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  • Article from 20.11.2025 | Last changed: 24.11.2025

    Evaluation Criteria and Guidelines

    … of conformity of product hygiene suitability for drinking water The German Environmental Agency is mandated to publish evaluation criteria documents for … of conformity of product hygiene suitability for drinking water The German Environmental Agency is mandated to publish evaluation criteria documents for …

  • Article from 14.04.2023 | Last changed: 16.08.2023

    Micropollutants in Water Bodies

    … control during authorisation, the manufacturing companies must disclose all environmental data for micropollutant evaluation. This also applies to active … products that have been on the market for a long time. Moreover, research into environmentally compatible active substances needs to be increased as well. As a …

  • Article from 15.04.2020 | Last changed: 15.04.2020

    Pesticides

    … Ordinance which are used in plant protection agents and biocides complied with the environmental quality standards for the period 2016-2018 at the monitoring sites of … Federal Government (LAWA ). For a further 11 substances a check for compliance with environmental quality standards is not always possible since the limit of quantification is higher than the environmental quality standards  . The following substances showed exceedences of …

  • Article from 09.10.2025 | Last changed: 10.10.2025

    Geoengineering-Governance

    atmosphere of the Earth

    … the assumption that humans are in a position to understand and control global environmental processes; secondly, the assumption that geoengineering can replace … thirdly, a policy shift leading to fundamental principles of international environmental law being thrown overboard such as emissions reductions. The consensus … the assumption that humans are in a position to understand and control global environmental processes; secondly, the assumption that geoengineering can replace …

  • Article from 08.12.2020 | Last changed: 11.12.2020

    Environmental Compliance Assurance

    A red barrel lies in a river and is examined by a person in a green protective suit.

    Environmental Compliance Assurance Monitoring of the environment is one of the … of environmental law. Access to environmental i nformation , participation and justice are key in this regard. Enforcement of European environmental law The …

  • Article from 22.04.2020 | Last changed: 22.04.2020

    Chemicals

    … Chemicals The group of polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons exceeds the values of the environmental quality standards for chemicals regulated in the German Ordinance on … charges, erosion or air. Exceedances of the environmental quality standard (EQS) indicate that chemicals are occurring in … waters … The group of polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons exceeds the values of the environmental quality standards for chemicals regulated in the German Ordinance on …

  • Article from 22.05.2019 | Last changed: 28.05.2019

    Persistent Organic Pollutants (POPs)

    … Waters also regulates 14 of the POPs . The Ordinance on Surface Waters defines environmental quality standards (EQS) for the concentrations of suspended … which feed on fish or mussels. For the 2014-2016 period, there was compliance with environmental quality standards for the cyclodiene pesticides, endosulfan, … for PFOS was exceeded at about one third of all measuring sites. Evaluation of the environmental quality standard of POP in 2014-2016 Source: Federal Environment …

  • Article from 24.06.2020 | Last changed: 25.06.2020

    RESCUE – Resource-Efficient Pathways to Greenhouse-Gas-Neutrality

    picture symbolizing the interdependencies between greenhouse gas emissions and raw material use

    … material consumption. Current trends as well as smaller niche tendencies for a more environmentally friendly behavior (e.g., increasing car- and ride-sharing) are … the sustainable removal of CO 2 from the atmosphere and provide synergies to other environmental policy domains such as biodiversity protection.  The RESCUE-study …

  • Landing page from 03.12.2025

    Data on the environment

    Data on the environment Here in the section "Data on the environment" you will find current data, trends and assessments on the environmental situation in Germany. You get direct access to the data search, and … Environment Agency. The German data pages provide even more and more in-depth environmental data. © Umweltbundesamt Explore the indicators online © …

  • Article from 30.09.2025 | Last changed: 01.10.2025

    Resources Commission at the UBA (currently inactive)

    Excavators at work in an open pit

    … Mission: The use of natural resources such as raw materials, water, land, environmental media, and biodiversity has been rising steadily for years and is … on the sustainable use of natural resources, considering in particular associated environmental impacts and social aspects along the entire life cycle. Advising the … Mission: The use of natural resources such as raw materials, water, land, environmental media, and biodiversity has been rising steadily for years and is …

  • Article from 29.02.2016 | Last changed: 29.02.2016

    Airguns - an underestimated disruptive factor

    Finnwal

    … enables a reliable estimation of signal stretching and can be adapted to other environmental conditions. It must be noted, however, that the knowledge about … effect cannot be ruled out and should be included in the consideration of the environmental effects of impulse noise such as from airguns. The model will be … enables a reliable estimation of signal stretching and can be adapted to other environmental conditions. It must be noted, however, that the knowledge about …

  • Article from 18.03.2014 | Last changed: 23.10.2020

    Erhard Collection: „Waste – A look back”

    a man in a street collecting waste

    … Source: Sammlung Erhard A selection of pictures from the Erhard Collection of the Environmental Library at the German Environment Agency in Dessau-Roßlau last update … German Environment Agency in 1974. The "Erhard Collection" thus became part of the Environmental Library. The collection is available to all interested parties. It …