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  • KomPass: Article from 28.11.2023 | Last changed: 18.11.2025

    GE-I-8: Index – case study

    The picture shows a man’s upper arm in focus. The man is lifting the sleeve of his T-shirt with two fingers. In contrast with the skin previously covered by the T-shirt, the part of the skin that has been exposed to sunlight looks very red.

    … they inflict high expenditure on the public health service 34 . In Germany the incidence of light skin cancer (both in terms of basal cell and squamous cell carcinoma) … it quintupled in respect of women. With regard to malignant melanoma, the incidence has increased approximately fourfold since the 1970s 35 35 According to … the UV irradiation close to the ground, it is of less importance for UV burdens in Germany. Nevertheless, the recovery of the ozone layer seems to be delayed …

  • Press release 20/2019 from 11.06.2019 | Last changed: 26.08.2022

    Digitalisation can make consumption more sustainable

    A computer keybord with a green button with a shopping cart.

    … or to use existing products longer or more efficiently in order to reduce the burden on the environment. Some apps make it as easy as scanning a barcode to get … from the bakery. Associated content Publications Konsum 4.0: Wie Digitalisierung den Konsum verändert All press releases Tags digitalisation … Personalised …

  • Press release 1/2015 from 08.01.2015 | Last changed: 23.01.2017

    Nitrogen surplus – an environmental problem of entirely new proportions

    Drag hoses spreading slurry directly onto the field.

    … has repeatedly called for reductions of nitrogen inputs. Maria Krautzberger, President of the Federal Environment Agency (UBA), said: "It is important for the EU to … has repeatedly called for reductions of nitrogen inputs. Maria Krautzberger, President of the Federal Environment Agency (UBA), said: "It is important for the EU to …

  • KomPass: Article from 28.11.2023 | Last changed: 20.09.2024

    Cluster Transport, transport infrastructure

    The picture shows a flooded dip in a road. There is a roadblock in the foreground indicating that the road is closed to traffic. A sign reading ‘Hochwasser’ (floodwater) is fixed to the roadblock. There are flooded meadows visible on both sides of the road.

    … can impact road conditions and visibility thus increasing the risk of road accidents. However, in the course of the past 25 years, the severity of slippery road conditions caused by rain as a contributory factor in road accidents has been decreasing (cf. Indicator VE-I-4 ). As far as road maintenance … major gravitational mass movements are concerned, a medium climate risk has been identified by this analytical process to arise by mid-century. Likewise, with a view …

  • Press release 38/2017 from 24.11.2017 | Last changed: 27.11.2017

    More flower strips and fallow land needed for protection of insects and birds

    Ein Traktor sprüht Pflanzenschutzmittel auf ein Feld.

    … with strong indirect impacts will only be allowed if the operator can provide evidence of a minimum parcel of land untouched by plant protection agents on which wild … would be prohibited on these ecological compensation areas", said UBA's President Maria Krautzberger. Press release No. 38/2017 | 24.11.2017 The large-scale and … von terrestrischen Nichtzielarten einschließlich der biologischen Vielfalt vor den Auswirkungen von Pflanzenschutzmitteln All press releases Tags plant protection …

  • Press release 25/2023 from 07.07.2023 | Last changed: 11.07.2023

    UBA presents study on water management consequences of brown coal phase-out in Lausitz region

    A canal in the Spreewald forest

    … on water management consequences of brown coal phase-out in Lausitz region UBA President: "We hope that our study will provide the federal states with helpful food for … to a structural change in water management in the affected states of Saxony, Brandenburg and Berlin. UBA President Dirk Messner said: "My impression is that the states are tackling the major …

  • Press release 04/2019 from 31.01.2019 | Last changed: 12.04.2019

    Nitrogen dioxide loads in Germany down slightly in 2018

    Stau in der Stadt.

    … value for NO2. Press release No. 04/2019 | 31.01.2019 Maria Krautzberger, President of UBA, said: "The threshold value in effect since 2010 is still being exceeded in many of Germany's cities, putting the health of their residents at risk. Road traffic is the main culprit and diesel cars with excessively … Source: Umweltbundesamt Download image (439.42 kB) Grafik als jpg herunterladen (204.83 kB) Next Previous Links NO2: Cities exceeding limits 2017->2018 NO2: All …

  • KomPass: Article from 28.11.2023 | Last changed: 30.09.2024

    Cluster Financial services industry

    The picture shows a man sitting at a desk holding a ballpoint pen between his fingers while operating a pocket calculator. There are several documents on the desk; it is just possible to make out the fuzzy image of some charts.

    … a climate-neutral, resource-efficient and competitive economy by 2050. It is beholden to credit institutions to provide sufficient liquidity for essential investments … are not yet firmly established in the market and which have as yet low insurance density, such damage data are not yet sufficiently representative. Apart from the … part to play in terms of the collective assumption and sharing of risks. It is evident from scientific analyses that banks are still addressing the issues of risk …

  • Press release 40/2015 from 23.11.2015 | Last changed: 23.01.2017

    Federal Ecodesign Award for outstanding ecological and aesthetic products and services

    Logo: eco Bundespreis ecodesign weiterdenken

    … Bundespreis Ecodesign Federal Environment Minister Barbara Hendricks and the President of the Federal Environment Agency, Maria Krautzberger, honoured this year's … Seit 2012 loben das Bundesumweltministerium und das Umweltbundesamt jährlich den Bundespreis Ecodesign in Kooperation mit dem Internationalen Design Zentrum … Ecodesign Award … Federal Environment Minister Barbara Hendricks and the President of the Federal Environment Agency, Maria Krautzberger, honoured this year's …

  • KomPass: Article from 28.11.2023 | Last changed: 30.09.2024

    Cluster Trade and industry

    The picture shows a sectional view of a wooded landscape. There is an industrial estate visible in the distance, consisting of several buildings and facilities. There is smoke rising from some chimneys. The sky is densely cloud-covered. Above the horizon, the sky is tinged with yellow, with dark, greyish-blue clouds billowing at the margin of the picture. In a few lighter places, rays of the sun are penetrating the band of clouds.

    … to a total of 5 billion Euros. 173 , 173 , 173 Looking towards the future, residents in Germany expect that stress from summer heat at their place of work – both … action field ‘Trade and industry’ the 2021 Climate Impact and Risk Analysis (KWRA) identified high risks with regard to three climate change impacts. As expected, there … illustrating any heat-related absences from the workplace or heat-related accidents. Neither is there a data source available for an illustration of economic …