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  • Article from 03.12.2020 | Last changed: 07.12.2020

    Immission control law

    Two chimneys blow out white smoke

    … Immission control law Immissions refer to the impact of external pollutants on man and nature. Source: Christian Noval / Fotolia.com Immission control is one of the key areas of environmental protection law. Its aim is to reduce potentially … regulations Convention on Long-range Transboundary Air Pollution to pdf document Aarhus Convention: “Convention on Access to Information, Public …

  • Article from 22.01.2021 | Last changed: 22.01.2021

    Environmental Code

    The Environmental Code in the grass

    … Seider / Umweltbundesamt A uniform Environmental Code shall harmonise and simplify the host of individual environmental laws. last update on 22.01.2021 Reasons for an … and due to pressure exerted by various environmental problems. For this reason, there are today many special environmental laws, which are directed in most cases at individual environmental media and co-exist side by side. These laws sometimes use different definitions of concepts and regulatory …

  • Article from 19.06.2024 | Last changed: 20.06.2024

    International environmental law

    paragraphs

    … International environmental law Statutory regulations are aimed protection of the environment. Source: AllebaziB / Fotolia.com Global environmental problems … regulations alone. Action at international level is required to effectively protect the environment. For this reason the fields governed by international law also … Monitoring, Reporting and Verification in a Carbon Border Adjustment Mechanism Documents Flyer: International Corporate Liability for Environmental Harm (388.68 …

  • Article from 13.06.2023 | Last changed: 11.08.2025

    Air monitoring networks

    … Air monitoring networks last update on 13.06.2023 Monitoring networks of the Federal Länder Up-to-date air quality data from the monitoring networks of the Federal Länder are available at the websites of the agencies responsible (in …

  • Article from 07.02.2023 | Last changed: 14.11.2024

    Relevant Micropollutants

    … Which micropollutants are an environmental risk for water bodies and should therefore be scrutinised more closely? This is evaluated by the Committee for the … micropollutant-related information on the relevant micropollutants is compiled in brief dossiers by the Micropollutants Centre in collaboration with UBA experts. The … Checklist: 1H-Benzotriazole Checklist: Sulphamic Acid Checklist: Tebuconazole Documents Brief Dossier: Acesulfam K (E950) (CAS-Nr: 55589-62-3) (405.46 kB) Brief

  • Article from 12.06.2025 | Last changed: 18.06.2025

    Climate Action in Agriculture on a global level

    A farmer plows a field with a ox plow

    … agriculture: How can this succeed? Source: Christian Tietz / UBA Climate action in the agricultural sector is complex. It becomes even more complex when looking at the many different national, regional, climatic, cultural and political … emissions in the UK Mitigating agricultural greenhouse gas emissions in the U.S. Documents Infographic: Ambitious GHG mitigation opportunities and challenges in the

  • Article from 10.08.2020 | Last changed: 17.11.2025

    Military and armament contaminated sites

    … Military and armament contaminated sites Although there is no legal definition in Germany for the terms Militärische Altlasten (military-contaminated sites) and Rüstungsaltlasten … Standorten der Munitionszerlegung und -vernichtung nach dem Ersten Weltkrieg Documents Internationale Erfahrungen - Militärische Altlasten (38.26 MB) … Although …

  • Article from 23.03.2015 | Last changed: 13.11.2017

    Thermal treatment

    waste incineration plant

    Thermal treatment Waste incineration plants generate electricity and heat in the thermal treatment Source: Bernd Engelmann / Umweltbundesamt Thermal waste … state of the art is set forth in the Best Available Techniques ( BAT ) reference document, which aims to promote implementation of the regulations concerning …

  • Article from 17.11.2020 | Last changed: 17.11.2020

    Environmental awareness in Germany

    People walking in a park.

    … Environmental protection and climate action as a key challenge In addition to the scheduled survey of 2018, an intermediate survey including key time-series questions was carried out in the early summer of 2019. Out of all the problems which Germany faced in 2018 and again in 2019, environmental protection …

  • Article from 10.01.2022 | Last changed: 25.01.2024

    Digital services / Cloud computing

    someone is typing on a laptop, with symbols for cloud computing such as clouds and download arrows above them

    … Digital services / Cloud computing Digital services from the cloud must be as energy-efficient as possible Source: Blue Planet Studio / Adobe … services are digital services that are nowadays taken for granted. But what about the environmental impact of cloud services and the critical resources which are used in servers, data storage systems and network …

  • Article from 21.01.2026 | Last changed: 21.01.2026

    Imprint

    … Imprint last update on 21.01.2026 Owner  This Web site is owned by: The Federal Republic of Germany, represented by the Federal Ministry for the … as to make it accessible to persons with disabilities. This also applies to the PDF documents on this Web site, which are marked as such. Should you come across any …

  • Article from 13.12.2024 | Last changed: 17.06.2025

    Prescribing drugs: Environmental aspects

    Photo of a consultation between a doctor and a patient

    … conscious approaches into prescribing practices, doctors can actively help reduce the entry of pharmaceuticals into the environment while ensuring high-quality patient care. last update on 13.12.2024 … increasingly important in medical practice. A key area of action is preventing the entry of pharmaceuticals into the environment, as their residues are …