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  • Press release 08/2019 from 27.03.2019 | Last changed: 13.08.2024

    Renewable energy share rises to 16.6 per cent in 2018

    Photovoltaikanlage auf dem Dach des Umweltbundesamtes in Dessau-Roßlau

    … weather in 2018 and the resulting higher production of electricity in photovoltaic systems. Electric power generation from wind power stations also increased over …

  • Press release 30/2025 from 17.07.2025 | Last changed: 31.07.2025

    Weak wind conditions slow down renewable energy production

    Bild zu Windkraftanlagen als Alternative für die Energieerzeugung im Kaliningrader Gebiet

    … power grid and sufficient storage infrastructure, can a climate-friendly energy system be established.” The progress made so far in reducing emissions is primarily …

  • KomPass: Area of action climate impact from 05.01.2023 | Last changed: 18.12.2025

    Climate Impacts: Field of Action Fishery

    Fishes under water

    … oxygen deficiency and so-called "dead zones" is expanding, affecting coastal ecosystems and the fishing industry. Nutrient input from the land is one of the main … up, which can lead to catastrophic developments in fish stocks and the entire ecosystem. The reduced water flow can reduce the continuity and connectivity of the … waters, this input leads to increased compaction or "clogging" of the gravel gap system of the river bed and thus to a loss of habitats and spawning sites (e. g. for …

  • Newsletter from 13.12.2017 | Last changed: 20.12.2017

    Newsletter "UBA aktuell" - No.: 6/2017

    … warming to below 2 degrees. A new UBA study highlights the criteria to which public financial institutions such as development banks should proceed and the projects for … garden, removing paving stones from a school yard or building a solar protection system for the playground – with the motto of “Blue compass – adaptation pioneers …

  • Cover from 02.10.2024

    Development of Germany’s climate - 2023 Monitoring Report

    Logo Deutscher Wetterdienst

    … is the outcome of complex interactions among all components that make up the system of land, atmosphere and oceans. Also part of this system are the biosphere with seasonal changes in vegetation, the hydrosphere, the … and the years from 2014 to 2022 were, in global terms, the nine warmest years since systematic records began. For Germany, sufficient data exist from 1881 onwards …

  • News from 25.11.2025 | Last changed: 25.11.2025

    UN Climate Conference COP30: No breakthrough, but small successes

    Entrance to the grounds of the 30th World Climate Conference

    … – in particular, a global halt to deforestation and the strengthening of ecosystems as a whole in order to make greater use of them as CO 2 sinks – the Paris … heat waves, which will cause human and economic losses," says Messner. "Large ecosystems, such as the Greenland ice sheet or the Amazon rainforest system, could collapse. COP30 was not a turning point for finally setting a clear …

  • News from 08.03.2024 | Last changed: 08.03.2024

    Renewable energies continue to pick up speed in 2023

    Wind turbines between agricultural land and a solar park

    … an important economic factor for Germany In 2023, investments in renewable energy systems rose sharply again and totalled 36.6 billion (bn) euros (2022: 22.3 bn …

  • Cover from 30.05.2022

    River Restoration: Start

    Aerial view of the Fulda and a branch with low water flow. Grasses, shrubs and trees grow on the banks with diverse hydromorphological structures.

    … diversity of biotopes and species and even to the destruction of sensitive ecosystems. Watercourses are often straightened, constricted or channelized and their … it, because every construction measure interferes with the aquatic ecosystem. In most cases, an initial measure is required to trigger river dynamics …

  • Newsletter from 09.08.2017 | Last changed: 09.08.2017

    Newsletter "UBA aktuell" - No.: 4/2017

    … of Different Requirements (Offsetting) in Bilateral and Global Carbon Pricing Systems This report explores the introduction of carbon taxes with a national offset …