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  • Press release 22/2022 from 27.04.2022 | Last changed: 15.06.2022

    Parts of the European population have alarmingly high levels of pollutant exposure

    Blutabnahme mit einer Spritze

    … human biomonitoring in the EU. HBM4EU will end in June 2022 after five and a half years. The work will be continued in the European Partnership for Risk Assessment of … Chemicals (PARC), which is funded by the European Commission for a period of seven years under Horizon Europe. Further information: The international HBM4EU Final …

  • Press release 01/2022 from 05.01.2022 | Last changed: 05.01.2022

    Emissions trading 2021: record revenues in Germany exceeding 12 billion euros

    Kraftwerk mit dampfenden Kühltürmen

    … trading, this means six million fewer emission allowances than in the previous year (2020: approx. 107 million). At the same time, however, revenues increased by … development of the National Action Plan for Energy Efficiency. For the financial year 2021, €4.7 billion from nEHS proceeds was also used from the energy and climate …

  • News from 08.09.2023 | Last changed: 20.12.2023

    The World Chemicals Conference – Why we need it

    The Welt im Reagenzglas  (The world in a test tube)

    … pollution, a process was set up in 2015 to overhaul and complement SAICM. Eight years of preparatory work will culminate in decisions at the Fifth World Chemicals … to be available on the global market; thousands of new chemicals are added every year. In addition to the number, the complexity of their applications and the areas …

  • KomPass: Article from 28.11.2023 | Last changed: 18.11.2025

    GE-R-4: Submissions for the Mückenatlas

    The picture shows the fingers of two hands in rubber gloves, in the process of using tweezers to place dead mosquitoes on to a cover glass for microscopic examination.

    … there are also submissions which contain mosquitoes collected throughout an entire year – some by means of using private traps – and these are posted as one item. The … there are also submissions which contain mosquitoes collected throughout an entire year – some by means of using private traps – and these are posted as one item. The …

  • KomPass: Area of action climate impact from 11.01.2022 | Last changed: 08.01.2026

    Climate Impacts: Field of Action Building Industry

    Building crane in front of a blue sky

    … damage. Other factors include the construction method of the exterior wall, the year of construction as well as maintenance, servicing and modernisation of roof and … damage. Other factors include the construction method of the exterior wall, the year of construction as well as maintenance, servicing and modernisation of roof and …

  • Appointment from 29.06.2020

    Web-Seminar: RESCUE

    … development, global use of material resources has increased tremendously in recent years and is expected to continue to grow even further. This trend puts at risk the …

  • Press release 19/2021 from 29.04.2021 | Last changed: 10.06.2021

    Germans consider environmental protection and climate action highly relevant – despite coronavirus pandemic

    Ein Mädchen in einem Supermarkt

    … Svenja Schulze said, "The pandemic has defined our everyday life for more than a year. Nevertheless, environmental protection and climate action are and will remain … are demanding it in no uncertain terms. This is an encouraging sign for the coming years in which climate protection will become a guiding principle for almost all …

  • Press release 75/2008 from 05.11.2008 | Last changed: 17.07.2013

    Global warming: Water scarcity in the Alps?

    … as water supplier. It is a fact that temperatures are rising. Over the past 150 years temperatures rose by 2 degrees Celsius (°C) across the Alpine region—that is a … demand for water will increase while supply decreases, particularly in summer. Year round and throughout the Alps, however, there currently is, and presumably will …

  • Press release 56/2014 from 15.12.2014 | Last changed: 23.01.2017

    Environmentally harmful subsidies amount to over 52 billion euros

    Euro bank notes

    … which face extraordinary international competition. Subsidies policy of recent years in general has developed disparately. Whereas a few environmentally harmful subsidies will be phased out in the next few years or have been scaled back, such as the owner-occupied homes premium or support …

  • Press release 45/2015 from 08.12.2015 | Last changed: 23.01.2017

    German diet is a strain on the climate

    Eine Vielzahl von abgepacktem und rohem Fleisch

    … consumable. This is on a scale of 6.7 million tonnes in German households every year. Ms Maria Krautzberger said: "Every type of food claims land area and water … number of people engaged in car sharing in 2015 was some 37 percent higher than the year before. Sales of e-bikes are also increasing, with more than 2.1 million now …