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  • Article from 22.01.2024 | Last changed: 02.02.2024

    SAICM

    Picture of the UN building with flags in front of it

    … Programme (UNEP) Source: zurbagan / Adobe Stock The Strategic Approach to International Chemicals Management (SAICM) is a voluntary framework for achieving … chemicals management has not been achieved. last update on 22.01.2024 The need for international chemicals management The management of chemicals is an essential …

  • Article from 10.03.2016 | Last changed: 10.03.2016

    Stockholm Convention

    Waving flags of Switzerland, Greece, Spain, Luxembourg, Italy, the Netherlands, Portugal, the United Kingdom, Belgium and the European Union

    … investigated uniformly in Europe. Source: CC Vision The Stockholm Convention is an international environment agreement on the elimination or restriction of the … their properties, POPs represent a global problem which has to be tackled on an international scale. As a result, a number of international environment agreements …

  • Article from 07.09.2015 | Last changed: 07.09.2015

    REACH – What is it?

    Erklärung des Begriffs REACH: Europäische Chemikalienverordnung zur Registrierung, Bewertung, Zulassung und Beschränkung chemischer Stoffe

    … environment. At the same time it ensures the free circulation of chemicals on the internal market while enhancing competitiveness and innovation. The basic principle … environment. At the same time it ensures the free circulation of chemicals on the internal market while enhancing competitiveness and innovation. The basic principle …

  • Article from 06.02.2025 | Last changed: 14.08.2025

    President

    Prof. Dr. Dirk Messner

    … of the German Environment Agency on 1 January 2020. last update on 06.02.2025 The internationally renowned sustainability scientist Prof. Dr. Dirk Messner succeeded … may be addressed to the Presidential Office pb@uba.de Dr. Nicole Adler Head of PB 3 International Relations Email: nicole.adler@uba.de, Tel.: +49 (0)340 / 2103-3125 Dr. …

  • Article from 20.01.2023 | Last changed: 14.08.2025

    Mission Statement

    Modern four-storey building with wood and different colored glass elements, in front of it trees and a pond with water lilies and pond lilies

    … Ministry. The UBA offers advice to the Federal Government and to many European and international organisations on the basis of its own research. It is also responsible … public dialogue. Another aspect of our work is active participation in national and international networks. We think ahead to identify problems and possible solutions …

  • Article from 06.07.2020 | Last changed: 07.12.2023

    Plant safety

    … future accidents or at least keeping them to a minimum. German, European and international plant safety requirements Inasmuch as plant safety requirements are … the state of the art. The UBA and official bodies A host of German, European and international bodies concerns themselves with the following in the field of plant …

  • Article from 29.02.2016 | Last changed: 29.02.2016

    Whale monitoring in the Antarctic

    humpback whale

    … in Antarctic waters. The existing database is very limited. Since 1978 the International Whaling Commission (IWC) has conducted three circumpolar sighting … Foundation, (TiHo) was commissioned to collect and evaluate relevant data. The internationally established method of distance sampling was applied to assess animal …

  • Article from 13.02.2019 | Last changed: 13.02.2020

    Environmental protection in specific law

    … and makes proposals for reform. Associated content Links Umweltprüfung Publications International Governance for Environmentally Sound Supply of Raw Materials – Policy …

  • Article from 13.11.2023 | Last changed: 08.04.2024

    Reactive nitrogen

    Annual nitrogen inputs into the German environment – sectoral percentages of total inputs 1995-2014

    … supra-regional and cross-media solutions have also been increasingly developed at international level. Integrated Nitrogen emission reduction Despite many years of … signal for co-operation and action across different areas of politics and society. International initiatives to reduce nitrogen emissions The overloading of ecosystems …