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  • DzU article from 11.08.2025 | Last changed: 11.08.2025

    Indicator: Land-take for settlements and transport infrastructure

    A graph in the form of a bar chart shows how many hectares of land per day in Germany were newly designated for settlements and transport infrastructure between 2000 and 2023. The chart also shows the four-year average.

    … transport infrastructure Source: Federal Statistical Office of Germany Figure as PDF (322.21 kB) Figure as Excel with data (48.86 kB) Overview Environmental … the increase was to fall to 30 hectares per day by 2020. According to the goals of the sustainability strategy, the daily increase now should be less than 30 …

  • DzU article from 04.06.2025 | Last changed: 08.08.2025

    Indicator: Sustainable forestry

    A graph shows the percentage of woodland area certified under the PEFC or FSC sustainability standards from 2000 to 2024. In 2024, the PEFC covered 79.3 percent and the FSC 10.9 percent. The graph also shows the target for 2010.

    … of forest area certified under PEFC or FSC Source: FSC and PEFC Figure as PDF (170.89 kB) Figure as Excel with data (45.23 kB) Overview Environmental … and Saxony. In its coalition agreement, the German government has also agreed to manage federally owned forests at the very least according to FSC or …

  • DzU article from 06.10.2025 | Last changed: 19.11.2025

    Indicator: Amount of waste – municipal waste

    A graph shows the amount of municipal waste from 2010 to 2023. During this period the amount decreased from 49.2 million tonnes to 48.9 million tonnes.

    … in municipal waste category Source: Federal Statistical Office of Germany Figure as PDF (35.26 kB) Figure with data (36.27 kB) Overview Environmental Indicators last … is pursuing a variety of strategies to reduce the economy's demand for raw materials. One approach is the prevention of waste. Paragraph 6 of the German Circular …

  • DzU article from 17.11.2025 | Last changed: 19.11.2025

    Indicator: Raw material footprint

    A graph shows the primary raw material consumption per capita for 2000 to 2022. It is divided according to different types of materials. After an initial increase, the raw material footprint has fallen again to its original level in recent years.

    … (RMC) per capita Source: Federal Statistical Office of Germany Figure as PDF (126.87 kB) Figure as Excel with data (55.80 kB) Overview Environmental … decreased only by 3 % between 2010 and 2022. These figures include raw materials which were required for the production of consumed goods at home and abroad. …

  • DzU article from 30.01.2025 | Last changed: 30.01.2025

    Indicator: Nitrate in groundwater

    A graph shows the proportion of groundwater sampling sites where nitrate measurements for the years 2008 to 2023 were above 25 and 50 milligrams per litre. In the period covered, neither sub-indicator has shown any significant change.

    … Group on water issues of the Federal States and the Federal Government Figure as PDF (174.28 kB) Figure as Excel with data (47.48 kB) Overview Environmental … above 50 mg/l. Since 2016, compliance with the nitrate quality standard has also been a goal of the German Sustainable Development Strategy . Since 2008, the …

  • DzU article from 12.05.2025 | Last changed: 13.05.2025

    Indicator: Eutrophication of the North Sea/Baltic Sea by nitrogen

    A graph shows the change in the concentration of total nitrogen in all major rivers that discharge into the North and Baltic Sea in Germany and indicates the target value of 2.8 or 2.6 mg/L total nitrogen for North and Baltic Sea, respectively. The concentration value is calculated as the 5-year moving average of the flow-weighted mean concentration of all major rivers in milligrams total nitrogen per litre (mg/L).

    … Agency according to the Federal States and River Basin Communities Figure as PDF (175.77 kB) Figure as Excel with data (54.54 kB) Overview Environmental … Sea and 2.8 mg/l for those flowing into the North Sea. These target values were also adopted for the German Sustainable Development Strategy . The average …

  • DzU article from 10.07.2025 | Last changed: 14.07.2025

    Indicator: Total raw material productivity

    A graph shows the total raw material productivity plus the primary raw material inputs and the sum of gross domestic product and the value imports from 2010 to 2022 (2010 = 100).

    … raw material productivity Source: Federal Statistical Office of Germany Figure as PDF (38.16 kB) Figure with data (46.50 kB) Overview Environmental Indicators last … raw material productivity is a measure of the efficiency of raw material use and also includes raw materials that were needed to produce imported goods. …

  • Press release 14/2015 from 31.03.2015 | Last changed: 23.01.2017

    UBA's 2014 emissions data indicates trend reversal in climate protection

    Coal-fired power station Jänschwalde in Germany

    … of the reduction in 2014 is due to the mild winter conditions but part of it is also thanks to real progress made in the area of climate protection. We want to … data published by UBA. Diagrams and tables on emission trends can be viewed in the pdf file of this press release at: …

  • Press release 66/2008 from 22.09.2008 | Last changed: 17.07.2013

    Germany is global leader in exports of environmental protection products

    … German Federal Ministry for Environment, Nature Conservation, and Nuclear Safety Germany is global leader in exports of environmental protection products 56 billion … on the export of environmental protection goods is available for download as a PDF. Dessau, 22 September 2008     Associated content Links Results on the export of environmental protection goods Documents Germany is global leader in exports of environmental protection products All press …

  • Press release 26/2022 from 03.06.2022 | Last changed: 14.06.2022

    Germany’s bathing waters continue to get top marks

    Junge springt vom Steg in einen See

    … temporarily inaccessible. Impact of the COVID-19 pandemic on bathing waters (2020, PDF, in German) Associated content Links Report on European bathing water quality in …

  • Newsletter from 09.02.2022 | Last changed: 09.02.2022

    Newsletter "UBA aktuell" - No.: 1/2022

    … some extent, to us as consumers. We explain why in this issue of "UBA aktuell". We also cover UBA's stance on the controversial debate surrounding the inclusion of … Messner. In cooperation with the consumer associations, UBA has presented proposals on what changes should be made to the trade specifications for fruit and … be abolished.  Not only would this benefit the environment and the climate, but also the producers, who could sell a higher proportion of their fruits and …

  • Press release 11/2023 from 15.03.2023 | Last changed: 22.03.2023

    UBA forecast: 2022 greenhouse gas emissions down by 1.9 percent

    dampfende Kühltürme eines Kraftwerks und Hochspannungsleitung

    … sectors - from industrial production and buildings to mobility and agriculture. We also have to maintain the social balance; eliminating climate-damaging subsidies can … Umweltbundesamt Download image (314.23 kB) thg-entwicklung_2022_ksg-sektoren.pdf (176.56 kB) Entwicklung und Zielerreichung der Treibhausgasemissionen in …