… requirements for agricultural production. The German Environment Agency believes that the environmental requirements for agriculture laid down in relevant … legislation are not yet sufficient to effectively steer agriculture towards a more sustainable use of natural resources and allow environmental quality objectives … for water, soil, air and the climate to be achieved. It therefore recommends that environmental considerations in agricultural law should be further …

… Exceptional exposure situations deserve special consideration. They occur when usual or expected environmental conditions are not met. Human health is … or no choice to avoid them. However, in other exposure relevant situations we do have a choice. For example, we can decide whether to take part in a Holi-festival …

… for the people surveyed. In comparison to the previous year, it was apparent that the issue had gained in significance in the eyes of the population. Whereas … to earlier studies, the respondents rated environmental quality in Germany less positively. In 2019, a total of 76 percent of the respondents assessed the … percent of the respondents in 2019 were of the view that the German government was doing enough for environmental protection and climate action. 11 percent thought …

… environmental epidemiological studies conducted in Germany in recent years suggest that social status is a determining factor for whether and to what extent children, … by traffic-related health stressors like noise and air pollution, and they have less access to urban green areas, i.e. they have less opportunity for physical … im städtischen Raum – Entwicklung von praxistauglichen Strategien und Maßnahmen zur Minderung sozial ungleich verteilter Umweltbelastungen“ (2015) Umweltgerechtigkeit …

… Commissions and Working Groups Various commissions and working groups give advice to … Environment Agency in commissions and working groups. Recommended actions are worked out after intensive discussion. Otherwise the Federal Environment Agency …

… the air quality within these zones and thus protect public health. Only vehicles bearing a sticker for the low emission zone may enter the zone. In a first phase, … a sticker. In the course of the next few years, this gradually applies to vehicles that have either a red or yellow sticker. Determination of appropriate sticker is … of a low emission zone depends on a range of factors. In the first stage, when comparatively few vehicles without a sticker are banned, a reduction of about …

… The majority of it is the inert molecular nitrogen (N 2 ), a chemical form that is not usable by most organisms including plants. In the prehuman world … the age of the Industrial Revolution, however, human activities have caused far more elemental nitrogen to change into reactive forms, probably at a rate ten times … a good environmental status for all nitrogen-polluted areas in Germany. Nevertheless, the instrument sends out an important signal for co-operation and action …