… The Rotterdam Convention International trade with certain hazardous chemicals is regulated by the Rotterdam Convention. Source: VanderWolf Images / Adobe The Rotterdam Convention … environmental agreements (MEAs) that share the common goal of protecting human health and the environment from hazardous chemicals and wastes. To improve …

… Environmental management at UBA UBA was the first federal authority to receive the EMAS certificate for its environmental management Source: Umweltbundesamt The UBA had already introduced an environmental management system in the late 1990s, …

… Geoengineering-Governance Interventions in the complex structure of the atmosphere can have incalculable consequences. Source: … possible, from the entire carbon cycle (e.g. through underground storage). Plants remove carbon dioxide (CO 2 ) during photosynthesis and store carbon in biomass. … rescue measures which are supposedly available. There is also the risk that humanity will be confronted with the effects of dangerous climate change as well as …

… – but low carbon technologies need resources, too. Source: Umweltbundesamt In the RESCUE project, the German Environment Agency (UBA) explores the nexus between climate protection and associated resource requirements. Using six …

… Resources Commission at the UBA (currently inactive) Resource policy is an international and cross-policy field of action Source: bibi / Fotolia.com The Resource Commission supports the German Environment Agency (UBA) with proposals … in Section I 1.2: “Capacity Building, Sustainable Resource Use, Security”. … Resources Commission at the UBA (currently inactive) …

… Airguns - an underestimated disruptive factor Airguns in the Antarctic – Underwater noise in one of the last refuges of rare marine mammals Source: Sebastian French / Fotolia.com The … among the few regions in the world where there is little underwater noise caused by human activities. An UBA study shows that the scientific use of airguns can emit …