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  • Press release 65/09 from 17.09.2009 | Last changed: 01.07.2013

    Sustainable mobility on foot, by bike, bus, and rail

    … In mathematical terms, participants cycled the equivalent distance of once around the earth in the course of the three-month campaign, in a climate-friendly way … management, perhaps such as is in place with the mobility management action programme which is part of the German Federal Ministry for Environment’s climate …

  • Press release 05/2012 from 31.01.2012 | Last changed: 17.07.2013

    Future made in Germany: Germany's growth is becoming increasingly sustainable

    … Germany has already made significant progress on the road to new, environmentally sound growth. Today, much less resources, land and energy are used, and fewer … The Closed Substance Cycle and Waste Management Act and the resource efficiency programme are the next concrete steps on this road." Jochen Flasbarth, President of …

  • Press release 18/2016 from 25.04.2016 | Last changed: 23.01.2017

    Federal Transport Infrastructure Plan fails its own environmental review

    freight trains in a switch yard

    … Infrastructure Plan fails its own environmental review Krautzberger: Much more funding must be redeployed to rail transport Rail transport has environmental … since 1990. The measures adopted in the transport sector under the Climate Action Programme 2020 must now finally be implemented in order to reduce CO 2 emissions to …

  • Press release 17/2016 from 22.04.2016 | Last changed: 23.01.2017

    UBA measures new record highs for carbon dioxide

    Building of the air quality measuring station on a snow-covered slope

    … first time in 2015 UBA air quality measuring station on Zugspitze Source: Umweltbundesamt It is in fact a sad record: concentrations of the greenhouse gas carbon … Environment Agency is part of the international Global Atmosphere Watch (GAW) programme of the UN World Meteorological Organization WMO. The earliest measurements …

  • Press release 35/2025 from 02.10.2025 | Last changed: 12.12.2025

    First auctions in the national emissions trading system

    Rush hour traffic

    … says UBAPresident Dirk Messner. “Last year, revenues in this sector amounted to around EUR 13 billion. These funds were channelled through the Climate and Transformation Fund of the Federal Government into programmes for decarbonisation and climate action, such as energy-efficient building …

  • Press release 38/2023 from 13.10.2023 | Last changed: 17.10.2023

    Artificial Intelligence and Big Data Laboratory launched at the German Environment Agency

    On a bright background, there are two wind turbines, a solar panel, two people, a globe, plant leaves, and diagrams illustrating the thematic areas of the AI lab.

    … and Big Data (“AI-Lab”) at the UBA. The AI Lab is intended to lay the foundations for using artificial intelligence (AI) to make it easier to analyse large … framework of the BMUV's Environmental Digital Agenda and part of the BMUV's 5-Point Programme “Artificial Intelligence for the Environment and the Climate”. For this …

  • News from 20.06.2024 | Last changed: 27.06.2024

    UBA and BfN for a green and just transition in Europe

    Picture of the Berlaymong building, seat of the European Commission in Brussels

    … such as heat waves and water scarcity. Recommendations include strengthening and funding climate adaptation instruments, promoting nature-based solutions for climate … policy, and a corresponding focus in EU research policy and in the Horizon Europe programme. Associated content Publications For a green and just transition in Europe …

  • Newsletter from 26.04.2018 | Last changed: 26.04.2018

    Newsletter "UBA aktuell" - No.: 2/2018

    … World Health Organization (WHO) and is used by several scientific institutions. The underlying epidemiological studies take into account so-called confounders, such as … of a variety of plastics and metals. With the help of the Environmental Innovation Programme in Gernsheim, Hesse, a waste sorting system has been created which uses …

  • Newsletter from 18.10.2024 | Last changed: 18.10.2024

    Newsletter "UBA aktuell" - No.: 5/2024

    … for everyone and the online platform DIVID, set up by the single-use plastics fund, in which foreign manufacturers of single-use plastic products can now register … have already been implemented by over 40 percent of the local authorities, and just under 40 percent more are planning them. This includes, for example, planting … To address this, a set of 20 indicators has been adopted for the National Programme on Sustainable Consumption (NPSC), reflecting various aspects of …

  • Newsletter from 30.03.2023 | Last changed: 30.03.2023

    Newsletter "UBA aktuell" - No.: 2/2023

    … this, the greatest potential for making e-commerce even more climate-friendly is found in shipping packaging, returns and logistics according to a study by the UBA. If … leads to large amounts of waste. A project of the Environmental Innovation Programme, the industry’s first plant using fully automatic lamination of …