… efficiency of such facilities averages around 50 percent. If these facilities were more efficiently integrated into the relevant grids, they could provide a … solid waste List of the addresses and the thermal plant of of treatment capacities, that predominantly burn municipal solid waste Source: Umweltbundesamt Downloads: … hazardous waste incineration plants amounts to around 1.5 million tons. While far less than that is actually incinerated, the capacity use of the various facilities …

… 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 …

… Stock Home office, videoconferencing and streaming services are digital services that are nowadays taken for granted. But what about the environmental impact of … high-definition (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 … is still usually better for the climate than traveling to a physical meeting – unless one travels there on foot or by bike. The diagram below shows data for …

… check-ups, and nutritional counselling. It is important to inform patients that immune system strengthening should not be seen as the sole solution for disease … treatment approach. Additionally, non-medicinal treatments should be considered whenever possible and appropriate. Another crucial aspect is assessing the necessity … Arzneimitteln Umweltaspekte bei der Zulassung von Humanarzneimitteln Konzepte und Minderungsstrategien Umweltbewusste Entsorgung von Medikamentenresten …

… in Räumen schwacher Nachfrage “examines examples of road traffic and concludes that lasting changes to legislation are  required to achieve this aim. The authors … German Environment Agency commissioned a legal opinion to Prof. Dr. Eckhard Pache [ Minderung der Umweltbelastungen im Schienenverkehr durch emissionsabhängige … to aviation, they do not enjoy the same tax breaks. As a result, the railways bear the brunt of an uneven distribution of costs. One way to minimise this …

… transformation Participants summarize their most important impressions from the workshop and call for cooperation in the prevention of corruption. From 14 to 16 … from a personal, institutional and overall societal perspective. After jointly working out the extent of the problem, suggestions were developed on how … On 18 March 2024 the TES Academy organised a virtual reunion for the group that met in February 2023. The aim of the meeting was Stocktaking: What has happened …

… does not necessarily have to hamper personal mobility. By the same token, more freight transport does add up to the better and more efficient supply of goods. … the capacity utilisation of vehicles. The aim is therefore more mobility with less traffic! Sustainable transport calls for a policy mix because individual … incentives aimed at changing behaviour, and settlement and transport planning that focuses on traffic avoidance and environmentally friendly modes of transport. …

… than its benefit. In order to contain the economy’s transport volume to a level that makes both macroeconomic sense and is environmentally sound, external costs … limited to raising the price of transport. It must also take into account measures that avoid transport activity, which promote a switch to more environmentally friendly modes of transport, which use existing capacities …

… first used proactively by the UN Secretary-General in 2012 to describe an approach that unites the entire range of economic policies relevant to sustainable … Green Economy is thus the guiding principle of an ecologically sustainable economy that links ecology and economy in a positive way and increases societal prosperity. … 1.5 billion people consuming products and services via e-commerce platforms and more than half of the world's population active on social media. This emphasises the …