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  • KomPass: Article from 28.11.2023 | Last changed: 17.12.2024

    VE-I-3: Heavy rain impacting on roads

    The picture shows a gully on a flooded road. The waterspout indicates where the gully is located. There are safety cones beside the gully. A car wheel is visible at the very edge of the picture.

    … Krefeld and Magdeburg owing to violent tempests, either because they were inundated by floodwater or swamped by mudslides so that they had to be cleared before … the months of June to August. Heavy rain events occur often combined with violent thunderstorms; the technical term for this is ‘convective precipitation events’. Such … location as well as the relative intensity and duration of rainfalls. On level ground the water cannot run off quickly, and the soil is unable to absorb it …

  • Newsletter from 07.06.2023 | Last changed: 07.06.2023

    Newsletter "UBA aktuell" - No.: 3/2023

    … also be tightened in the EU and Germany. more on the 4-Point Plan and its background (in German) more information on wood heating systems (in German) consumer guide … relevanten OECD Prüfrichtlinien hinsichtlich des Stands der Wissenschaft und Technik OECD Test Guidelines (TG) are internationally standardized methods for … Agency. read more (in German) Funding Guidelines of the Environmental Innovation Programme amended New funding conditions apply to companies and other interested …

  • Cover from 15.08.2025

    CASRI: About

    The graphic displays the CASRI logo. Multicolored elements center around the acronym as an expression of the project's synthesis work.

    … and Sustainability Research and Innovation (ES R&I) needs, to align national ES R&I programmes and to facilitate and converge the application of ES R&I results at both … Europe to collaboratively address sustainability challenges, diving deep into understanding environmental issues, looking at the bigger picture, and finding ways …

  • KomPass: Article from 28.11.2023 | Last changed: 18.11.2025

    FI-I-3: Occurrence of thermophilic species in inland waters – case study

    The picture shows two men in waterproof working clothes standing in a small boat on Lake Constance. One of them is holding a fishing net. He seems to be pulling it out of the water. In the background, the lakeshore and a settlement are visible.

    … 1980s amounted to more than 80 mg per cubic metre of water is now settling at around 6–8 mg. It is not usually expected that sizeable quantities of carp would exist … in Lake Constance began. Between 1970 and 2003, catch yields for carp oscillated around 800 kg per annum, while in 2007 more than 17,000 kg were caught. Post-2009 catch yields have settled around a distinctly higher level of approximately 4,000 kg annually. By contrast, the …

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    Reinhold Schlierkamp, CEO of KYOCERA Deutschland, receives the award.

    on a stage: a man in a suit holding a Blue Angel trophy in his hand

    … Witt, Umweltbotschafterin Blauer Engel; Maria Krautzberger, President Umweltbundesamt; Martin Multhaupt, Director hülsta-werke Hüls GmbH & Co. KG; Erwin Stubenschrott, Director KWB - Kraft und Wärme aus Biomasse GmbH Source: Frank Fendler The following contents contain … Witt, Umweltbotschafterin Blauer Engel; Maria Krautzberger, President Umweltbundesamt; Martin Multhaupt, Director hülsta-werke Hüls GmbH & Co. KG; Erwin …

  • Press release 24/2025 from 16.06.2025 | Last changed: 19.06.2025

    How much life lies within our soil?

    Regenwurm in feuchtem Boden.

    … is crucial for a healthy soil Source: Santiago Urquijo / Getty Images Around 60 percent of all biodiversity on Earth is found in the soil. Soil organisms … Fraunhofer Society and ten other institutions, is launching a long-term research programme on soil biodiversity in Germany and the functions it serves. The program …

  • Press release 48/2020 from 15.10.2020 | Last changed: 20.10.2020

    Coronavirus protection in schools: Airing rooms for five minutes, every 20 minutes

    a virus in a close-up foto

    … properly and as effectively as possible. Of course, airing does not provide one hundred percent protection. Other hygiene measures in accordance with the … Lüften in Schulen Download in verschiedenen Formaten hier: https://www.umweltbundesamt.de/dokument/infografik-lueften-in-schulen Source: Umweltbundesamt 15.10.2020 Nachgefragt: Lüften in Schulen Bitte wenden Sie sich an die …

  • Cover from 22.01.2026

    Digital Conference: Environmental Aspects in Public Procurement in Europe: Speakers

    … of the German Advisory Council on Global Change (WBGU). https://www.umweltbundesamt.de/ Emmanuelle Maire, DG Environment, European Commission Emmanuelle Maire … (2010-2015). https://ec.europa.eu/environment/ Mark Hidson, ICLEI for UN SPP Programme One Planet Network Mark Hidson joined ICLEI – Local Government for … is engaged at the National Focal Point of the United Nations 10 Year Framework of Programmes on Sustainable Consumption and Production and holds the Vice-Chair of the …