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  • Article from 07.07.2020 | Last changed: 15.12.2025

    Research and funding

    … extensive funding in support of various projects and initiative. For further information in this regard, visit the EUGRIS website , an outgrowth of FP5, which … €400 million in funding between 1991 and 2008. Aside from the Ministry for the Environment’s Umweltforschungsplan (Environmental research program), the federal …

  • Article from 10.08.2020 | Last changed: 17.11.2025

    Large scale ecological projects

    Major projects

    … exempted investors from legal responsibility for the costs attributable to environmental damage that occurred prior to 1 July 1990, pursuant to the … agreed to undertake 21 large scale ecological projects, based on economic and environmental policy. These projects involved major industrial concerns, potassium …

  • Article from 26.06.2025 | Last changed: 08.12.2025

    European Methane Regulation

    … carried out by the monitoring authorities of the federal states, while the German Environment Agency is responsible for the annual emissions reporting. The regulation … ( upstream emissions ). Thus, Europe can also work towards establishing minimum environmental standards in producing countries when importing fossil fuels. Which …

  • Article from 04.07.2013 | Last changed: 15.12.2025

    Site remediation

    … Site remediation The term “site remediation” refers to the following: all systematic steps involving detection, investigation and hazard assessments of … authorities, often in conjunction with cadastral land surveys. In this process, information is compiled from sources such as municipal commercial registers, and is …

  • Article from 28.11.2023 | Last changed: 18.11.2025

    Effects chain – Example from the ‘human health’ action field

    … Maren Winter / stock.adobe.com The heat warning service established by the DWD informs the population and facilities such as hospitals via the heat newsletter, the … website on imminent weather patterns hazardous to health. These information sources can help institutions to take preventative measures in good time …

  • Article from 30.06.2025 | Last changed: 01.07.2025

    Structural policy for the socio-ecological transformation

    … policy supports developments mostly with the help of funding mechanisms. From an environmental and sustainability perspective, it is important that those mechanisms … aim to support the economy and make regions desirable places to live. The funding systems are structured in such a way that there are funding programmes that are for …

  • Article from 11.08.2022 | Last changed: 13.10.2025

    Fachbibliothek Umwelt (Environmental Library)

    View into the environmental library in Dessau

    Fachbibliothek Umwelt (Environmental Library) The Fachbibliothek Umwelt is the largest environmental … more than 1,500 printed journals, about 30,000 ejournals and other sources of information. The library is an open access library kept available for the needs of … or reserve borrowed media.   Associated content Links OPAC Environmental Discovery System – EDS Contact, service, stock and use (flyer only in German) Exhibitions in …

  • Article from 10.08.2020 | Last changed: 17.11.2025

    Remediation technology

    … remediation measures that are available today. Their selection is determined by the environmental medium being remediated, the extent of the contamination, the type of … facility capacity currently stands at 7.3 million tons annually (eight thermal systems, 22 physicochemical systems, and 60 biological systems). In as much as such …

  • Article from 10.03.2014 | Last changed: 15.12.2025

    Contaminated sites

    Graphic realization of a multifarious land use

    … by improper treatment, storage or disposal of waste and/or the improper handling of environmentally hazardous substances. last update on 10.03.2014 Introduction Since … a step-by-step concept that has proven itself in practice. On the basis of existing information and targeted investigations, suspected contaminated sites are …

  • Article from 26.11.2018 | Last changed: 13.02.2025

    Leaching tests for emissions from building products

    … with groundwater or rainwater should not release harmful amounts of pollutants. An environmentally compatible choice of products requires reliable and comparable data … tests, which are now available for producers and users. last update on 26.11.2018 Information on leaching behaviour to become standard information on building … included varnishes for outdoor applications, external thermal insulation composite systems, roof tiles and polymeric roof membranes which are all exposed to …

  • Article from 10.12.2025 | Last changed: 10.12.2025

    Sustainable resource use in the leisure sector

    Top view of a soccer field

    … These are not available in unlimited quantities and their use can have negative environmental consequences . Some products and services in the leisure sector … and guitars need to be manufactured. Based on preliminary figures, the German Environment Agency has estimated that private households in Germany could have …

  • Article from 24.09.2015 | Last changed: 24.09.2015

    Plant protection products

    Bauer brings out pesticides in his field

    … of farmland every year Source: Penny Williams / Fotolia.com Chemicals enter the environment every day, but there is hardly a substance group that is used with more … Environment Agency's role is to evaluate the impact of the product on the ecosystem and ground water. Plant protection products may not have any "unacceptable … carries out application-oriented environmental research, and provides public information on current issues of relevance to plant protection products. The Federal …