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  • Press release 43/2020 from 21.09.2020 | Last changed: 25.09.2020

    30 years of unified Germany: a plus for the environment too

    Der Brocken im Nebel

    … especially in the industrial area around Leipzig/Halle/Weißenfels/Bitterfeld. With values of over 400 micrograms per cubic metre (μg/m³) on an annual average, … times higher than in the West German Ruhr area. By way of comparison, the highest values today are around 10 µg/m³. It was only when power stations and industrial …

  • Press release 17/2021 from 13.04.2021 | Last changed: 04.05.2021

    Plastics in the environment: Transport, building sectors and agriculture are major sources

    Plastikteilchen

    … inputs from the building sector or from agriculture and horticulture. Limit values for tyre abrasion should be introduced. The German Environment Agency is … affected by uncertainties, which is also reflected in the wide ranges of the values. Therefore, the data situation should therefore be improved and the model …

  • Press release 28/2022 from 09.06.2022 | Last changed: 15.06.2022

    Giving value added tax an ecological and social dimension

    Ein Marktstand mit Gemüse

    Giving value added tax an ecological and social dimension Zero percent on … Treiber umweltfreundlicher Produktions- und Konsumweisen All press releases Tags value added tax … The German Environment Agency (UBA) has proposed aligning VAT more … products and vegetable oils and public passenger transport from VAT altogether. … Giving value added tax an ecological and social dimension

  • Newsletter from 28.06.2017 | Last changed: 28.06.2017

    Newsletter "UBA aktuell" - No.: 3/2017

    … While a kilowatt hour of electricity still produced 564 grams of CO2 on average in 2014, the UBA is assuming 534 grams for 2015 based on preliminary data. Estimates … employer initiative in Dessau-Roßlau read more (in German)  New Publications Guidelines for Climate Impact and Vulnerability Assessments Recommendations of the … can be distributed over various environmental compartments. Degradation half-life values derived… Series Texte Page number 129 Year of publication 2017 Validation of …

  • KomPass: Article from 28.11.2023 | Last changed: 19.09.2024

    Cluster Soil

    The picture shows a person kneeling on a ploughed field. Scrutinising the dark-brown soil with their eyes, the individual lets it trickle from one hand to the other.

    … the ‘Greening’ of the European Direct Payments Regulation, which was in force from 2014 to 2022, support for agricultural enterprises under the Common Agricultural … the ‘Greening’ of the European Direct Payments Regulation, which was in force from 2014 to 2022, support for agricultural enterprises under the Common Agricultural …

  • Newsletter from 15.10.2025 | Last changed: 15.10.2025

    The Latest from UBA - No.: 5/2025

    … expanded further downstream? Insights from assessing products along the automotive value chain The EU's carbon border adjustment mechanism (CBAM) replaces the free … ecotoxicological laboratory and field tests, which are generally described in Test Guidelines (TGs) published by the Organisation for Economic Co-operation and …

  • News from 02.10.2017 | Last changed: 04.09.2020

    International action for more protection in a hazardous incident

    firemen with boats on a river

    … for Europe (UNECE). The focus of discussion was the first draft of the new UNECE Guideline for Fire-Water Retention which was drawn up by a UNECE Joint Expert Group … retention guidance All news Related publications ZEMA – Jahresbericht 2012-2014 Tags Ölpestbekämpfung major accident … UBA is engaged in transboundary efforts …

  • Press release 44/2013 from 11.11.2013 | Last changed: 10.12.2013

    Bundespreis Ecodesign prize is awarded

    Trophies with the logo of the Bundespreis Ecodesign an the names of the winners standing on a table

    … sound way.“ The original prize-winning projects can be seen starting February 2014. The first stop of the Bundespreis Ecodesign touring exhibition is Ludwigsburg. … The next round of the Bundespreis Ecodesign award starts as soon as January 2014. The Federal Ministry for Environment and the Federal Environment Agency began …