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Press release 02/2021 from 28.01.2021 | Last changed: 08.02.2021

Final account of 2019 greenhouse gases in Germany: Emissions declined by 35 per cent over 1990 levels

… (see press release 11/2020 of 16.03.2020) are due to updates of the preliminary statistical information at that time. In accordance with the Climate Change Act, UBA …

Press release 02/2025 from 15.01.2025 | Last changed: 03.02.2025

Final data for 2023: climate-damaging emissions fell by ten per cent

rauchende Schornsteine eines Braunkohlekraftwerks, davor ein Tagebau

… Act (see press release 11/2024 of 15 March 2024) are due to updates to the statistical information, which was only provisional at the time. The changes of an …

Press release 30/2025 from 17.07.2025 | Last changed: 31.07.2025

Weak wind conditions slow down renewable energy production

Bild zu Windkraftanlagen als Alternative für die Energieerzeugung im Kaliningrader Gebiet

… in road transport. Further information: The Working Group on Renewable Energy Statistics (AGEE-Stat) analyses the use of renewable energies on behalf of the …

Press release 11/2020 from 16.03.2020 | Last changed: 07.04.2020

2019 greenhouse gas emissions in Germany declined by 6.3 percent

in einer futuristisch anmutenden Szenerie mit blauem Licht stehen Solarpanels auf einer Wasserfläche, im Hintergrund Windkraftanlagen und Strommasten

… such, there are corresponding uncertainties, in particular due to the very limited statistical calculation bases available at the present time. The calculations are …

Newsletter from 15.10.2025 | Last changed: 15.10.2025

The Latest from UBA - No.: 5/2025

… medical professionals as well as for consumers. Evaluation and implementation of statistical methods to assess effects in count data As part of its statutory duties …

Newsletter from 12.12.2025 | Last changed: 12.12.2025

The Latest from UBA - No.: 6/2025

… plant protection products: Higher uncertainties by combining multiple measures? A statistical analysis In the environmental risk assessment of plant protection … affects the overall risk and, in particular, the associated uncertainty. Various statistical methods have been used to quantify both the overall risk and its …

Press release 05/2022 from 20.01.2022 | Last changed: 02.02.2022

Final data on climate impact in 2020: emissions down 41 percent over 1990 levels

… (see press release 07/2021 of 15.03.2021) are due to updates of the preliminary statistical information at that time. In accordance with the Climate Change Act, UBA …

KomPass: Article from 28.11.2023 | Last changed: 17.12.2024

VE-I-5: Impacts on roads due to weather conditions and weather patterns

The picture shows the upper part of the tail end of a vehicle belonging to the highway maintenance service. The vehicle is orange and its rear doors are marked with the word ’Streckenwartung’ (track maintenance) and reflective red-and-white striped stickers. There are warning lights fitted to the vehicle.

… Source: Länder (working time recording of road maintenance service)/ BMDV (length statistics for supra-local roads) Clean-up operations after storm and heavy rain In …

KomPass: Article from 28.11.2023 | Last changed: 11.12.2024

WW-I-4: Floodwater

The picture shows a village – situated on the slope of a hill – inundated by floodwater. Some of the lower buildings and some lower floors of houses have been flooded.

… WW-I-4: Floodwater In statistical terms the number of flood events has not increased so far. Source: …

Press release 5/2015 from 09.02.2015 | Last changed: 23.01.2017

Air quality 2014: Nitrogen dioxide now ranks as pollutant Nr. 1

different houses, covered with snow, with smoking chimneys

… of stations will increase significantly when additional data are taken up in the statistics in May 2015 from 124 measuring stations where technical difficulties have …

KomPass: Article from 28.11.2023 | Last changed: 18.12.2024

BS-I-1: Person hours due to weather-related damage events

The picture shows an inundated landscape. In the centre of the picture a flooded road can be seen, with a lorry passing. There are people visible on the lorry’s load platform. In the picture’s foreground, part of a blue emergency vehicle is visible with blue warning lamps fitted all round the vehicle which is also driving along this flooded road.

… required for dealing with damage from weather-related incidents Source: THW (helper statistics) Extreme events entail unprecedented deployment peaks In the course of …

KomPass: Article from 28.11.2023 | Last changed: 12.12.2024

LW-I-3: Hailstone damage in agriculture

The picture shows a field of maize after a tempest. The maize plants are heavily damaged, with stalks snapped off. Between the plants, there are still areas of standing water.

… show a falling trend. LW-I-3: Hailstone damage in agriculture Source: GDV (branch statistics) Yield losses caused by extreme weather events As a result of weather …