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KomPass: Article from 28.11.2023 | Last changed: 18.11.2025

TOU-I-2: Snow cover for winter tourism

The picture shows a ski lift heading for a slope wooded predominantly with conifer trees. The slope is covered with a thin layer of snow. However, in the foreground especially, there are large areas of ground without any snow cover thus revealing grass and bare earth. A radiant sun is shining brightly from a cloudless sky.

… Even just a few centimetres of snow cover can imbue a winter walk with a wintry atmosphere. For cross-country skiing, snow depths of 10 to 15 cm are usually … Even just a few centimetres of snow cover can imbue a winter walk with a wintry atmosphere. For cross-country skiing, snow depths of 10 to 15 cm are usually …

DzU article from 07.05.2025 | Last changed: 13.05.2025

Indicator: Using water resources

A graph shows the water exploitation index for the years 1991 to 2022. Values are available for every three or four years. The index fell almost constantly and has been below the critical value of 20 percent since 2007. This presentation is based on the long-term potential water supply of 176 billion m³.

… water abstractions. Irrigation demand in agriculture is expected to increase with global warming. In Germany itself, there is no water stress on average. However, the … water abstractions. Irrigation demand in agriculture is expected to increase with global warming. In Germany itself, there is no water stress on average. However, the …

Travel guide soil from 16.04.2015 | Last changed: 28.04.2023

Soil - An Essential Resource

… for managing healthy soils, the relevance of infrastructures for soil research, and global and regional soil partnerships concepts. … Soil - An Essential Resource …

Cover from 21.08.2025

CASRI: Partners

36 men and women with name badges lined up for a group photo in the leafy courtyard of UBA Dessau

… research agendas, ultimately aiming to deliver innovative solutions for addressing global challenges. CASRI partners UBA – Umweltbundesamt (Germany): Project Lead, … research agendas, ultimately aiming to deliver innovative solutions for addressing global challenges. … UBA – Umweltbundesamt (Germany): Project Lead, Leader of Work …

Press release 27/2020 from 02.07.2020 | Last changed: 02.07.2020

Germany assumes chairmanship of Baltic Marine Environment Protection Commission (HELCOM)

The Baltic Sea is a highly sensitive natural environment

… Sea to a good status. Dr Busse said, "We want to strengthen the role of HELCOM in global marine protection, address new solutions to known challenges such as … is committed to closely interlinking the work of the Helsinki Commission with global goals such as those of the United Nations' Agenda 2030 for Sustainable …

Newsletter from 12.12.2025 | Last changed: 12.12.2025

The Latest from UBA - No.: 6/2025

… this is a basic prerequisite for achieving the Paris Agreement’s goal of limiting global warming to 1.5 degrees Celsius. This central goal seems to be slipping out of reach: in 2024, the global average temperature exceeded this threshold for the first time, and based on …

Cover from 22.01.2026

Digital Conference: Environmental Aspects in Public Procurement in Europe: Speakers

… United Nations University in Bonn and Co-Chairman of the German Advisory Council on Global Change (WBGU). https://www.umweltbundesamt.de/ Emmanuelle Maire, DG … for ICLEI’s Sustainable Economy and Procurement work. Mark Hidson is the Global Director of ICLEI’s Sustainable Procurement Centre, lead of the United … Commission’s Green Public Procurement Advisory Group. Mark oversees ICLEI’s Global Lead City Network on Sustainable Procurement OECD, the Procura+ European …

KomPass: Area of action climate impact from 05.01.2023 | Last changed: 18.12.2025

Climate Impacts: Field of Action Fishery

… Stress due to ocean acidification: If the carbon dioxide content in the atmosphere increases, the oceans absorb more carbon dioxide (CO2). As a result, the … decreases. During the stratification phase, only the surface water is supplied with atmospheric oxygen. Only the oxygen that is not consumed by degradation processes …

News from 03.12.2015 | Last changed: 10.11.2017

Event to mark the end of the International Year of Soils 2015

… William Rees, Andrea Vettori and Alois Heißenhuber shed light on and discussed global, European and national soil aspects and drew attention to threats to soil and … and scientists agreed that substantial progress must still be made not only globally but also at home. If Germany wants to assume a leading role in the …

Press release 50/2019 from 10.12.2019 | Last changed: 20.02.2020

Nitrogen surplus from agriculture has been excessive for 20 years

Ein Traktor bringt Gülle auf einem Feld aus

… amounts of nitrogen entering fields and pastures through fertilisation, seed and atmospheric deposition and the amount of nitrogen withdrawn with the harvest. The … at biogas production plants in a way that prevents its escape as ammonia to the atmosphere and can be better absorbed by crops. The use of synthetic nitrogen …

Appointment from 13.02.2017

MeTra – Workshop on mercury monitoring and regulation

… monitoring, including the Minamata effectiveness evaluation? • What is the role of global environmental specimen banks in mercury monitoring? • Can isotopic signatures … case studies and systematic approaches in the future? • What is the role of global environmental specimen banks in mercury monitoring? The workshop is aimed at …

Press release 13/2009 from 05.03.2009 | Last changed: 09.07.2013

More environmentally friendly mobile air conditioning systems needed now

… all new vehicle types in Europe must run with refrigerants that have a much lower global warming potential than the refrigerants currently used. Automobile … acid in a fire, CO 2 is incombustible and non-toxic. What is more, R1234yf has a global warming potential that is four times higher than CO 2 . In Autumn 2007 the …