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  • Article from 23.03.2023 | Last changed: 18.11.2025

    Resilience in the face of multiple crises

    Book blooming out of a tree

    … dependent on fossil fuels and that this dependency constitutes one of the root causes leading to the currently unfolding crisis. Paradoxically, political measures … to cope with future threats in the mid- to long-term. Furthermore, fossil energy use to build resilience might simultaneously increase threats associated with …

  • Article from 17.04.2015 | Last changed: 17.04.2015

    Wastes containing POPs and PCB

    transformer station

    … pollutants (POPs) are a worldwide problem. PCB, which is a POP, has not been used in Germany for years and only occurs in certain wastes. last update on … Abfall (LAGA) Press- release of BMU: PCB phase-out in Germany almost complete Publications Identification of potentially POP-containing Wastes and Recyclates – …

  • Article from 18.03.2014 | Last changed: 05.04.2016

    Hazardous waste

    Workers remove asbestos roof sheets

    … harmful for the environment and/or human health. Hazardous waste must be handled using special techniques and processes that ensure safe and environmentally sound … rules for supporting documentation for small quantities of waste, whereby household wastes are not subject to such documentation rules. Hazardous-waste quantities and destination Transport Forms used in the proof procedure are evaluated for statistics gathering purposes, whereby …

  • Article from 18.11.2025 | Last changed: 18.11.2025

    Series: The relevance of the War in Ukraine for transformation

    Weltkugelfahnen

    … Aspects), Dirk Messner (president of the German Environment Agency), Andriy Andrusevych (NGO Resource & Analysis Center “Society and Environment“, Ukraine), R. … are the implications for international sustainability policy? What contribution can public and research institutions make to meet the new challenges and support …

  • Article from 18.11.2025 | Last changed: 18.11.2025

    Preventing corruption for a sustainability transformation

    Treppe auswärts mit grünem Blättern umringt.

    … connection is often not sufficiently taken into account by the respective actors in public authorities, non-governmental organisations and the scientific community. For … Anette Weyers / uba Download image (3.36 MB) Preventing corruption - Relevance, Causes & Drivers, Measers againt- Part 1 Source: Anette Weyers / uba Download image …

  • Article from 29.03.2023 | Last changed: 23.04.2024

    Deep-sea mining

    … and Google, published a " Call for a Moratorium " stating that they would not use metals from the deep sea in their production. A few months later, many … carry out extensive environmental investigations. A distinction can be made between public and private project developers. Public project developers include the …

  • Article from 05.12.2025 | Last changed: 05.12.2025

    Sustainable lifestyles: NiCE - From niche to centre

    young woman offers things to swap instead of buy in modern furnished store

    … shops to close. City centres are therefore increasingly experiencing a loss of use and importance. In contrast, alternative and sustainable consumption models … In addition to the UBA ⁠ as lead partner these are: ENVIROS from the Czech Republic, StadtLABOR from Austria, the Bistra Scientific Research Centre from …

  • Article from 18.11.2025 | Last changed: 18.11.2025

    Series: Greenhouse gas-neutral administrations

    keywhole in concrete wall

    Series: Greenhouse gas-neutral administrations Keyhole in concrete wall let the green come in … process on “ Greenhouse gas-neutral administrations: Empowering professionals from public administrations to become role models of transformation ” we organized a …

  • 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.

    … role in CO₂ absorption. In addition to CO₂, oceans store the majority of the heat caused by the greenhouse gas effect. However, rising temperatures reduce the CO ₂ absorption capacity of …

  • Article from 18.11.2025 | Last changed: 18.11.2025

    Series: Extended Producer Responsibility in international law

    World map from green leaves

    … Reid Lifset (Research Scholar, Yale University School of the Environment) With this public virtual event we took a step back to better understand the genesis of the EPR … Reid Lifset (Research Scholar, Yale University School of the Environment) With this public virtual event we took a step back to better understand the genesis of the EPR …

  • Frequently asked question from 05.12.2017 | Last changed: 12.12.2017

    How will the results be used?

    How will the results be used? After about 4 to 6 months participants can request a copy of their results … for the various target groups (print media, radio, TV, Internet), for the public health service, environmental medicine professionals, policy makers and the …