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  • News from 12.12.2013 | Last changed: 09.11.2017

    Environmental Research Plan 2014 now online

    microscope and computers

    … be launched. 12.12.2013 Key topics include the transformation of the energy system (Energiewende), climate protection, resource efficiency and soil protection. …

  • KomPass: Article from 28.11.2023 | Last changed: 18.11.2025

    KM-I-3: Height of storm surges

    The picture shows a storm surge wave breaking over a coastal building. A metal mast is visible in the background.

    … recorded especially on the coasts and beaches. At the end of 2022, the low-pressure system Nadya first caused a low-water level followed instantly by a storm surge. Owing to the low-pressure system shifting, it first resulted in a strong south-west wind which made water … recorded especially on the coasts and beaches. At the end of 2022, the low-pressure system Nadya first caused a low-water level followed instantly by a storm surge. …

  • KomPass: Article from 28.11.2023 | Last changed: 18.12.2024

    BS-I-1: Person hours due to weather-related damage events

    The picture shows an inundated landscape. In the centre of the picture a flooded road can be seen, with a lorry passing. There are people visible on the lorry’s load platform. In the picture’s foreground, part of a blue emergency vehicle is visible with blue warning lamps fitted all round the vehicle which is also driving along this flooded road.

    … by severe individual events. The impacts made in 2021 by the ‘Bernd‘ low-pressure system and the associated flood disaster which struck western Germany in particular, … conducted within this framework. The responses showed that a great number of input systems were used and that there were differences in the categorisation of the …

  • Press release 26/2022 from 03.06.2022 | Last changed: 14.06.2022

    Germany’s bathing waters continue to get top marks

    Junge springt vom Steg in einen See

    … water entering the water bodies. Thanks to the increasing use of forecasting systems, hygienic pollution e.g. as a result of heavy rainfall can be predicted with increasing accuracy. These systems work, for example, using model calculations or water gauge data. Current …

  • Press release 30/2016 from 04.10.2016 | Last changed: 23.01.2017

    Anniversary celebration of the Protocol of Environmental Protection to the Antarctic Treaty

    Protecting the Antarctic is one of the tasks of the Federal Environment Agency.

    … It provides for the protection of the Antarctic environment within the Treaty System. The hunt for mineral resources drew the attention of mining companies to … is aimed at the protection of the Antarctic environment and its dependent ecosystems. The Act provides that all activities in Antarctica which are organised by …

  • Press release 48/2018 from 18.12.2018 | Last changed: 24.08.2020

    Environmental impact of software is now measurable

    Binärer Code auf einem Bildschirm.

    … to power-saving mode. The German Environment Agency has developed a measuring system with supporting devices for the purpose of comparing software products. It is … products in the product groups text processing, browser, content management system and database. A comparison of software products within each group and with …

  • News from 09.10.2018 | Last changed: 10.10.2018

    UBA Key Priorities for the new EU Long-term Climate Strategy

    solar park, wind energy plants, sun flowers

    … cumulative emissions and avoiding lock-in effects. The transformation of the energy system including improvement of energy efficiency is of utmost importance to achieving the Paris Agreement objectives. A fully decarbonised energy system needs 100% energy supply based on renewable energies. This requires a sustainable system without nuclear energy, carbon capture and storage as well as crop-based …

  • Press release 33/2015 from 25.09.2015 | Last changed: 23.01.2017

    Efficient space and water heaters

    a cat is sleeping on a radiator

    … and those typically used in single family houses. Space heaters in central heating systems and water heaters with a rated output up to 400 kilowatts (kW) and hot water … combined with solar heaters or other types of heaters, these combination heater systems will have to bear additional labelling in future. The EU Commission is …

  • Press release 10/2015 from 17.03.2015 | Last changed: 23.01.2017

    New "Blue Angel" for data centers

    Servers

    … However, the requirements of the revised Blue Angel already require refrigeration systems that go into operation after 1 January 2013 to operate entirely without halogens. This means that Blue Angel-certified refrigeration systems will only use natural refrigerants such as carbon dioxide in future. Air …

  • DzU article from 18.12.2025 | Last changed: 19.12.2025

    Indicator: Final energy productivity

    A graph shows final energy productivity from 2008 to 2024. Productivity rose by more than 31 percent since 2008. Final energy consumption and gross domestic product are also shown.

    … use of energy. Lower energy use is also good for the environment, as the energy system has a number of negative environmental impacts. Final energy consumption is … use of energy. Lower energy use is also good for the environment, as the energy system has a number of negative environmental impacts. Final energy consumption is …

  • DzU article from 20.01.2026 | Last changed: 23.01.2026

    Indicator: Energy consumption in manufacturing

    A graph shows the trend for primary energy consumption in the manufacturing industry and the proportion of gross value-added (price-adjusted) between 1995 and 2023. In 1995, energy consumption amounted to 3,744 Petajoules, and in 2023, to 3,407 Petajoules

    … and building transport infrastructure involves massive interference with ecosystems. Furthermore, the use of fossil energy sources is the main driver of climate … on figures from the Energy Balances Working Group , but must be adapted to the EEA system. The proportional energy consumption in power stations is included following … and building transport infrastructure involves massive interference with ecosystems. Furthermore, the use of fossil energy sources is the main driver of climate …