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  • Article from 10.03.2014 | Last changed: 15.12.2025

    Contaminated sites

    Graphic realization of a multifarious land use

    … According to the Federal Soil Protection Act ( BBodSchG), contaminated sites are abandoned industrial sites or abandoned waste disposal sites that have caused harmful changes to the soil or other hazards …

  • Article from 26.11.2018 | Last changed: 13.02.2025

    Leaching tests for emissions from building products

    … of pollutants. An environmentally compatible choice of products requires reliable and comparable data on the leaching of substances. UBA has published reference data based on new European leaching tests, which are now available for producers and users. last update on 26.11.2018 Information on leaching behaviour to become standard information on building products Users of building products seldom find …

  • Article from 24.04.2014 | Last changed: 24.04.2014

    Emissions behaviour of wood and wood-based materials

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    Emissions behaviour of wood and wood-based materials Wood products can produce emissions of harmful substances Source: sebka / Fotolia.com Wood and wood-based materials are environmentally friendly and sustainable, provided the … supply the consumer market with goods which are low in VOC and odour emissions. … Emissions behaviour of wood and wood-based materials

  • Article from 10.12.2025 | Last changed: 10.12.2025

    Sustainable resource use in the leisure sector

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    … Anton Mazaev / Adobe Stock Leisure activities are important for our well-being and quality of life. We meet friends, pursue our hobbies or go travelling. These … greenhouse gases and develops a framework for action for a resource-efficient and climate-friendly leisure sector. last update on 10.12.2025 Whether it is a visit to …

  • Article from 06.11.2015 | Last changed: 06.11.2015

    Chemical research at UBA

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    … impact individual organisms in ecosystems? How are they distributed in soil, water and air? Is their effectiveness sufficient to control articulata and rodents? last update on 06.11.2015 Chemical research at UBA The Chemical Safety Division tests chemicals and compounds in its own laboratories, making use of the results to carry out …

  • Article from 09.04.2020 | Last changed: 27.06.2024

    Risks and opportunities in responding to the coronavirus crisis

    Risks and opportunities in responding to the coronavirus crisis “The only thing missing … the economy. But we can’t bring the dead back to life.” The second threat is climate change: if the coronavirus crisis absorbs all our strength and we neglect …

  • Article from 16.04.2020 | Last changed: 27.06.2024

    COVID-19: let’s make sure we don’t learn the wrong lesson

    … of the biggest global wake-up calls in history, threatening both individual lives and entire economic and social systems. Let’s make sure we don’t learn the wrong … telling us that national solutions alone are quite inadequate, that viruses and climate do not carry passports, that we must resolve the underlying causes of our …

  • Article from 20.04.2020 | Last changed: 27.06.2024

    Ecology of data: we should use the coronavirus crisis as ...

    … more relevant. The momentum of the crisis should be used to turn the juxtaposition and partial opposition of two very important developmental trends into a … way to overcome the crisis. And that equally applies to the coronavirus crisis, the climate crisis and to digital transformation. ______ Author: Henning Banthien joined …

  • Article from 20.04.2020 | Last changed: 27.06.2024

    Coronavirus/climate/innovation: why we have to save tomorrow's

    … Coronavirus/climate/innovation: why we have to save tomorrow's It is only a few days … rescue package to cushion the consequences of the coronavirus crisis on businesses. And absolutely rightly so, as it is in the interests of society as a whole to …

  • Article from 22.04.2020 | Last changed: 27.06.2024

    Getting through the crisis: with the right goals in mind

    … which has been noteworthy in its own right. This crisis is particularly immediate, and therefore very dramatic as well. A virus has turned the world upside down. It is … is not yet working as it should. This is something with which we are familiar from climate policy. Managing the coronavirus crisis and protecting human life currently …

  • Article from 23.04.2020 | Last changed: 27.06.2024

    Opportunities for transformative learning in the coronavirus cris

    … Opportunities for transformative learning in the coronavirus cris The coronavirus pandemic brings about drastic changes for a great many people. When social life … with transformation:  trends as different as the Fridays for Future movement, the climate policy of the German government, the unchecked increase in SUV registrations …

  • Article from 29.04.2020 | Last changed: 25.06.2024

    COVID-19 stimulus packages represent a critical juncture

    … one-third of the world population. As a result, economic activity of most sectors and countries abruptly and strongly decreased. last update on 29.04.2020 COVID-19 stimulus packages represent a critical juncture for climate policy Blogpost by Nicolas Schmid Governments around the world have …