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  • Article from 10.04.2025 | Last changed: 12.01.2026

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     The UBA building in Dessau-Roßlau from above. The building is elongated, with a façade of wood and coloured glass slabs and slanted solar cells covering the entire surface of the flat roof

  • Article from 18.12.2025 | Last changed: 12.01.2026

    Disclaimer, privacy policy and copyright

    Disclaimer, privacy policy and copyright This privacy policy applies to the following web sites of the German Environment Agency (UBA): UBA web site (www.umweltbundesamt.de) and Scrollytelling … All data are processed solely on Brevo’s servers. For evidentiary purposes, transactional logs are stored for a maximum of 24 months. No additional storage takes …

  • Article from 15.07.2014 | Last changed: 12.01.2026

    Cleaning agents and laundry detergents

    Various liquid detergents and cleaning agents

    Cleaning agents and laundry detergents 1.3 million tonnes of cleaning agents and detergents are sold … industrial sectors. Since they are omnipresent, the hazards their use poses for the environment and human health are often underestimated. As matter of fact, the use of cleaning agents and

  • Article from 27.07.2018 | Last changed: 30.01.2019

    The UBA research agenda “Urban environmental protection”

    A city with red buildings from above

    The UBA research agenda “Urban environmental protection” The UBA research agenda focuses on topics which are of … gaps in our knowledge about environmentally oriented, socially acceptable and health promoting urban development. New causal relationships will be identified … Urban environmental protection includes, above all, an examination of the interaction between ecological, social and economic aspects. For example, climate …

  • Article from 01.04.2014 | Last changed: 17.11.2025

    Commissions and advisory boards

    Commissions and advisory boards Soil protection is an environmental protection task involving … and environmental protection; and (b) identifying potential and recommending actions in this domain, on 15 October 2010 the UBA established the Kommission …

  • Article from 18.11.2025 | Last changed: 18.11.2025

    Quick guide on how to use "Current air data" information pages

    … air data" information pages Experts at the monitoring stations of the German states and the German Environment Agency take multiple daily measurements to determine the air quality in … good, good, moderate, poor, or very poor. At the same time, you are given relevant health tips. The map shows you at a glance all stations for which measurement data …

  • Article from 18.11.2025 | Last changed: 17.11.2025

    The air quality index

    … measurements of ozone (O 3 ), nitrogen dioxide (NO 2 ), particulate matter (PM 10 and PM 2.5 ), and sulfur dioxide (SO 2 ). Using the most recent hourly data from a … 0-10 * Hourly means in µg/m³ These threshold values were derived based on current health studies and taking into account the recommendations of the World Health … Behavioural tips The following table shows the behavioral tips of the German Environment Agency. Because air quality is not always the sole cause of health

  • Landing page from 22.10.2025

    Green public procurement

    Each year, German contracting authorities purchase around €300 billion worth of products ranging from pencils to city buses. This massive purchasing power can potentially be used to reduce environmental pollution, improve environmental product and service range, and promote more targeted market launches of innovative eco-friendly products.