… 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) …

… 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 …

… 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 …

… 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 …

… 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 …

… 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 …

… 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 …

… nachhaltig sind die deutschen Supermärkte?" Mittelwerte über alle 8 Unternehmen in der Bewertungsmatrix von 1 (no practice) bis 5 (best practice) Source: …

… 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 …