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  • Article from 04.04.2024 | Last changed: 10.10.2025

    Statutes and regulations

    paragraphs

    … and the Commission of the European Communities in September 1987, signalling the global phase-out of the production and use of CFCs. The Protocol has been ratified … January 2017, the EU Directive 2006/40 /EG bans fluorinated refrigerants with a global warming potential of more than 150 in the air-conditioning systems of new …

  • Landing page from 09.09.2024

    Important Environmental Indicators

    The following overview shows the key environmental indicators of the German Environment Agency. These indicators are particularly relevant for German and international environmental policy. Click on the images to view the indicators.

  • Article from 18.11.2025 | Last changed: 18.11.2025

    Greenhouse gas-neutral administrations: Empowering professionals

    keywhole in concrete wall

    … administrations from the municipal and regional to the national, European and global level. Therefore, it is necessary to enable the professionals in charge to … administrations from the municipal and regional to the national, European and global level. Therefore, it is necessary to enable the professionals in charge to …

  • Article from 05.04.2016 | Last changed: 05.04.2016

    Landfill

    Leafy landfill, fenced

    … sites substantially reduced environmental loads on the soil, groundwater, and atmosphere and worked to the benefit of human health and the environment. It also … sites substantially reduced environmental loads on the soil, groundwater, and atmosphere and worked to the benefit of human health and the environment. It also …

  • Article from 15.07.2015 | Last changed: 15.07.2015

    Climate protection in the waste management sector

    Bio-gas plant

    … nach dem Übereinkommen von Paris Related publications Potential of blue carbon for global climate mitigation - Factsheet Approaches to measure greenhouse gas emissions …

  • Article from 18.03.2014 | Last changed: 05.04.2016

    Hazardous waste

    Workers remove asbestos roof sheets

    … waste statistics see under “Waste statistics” . Associated content Links GHS (Globally Harmonised System) Waste classes waste statistics features und limits …

  • Article from 18.11.2025 | Last changed: 18.11.2025

    Series: The relevance of the War in Ukraine for transformation

    Weltkugelfahnen

    … mobility, and agriculture. The German Environment Agency (UBA) considers the new global situation both a threat and an opportunity for the goal of a sustainability … Nations. Although strong efforts can be seen to reach these goals, the will for global cooperation has been dwindling due to shifts back to nationalistic policies …

  • Article from 18.11.2025 | Last changed: 18.11.2025

    Preventing corruption for a sustainability transformation

    Treppe auswärts mit grünem Blättern umringt.

    … experts can be enabled to avoid corruption risks at all levels – from local to global. Update: 18th March 2024 virtual reunion „Preventing corruption as … experts can be enabled to avoid corruption risks at all levels – from local to global. … On 18 March 2024 the TES Academy organised a virtual reunion for the group …

  • Article from 01.03.2024 | Last changed: 20.08.2025

    Seas under pressure – Ocean acidification due to CO₂

    The photo shows a view of the surface of the North Sea.

    … / UBA Oceans and seas absorb significant amounts of carbon dioxide (CO₂) from the atmosphere. With increased uptake of CO₂, the pH level of seawater decreases, making … Besides soils and forest ecosystems, oceans and seas are among the largest global carbon reservoirs. They absorb approximately one-third of anthropogenic …

  • Article from 03.03.2025 | Last changed: 03.03.2025

    Developing a concept for a Polar Environmental Monitoring Program

    A colony of emperor penguins in the Antarctic

    … is of crucial importance for the protection of the Antarctic, for understanding global interrelationships and for shaping international environmental and chemicals … POPs and CECs, capable of traveling long distances from their origins through atmospheric and oceanic currents, pose a global concern. Monitoring in Antarctica …

  • Article from 10.12.2025 | Last changed: 10.12.2025

    Factor X - Intelligent use of natural resources

    The photo shows a solar park and several wind turbines

    … by humans is causing ecosystems to exceed their stress limits and exacerbating global environmental problems. In the last 40 years, the global extraction of raw … 1990s Schmidt-Bleek postulated, that if sustainable development is to be achieved globally and for all of humankind, industrialized countries must reduce their …