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  • KomPass: Area of action climate impact from 15.07.2022 | Last changed: 08.01.2026

    Climate Impacts: Field of Action Agriculture

    Field with farming tailer - a single spike in the foreground

    … precipitation pattern due to climate change affect agriculture. Source: suze / photocase.com Increased temperatures, heat waves, late frosts, drought, heavy rain, hail … and thus causes damage to agricultural land and infrastructure. Hail In extreme cases, hail can destroy the entire harvest of a cultivated area in arable farming …

  • KomPass: Area of action climate impact from 05.01.2023 | Last changed: 18.12.2025

    Climate Impacts: Field of Action Fishery

    Fishes under water

    … of thermophilic marine species Impacts of climate change on inland waters In the case of inland waters, a distinction must be made between the effects of climate … precipitation, critically low water levels can occur in small rivers. In extreme cases, the water bodies dry up, which can lead to catastrophic developments in fish …

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    Nexus water and land footprint

    Nexus water and land footprint

    … for the utilisation of resources in other parts of the world. Source: UBA Resources Report 2022 Download image (605.25 kB) The following contents contain this medium: …

  • Press release 50/2020 from 27.10.2020 | Last changed: 27.10.2020

    Further increase in packaging consumption in 2018 in Germany

    Metalldosen und Plastikabfall

    … consumption has thus increased by 17.9 percent. This is shown in the latest report by the German Environment Agency (UBA) on the volume and recycling of … date. The guidelines of the European Packaging Directive applicable for the 2018 reporting year are determined based on the amounts of waste delivered to recycling …

  • News from 17.10.2018 | Last changed: 17.10.2018

    Wastewater effluent in rivers: Challenges for drinking water?

    A river and sky

    … site specific characteristics as hydrobiological conditions of the soil passage. Case studies presented in the report show which conditions may result in an exceedance of health related guide … contribution of wastewater effluents is high in the respective waterbody. In many cases, the needed risk assessment has not yet been done by the respective …

  • News from 07.07.2021 | Last changed: 07.07.2021

    Climate commitments need to be more ambitious and tangible

    Two fingers hold a drawn globe. In the background you can see a green meadow of flowers.

    … than half showed higher mitigation ambition compared to their first NDC. In several cases the targets remained unchanged, or were more ambitious than previous targets … the targets and measures have not yet been included in national legislation in many cases, but preparations are underway, especially for those countries that updated …

  • Press release 48/2008 from 19.06.2008 | Last changed: 12.07.2013

    First eco-label with same award criteria for Germany and China

    … German or the Chinese, must now only submit proof of compliance with standards in cases where they are not identical in both systems. This concerns matters of national technical standards. In all other cases proof of possession of the partner eco-label is sufficient.  In other words, …

  • News from 31.03.2017 | Last changed: 11.04.2017

    Extending the service life of electrical appliances

    Two women in front of a washing machine

    … Economy Package. 31.03.2017 The European Parliament drafted the own-initiative report "Longer lifetime for products: benefits for consumers and companies" in 2016. This report is currently being discussed in the Parliament committees. The initiative … consumption. The aim is to feed UBA's recommendations into the Parliament's final report. Thereby the UBA also has impact on current debates and the European …