… Climate | Energy, Soil | Land, Sustainability | Strategies | International matters Analysis of ten selected crediting methodologies for climate-friendly soil management Annex to the final report “Funding …

… Economy | Consumption Methodological challenges for ecolabels in the Global Ecolabelling Network Evaluation and traceability of critical raw materials and determination of quantitative …

… Chemicals Novel assessment methods in ecotoxicology for the identification of hormonal active substances: Combining the fish sexual development test with gene expression endpoints For the evaluation of effects of hormone-active substances to fish, several test guidelines have been … validated by the OECD which are included in the Conceptual Framework for Testing and Assessment of Endocrine Disruptors (OECD, 2010). In these tests, the assessment …

… Climate | Energy, Transport Policy incentives for the uptake of sustainable aviation fuels (SAFs) Chain-of-custody approaches, administrative requirements and their impact Aviation contributes approximately 2.5% of global CO2 emissions. When non-CO2 effects are taken into account, its overall climate impact is even higher. To …

… Chemicals Advancing REACH Financing options for ECHA The European Chemicals Agency (ECHA) is responsible for the implementation of REACH and CLP. This report describes the expenditure needed to sustain this work and the … periodic updates to be made to registration dossiers with the aim of increasing the quality of dossiers while increasing revenue to ECHA from update fees. Implement …

… Soil | Land, Sustainability | Strategies | International matters Land use monitoring and land take in international comparison Methods and data The high land take rate is a problem throughout Europe. The EU demands that … Links UBA-Themenseite „Paving and construction“ Indicator: Land-take for settlements and transport infrastructure Additional information PDF is …

… Soil | Land Soil Organic Carbon – An Appropriate Indicator to Monitor Trends of Land and … the SDG Framework? The 17 Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) and related 169 Targets, adopted by the United Nations in September 2015, aim to end poverty, protect the planet, and to ensure prosperity for all. Due to their various functions, land and soil are addressed by several SDGs …

… Chemicals Development of an OECD Guidance Document for the Application of OECD Test Guideline 236 (Acute Fish Embryo Toxicity Test) The project goal was to support the regulatory acceptance of data generated with the OECD Acute Fish Embryo Toxicity Test (TG 236) as alternative … on the Development of a Guidance Document for an Integrated Approach to Testing and Assessment of Acute Fish Toxicity. Specific results: (1) the knowledge on …

… Waste | Resources Anforderungen an die Behandlung spezifischer Elektroaltgeräte unter Ressourcen- und … 2 in Kraft, das in § 24 (2) die Bundesregierung ermächtigt, weitergehende Anforderungen an die Behandlung von Elektroaltgeräten festzulegen. Die vorliegende …

… Sustainability | Strategies | International matters Cornerstones for a sustainable recovery program for Ukraine Discussion paper Ukraine war and sustainability policy This discussion paper presents the German Environment …

… Chemicals Checklists for contingency planning for accidents affecting transboundary waters Industrial accidents that affect international water bodies can put the water supplies and ecosystems of many countries at risk. Hence, joint, cross-border contingency …

… Chemicals 2nd EU Workshop on Non-Chemical Alternatives for Rodent Control (NoCheRo) Report on the 2nd NoCheRo Workshop (Brussels, 05th February 2020) In February 2020, the European Commission and the German Environment Agency organized the 2. workshop on non-chemical … necessary to improve animal welfare, to identify inefficient traps and to collect data for the comparative assessment of non-chemical alternatives with rodenticides. …