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  • Newsletter from 18.12.2024 | Last changed: 18.12.2024

    UMID - No.: 02/2024

    … topic:  Ban on cosmetics containing mercury – international challenges using the example of skin lightening creams Further articles: Potential of wastewater …

  • News from 13.02.2014 | Last changed: 09.11.2017

    No burning of biomass by default

    stack of wood in the forest

    … possible – is used for energy. These are the results of a study done for the UBA. Example: Instead of making wood pellets for heating purposes, wood should first be …

  • Press release 25/2017 from 18.07.2017 | Last changed: 07.08.2017

    Sustainable supply chain management, step by step

    Menschen stehen an einem Arbeitstisch mit Papieren.

    … Actual implementation, however, poses great challenges to companies, for example because of complex supply relationships, poor availability of data or few … into their supply chains. It explains step by step and with the aid of practical examples how companies can create transparency in their supply chains; identify, …

  • Press release 42/2017 from 11.12.2017 | Last changed: 15.12.2017

    Market shares for green products growing – yet CO2 emissions in consumer sector remain unchanged

    Shopping trolley in a super market

    … the market development of environmental labels. In the paper industry segment, for example, the Blue Angel ecolabel is widespread and well-known: some 17 per cent of … are also less expensive and there is government support for the ecolabels. An example is the EU's highly successful energy label: whereas energy-efficient …

  • News from 10.10.2017 | Last changed: 20.10.2017

    Guidance for climate-friendly investment

    two engineers (a women and a man) in a windfarm

    … are considered 2°C-compatible when the increase in efficiency is significant. Example: buildings with an energy demand ranging between 10 kilowatt hours per … The study also explicitly addresses projects which are difficult to classify, for example investments in gas-fired power plants or transport infrastructure. In some …

  • Press release 48/2024 from 06.12.2024 | Last changed: 10.12.2024

    UBA game “Little Impacts” wins the German Children’s Software Award TOMMI 2024

    Das Bild zeigt das Logo des Deutschen Kindersoftwarepreises TOMMI.

    … a lot, which was a bit of an effort. But we learned how we can help others, for example friends and family.” Little Impacts has been available for free in the Apple … genre. These are games that are entertaining but also pursue other goals – for example, to impart knowledge or motivate players to take certain actions. To achieve …

  • Press release 72/08 from 03.11.2008 | Last changed: 03.07.2013

    Nearly 42 billion euros in subsidies detrimental to environmental protection efforts

    … e.g. both material and health damage, would no longer be incurred. One prominent example is the various subsidies provided for in energy and electricity tax law, … applicable as possible, or at the very least, imposed throughout the EU. Both examples show that unecological subsidies not only harm the environment and thereby …

  • Press release 32/2010 from 04.06.2010 | Last changed: 12.07.2013

    Federal Environment Agency: Unecological subsidies cost 48 billion euros

    … fossil fuels and thus counteracts climate protection efforts. There are, for example, electricity and energy tax allowances granted to the manufacturing industry … term, subsidies must at the very least be conditional on stricter requirements, for example on the introduction of an energy management system. The current taxation of … The money saved could be channeled to finance urgent tasks of the future, for example education and climate protection, or to consolidate public-sector budgets. …

  • Press release 46/2018 from 14.12.2018 | Last changed: 14.02.2019

    German North and Baltic Seas not in good condition

    Strand in Büsum (Nordsee)

    … plastic waste and its input to the oceans. Recycling must also be strengthened, for example by imposing a high recycling quota on producers." Some of the alien species introduced into the Wadden Sea in the last century, for example the Pacific oyster or Japanese wireweed, have changed the ecosystem. Between … the seas and oceans. Individually, we can of course also make a contribution, for example by being mindful of the amount of plastic we use, or sorting by our waste …

  • Press release 38/2023 from 13.10.2023 | Last changed: 17.10.2023

    Artificial Intelligence and Big Data Laboratory launched at the German Environment Agency

    On a bright background, there are two wind turbines, a solar panel, two people, a globe, plant leaves, and diagrams illustrating the thematic areas of the AI lab.

    … Ministry of the Environment to develop customised applications for challenges – for example, for the more efficient evaluation of satellite data in order to better plan … and many other environmental, nature and radiation protection data. Initial examples of the possible application of AI include the identification of wind and …

  • News from 20.06.2024 | Last changed: 27.06.2024

    UBA and BfN for a green and just transition in Europe

    Picture of the Berlaymong building, seat of the European Commission in Brussels

    … In view of the continued rise in temperatures, urgent action is still needed, for example to better anchor energy efficiency in legislation, to promote innovative … promote the use of natural and technical sinks to offset unavoidable emissions, for example in agriculture. The overarching goal is to reduce emissions by 95 per cent … crises. Therefore, sustainable yet affordable food systems must be promoted, for example by providing incentives for farmers to use production methods that improve …