Umweltbundesamt
Transport accounted for 23% of global CO2 emissions in 2007. It is expected that both the overall emissions and the demand for energy in transport will continue to rise in the next decades unless appropriate policy measures are introduced. While fossil fuels will become scarce over the next decades, mobility is one of the basic needs of people today and there is a reinforcing correlation betwe... read more
The Climate Technology Initiative (CTI) is a multilateral endeavor founded to promote the objectives of the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change (UNFCCC). It was launched at the First Conference of Parties in 1995. 23 OECD countries and the European Commission created it to help meet their commitment to technology transfer under Article 4.5 of the Convention. CTI helps to meet... read more
The report for industry and permitting authorities provides an overview of the hazardous substances that can be released into the marine environment during the installation, operation and decommissioning of offshore wind turbines, including transformer stations, converter platforms and cables. The substances relevant to operation were identified and listed. These substances were assessed for t... read more
The interim report covers the status quo on the use of scrubbers (Exhaust Gas Cleaning Systems, EGCS) for sulphur reduction in seagoing ships. Based on a literature study, it includes technical aspects, a market analysis, legal framework and the status of research activities. The focus is on discharge water. Prior research studies demonstrated an acidic pH and the presence of several pollutant... read more
The worldwide initiative for citizen participation “World Wide Views”, which was first cooperatively led by Denmark and France in 2009, was the first opportunity to give the non-organized civil society a platform and a voice. In the year 2015, the citizen participation was organised on climate and energy questions in regards to the international climate conferences. In Germany, the civil dialo... read more
Die vorliegende Studie bietet Unternehmen des deutschen Maschinenbaus und deren Stakeholder eine Orientierung zu bedeutenden Umweltauswirkungen entlang der Lieferketten. Sie soll Unternehmen bei der Umsetzung umweltbezogener Sorgfaltspflichten und des Umweltmanagements in global verzweigten Lieferketten unterstützen.Die Studie enthält eine modellbasierte Analyse der Lieferkette für die Herstel... 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.
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