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  • DzU article from 27.11.2024 | Last changed: 27.11.2024

    Indicator: Agricultural nitrogen surplus

    A graph shows the agricultural nitrogen surpluses for individual years and as rolling 5-year means between 1990 and 2022. The 5-year-mean nitrogen surpluses in kilogrammes per hectare dropped from 117 to 77. The target for 2028-32 is 70 kilogrammes per hectare and year.

    … for all living organisms. However, excessive input of reactive nitrogen compounds to the environment has serious effects on the climate, biodiversity and … or is converted back into atmospheric nitrogen may lead to pollution of the groundwater, nutrient enrichment (eutrophication) of waterbodies, acidification of … surplus of the total balance per hectare of agricultural land decreased by around 34 %. Farmers are using nitrogen more efficiently, the area of cultivation of …

  • Press release 38/2022 from 16.09.2022 | Last changed: 21.09.2022

    Blauer Kompass award for outstanding projects in climate change adaptation and risk prevention

    Groupphoto

    … and businesses, in research and education, or on the part of associations and foundations. The award-winning projects highlight that we can tackle this core task … Change Adaptation" is part of the Federal Environment Ministry’s immediate action programme on climate change adaptation. The entries for the Blauer Kompass award … form a flood alliance. They developed a joint protection scheme for the region surrounding the river and its inlets. Warning systems and semi-natural solutions are …

  • Appointment from 17.06.2020 | Last changed: 17.06.2020

    OECD/UBA/UNEP event on environmental due diligence

    Container terminal

    … June 25th, 2020 9:00 — 10:30 In cooperation with the United Nations Environment Programme (UNEP) and the Organisation for Economic Cooperation and Development … current practices and opportunities. Conference website / Registration UBA background paper "Responsibility towards society and the environment: businesses and their … supply chain due diligence … In cooperation with the United Nations Environment Programme (UNEP) and the Organisation for Economic Cooperation and Development …

  • Project of the Consulting Assistance Program from 13.06.2018

    12th German-Russian Environment Days 2015 in Kaliningrad region

    … Capacity Building Countries Russia Project number 55974 Institution BTE, Tourismus- und Regionalberatung Kreuzbergstraße 30 10965 Berlin Deutschland Runtime 19.06.2015 … Projektinformation (German) (136.86 kB) Информация о проекте (Russian) (274.54 kB) Programm/ Программа (German/ Russian) (736.79 kB) … The 12th German-Russian …

  • DzU article from 26.03.2025 | Last changed: 01.04.2025

    Indicator: Final energy consumption of transport

    A graph shows the final energy consumption in freight and passenger transport between 2005 and 2023 and the targets for the year 2030 of the Federal Government (2005 = 100) presented as an index.

    … 2005 to 2019, the final energy consumption of passenger transport increased by around 4.3 %. In freight transport, on the other hand, it rose by around 9.9 % over the same period. Nevertheless, over the same time frame, transport … in Heidelberg, commissioned by the German Environment Agency. Methodological backgrounds are found on their website . More detailed information: Endenergieverbrauch und

  • Press release 21/2022 from 25.04.2022 | Last changed: 27.04.2022

    Federal Environment Ministry and German Environment Agency name winners of innovative mobility actions

    Fahrradfahren in Kassel

    … of national prize for European Mobility Week 1st prize: City of Kassel / "Best EMW programme for large municipalities (pop. > 100,000) Source: Theresa Maiwald; … Christian Kühn, Parliamentary State Secretary at BMUV, said: “How we get around matters to all of us. These awards are intended to recognise the outstanding …

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    Photovoltaics can generate far more energy per area than energy crops.

    Rows of photovoltaic modules mounted at an angle on a meadow in the open countryside.

    … allerdings vorzugsweise auf bebauten, versiegelten, vorbelasteten oder ökologisch und ökonomisch weniger wertvollen Flächen installiert werden. Source: reisezielinfo … allerdings vorzugsweise auf bebauten, versiegelten, vorbelasteten oder ökologisch und ökonomisch weniger wertvollen Flächen installiert werden. … Photovoltaics can …

  • DzU article from 26.03.2025 | Last changed: 01.04.2025

    Indicator: Environmentally friendly freight transport

    A graph shows the shares of rail and inland shipping in freight transport volume between 1999 and 2023. The share of rail transport first increased and then began to stagnate, while the share of inland shipping declined.

    … The same applies to greenhouse gas emissions (in German only) . For short distances under 50 kilometres, motorised freight transport is almost unrivalled. Trains and … only ) and its ' Database “GENESIS ONLINE' . Descriptions on the methods used are found in the quality reports of the Federal Statistical Office of Germany. Figures on … Transport Authority. More detailed information: Fahrleistungen, Verkehrsleistung und Modal Split in Deutschland (in German only) . Related contents Indikator: …

  • Appointment from 30.10.2017

    The Local Dimension of NDCs: 100% Renewable Energy

    … The Local Dimension of NDCs: 100% Renewable Energy Bundesministerium für Umwelt, Naturschutz, Bau und Reaktorsicherheit Bonn … in the beautiful landscape of Middle Hesse a three hour train ride from Bonn.  The programme of the Forum and the field trip to Marburg-Biedenkopf can be reached via …

  • KomPass: Article from 28.11.2023 | Last changed: 18.12.2024

    RO-R-5: Increase in settlement and transport areas

    The picture shows the construction of a new road. The partly finished road foundation is visible. In the foreground the foundation is still being completed whereas in the background it is already sealed. Half-way along the site a vibratory plate is standing. To the left of the new road, mounds of earth are visible - behind those a treeline. In the background, the roofs of a residential area are visible.

    … building developments give rivers space to expand and can take pressure off the underlying areas of river basins at times of flood (cf. Indicators BD-R-2 , and … to be reduced to less than 30 ha by 2030. The BMUB’s Integrated Environmental Programme adopted in 2016 224 even exceeds this target. With a view to the target … contributed another 11 ha to the settled terrain; transport areas increased by just under 8 ha per day in 2021. In that respect, the main driver was the areas used for …

  • DzU article from 10.05.2024 | Last changed: 14.05.2024

    Indicator: Environmental protection goods

    A graph shows the value of environmental protection goods produced between 2009 and 2021 as well as the share of these goods in the overall industrial production.

    … goods Production of potential environmental protection goods Source: Umweltbundesamt Figure as PDF (1.08 MB) Figure as Excel with data (50.29 kB) Overview … for German industrial production as a whole (+9.7 %). Further information can be found in Gulden et al. 2024 . Methodology The concept of potential environmental … information, see Gehrke et al. 2023 . More detailed information: 'Umweltwirtschaft und grüne Zukunftsmärkte' (in German only) . Related contents Indikator: …