Publications | Umweltbundesamt

Climate | Energy

Submission under the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change and the Kyoto Protocol 2016

National Inventory Report for the German Greenhouse Gas Inventory 1990 - 2014

As a Party to the United Nations Framework on Climate Change (UNFCCC), since 1994 Germany has been obliged to prepare, publish and regularly update national emission inventories of greenhouse gases. In February 2005, the Kyoto Protocol entered into force. As a result, for the first time ever the international community of nations is required to implement binding action objectives and instruments f...read more

Economy | Consumption, Air

Innovative techniques – best available techniques in selected sectors

Sub-project 1: Large combustion plants (revision of BAT reference document as from 2010)

This report was created to aid the revision process of the BAT reference document "Large Combustion Plants" (LCP). It includes the summary of the national data collection of 50 LCPs in Germany. In addition to this, a first evaluation was carried out. Directions on how to use and interpret the presented data are given in chapter 2 and 5. To cover the topics of load flexibility and start-up/shutdown...read more

Chemicals

Checklists for the Investigation and Risk Assessment of Contaminated Sites in Flood Risk Areas

These checklists provide a tool to efficiently assess the potential risk of contamination by water pollutants in flood risk areas. They also include guidelines for initial investigations at contaminated sites to generate the data needed to decide on the next steps.read more

Chemicals

Checklists for Refineries

Part 2

Accidents at refineries pose a particular risk for water bodies and groundwater. Hence, efficient safety management is essential. The guidelines for refineries consist of two parts. Part 1 contains recommendations on general safety management issues as well as checklists for assessing relevant measures. Part 2 contains recommendations for technical measures to ensure the safety of production plant...read more

Chemicals

Checklists for Refineries

Part 1

Accidents at refineries pose a particular risk for water bodies and groundwater. Hence, efficient safety management is essential. The guidelines for refineries consist of two parts. Part 1 contains recommendations on general safety management issues as well as checklists for assessing relevant measures. Part 2 contains recommendations for technical measures to ensure the safety of production plant...read more

Chemicals

Checklists of Environmental Risk Identification

Chemical Industry

These checklists offer chemical producers a practicable basis for early identification and management of environmental risks. They include a number of sub-checklists, depending on type of company and installation, including suggestions for improvements, as well as forms for annual safety checks which the companies themselves can carry out.read more

Chemicals

Checklists for contingency planning for accidents affecting transboundary waters

Industrial accidents that affect international water bodies can put the water supplies and ecosystems of many countries at risk. Hence, joint, cross-border contingency planning is essential. These checklists offer a systematic and harmonised approach to identifying and assessing the risk of transboundary water pollution. They are based on the main principles of the UNECE conventions on industrial...read more

Chemicals

Novel assessment methods in ecotoxicology for the identification of hormonal active substances: Combining the fish sexual development test with gene expression endpoints

For the evaluation of effects of hormone-active substances to fish, several test guidelines have been validated by the OECD which are included in the Conceptual Framework for Testing and Assessment of Endocrine Disruptors (OECD, 2010). In these tests, the assessment of physiological parameters is limited to the established biomarkers like vitellogenin or 11-keto testosterone in blood plasma or liv...read more