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Article from 10.12.2025 | Last changed: 10.12.2025

Resource use in Germany

… will also fall slightly in 2020 and 2021. last update on 10.12.2025 The German Environment Agency has been publishing a report on the use of natural resources in … of the interfaces between individual resource categories ("nexus") and the "environmental impact of raw material extraction". The resource report is aimed at a … On the one hand, the report is intended to serve as a source of data information and a reference work; on the other hand, it provides arguments for …

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Deprecated files & changes

… changes This page contains a data base with deprecated program versions and update information as well as a documentation of program changes. last update on 12.12.2025 … "-Agerman") 2012-07-29: Problem 2012-07-29 (DMNA header entry "cset" on Windows systems) 2012-01-26: FAQ, new entry S17 (use of externally generated wind fields) …

Article from 12.12.2025 | Last changed: 12.12.2025

FAQ

… precipitation time series for calculations with AUSTAL? Upon request, the Federal Environment Agency provides precipitation data from the RESTNI 3 project for … the reference implementation AUSTAL2000 has been developed on behalf of the Federal Environmental Agency. Entitled "AUSTAL 2000 ist nicht validiert" (AUSTAL 2000 not … hours? A sufficiently large number of simulation particles is required to avoid systematic effects in the calculation of odor hour frequencies (see the discussion …

Article from 26.11.2025 | Last changed: 28.11.2025

Known and resolved problems

… (in this case, the program provides a comment and an error message), but this information is missing in the manual. In the source code of AUSTAL (up to 3.3.0), … (in this case, the program provides a comment and an error message), but this information is missing in the manual. In the source code of AUSTAL (up to 3.3.0), …

Article from 11.06.2015 | Last changed: 19.04.2024

AUSTAL2000N - Download

… all". AUSTAL2000N - Files Files for download AUSTAL2000N Files Documentation Patch information (TXT / 03.09.2014) Installation information (TXT / 03.09.2014) Program description (PDF / 03.09.2014) Base packages …

Article from 22.06.2023 | Last changed: 22.06.2023

Laws of environmental liability, harm and criminal actions

… Laws of environmental liability, harm and criminal actions The consequences of environmental … essential elements of the various international, European and national liability systems. According to the authors, there is an ever increasing interdependence … on the basis of police and court statistics. The UBA publications also record information on the crime scenes and perpetrators (especially age, gender and …

Article from 21.11.2024 | Last changed: 21.11.2024

Access to environmental information

Blick auf Bürgerinformation und Bibliothek im UBA-Gebäude Dessau-Roßlau

… Access to environmental information The Environmental Information service at the German …

Article from 03.12.2020 | Last changed: 07.12.2020

Immission control law

… Source: Christian Noval / Fotolia.com Immission control is one of the key areas of environmental protection law. Its aim is to reduce potentially harmful impacts on … und Umweltrecht), see here (English summary available). Associated content Links EU-information of IPPC directive Aerial quality right of EU EU-information about …

Article from 09.09.2019 | Last changed: 10.09.2019

Better Environmental Regulation

… Better Environmental Regulation Better regulation improves and simplifies regulations … Ressourcenschutzrecht Wasserrecht Related publications The Mexican Emission Trading System and the Electricity Market The Korea Emissions Trading System and electricity …

Article from 22.01.2021 | Last changed: 22.01.2021

Environmental Code

… Environmental Code Environmental Code Source: Silke Seider / Umweltbundesamt A … law. The German Environment Agency thereupon commissioned research projects on “Systematisation of Environmental Law” and “Harmonisation of Environmental Law”. In …

Article from 10.01.2018 | Last changed: 10.01.2018

Spatial planning law

… fotolehmann / Fotolia.com Many projects that make use of land can have negative environmental impacts. This includes soil sealing or even degradation of natural … human settlements and transport area to 30 hectares per day by 2020. According to information from the Federal Statistical Office, the average rate of land use in … extraction of raw materials as the successful transformation of Germany’s energy system (Energiewende) will require more underground storage sites. Conflicting …

Article from 19.06.2024 | Last changed: 20.06.2024

International environmental law

… International environmental law Statutory regulations are aimed protection of the environment. … designed to combat climate change by using technological means to influence global systems. These suggestions are subsumed under the heading of “geoengineering” or … associations in the three areas ("pillars") of access to environmental information, public participation in decision-making and access to justice in …