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  • DzU article from 30.01.2025 | Last changed: 30.01.2025

    Indicator: Nitrate in groundwater

    A graph shows the proportion of groundwater sampling sites where nitrate measurements for the years 2008 to 2023 were above 25 and 50 milligrams per litre. In the period covered, neither sub-indicator has shown any significant change.

    … value for nitrate in ground water Source: German Environment Agency and the Länder Initiative on Core Indicators (LIKI) 2023 based on data from the German Working Group on water issues of the Federal States and the Federal Government Figure as PDF (174.28 kB) Figure as Excel with data (47.48 kB) …

  • Press release 13/2025 from 21.03.2025 | Last changed: 25.03.2025

    World Water Day 2025: Glacier protection and lowland streams

    Gletscher-Foto aus der Arktis Svalbard

    … in the Antarctic Source: Susanne Kambor / UBA Glaciers are impressive natural wonders and have a decisive influence on the stability of the planetary ecosystem. … Environment Agency (⁠UBA⁠). “We must act now to reduce emissions worldwide in order to preserve our glaciers for future generations.” Dramatic retreat of Alpine … consequences of climate change particularly clearly. The losses are already considerable in the Bavarian Alpine glaciers; the rather small Northern Schneeferner …

  • DzU article from 23.01.2025 | Last changed: 23.01.2025

    Indicator: Grasslands

    A graph shows the area of permanent grassland and its share of the total agricultural area from 1991 to 2024. Both indicators have been declining until 2013 and have then increased in the years that followed. Most recently, the values have stagnated.

    … area of permanent grassland and proportion of permanent grassland ... Source: Federal Ministry of Food and Agriculture / Federal Statistical Office of Germany Figure as PDF (53.47 kB) Figure as Excel with … to them. Assessing the development Permanent grassland in Germany has been under pressure in recent decades. In 1991 there were still over 5.3 million hectares …

  • Press release 28/2015 from 04.08.2015 | Last changed: 23.01.2017

    Environmental data shows that transport sector is not on course in environmental protection

    LKW und Pkw auf der Autobahn

    … has failed to reduce its emissions since 1990. Source: LVDESIGN / Fotolia.com The Federal Environment Agency (UBA) is lobbying for ambitious implementation of the … to increase the distance between bodies of water and agricultural land in order to decrease the input of nutrients from fields to rivers and lakes." The UBA's … of raw materials from abroad. There is good news that Germans are among Europe's leaders in recycling: 70 per cent of all waste was recycled (2012 data). "But it is not …

  • Press release 05/2019 from 19.02.2019 | Last changed: 24.04.2019

    Stricter environmental standards for raw material supply necessary

    in einer bergigen, trockenen Landschaft klafft ein riesiges tiefes Loch mit terrassenförmigen Plateaus in der Erde

    … No. 05/2019 | 19.02.2019 Improper mining practices in the past have caused considerable damage to the environment. The 2015 Fundão dam disaster in Brazil incurred … system to ensure that actual improvements are made in the producing countries. In order to bring producing countries in the global South on board with regard to …

  • KomPass: Article from 20.09.2019 | Last changed: 22.10.2019

    GoApply

    … groups & countries. Objectives of the project: GoApply succeeded in improving the understanding of adaptation governance systems & critical enhancement needs in Alpine … & mainstreaming; designing & testing transferable regional & local stakeholder interaction formats; developing interfaces & engaging with EUSALP. Activities of … for activities strenghtening the involvement of public and non-public stakeholders in regions and municipalities and stimulating adaptation coordination …

  • Press release 46/2020 from 02.10.2020 | Last changed: 20.10.2020

    Schulze: "Human biomonitoring should become an instrument of European chemicals policy"

    Eine behandschuhte Hand stellt ein Reagenzglas mit einer Blutprobe in eine Reagenzglashalterung, in der bereits weitere Blutproben stehen.

    … conference on "Human Biomonitoring for science and chemical policy", Federal Environment Minister Svenja Schulze and UBA President Dirk Messner spoke out … the exposure of the public to chemicals. Press release No. 46/2020 | 02.10.2020 Federal Environment Minister Svenja Schulze said, "We have to know exactly which … be promoted in the framework of the EU Sustainability Strategy for chemicals. In order to regulate problematic chemicals effectively, we need comparable data across …

  • 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

    … Dirk Messner, President of UBA, said, "We can be justly proud of what the new federal states have achieved in environmental protection since 1990. Life has returned … demanding processes of change. We must make our economy fit for the future in order to mitigate climate and environmental change to the greatest extent possible and …

  • Press release 48/2022 from 30.11.2022 | Last changed: 07.12.2022

    Companies soon to assume costs for disposal of single-use plastic products

    … in the draft of the German Single-Use Plastics Fund Act (EWKFondsG), which the Federal Cabinet adopted in November 2022 and will now proceed into parliament. Based … authorities or motorway maintenance authorities are to report services rendered to the single-use plastics fund on the basis of eleven service categories. … in the draft of the German Single-Use Plastics Fund Act (EWKFondsG), which the Federal Cabinet adopted in November 2022 and now goes into the parliamentary …

  • 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

    … by a chaotic set of individual rules. Ecological concerns are not taken into consideration, social concerns only partially so. Some regulations even encourage … for public transport is a good complement to the 9-euro ticket adopted by the Federal Government. It provides lasting relief and thus creates an incentive to make … the climate." According to an initial estimate, the relief here could be in the order of two billion euros per year. The UBA also proposes tax concessions for climate …