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  • Article from 03.12.2020 | Last changed: 07.12.2020

    Immission control law

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    … Immission control law Immissions refer to the impact of external pollutants on man and nature. Source: Christian Noval / Fotolia.com Immission control is one of the … protection law. Its aim is to reduce potentially harmful impacts on human beings and their environment (immissions) by means of risk prevention and precautionary measures. last update on 03.12.2020 The main purpose of immission …

  • Article from 09.09.2019 | Last changed: 10.09.2019

    Better Environmental Regulation

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    … Better Environmental Regulation Better regulation improves and simplifies regulations Source: fotogestoeber / Fotolia.com Better Regulation … level of protection of the environment. Overarching codes like a general climate protection law or an Environmental Code can help to improve legislation in …

  • Article from 19.06.2024 | Last changed: 20.06.2024

    International environmental law

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    … last update on 19.06.2024 Governance of geoengineering under international law Climate change is one of the greatest challenges of the present day. Mankind has … strategies for combating climate change: reducing greenhouse gas emissions and adapting to unavoidable climate change. For some time now there has been an …

  • Article from 13.06.2023 | Last changed: 11.08.2025

    Air monitoring networks

    … Länder can be answered there by qualified staff. Baden-Wurttemberg Bavaria Berlin Brandenburg Bremen Hamburg Hesse Mecklenburg-West Pomerania Lower Saxony North Rhine-Westphalia Rhineland-Palatinate Saarland Saxony Saxony-Anhalt Schleswig-Holstein Thuringia Measurement of long-range and

  • Article from 07.02.2023 | Last changed: 14.11.2024

    Relevant Micropollutants

    … Micropollutants Which micropollutants are an environmental risk for water bodies and should therefore be scrutinised more closely? This is evaluated by the Committee … establishment of "round tables", information campaigns or also the improvement of wastewater treatment. What is the difference between relevant micropollutants and indicator substances of advanced wastewater? Relevant micropollutants must be distinguished from indicator substances …

  • 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

    Climate Action in Agriculture on a global level Breaking with traditions – towards … complex when looking at the many different national, regional, climatic, cultural and political circumstances of agriculture around the world. Greenhouse gas … residues. Examples for demand-side climate mitigation measures: • Reduction of food waste and losses • Change in eating habits • Reduced deforestation. There are …

  • 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 … sites), they nonetheless fall within the scope of site contamination and former waste disposal sites. An historical classification is often applied that is based on …

  • 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, which is one of the mainstays of waste disposal in Germany, is …

  • Article from 17.11.2020 | Last changed: 17.11.2020

    Environmental awareness in Germany

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    … Source: LauraTara / pixabay.com last update on 17.11.2020 Environmental protection and climate action as a key challenge In addition to the scheduled survey of 2018, an …

  • Article from 10.01.2022 | Last changed: 25.01.2024

    Digital services / Cloud computing

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    … as possible Source: Blue Planet Studio / Adobe Stock Home office, videoconferencing and streaming services are digital services that are nowadays taken for granted. But … (HD) videos and the highest ever recorded at the site. What is it doing to the climate and what are the carbon footprints of video streaming, video conferencing …

  • Article from 13.06.2022 | Last changed: 22.07.2025

    Sustainable mobility

    LKW und Pkw auf der Autobahn

    … reduce its emissions since 1990. Source: LVDESIGN / Fotolia.com Passenger traffic and freight transport in Germany are growing steadily. Increasing numbers of … in the long term? This question is at the heart of sustainable mobility. In its Climate Action Plan 2050 , the German government has resolved to reduce annual …