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  • Press release 14/2017 from 12.04.2017 | Last changed: 15.05.2017

    Most Germans want to be less dependent on their car

    Bike and Person on a Bridge in Berlin

    … It will provide the momentum for our efforts to shape the compact city, to create new cycling paths and sustainable mobility."  According to the survey, the car … protection is a foundation for prosperity (58%), competitiveness (51%) and new jobs (48%). There is less of a connection made with social justice in this …

  • News from 02.10.2017 | Last changed: 13.11.2019

    WEEE: EU-wide enforcement of producer responsibility

    used electrical and electronic equipment like computers and mobile phones

    … and electronic equipment (WEEE Directive 2012/19/EU) in 2012 to include a new requirement for producers who are not established on the market of the … country where they sell EEE without being established. The purpose of having this new legal entity (authorised representative) is to ensure that every national …

  • KomPass: Article from 28.11.2023 | Last changed: 18.11.2025

    GE-I-8: Index – case study

    The picture shows a man’s upper arm in focus. The man is lifting the sleeve of his T-shirt with two fingers. In contrast with the skin previously covered by the T-shirt, the part of the skin that has been exposed to sunlight looks very red.

    … study High UV radiation intensity can cause health-threatening sunburn. Source: New Africa / stock.adobe.com 2023 Monitoring Report on the German Strategy for … the main cause of skin cancer. It is a disease to which annually more than 300,000 new people in Germany fall prey. Even at stations in lowland areas, almost for half …

  • Press release 38/2014 from 29.08.2014 | Last changed: 23.01.2017

    Heinrich Freiherr (Baron) von Lersner has died

    Lersner introduced asbestos-free brake pads in 1981, which were awarded the Blue Angel

    … Federal Environment Agency, which Mr von Lersner helped found as an agency of a new style, owes its excellent reputation among the public and the science community … advocate of the civil liberties of the individual. He saw the UBA as an agency of a new era and took that notion seriously. He took pains to dismantle hierarchical …

  • Press release 11/2023 from 15.03.2023 | Last changed: 22.03.2023

    UBA forecast: 2022 greenhouse gas emissions down by 1.9 percent

    dampfende Kühltürme eines Kraftwerks und Hochspannungsleitung

    … gas emissions down by 1.9 percent Increase in coal and fuel consumption – more renewables and overall lower energy use curb the effects The energy industry accounts … of hard coal and lignite for electricity generation caused emissions to rise. Good news: electricity production using renewables was able to curb emissions, up by nine …

  • Green procurement: Article / Tender recommendation / Environmental criteria from 22.09.2017 | Last changed: 05.08.2021

    Life cycle costing

    grüne Tasten eine Taschenrechners, wobei ein Kugelschreiber auf = zeigt

    … of the German Environment Agency as part of the “National implementation of the new EU procurement guidelines“ project. A product-group specific Excel tool of the … of the German Environment Agency as part of the “National implementation of the new EU procurement guidelines“ project. A product-group specific Excel tool of the …

  • DzU article from 25.09.2025 | Last changed: 26.09.2025

    Indicator: Population exposure to particulate matter (PM2.5)

    A graph shows the proportion of people in Germany affected by levels exceeding the WHO guideline value and the EU limit value for fine particulate matter (PM2.5) (legally binding from 2030) for the period from 2010 to 2023 – with a declining trend considering the EU limit value.

    … values will be legally binding across Europe starting in 2030. For PM2.5, the new EU limit value legally binding from 2030 will be lowered from 25 to 10 µg/m³ … values will be legally binding across Europe starting in 2030. For PM2.5, the new EU limit value legally binding from 2030 will be lowered from 25 to 10 µg/m³ …

  • Press release 30/2021 from 01.07.2021 | Last changed: 08.07.2021

    For digital environmental sustainability worldwide

    Die Erdkugel und Wörter in einer Programmiersprache.

    … environment and climate action through equitable digitalisation CODES: a new global initiative to advance digital environmental sustainability Source: Pete … humankind will be measured above all by the extent to which it succeeds in finding new ways to achieve greater resilience in the face of increasing environmental risks …

  • News from 27.07.2020 | Last changed: 28.07.2020

    Environmental & climate protection for crisis-proof value chains

    raw material mining

    … of raw materials . He also presented to the international audience a measure in the new Raw Materials Strategy of the Federal Government on the basis of which the … measure is to occur in close cooperation with the OECD.   Other talks addressed: A new guide for corporations published by the Japan Ministry of the Environment (Naomi …

  • Press release 10/2020 from 12.03.2020 | Last changed: 18.03.2020

    Slight decline in Germany's air pollutant emissions

    Dicker, schwarzer Rauch kommt aus dem Schornstein.

    … hardly any decline for many of the air pollutants. However, a number of changes and new regulations that have already been adopted will contribute to the further … combustion plants, the update of the Technical Instructions on Air Quality, new requirements for exhaust gas regulation of cars within the framework of the Real …

  • Press release 58/08 from 01.08.2008 | Last changed: 21.06.2013

    Environmental justice - Environmental and health protection for everyone!

    … to environmental justice, environmental health, and social status as a relatively new field of research in Germany. The (uneven) distribution of environmental … results from UBA’s German Environmental Surveys (GerESs) Environmental justice as a new topic at the interface of environment, health, social affairs and urban …

  • Press release 39/2015 from 03.11.2015 | Last changed: 23.01.2017

    Recycling precious and special metals: a call for coordinated action

    gold bar on a circuit board

    … extraction is often problematic, which is why recycling plays a critical role. New recycling technologies must be supported and implemented at many levels. Market … demands that we link the existing infrastructure in metallurgy processes with new high-tech processes and combine them in different ways to recycle the greatest …