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Conference „Responsibility towards society and the environment: businesses and their due diligence obligations“: Documentation

… diligence as a means to strengthen sustainable business conduct” Background Paper (PDF) … The following documents are available for download: … Conference …

Project of the Consulting Assistance Program from 30.12.2016

Conference on Large Carnivores`Protection in the Carpahians

Project of the Consulting Assistance Program from 28.07.2020

Technology transfer for plant-related water protection

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Global environmental footprint of household consumption

… Source: Statistisches Bundesamt Download image (146.73 kB) Downloads: Figure as PDF (51.98 kB) Figure as Excel with data (47.24 kB) The following contents contain … der konsumbezogenen Kohlendioxid-Emissionen Tags carbon dioxide indicator raw materials use emission greenhouse gas emission private household … Global environmental …

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Final energy productivity

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Water exploitation index

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Sampling sites which exceed the requirement for good status for total phosphorus in rivers

A graph shows the measuring points that do not comply with the orientation values for phosphorus for the years 1982 to 2023. These are divided into quality classes depending on the level of exceedance. The proportion without exceedances has increased. The proportion of medium and severe exceedances (QC IV) has fallen sharply.

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Fraction of population exposed to traffic noise

A graph shows the proportion of people exposed to traffic noise above 55 decibels during the day and above 50 decibels at night, as observed in the 2022 noise mappings. It differentiates between road, aircraft and rail traffic noise.

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Greenhouse gas emissions avoided through the use of renewable energy sources

A graph shows the trend for greenhouse gas emissions avoided by the use of renewables for power, heat and transport. 28 million tonnes of CO2 equivalents were avoided in 1990, and 259 million tonnes in 2024.

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Population share exposed to particulate matter (PM2.5) above the WHO guideline/EU limit value

A graph shows the proportion of people in Germany affected by levels exceeding the WHO guideline value and the EU limit value for fine particulate matter (PM2.5) (legally binding from 2030) for the period from 2010 to 2023 – with a declining trend considering the EU limit value.

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Discrepancy between average pollutant concentrations and WHO recommendations ...

A graph for three air pollutants shows the extent to which the WHO recommendations from 2021 will be exceeded on average in urban areas between 2000 and 2024. The development of the various pollutants varies. Between 2000 and 2024, values for NO2 are between 172 and 28 percent, for ozone between 44 and 28 percent and for PM2.5 between 255 and 61 percent

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Percentage of German bathing waters that comply with the provisions of the Bathing Water Directive..

A graph shows good and sufficient bathing water quality levels for coastal and inland waters (1992 to 2024). Bathing water quality increased significantly, especially in the 1990s. The target value of 100 % bathing waters with at least sufficient quality was almost reached in 2015 and has been constantly at a high level since then.

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