progress in waste recycling in recent …

  • Press release 06/2020 from 12.02.2020 | Last changed: 19.02.2020

    Many bisphenol A alternatives may be endocrine disruptive

    Reagenzkolben mit Flüssigkeit

    … in in vitro tests or literature reviews of the 10 other could not be closed. Other environmentally problematic properties such as persistence in the environment or …

  • Press release 65/09 from 17.09.2009 | Last changed: 01.07.2013

    Sustainable mobility on foot, by bike, bus, and rail

    … 2 emissions in the entire transport sector. It is in urban areas in particular that environmental quality is vital to the health and quality of life of residents. In … at UBA years ago. The working group develops and implements measures to promote environmentally friendly mobility behaviour. As a result, the Agency has long …