… Pharmaceuticals when entering the environment can have a significant impact and can harm plants and animals. Active biological ingredients in medicines are … unchanged by the human body. Tonnes of active pharmaceutical ingredients enter wastewater treatment plants every year. However, not all active ingredients are …

… last update on 13.08.2025 The problem: Human activities like agriculture and industrial processes result in large quantities of nutrients like nitrogen and … application of liquid manure in conventional agricultural fields. Nitrogen from wastewater and nitrous oxide from livestock farming and fertilisers used in … application of liquid manure in conventional agricultural fields. Nitrogen from wastewater and nitrous oxide from livestock farming and fertilisers used in …

… of chemicals ChemSelect Logo Source: UBA ChemSelect is an online tool for assessing and comparing the sustainability of substances and mixtures. ChemSelect is primarily aimed at users of chemicals: companies that … properties Human toxicity Environmental toxicity Exposure potential Climate impact and ozone depletion potential Resource consumption Circularity …

… CASRI Next Previous In October 2024 the Interest Group for Sustainability Research and Solutions (IG EPAS) and CASRI project members met in The Hague to reason about … impact assessment methods, environmental economics, societal transformation, and climate change adaptation. Current projects in the Agency with relevance for …

… Stabilizing our Landscape Water Balance Poor harvests due to heat and drought – just one of the consequences of climate change in Germany. Source: hykoe / Fotolia.com The landscape water balance … the resulting open spaces to store rainwater. Another option is the use of treated wastewater for maintaining urban green spaces. Climate-Adaptive Agriculture and …

… Science Summit 2025 in Berlin brought together researchers, policymakers, and funders to discuss how sustainability science must evolve to drive … change. Representing the EPA-Interest Group on Sustainability Research and Solutions and CASRI project, Stephan Bartke (UBA) joined a panel to discuss strengthening the …

… given to areas not taught in the regular study program. These are e.g. drug quality and the role of excipients, environmental, regulatory and legal aspects as well as … drugs Poster presentations Thursday 25. September:   Sustainable Excipients Urban Waste Water Treatment Directive The abstracts for the individual presentation are … drugs Poster presentations Thursday 25. September:   Sustainable Excipients Urban Waste Water Treatment Directive The abstracts for the individual presentation are …

… At COP28, Parties agreed that the new NDCs should be aligned with the 1.5 degrees climate target. last update on 25.03.2025 What are Nationally Determined … Global Stocktake (GST) . Looking back, the Global Stocktake identifies progress and gaps in climate action, looking forward, it identifies solutions and …

… the ground is a part of our experience of nature, as here with this former sand pit. Source: Sina Schröder Discovering soils in their natural environment makes for an exciting journey through our natural and cultural heritage. The countless nature discovery paths, museums, profile compilations and art objects scattered throughout Germany are worthy travel destinations that …

… Learning about and experiencing soil Tiny ants can build amazingly large anthills! … be unthinkable without the earth’s various soils, which can only assure a plentiful and healthy supply of food and drinking water if their ecology remains intact. But … Heidrun Mühle, Hans Willi Thoenes, Wolfgang Walther and Berndt Michael Wilke. … Learning about and experiencing soil …

… May 2024 Source: Stephan Thurm (UBA) The Sino-German Track II Dialogue (T2D) on Climate Change and Sustainable Development was launched in December 2020. It is a central exchange …

… Marahrens / Umweltbundesamt What is needed above all for soil to develop is time, and of course rock, which is the material from which soil develops. Likewise … the interplay between myriad factors. The most important natural factors are rock, climate, plants, animals, terrain form and slope, and water availability. Of great …