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  • Press release 08/2019 from 27.03.2019 | Last changed: 13.08.2024

    Renewable energy share rises to 16.6 per cent in 2018

    Photovoltaikanlage auf dem Dach des Umweltbundesamtes in Dessau-Roßlau

    … 38 per cent of overall gross final electricity consumption, due mainly to the year’s unusually sunny weather. In the heating sector, the share of renewables rose only slightly, virtually unchanged compared to previous years at just under 14 per cent. The transport sector edged up by 0.4 percentage points to a 5.6 per cent share. The share of renewable energy in gross final energy …

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    Garbage truck transporting waste

    Garbage truck

    … waste Source: photo 5000 / Fotolia.com The following contents contain this medium: Focal Point to the Basel Convention (Germany) Tags Waste Shipment Act waste transport …

  • Project of the Consulting Assistance Program from 14.06.2016

    Standards for the impact of air emissions on sensitive ecosystems

    … and to realize the reporting and thus, support Romania to establish a National Focal Centre. Documents Projektinformation (German) (173.40 kB) … The main object of … and to realize the reporting and thus, support Romania to establish a National Focal Centre. … Standards for the impact of air emissions on sensitive ecosystems …

  • Press release 47/2024 from 05.12.2024 | Last changed: 09.12.2024

    Packaging consumption decreased in 2022 and recycling rate increased slightly

    Separated packaging in the household, collected in boxes. Glass, cardboard, plastic, etc.

    … in 2022. This corresponds to a decrease of 3.4 per cent compared to the previous year. This means that just under 10 kilograms less packaging was consumed per … per cent compared to 2010. The recycling rate for packaging rose by 0.6 percentage points and reached 68.5 per cent, according to the German Environment Agency (UBA) …

  • Project of the Consulting Assistance Program from 13.04.2016

    Establishing a regional Environmental Monitoring Center in Astrakhan

    … European part, integrating different monitoring networks on regional level was focal to the German-Russian cooperation regarding Environmental Monitoring. The new … European part, integrating different monitoring networks on regional level was focal to the German-Russian cooperation regarding Environmental Monitoring. The new …

  • Press release 01/2021 from 18.01.2021 | Last changed: 25.01.2021

    Round ten of the German Federal Ecodesign Award – 2021 call for entries starts today

    Das Logo des Bundespreis Ecodesign

    … highest state award for ecological design. Source: Bundespreis Ecodesign For ten years now, the Federal Ecodesign Award (Bundespreis Ecodesign) has shown how … this anniversary year 2021." Highest government distinction for ecodesign for ten years running The Federal Ecodesign Award of the Federal Ministry for Environment …

  • Press release 34/2020 from 29.07.2020 | Last changed: 03.08.2020

    Renewable energy in Germany continues growth trend

    Photovoltaikanlage auf dem Dach des Umweltbundesamtes in Dessau-Roßlau

    … mix significantly in the first half of 2020 compared to the same period last year. In total, around 138 billion kilowatt hours of renewable electricity were … Statistics (AGEE-Stat). This represents a continuation of the increase of previous years. Because electricity consumption fell at the same time due to the coronavirus … first time in the first six months of the year - an upturn of about six percentage points from the 44 percent share in the first half of 2019. Press release No. …

  • Press release 14/2015 from 31.03.2015 | Last changed: 23.01.2017

    UBA's 2014 emissions data indicates trend reversal in climate protection

    Coal-fired power station Jänschwalde in Germany

    … emissions data indicates trend reversal in climate protection Emissions at lowest point since 2010 Coal-fired power stations like the one in Jänschwalde emit more … Greenhouse gas emission levels in Germany in 2014 were lower than in the previous year for the first time in three years, says a short-term forecast by the Federal Environment Agency (UBA). The …

  • KomPass: Article from 28.11.2023 | Last changed: 18.12.2024

    BS-I-1: Person hours due to weather-related damage events

    The picture shows an inundated landscape. In the centre of the picture a flooded road can be seen, with a lorry passing. There are people visible on the lorry’s load platform. In the picture’s foreground, part of a blue emergency vehicle is visible with blue warning lamps fitted all round the vehicle which is also driving along this flooded road.

    … update on 28.11.2023 BS-I-1: Person hours due to weather-related damage events In years dominated by hurricanes, heavy rain or extreme flood events, there is a … THW supplied the population with a total of 5.6 million litres of water. Another focal point was the restoration of road bridges and supply infrastructures which had been …