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DzU article from 18.12.2025 | Last changed: 19.12.2025

Indicator: Greenhouse gas emissions avoided by renewable energies

A graph shows the trend for greenhouse gas emissions avoided by the use of renewables for power, heat and transport. 28 million tonnes of CO2 equivalents were avoided in 1990, and 259 million tonnes in 2024.

News from 24.06.2013 | Last changed: 12.09.2013

Environmentally harmful chemical to be banned from outdoor gear

man with red cagoule and rucksack hiking through a wood in the rain

… merchants must disclose whether a product contains one of the 144 chemicals now featured on the List in concentrations above 0.1 per cent. In a next step, …

Press release 28/12 from 06.09.2012 | Last changed: 01.07.2013

Tight restrictions on hydraulic fracturing required

… on the use of the technology and a step-by-step approach, citing current gaps in knowledge and environmental risks. Among the moves the authors advocate is a ban on … conclusively assessing potential risks. There is not enough reliable scientific knowledge to identify the specific impact of extracting natural gas from … to the potential effects on groundwater. An interdisciplinary group of experts has now examined the risks of hydraulic fracturing with a focus on groundwater. The …

Newsletter from 28.07.2020 | Last changed: 28.07.2020

Newsletter "UBA aktuell" - No.: 4/2020

… dioxide (NO2). The data show that only 25 cities exceeded the annual mean NO2 limit value of 40 micrograms NO2 per cubic metre of air (µg/m³), compared to 57 cities in … of over 50mg of nitrate per litre, thus failing to meet nitrate quality guidelines. read more (in German) German Environmental Study on adult health As part … climate change? Experts cover this and much more in nine video lectures, which can now be listened to and read online. The lectures were sponsored by UBA and other …

Press release 52/2019 from 18.12.2019 | Last changed: 20.02.2020

Climate-neutral travel: Federal Government offsets its business travel

… action projects, focusing on high-quality projects that result in actual added value for climate change mitigation.” International climate change mitigation … of local jobs or health protection. "Offsetting is how we aim to create added value whose scope goes beyond merely compensating for greenhouse gas emissions. The …

Project of the Consulting Assistance Program from 13.06.2018

13th German-Russian Environment Days 2016 in Kaliningrad region

Project of the Consulting Assistance Program from 26.11.2024

New Alliances to Protect Biodiversity in Hotspot Caucasus, Armenia

… Deutschland Charitéstrasse 3 10117 Berlin Deutschland Runtime 01.05.2013 to 15.06.2015 The project aims at building cooperation between the private sector and nature …

Project of the Consulting Assistance Program from 22.11.2024

Cross-border wetlands conservation in the Polesia region of Belarus, Russia and Ukraine

… Bernhard-Grzimek-Allee 1, 60316 Frankfurt Deutschland Runtime 01.03.2012 to 31.03.2015 Within the framework of this project, several important parts of Polesia were …

Project of the Consulting Assistance Program from 12.11.2024

Preservation of the cultural landscape in the Carpathians in Romania through cooperation of agriculture, landcare and tourism

… für Landschaftspflege e.V. Promenade 9 91522 Ansbach Deutschland Runtime 20.05.2015 to 15.12.2017 This project supported the engagement of municipalities, farmers …

Project of the Consulting Assistance Program from 25.07.2017