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  • Article from 26.02.2025 | Last changed: 27.02.2025

    Political context

    Organizational Chart of the Convention on Long-range Transboundary Air Pollution (CLRTAP)

    … organizational entity under the  CLRTAP  of the United Nations Economic Commission for Europe (UNECE) (see organigram above). The CLRTAP was signed in 1979 and came … at a broader scale. The goal of the convention is to control air pollution and its effects and to develop an extensive programme for the monitoring and evaluation of … of critical loads;  to compile national data on critical loads into a European database;  to generate maps of European critical loads and their exceedances and to …

  • Article from 18.08.2022 | Last changed: 18.08.2022

    RESCUE: Main results

    … to 97 percent (in comparison to 1990). Through the use of sustainable agriculture and forestry practices, even net-zero emissions can be reached. At the same time, … or come very close to it. But the way to achieve this differs (Figure 1). The effects of delayed action become obvious with GreenLate, because this transformation …

  • Article from 04.11.2019 | Last changed: 08.04.2024

    RESCUE: Methods

    … out by external institutions. A central part of this is the following study: „Transformationsprozess zum treibhausgasneutralen und ressourcenschonenden Deutschland“ (FKZ: 3715 41 115 0). For this a combination of five quantitative models was … of the energy supply is based on the  SCOPE model ,which complies with the climate targets and ensures supply security and permanent coverage of demands in all …

  • Article from 04.11.2019 | Last changed: 04.11.2019

    RESCUE scenario GreenSupreme

    … RESCUE scenario GreenSupreme GreenSupreme (“Germany – resource efficient and greenhouse gas neutral – Minimizing future greenhouse gas emissions and raw material consumption”) examines a faster transformation path in connection with the most effective assumption from the other scenarios with the goal to minimize cumulated …

  • Article from 04.11.2019 | Last changed: 04.11.2019

    RESCUE scenario GreenLate

    … RESCUE scenario GreenLate GreenLate stands for „Germany – resource efficient and GHG neutral – late transition”. This … e.g., in transport, space heating, and process heat supply. Similarly, measures targeting traffic reduction and relocation are implemented in the last years prior …

  • Article from 08.08.2024 | Last changed: 12.08.2024

    Further CCE Reports

    CCE Other Reports

    … CCE Reports CCE Other Reports Source: CCE last update on 08.08.2024 Further reports and handouts published by the CCE can be downloaded here: Galert, W (2024) Empirical Critical Loads of nitrogen for Europe . Brochure. CCE, UBA, Dessau-Roßlau, Germany. Dirnböck T, Knaebel K, Djukic I, Posch M (2024) Critical Limits for Acidification and Nutrient Nitrogen . Final report. CCE, UBA, Dessau-Roßlau, …

  • Article from 27.01.2025 | Last changed: 27.01.2025

    CCE Status Reports

    Status Report

    … last update on 27.01.2025 The steady CCE status reports focus mainly on modeling and mapping the effects of atmospheric deposition of nitrogen and sulfur and progress in dynamic … modeling. Reports until 2017 have been published by the Dutch National Institute for Public Health (RIVM), where the CCE was located from 1990 until 2017. The CCE …

  • Article from 22.02.2024 | Last changed: 19.05.2025

    German Environmental Survey, GerES VI (2023-2024)

    a colorful picture with many different faces

    … The German Environment Agency (UBA) conducts the German Environmental Survey for Adults, GerES VI (2023–2024) to collect information on the burden of the adult … with environmental pollutants. Samples of tap water, urine, blood, house dust, and indoor air are analysed along with information acquired by questionnaires during … for the entire population GerES VI provides up-to-date, population-representative data on the burden of the adult population in Germany with environmental pollutants. …

  • Article from 15.05.2020 | Last changed: 18.05.2020

    Active Pharmaceutical Ingredients (API)

    … of sewage treatment plants or through their use in livestock production. Therefore the German federal states and the Federal Institute of Hydrology have been measuring select active … There are comparisons of measurement results across Europe with PNEC (predicted no-effect concentration). The Review also proposes new standards for a number of API. …

  • Article from 15.05.2020 | Last changed: 15.05.2020

    Autism Spectrum Disorder

    A token stands in the middle of a wooden square, three others stand outside.

    … 15.05.2020 Autism is seen as a developmental disorder of the central nervous system and grouped into three diagno stic categories : early childhood autism, Asperger’s syndrome and atypical autism. However, since the types overlap and mild forms also occur, the term ASD, autism spectrum disorders, is used as a generic … humans are particularly vulnerable to developmental damage and to adverse health effects of environmental stress, is during pregnancy and early childhood. Various …

  • Article from 03.04.2020 | Last changed: 03.04.2020

    Metals

    … Metals Metals and selenium are found in the environment in various different compounds. Their … (background concentrations ) vary. Some metals and selenium are essential for organisms at low concentrations. last update on 03.04.2020 The assessment of … 3 µg/l), (silver(dissolved: 0.02 µg/l) and thallium(dissolved: 0.2 µg/l). Whereas data for the assessment of suspended solids/sediment and dissolved concentrations is …