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  • Press release 16/2025 from 02.05.2025 | Last changed: 07.05.2025

    Single-Use Plastic Fund: UBA waives requirement to verify quanties in 2025

    auf einem Maschendrahtzaun spießt eine orange Plastikgabel

    … Single-Use Plastic Fund: UBA waives requirement to verify quanties in 2025 The reporting deadline for manufacturers will be extended to 15 July 2025 Disposable … based on the quantity of their products placed on the market annually. The reports are submitted each year by 15 May on to the German Environment Agency … A registered external examiner must then review and validate these submitted reports. As an exception, in 2025, the UBA will exceptionally refrain from this …

  • Press release 22/2022 from 27.04.2022 | Last changed: 15.06.2022

    Parts of the European population have alarmingly high levels of pollutant exposure

    Blutabnahme mit einer Spritze

    … initiative HBM4EU, coordinated by UBA, which will be presented at the international final conference of the project in Brussels on 27-28 April. Plasticisers were … collecting and evaluating data at European level since 2017. At the international final conference of the project on 27-28 April in Brussels, HBM4EU will present for …

  • News from 08.09.2020 | Last changed: 14.09.2020

    Ambitious environmental protection benefits health and well-being

    people in a green space in the city

    … influence on health and well-being. Urban green spaces are a good example. A recent report by the European Environment Agency (EEA) describes successes for environment … and health as well as challenges that face Europe today. 08.09.2020 The EEA report “Healthy environment, healthy lives: how the environment influences health … the state of the environment in Europe is for human health and well-being. The report stresses that the COVID 19 pandemic has provided a clear example of the …

  • KomPass: Article from 28.11.2023 | Last changed: 17.12.2024

    BD-R-2: Restoration of natural flood plains

    The picture shows a flooded deciduous forest. In the foreground there is a tree trunk lying on the ground.

    … biodiversity conservation. Source: Fernbach Antal / stock.adobe.com 2023 Monitoring Report on the German Strategy for Adaptation to Climate Change last update on … should be viewed as positive. In 2021, the nationwide inventory established in a report on the condition of alluvial meadows concluded that, of formerly approx. 1.6 …

  • Press release 32/2020 from 27.07.2020 | Last changed: 29.07.2020

    Integrating environmental protection in legislation on global supply chains

    container-loaded cargo ship at a container terminal

    … systematic approach to early risk identification, implementation of measures and reporting by companies. Press release No. 32/2020 | 27.07.2020 UBA President Prof. … are also used to implement due diligence obligations. Associated content Links Final Report (in German) Sub-report Integration of Environmental Aspects Sub-report

  • News from 16.01.2025 | Last changed: 16.01.2025

    Guideline for greenhouse gas calculation in the transport sector

    Lieferwagen in der Stadt

    … has been produced which provides information for the standardised calculation and reporting of GHG emissions along transport chains. 16.01.2025 The quantification of … become even more important as a result of the amendment to corporate sustainability reporting. The new EU directive on corporate sustainability reporting (Corporate …

  • KomPass: Article from 28.11.2023 | Last changed: 18.11.2025

    KM-I-2: Sea levels

    The picture shows a sandy beach on the Baltic Sea coast. There is seawater lapping around a hooded beach chair (Strandkorb). In the background, the sea is visible with powerful waves and dark thunderclouds above.

    … estuaries and coastal lowlands. Source: Dietmar / stock.adobe.com 2023 Monitoring Report on the German Strategy for Adaptation to Climate Change last update on … this leads to a global rise of sea levels. For this century, the 6th IPCC Progress Report published in 2021 projects a probable bandwidth for the global rise of sea … The Physical Science Basis. Contribution of Working Group I to the Sixth Assessment Report of the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change [Masson-Delmotte, V., P. …

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    Projected change in average air temperature in Germany

    It shows the future change in the average annual air temperature in Germany up to the end of the century.

    … on the development of the climate in Germany can be found in the national climate report and in the DWD’s climate atlas. Source: German Weather Service (DWD) Download … on the development of the climate in Germany can be found in the national climate report and in the DWD’s climate atlas. … Projected change in average air temperature …

  • Press release 48/2022 from 30.11.2022 | Last changed: 07.12.2022

    Companies soon to assume costs for disposal of single-use plastic products

    … UBA President Dirk Messner said: "We expect the new levy on single-use plastics to finally put a stop to littering of the environment and that manufacturers and … the costs of cleaning up litter resulting from those products. The UBA project reports that single-use plastic products such as to-go food containers, bags and …

  • Press release 05/2016 from 15.02.2016 | Last changed: 23.01.2017

    Lifetime of electrical appliances becoming shorter and shorter

    old washing machines in a row

    … life of most electrical appliances is becoming shorter and shorter, says a new report by the Öko-Institut e.V. and Bonn University commissioned by the German … life of most electrical appliances is becoming shorter and shorter, says a new report by the Öko-Institut e.V. and Bonn University commissioned by the German … life of most electrical appliances is becoming shorter and shorter, says a new report commissioned by UBA. … Lifetime of electrical appliances becoming shorter and …

  • Cover from 12.03.2024

    UBA Governance Workshop on Solar Radiation Modification (SRM)

    atmosphere of the Earth

    … governance challenges of SRM. The programme can be found here . In the "Workshop Report - Global Governance of SRM – What (Not) To Do?" you can find the "Aim of the workshop" (chap. 1), the "Report" (chap. 2) and the "Key Recommendations" (chap. 3). The report ist also …