2015 Federal Ecodesign Award launched under the motto "Thinking ahead" read more
The future belongs to environmentally sound products
Environmental specimen bank supplies vital data for policy decision making
New German Environmental Survey (GerES) has begun / Federal Environment Minister and UBA President Maria Krautzberger pay a visit to Fraunhofer Institute lab truck read more
'Gold' awarded for new UBA office building
Haus 2019 in Berlin receives award for sustainable building read more
Nitrogen surplus – an environmental problem of entirely new proportions
Federal Environment Agency campaigns for ambitious mitigation strategy read more
Coffee machines and IT devices to use electricity more efficiently
As of 2015 more stringent technical requirements must be met by coffee machines, modems and routers. read more
Environmentally harmful subsidies amount to over 52 billion euros
No recognisable systematic reduction in Germany read more
Start of International Year of Soils 2015
The United Nations have declared 2015 to be the International Year of Soils – and for good reason: our soils are in danger. read more
Eight years of REACH – an overall success but still much work ahead
The Federal Ministry for Environment (BMUB) and the Federal Environment Agency (UBA) have drawn positive conclusions after eight years of REACH: The EU chemicals regulation REACH has made important progress towards the improved and sustainable use of chemicals, both in Europe and around the world. However, practice has also shown that the regulation presents new challenges every day. read more
