Publikationen | Umweltbundesamt

Chemikalien

Guide on sustainable chemicals

A decision tool for substance manufacturers, formulators and end users of chemicals

The Guide on Sustainable Chemicals helps manufacturers, formulators and end users of substances to select the more sustainable solution. The guide focusses on sustainability aspects in areas like hazardous properties for human health and for the environment; mobility of a substance, greenhouse gas emissions and resource consumption as well as responsibility in the supply chains.weiterlesen

Chemikalien

Leitfaden nachhaltige Chemikalien

Eine Entscheidungshilfe für Stoffhersteller, Formulierer und Endanwender von Chemikalien

Nachhaltige Chemie hat viele Gesichter. Sie reichen von der Auswahl inhärent sicherer Chemikalien über die ökobilanzielle Erfassung der Umweltauswirkungen einer Produktlinie bis zur Umsetzung von anspruchsvollen Sozialstandards in der Lieferkette.weiterlesen

Climate | EnergyEconomy | ConsumptionWaste | ResourcesSustainability | Strategies | International matters

What Matters 2016

The prize of beauty: Every year, there are up to twelve new collections in the clothing stores on Germany's high streets. But this fast fashion is having a huge impact on the environment and on the people who live in manufacturing countries. /Money and the environment: A flight to Barcelona for EUR 20, a kilogram of pork for EUR 3 - we're still miles away from full ecological prices. This might co…weiterlesen

Economy | Consumption

Prevention of food waste in the catering sector

Guideline

Foods carry a significant ecological backpack. Their production requires land area, consumes water and generates greenhouse gas emissions. Sadly, private households in Germany alone incur some 6.7 million tonnes of food waste every year. About one third of all the food eaten away from home ends up being discarded. This guide gives practical, easy-to-follow advice on how to avoid food waste in the…weiterlesen

Waste | Resources

Options under public international law to increase resource efficiency (Flyer)

Assessment of the impact of the international legal framework on resource consumption and elaboration of options to anchor resource efficiency at the international level

The research project’s objective is to provide a legal and political science perspective to the Federal Government’s efforts to anchor the protection of resources more strongly at the international level. It analyses how public international law and other international governance mechanisms could be used more effectively to increase resource efficiency along the value chain. The project includes a…weiterlesen

Klima | Energie

Instruments to increase climate policy ambition before 2020 - economic and political implications in selected industry and emerging countries

Final Report

Currently there exists a gap between the emissions projected in the Intended Nationally Determined Contributions (INDCs) submitted by countries to the ⁠UNFCCC⁠ and the emissions that are consistent with limiting global warming to below 2°C (Climate Action Tracker, 2015a; UNFCCC, 2015). Given that the INDCs only commit countries to mitigation actions beyond 2020, there is an opportuni…weiterlesen

Klima | Energie

Dynamiken der Umweltpolitik in Deutschland: Rückschau und Perspektiven

Zwischenbericht

Die Analyse der Umweltpolitik der letzten Jahrzehnte zeigt, dass, neben der Bedeutung von Zivilgesellschaft sowie Krisen und Katastrophen, politische Konflikte und politischer Wettbewerb dafür notwendig waren, um umweltpolitischen Neuerungen zum Durchbruch zu verhelfen. Wettbewerb und Konflikte gab es zwischen:Parteien,Politikebenen im Mehrebenensystem undPolitikfeldern (bzw. die Frage nach Politi…weiterlesen

Das UBA

Schwerpunkte 2016

Jahrespublikation des Umweltbundesamtes

Kreislaufwirtschaft, Geld und Umwelt, nachhaltiger Konsum und die Schattenseiten schnelllebiger Mode für Mensch und Umwelt in den Produktionsländern – das sind die Themen der diesjährigen Jahrespublikation des Umweltbundesamtes. Außerdem stellen wir Ihnen aktuelle Daten und Fakten zum ⁠UBA⁠ vor sowie unsere Forschungsarbeit zu Kunststoffen und unsere Bauprojekte.weiterlesen