Umweltbundesamt
BEF Publication: Knowledge and attitudes towards European integration and EU environmental legislation in local self-government in Croatia and Macedonia.read more
Climate change is no longer a matter of a distant future; it is already taking place all over the world, in Europe and also in Germany. Thus, an increase in the number of extreme weather events such as heat spells and floods is observed. For example, the Elbe flood in 2002 caused material damage amounting to more than 9 thousand million Euros; 18 persons lost their lives. A comparison of historica...read more
Background of the project was the fact that the technological and organisational level of plant safety in East European countries is not as developed as the EU-standards require it. These deficits have already lead to major environmental accidents or they could lead to short or long term natural disasters, in these countries.read more
Nano technology is regarded as a key technology of the 21st century, which will be used in a large lumber of industries and technical applications. On the hand, completely new products are being developed, and on the other hand, existing technical solutions are being replaced with 'nao solutions'. Possible application fields for nano technology are ineresting from an economic point of view, but th...read more
After considerable improvements of wastewater treatment, the loads of nutrients and plant protection agents, deriving from agriculture and heavy metals from urban drainages effluents as well as from erosion of agricultural soils are the main sources of nutrients and harmful substances in the loads of water bodies. On account of this, the Environmental Agency has initiated the project "Evaluation o...read more
This project on the tightening up of noise limits for civil jet aircraft has the objective, based on the insights of a status-quo analysis, of preparing proposals for updating Annex 16 and of undertaking an assessment of proposals for new (more stringent) noise limits, bearing in mind aspects of environmental protection as well as from a technical, legal and economic point of view. Recommendations...read more
Entwicklung von Modellen zur Identifizierung von Schadstoffquellen -insbesondere im Verkehrsbereich- im Rahmen der 22. BImSchV - Dokumentation, Weiterentwicklung, Validierung und Maßnahmenplanung für ein bundeseinheitliches Vorgehen - Teilberichtread more
The UBA’s motto, For our environment (“Für Mensch und Umwelt”), sums up our mission pretty well, we feel. In this video we give an insight into our work.
