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  • News from 09.07.2020 | Last changed: 07.01.2021

    EcoDesign Circle project nominated for Regiostars Award

    Eine Diskussionsrunde auf einem Podium.

    EcoDesign Circle project nominated for Regiostars Award The EcoDesign Circle project was nominated … UBA is one of the finalists for the "Regiostars Awards", a competition of EU-funded projects that present inspiring approaches to regional development. The voting for …

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    Eigenforschungsprojekt ErLa

    The image shows a circular collage of individual photos depicting animal husbandry (chickens, pigs, cattle), a wheat field, and a plate with a vegetarian dish made from vegetables and lentils. In the center of the circle is the lettering “ErLa” (Ernährung und Landwirtschaft mit Zukunft, or “Nutrition and Agriculture with a Future”).

    … Eigenforschungsprojekt ErLa The ErLa project takes a cross-system approach to issues relating to nutrition and … UBA Download image (836.57 kB) The following contents contain this medium: Research Project „Food and Agriculture with a Future“ … The ErLa project takes a cross-system …

  • Press release 23/2021 from 26.05.2021 | Last changed: 04.06.2021

    Envisioned measures under the National Flood Control Programme are said to be effective

    Hochwasser-Warnschild

    … flood protection is possible, say the results of a five-year research project carried out by the German Federal Institute of Hydrology (BfG) on behalf of the German Environment Agency (UBA). The project evaluated the effectiveness of the envisaged measures in the national flood … to the costs incurred for recognised flood protection measures of the Länder. The project researchers analysed the measures with the help of large-scale mathematical …

  • Press release 18/2014 from 09.04.2014 | Last changed: 23.01.2017

    Pharmaceuticals in the environment pose a global challenge

    Arzneimittelkapseln

    … environment pose a global challenge Source: Les Cuncliffe / Fotolia.com A research project on behalf of the Federal Environment Agency has shown the magnitude of the … for example within the international SAICM policy framework. Our four-year research project, which has analysed and shed light on the state of knowledge about … also in those of many developing and emerging countries. Initial results of the UBA project report that over 630 different pharmaceutical active substances and their …

  • Press release 44/12 from 20.11.2012 | Last changed: 03.07.2013

    Polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons - Polluters! Toxic! Unavoidable?

    … sources, effects and risks of PAH to provide information to the public about these compounds. Press release No. 44/12 | 20.11.2012 Whether found in mousepads, toys or … sources, effects and risks of PAH to provide information to the public about these compounds. … Polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons - Polluters! Toxic! Unavoidable? …

  • Press release 22/2022 from 27.04.2022 | Last changed: 15.06.2022

    Parts of the European population have alarmingly high levels of pollutant exposure

    Blutabnahme mit einer Spritze

    … by UBA, which will be presented at the international final conference of the project in Brussels on 27-28 April. Plasticisers were detected in all children and … present in human blood in quantities that are in some cases too high. The HBM4EU project says that action is still needed on the part of policy makers for many of … data at European level since 2017. At the international final conference of the project on 27-28 April in Brussels, HBM4EU will present for the first time in …

  • Press release 03/2020 from 21.01.2020 | Last changed: 30.01.2020

    German Sustainable Building Award launched

    moderner Holzbau mit Flachdach im Grünen

    … und Bauen) will be awarded in 2020 for the first time and aims to distinguish projects that are exemplary role models of sustainability, not only in the classic … quality with climate action and environmental protection is producing many exciting projects. The projects are real examples of the many advantages – including cost – …

  • Press release 38/2018 from 26.11.2018 | Last changed: 06.12.2018

    Award ceremony for winners of 7th German Federal Ecodesign Award

    Logo des Bundespreis Ecodesign 2018

    … this year's winners of the German Federal Ecodesign Award today in Berlin. Winning projects include sustainable silk production, a modularly constructed smartphone, an … Federal Environment Svenja Schulze remarked: "The broad range of the winning projects is proof of the creative solutions to more sustainability in many areas of …

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    Environmental Politics in the Anthropocene City

    … Politics in the Anthropocene City 05.10.2022 Kick-off conference of the project „Advancing the New European Bauhaus”, 15 September 2022 Document Presentation (2.47 MB) … Kick-off conference of the project „Advancing the New European Bauhaus”, 15 September 2022 … Environmental …

    Presentation (2.47 MB)
  • Press release 31/2016 from 11.10.2016 | Last changed: 23.01.2017

    More than beautiful: Jurors select nominees for German Federal Ecodesign Award 2016

    group photo: 10 men and women in front of a building with the writing "Kunstgewerbemuseum"

    … The nominees for the Federal Ecodesign Award 2016 have been selected. A total of 26 projects, services and concepts have won over the interdisciplinary jury for their … categories Product, Service, Concept and Young Talent, the jury has nominated 26 projects from the categories Product, Concept and Young Talent for the German …

  • KomPass: Article from 28.11.2023 | Last changed: 18.11.2025

    GE-I-9: Ozone burden

    The picture shows the exhaust pipe of a motor car emitting exhaust gases.

    … GE-I-9: Ozone burden Ozone forms from nitrogen dioxide and volatile organic compounds at high temperature and sun irradiation. The emissions from those … processes produced by precursors − mostly nitrogen oxides and volatile organic compounds. This entails that ozone concentrations are likely to increase more in rural areas than in conurbations. Especially for the volatile organic compounds, vapours from deciduous and coniferous trees are relevant; biogenic …