… German river basins for the first time. They must be reviewed and updated every six years. For this purpose, hazard and risk maps are drawn up and updated for areas at … reduced by implementing measures that reduce drinking water consumption. Starting points are, for example, the sprinkling of agricultural areas or the increased use …

… Sandy lowland river: Water Type of the Year 2018 Only three per cent of streams have … Environment Agency (UBA) has named the sandy lowland river the Water Type of the Year 2018 on the occasion of World Water Day (22 March). The course of these streams …

… Environment Agency and its president Dirk Messner as a satellite event at this year’s virtual Petersberg Climate Dialogue (PCD) completing this year’s ministerial segment involving a range of government and non-state actors. The … “We’ve seen an enormous growth in non-state climate action over the last five years. […] The potential of these initiatives alone is many times larger than the …

… the case of birch pollen (cf. Indicator GE-I-3 ) not all stations supply data every year, which is why the mean values are calculated on the basis of pollen-trap … the comparable value is 6,800 pollen per cubic metre air annually. However, in some years, values can arise at some stations which are 20 times higher than the mean … mentioned above. The stations which have reported peak values for those individual years are distinctly higher in the eastern part of Germany. These high pollen …

… on increased ambition by sector. In terms of international cooperation, it was pointed out that while some barriers and enabling conditions were mainly national, … on their challenges and made this a topic within the GST, it could be a starting point for international cooperation, e.g. the GST could suggest international …

… German greenhouse gas emissions fell by 77 million tonnes compared to the previous year – largest decrease since 1990 Fossil fuel power plants generate large amounts … Inventory also show significantly higher emissions in the land use sector in recent years. The official estimate of emissions for 2024 will be presented by the UBA in … of the fourth German National Forest Inventory  for the first time. The drought years from 2018 onwards in the inventory period 2018 to 2022 led to the large-scale …