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  • Article from 10.08.2020 | Last changed: 17.11.2025

    Large scale ecological projects

    Major projects

    … (491.85 kB) Under the unification treaty that was concluded with the former East Germany, the Federal Republic of Germany took possession of the former East … exempted investors from legal responsibility for the costs attributable to environmental damage that occurred prior to 1 July 1990, pursuant to the …

  • Article from 07.07.2020 | Last changed: 17.11.2025

    Activities at the federal level

    … update on 07.07.2020 Federally owned properties The federal government is one of Germany’s largest property owners. As with all property, such ownership entails … und Dienstleistungen der Bundeswehr (German army office of infrastructure, environmental protection, and general services) and for the BImA. A document …

  • Article from 26.06.2025 | Last changed: 08.12.2025

    European Methane Regulation

    … greenhouse gas emissions in the EU by at least 55 percent by 2030. Moreover, Germany committed to reduce methane emissions by 30 percent by 2030 compared to 2020 … ( 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

    … there is good reason to believe that the site in question is contaminated. In Germany, a formal initial assessment following the historical investigation phase … waste sites The graph shows the first steps of working with contaminated sites in Germany - capturing and historical exploration of suspected hazardous waste sites … analysis technologies and software-support. Source: Frauenstein Next Previous Links German Federal Soil Protection Act Federal Soil Protection and Contaminated Sites …

  • Article from 28.11.2023 | Last changed: 18.11.2025

    Effects chain – Example ‘coastal and marine protection’

    … chain – Example ‘coastal and marine protection’ 2023 Monitoring Report on the German Strategy for Adaptation to Climate Change last update on 28.11.2023 Climate … regime. With an increase by 1.7 °C between 1881 and 2022, the temperature rise in Germany was 0.6 °C greater than the global mean ( cf. Fig. 1 ) including the marine … dykes without a safety deficit increased to 81.7 %. … 2023 Monitoring Report on the German Strategy for Adaptation to Climate Change …   State: Air and seawater warming …

  • Article from 28.11.2023 | Last changed: 18.11.2025

    Effects chain – Example ‘water balance and water management’

    … chain – Example ‘water balance and water management’ 2023 Monitoring Report on the German Strategy for Adaptation to Climate Change last update on 28.11.2023 Climate … groundwater as well as the medium- to long-term diminution of groundwater levels in Germany, especially while the abstraction of water is increasing as a result of rising demand. All over Germany, record shortfalls were identified in the drought years of 2018-2020 …

  • Article from 28.11.2023 | Last changed: 18.11.2025

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

    … chain – Example from the ‘human health’ action field 2023 Monitoring Report on the German Strategy for Adaptation to Climate Change last update on 28.11.2023 Climate … of hot days with a maximum temperature of at least 30 °C has increased throughout Germany. Moreover, extraordinary heatwaves have occurred more frequently since the … a mean daily maximum air temperature of at least 30.0 °C. The examination of eight German cities revealed that 24 % of the heatwaves identified occurred in the period …

  • 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 … a sustainable future and avoid environmentally damaging dead ends. UBA works on German and European structural policy. last update on 30.06.2025 The …

  • 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 library in the German-speaking world. Source: Umweltbundesamt The Environmental Library is a …

  • 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 … Once the cleanup of contaminated site remediation became a legal requirement in Germany, a market rapidly evolved for site cleanup services and has undergone …

  • 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 1999, Germany has had a Soil Protection Act that provides practicable legal and technical … tar containing waste, in open stack resp. clarifying basins. Source: Frauenstein Bank of a tar basin Tar clings to the soil matriv and leaks out of the bank. Source: …