… Access to environmental information The Environmental Information service at the German Environment Agency’s headquarters in Dessau Source: Silke Seider / Umweltbundesamt last update on 21.11.2024 Background and aims of the Environmental Information Act The Environmental Information Act …

… Immission control law Immissions refer to the impact of external pollutants on man and nature. 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 human beings and their environment (immissions) by means of risk prevention and …

… Seider / Umweltbundesamt A uniform Environmental Code shall harmonise and simplify the host of individual environmental laws. last update on 22.01.2021 Reasons for an … and due to pressure exerted by various environmental problems. For this reason, there are today many special environmental laws, which are directed in most cases at individual environmental media and co-exist side by side. These laws sometimes use different definitions of concepts and regulatory …

… planning law construction of more and more new industrial facilities destroys the landscape Source: fotolehmann / Fotolia.com Many projects that make use of land … soil sealing or even degradation of natural soils, for example as a result of the construction of buildings or industrial facilities. Landscape fragmentation by … land. Soils are not renewable within an assessable period of time. Land use for human settlement, transport and other purposes and the partial sealing of soil that …

… International environmental law Statutory regulations are aimed protection of the environment. Source: AllebaziB / Fotolia.com Global environmental problems … regulations alone. Action at international level is required to effectively protect the environment. For this reason the fields governed by international law also include international environmental …

… Pain relief gel – questions and answers For the sake of the environment: wipe first, then wash Source: Lena Aebli / Ecologic Institut 2024 … die Lebenswelt im Wasser und die menschliche Gesundheit auswirken. Die rund 1.300 Humanarzneimittelwirkstoffe mit möglicher Umweltrelevanz entsprechen einem …

… NonHazCity 3 Interreg Project NonHazCity 3 partner cities on the Baltic Sea want to avoid pollutants in, from and around buildings Source: … energy industry and other sea-based activities Tags Baltic Sea green procurement human health water protection hazardous substance zero pollution ambition … …

… agriculture: How can this succeed? Source: Christian Tietz / UBA Climate action in the agricultural sector is complex. It becomes even more complex when looking at the many different national, regional, climatic, cultural and political circumstances of agriculture around the world. Greenhouse gas reduction and climate adaptation, food security, …

… Thermal treatment Waste incineration plants generate electricity and heat in the thermal treatment Source: Bernd Engelmann / Umweltbundesamt Thermal waste treatment, …