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  • KomPass: Article from 28.11.2023 | Last changed: 11.12.2024

    WW-I-7: Water levels in lakes

    The picture shows a footbridge leading across the dried-up sandy and stony shore area of a lake. A bridge and some residual water are visible in the background.

    … groundwater levels have entailed – as a consequence of the extremely dry years of 2018 to 2020 – some massive losses of water, especially in the lakes of … clearly by the data as there are distinct matches between the two data sets. In the years of 1976–1977, 1992–1993, 2004–2006 and 2019–2021, when the time series clearly …

  • Press release 02/2010 from 20.01.2010 | Last changed: 22.07.2013

    How clean is the air in Germany?

    … as of 2010 The Federal Environment Agency (UBA) has assessed air quality for the year  2009 based on interim data, and arrived at the following conclusion: at 55 … ”Nitrogen dioxide pollution in 2009 was at similar levels to the previous two years.  It is unfortunately probable that the new limit value will also be exceeded …

  • Press release 12/10 from 04.03.2010 | Last changed: 05.07.2013

    Export of waste electrical and electronic equipment (WEEE): plenty of gold, and poison, too

    … Röttgen said, “The study illustrates the scale of illegal export of WEEE while also pointing out that further measures to solve the problem are necessary. The Federal … The appropriate authorities in Germany must step up monitoring of collection points and exports so as to curb the detrimental impact on environment and health of …

  • Press release 08/2020 from 18.02.2020 | Last changed: 28.02.2020

    German environmental industry remains strong

    Windräder bei Nacht

    … Germany’s international competitiveness has declined markedly in the past ten years. Compared to 2007, the German share of international trade in environmental protection goods in 2017 dropped by 2.3 percentage points – from 16.8 percent to 13.6 percent. German patent application share …

  • Press release 27/2025 from 25.06.2025 | Last changed: 31.07.2025

    Germany cancels emissions certificates linked to coal-phase out

    A factory surrounded by forest.

    … Act. As a result, around 890,000 tonnes of CO₂ were avoided in the following year, 2023. Press release No. 27/2025 | 25.06.2025 A significant portion of the … established. The cancellation will take place from September until the end of the year and will be implemented by reducing the regular German auction volumes. The … will lead to further reductions in climate-damaging emissions in the coming years. These will also be regularly accompanied by national cancellations in …

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    UBA’s official car in front of the Agency’s offices, Dessau-Roßlau 2009

    VW Touran with inscription "R744 - air conditioning with CO2: climate-friendly and efficient" in front of the UBA´s office building Dessau-Roßlau

    … air-conditioning using the natural refrigerant CO2. May 2015 marked its fifth year of operation with vehicle mileage of 165,000 kilometres. R744 is the name of … air-conditioning using the natural refrigerant CO2. May 2015 marked its fifth year of operation with vehicle mileage of 165,000 kilometres. R744 is the name of …

  • Press release 37/2019 from 11.10.2019 | Last changed: 29.10.2019

    Exposure to chemicals in the human body can now be compared for all of Europe

    Blutprobe im Reagenzglas

    … President Maria Krautzberger said: "Chemicals production has risen steadily for years and often causes increased burden in humans. The effects on the environment … toxicologically-founded assessment values for select pollutants in Germany for many years. These values enable an estimate of the risk to human health of exposure to … chemicals, phthalates and Hexamoll® DINCH. The collection of data is also used to point out gaps in knowledge so that new harmonised data can be collected. The …

  • KomPass: Article from 28.11.2023 | Last changed: 18.11.2025

    Effects chain – Example presentation from the ‘building sector’ field

    … of approximately ten hot days. Notwithstanding great variability of this index from year to year, this increase is backed up by statistics. Four of the five years indicating the greatest number of hot days occurred since 2015. Regarding … cities is in most cases distinctly more severe than the nationwide average. In most years towns / cities have experienced more hot days; the differences being …

  • KomPass: Article from 28.11.2023 | Last changed: 18.11.2025

    GE-R-1 + 2: Heat warning service and Public awareness of health problems

    … is to be expected for the current or the next day. In the course of previous years, the number of subscribers (facilities such as hospitals as well as private … use of the newsletter. The number of subscriptions was rising continuously in past years, but latterly came to a standstill in 2020 and 2021. There are no numbers available for the years 2018 or 2019, as the conditions for data storage changed since the …

  • Press release 47/2020 from 08.10.2020 | Last changed: 03.11.2020

    Schulze: Germany needs a national water strategy

    Fluss mit sehr wenig Wasser

    … in regional and seasonal water scarcity Source: hecht7 / Fotolia.com After two years of intensive consultations, the Federal Environment Ministry has concluded the … municipalities took part in the intensive expert dialogue over the course of two years. After a kick-off conference, the participants deepened their discussions in … releases Tags Grundwassernutzung low water water budget water scarcity … After two years of intensive consultations, the Federal Environment Ministry has concluded the …

  • KomPass: Article from 28.11.2023 | Last changed: 12.12.2024

    LW-I-3: Hailstone damage in agriculture

    The picture shows a field of maize after a tempest. The maize plants are heavily damaged, with stalks snapped off. Between the plants, there are still areas of standing water.

    … has repeatedly suffered some considerable yield losses in the course of recent years. A study carried out by the German Insurance Association (GDV) regarding … annum. 54 % of harvest losses in this period – that is to say, prior to the drought years of 2018 to 2020 – can be attributed to drought, 26 % of damage to hail storms …

  • Cover from 12.11.2015

    Sustainable Chemistry Conference Documentations

    … platform, Chang, LYSANDO Sustainability of pharmaceuticals: An agency's point of view, Prof. Dr.-Ing. Adolf Eisenträger, Umweltbundesamt Break-out-groups … platform, Chang, LYSANDO Sustainability of pharmaceuticals: An agency's point of view, Prof. Dr.-Ing. Adolf Eisenträger, Umweltbundesamt Break-out-groups …