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  • Article from 12.06.2025 | Last changed: 18.06.2025

    Climate Action in Agriculture on a global level

    A farmer plows a field with a ox plow

    … agriculture: How can this succeed? Source: Christian Tietz / UBA Climate action in the agricultural sector is complex. It becomes even more complex when looking at the many different national, regional, climatic, cultural and political …

  • 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 the terms Militärische Altlasten (military-contaminated sites) and Rüstungsaltlasten (armanent-contaminated sites), they nonetheless fall within the scope of site contamination and former waste …

  • Article from 23.03.2015 | Last changed: 13.11.2017

    Thermal treatment

    waste incineration plant

    Thermal treatment Waste incineration plants generate electricity and heat in the thermal treatment Source: Bernd Engelmann / Umweltbundesamt Thermal waste treatment, …

  • Article from 17.11.2020 | Last changed: 17.11.2020

    Environmental awareness in Germany

    People walking in a park.

    … Environmental protection and climate action as a key challenge In addition to the scheduled survey of 2018, an intermediate survey including key time-series questions was carried out in the early summer of 2019. Out of all the problems which Germany faced in 2018 and again in 2019, environmental protection …

  • Article from 10.01.2022 | Last changed: 25.01.2024

    Digital services / Cloud computing

    someone is typing on a laptop, with symbols for cloud computing such as clouds and download arrows above them

    … Digital services / Cloud computing Digital services from the cloud must be as energy-efficient as possible Source: Blue Planet Studio / Adobe … services are digital services that are nowadays taken for granted. But what about the environmental impact of cloud services and the critical resources which are used … previously assumed. The largest share of total greenhouse gas emissions can be traced to home networking and end devices, with size of TV set on which video is …

  • Article from 21.01.2026 | Last changed: 21.01.2026

    Imprint

    … Imprint last update on 21.01.2026 Owner  This Web site is owned by: The Federal Republic of Germany, represented by the Federal Ministry for the Environment, Climate Action, Nature Conservation and Nuclear Safety (BMUKN), …

  • Article from 13.12.2024 | Last changed: 17.06.2025

    Prescribing drugs: Environmental aspects

    Photo of a consultation between a doctor and a patient

    … conscious approaches into prescribing practices, doctors can actively help reduce the entry of pharmaceuticals into the environment while ensuring high-quality patient care. last update on 13.12.2024 … increasingly important in medical practice. A key area of action is preventing the entry of pharmaceuticals into the environment, as their residues are …

  • Article from 21.03.2022 | Last changed: 28.04.2023

    Transport law

    Wortwolke

    … Transport law Legal regulations protect the environment Source: Julia Gerlach / Umweltbundesamt A comprehensive concept for sustainable mobility needs legal instruments. These instruments may be embedded in transport law as well as in other areas, for example in the environmental regulations governing the planning and …

  • Article from 10.04.2025 | Last changed: 12.01.2026

    Visit us

     The UBA building in Dessau-Roßlau from above. The building is elongated, with a façade of wood and coloured glass slabs and slanted solar cells covering the entire surface of the flat roof

    … Visit us Aerial shot of the UBA building in Dessau-Roßlau Source: Firma Busse Free broschures are available at the visitor center at our Dessau-Roßlau site. You can also visit a branch of our … at our sites in Dessau-Roßlau, Bad Elster as well as at one of our Berlin sites. The model eco-building at our Dessau-Roßlau site is also worth a visit. last update …