Dear reader,We are pleased to send you the latest newsletter by the WHO Collaborating Centre for Air Quality Management and Air Pollution Control at the Federal Environment Agency, Germany.Some topics of the new issue:Environment and Health Process has started in Central AsiaUpdate on Air Quality from the European CommissionNotes and newsMeetings and conferencesNew publicationsComing eventsPrev... https://www.umweltbundesamt.de/sites/default/files/medien/newsletter/july_2017_nl59_final.pdf read more
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Untersuchung des Einsatzes von Nanomaterialien im Umweltschutz
Die Nanotechnologie ist in den vergangenen Jahren verstärkt ins Blickfeld der öffentlichen Diskussion gelangt und gilt im Allgemeinen als eine der Schlüsseltechnologien der Zukunft. Schwerpunkt der vorliegenden Studie waren nanotechnische Anwendungen im Umweltschutz, speziell in den Bereichen Wasser und Luft. read more
Advancing REACH- REACH and substitution
Enhancing substitution of substances of concern with less hazardous alternatives will remain a key challenge for chemicals management in the coming years and is a central aim of REACH. This study analyses the support of substitution, which is the use of less hazardous alternatives for substances of concern, by instruments of the REACH regulation as for example during restrictio... read more
UBA information: Hygienic requirements for materials in contact with drinking water- New European regulation according to Directive (EU) 2020/2184 (REV02)
Speakers
The speakers are presented in the order of their contribution to the conference. Conference facilitator: Minu HemmatiDr. Minu Hemmati is a clinical psychologist with a doctorate in ‘Organizational and Environmental Psychology´. She has been working as an independent advisor with governments; international agencies; NGOs, women’s networks; corporations; and research institutions since 1998. Min... read more
Options for the second commitment period of the Kyoto Protocol
With the long awaited entry into force of the Kyoto Protocol on 16 February 2005 there is hope that the deadlock in international climate negotiations can be overcome. Still, the USA, as the largest emitter, has rejected emission reductions and developing countries will not act before industrialized countries (including the USA) have demonstrated substantial action. It is the general understan... read more
Traffic and Transport in Environmental Management
The environmental influences of transport are many and diverse. They comprise not only the direct effects of the means of conveyance during operation. Transport infrastructure, such as for example the road network, can also impair the environment substantially. read more
