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Article from 03.12.2020 | Last changed: 07.12.2020

Immission control law

… Immission control law Immissions refer to the impact of external pollutants on man and nature. Source: Christian Noval / Fotolia.com Immission control is one of the … which have influenced the development of immission control law. Current research projects on behalf of UBA Design of the operator obligations of the Federal …

Article from 09.09.2019 | Last changed: 10.09.2019

Better Environmental Regulation

… Better Environmental Regulation Better regulation improves and simplifies regulations Source: fotogestoeber / Fotolia.com Better Regulation … thereby reducing undue bureaucratic hurdles for citizens, businesses and public administration, which legal regulations can create. Both the German Federal … Rechtsschutz und Verbandsklage Ressourcenschutzrecht Wasserrecht Related publications The Mexican Emission Trading System and the Electricity Market The …

Article from 22.01.2021 | Last changed: 22.01.2021

Environmental Code

… Source: Silke Seider / Umweltbundesamt A uniform Environmental Code shall harmonise and simplify the host of individual environmental laws. last update on 22.01.2021 … be simplified by a unified code book. A core element of the UGB shall be integrated project approvals, which would establish standardized nationwide procedural arrangements for industrial installations and other major projects having environmental relevance. Instead of handling several parallel …

Article from 10.01.2018 | Last changed: 10.01.2018

Spatial planning law

… Spatial planning law construction of more and more new industrial facilities destroys the landscape Source: fotolehmann / Fotolia.com Many projects that make use of land can have negative environmental impacts. This …

Article from 19.06.2024 | Last changed: 20.06.2024

International environmental law

… strategies for combating climate change: reducing greenhouse gas emissions and adapting to unavoidable climate change. For some time now there has been an … region adopted the Aarhus Convention in June 1998 with a view to strengthening public participation in environmental protection. The Convention sets minimum … (University Halle) Ensuring Compliance with Multilateral Environmental Agreements Publications Geoengineering - effective climate protection or megalomania? …

Article from 13.06.2023 | Last changed: 11.08.2025

Air monitoring networks

… Länder can be answered there by qualified staff. Baden-Wurttemberg Bavaria Berlin Brandenburg Bremen Hamburg Hesse Mecklenburg-West Pomerania Lower Saxony North Rhine-Westphalia Rhineland-Palatinate Saarland Saxony Saxony-Anhalt Schleswig-Holstein Thuringia … on the NO2 exceedance table Informationen zur PM10-Überschreitungstabelle Related publications Considerations on the Revision of the Air Quality Directive 2008/50 EU …

Article from 12.01.2023 | Last changed: 16.08.2023

2022-2025 Dialogue on Micropollutants

… 2022-2025 Dialogue on Micropollutants A stakeholder dialogue on voluntary and manufacturer-responsible measures for mitigating micropollutants in water bodies … currently underway at the German Centre for Micropollutants as part of a research project. last update on 12.01.2023 Together with the contractors Fraunhofer ISI …

Article from 18.02.2025 | Last changed: 17.06.2025

Pain relief gel – questions and answers

Photo showing hands with white cream, which is wiped off with a paper towel.

… Pain relief gel – questions and answers For the sake of the environment: wipe first, then wash Source: Lena … Water Framework Directive and recommendations for the 2nd Watch List, EUR 29173 EN, Publications Office of the European Union, Luxembourg, 2018, ISBN 978-92-79-81839-4, …

Article from 26.10.2023 | Last changed: 07.02.2024

NonHazCity 3 Interreg Project

… NonHazCity 3 partner cities on the Baltic Sea want to avoid pollutants in, from and around buildings Source: NonHazCity 3- Projektteam NonHazCity 3 is a European … the focus is on climate-neutral and circular renovation and construction. Pilot projects in the partner cities serve to test and validate the developed solution … von Schadstoffen Umweltfreundliche Beschaffung - Einführung und Umsetzung Related publications Risk assessment of munition compounds in the German North and Baltic …

Article from 07.02.2023 | Last changed: 14.11.2024

Relevant Micropollutants

… Micropollutants Which micropollutants are an environmental risk for water bodies and should therefore be scrutinised more closely? This is evaluated by the Committee … made up of experts from authorities, industry, academia, environmental and water associations. This page lists the micropollutants that have been evaluated … dossier is divided into: Application Selected data on occurrence in water bodies and biota Micropollutant properties according to relevance criteria Equivalent …

Article from 12.06.2025 | Last changed: 18.06.2025

Climate Action in Agriculture on a global level

… complex when looking at the many different national, regional, climatic, cultural and political circumstances of agriculture around the world. Greenhouse gas … the agricultural sector Climate action and agriculture in international processes Publications Ambitious GHG mitigation opportunities and challenges in the …

Article from 10.08.2020 | Last changed: 17.11.2025

Military and armament contaminated sites

… Military and armament contaminated sites Although there is no legal definition in Germany for … programs as a starting point, the UBA commissioned a number of research projects and put the findings of these projects on a CD that was issued in 2003. To … contact the competent federal or regional-state authorities. Associated content Publications Bestandsaufnahme von Rüstungsaltlastverdachtsstandorten in der …