Umweltbundesamt
This report is the result of a study conducted by the Potsdam Institute for Climate Impact Research (PIK), commissioned and financed by the Federal Environmental Agency, Germany (Umweltbundesamt, UBA), and carried out between March 1st, 2003 and June 30th, 2005.read more
The current aims to identify the most important factors in the generation of traffic. The aim is to render visible the whole network of social, cultural, and economic developments, and to present possible courses of action through which meaningful traffic reduction strategies can play a part in the achieving of political goals like sustainable mobility and the uncoupling of transport performance f...read more
Based on the present status and the established prognosis including various inaccuracies, this study comprises the development of a calculation tool for biodegradable waste management, enabling MOEW to simulate specific scenarios, taking into account the experiences of implemented pilot measures and further research studies.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 measurement of fuel consumption and CO2 emissions has become mandatory during the type approval procedure for M1 vehicles (cars) in the EU with the introduction of directive 93/116/EC. Within the context of the discussions about the global warming of the atmosphere the lowering of the CO2 emissions and thus the lowering of the fuel consumption has become an important target for the vehicle ind...read more
Flame retardants (FR) are being used in various products, e.g. electrical components, synthetics, textiles and furniture foams, in order to reduce their flammability. Polybrominated diphenylethers belong to the most important halogenated FRs: they are – due to the production process – bromohomologous mixes of different isomers and congeneres (ΣBr = 1 to 10). Technical products based on penta (PENT...read more
Toxic ignorance has become a major issue in the current debate on chemicals policy both in the EU and the US.1 The term refers to a lack of knowledge of the health and environmental properties, as well as the mechanisms of action, of Existing Chemicals. There can be little doubt that this term also goes to the heart of the problem facing us today. However, the availability of such data – at any r...read 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.
