Umweltbundesamt
Die vorliegende Studie ermittelt die Umweltschutzbeschäftigung im Jahr 2020 und gibt einen Ausblick auf die Entwicklung im Jahr 2021. Die Studie weist mit Hilfe eines kombinierten nachfrage- und angebotsorientierten Schätzansatzes die Bruttobeschäftigungswirkungen des Umweltschutzes aus. Für das Jahr 2020 lässt sich in Deutschland ein Beschäftigungsvolumen rund 3 Mill. Personen identifizieren,... read more
Ten years have almost passed since the Rio World Summit. United Nations’ Climate Convention has existed for the same period of time. International awareness of the negative environmental impacts of air emissions has been growing. Energy produced by fossil fuels is the main source of the harmful emissions linked to climate change. Therefore, focus has for a long period been on the creation of a... read more
The study analyses the country background, emissions trends, ongoing activities and barriers relating to the implementation of the Nationally Determined Contribution (NDC) of Morocco under the UNFCCC. A special emphasis is laid on further mitigation potentials in the fields of urban environment, the mineral sector and the transport sector. A chapter is dedicated to the relevance and perspectiv... read more
New ideas for green markets of the future and a “green economy“ will be the focus of the agenda at the international conference Green Markets - World of Sustainable Products sponsored by UBA on 29-30 September 2011 in the Urania in Berlin. “Green Economy” stands for resource and energy-efficient economic activity, which is geared towards triggering sustainable development worldwide, at continui... read more
PtL fuels are broadly recognized as an important option to make aviation CO2 neutral, and the industrial production of PtL fuels has moved within reach. The updated version of the background paper reviews the basic principles of PtL production routes and draws a comparison with competing fuel options based on sustainability criteria. In order to produce sustainable PtL fuels in the required qu... read more
The TES Academy and the Ukraine Task Force at UBA invite all interested parties to the virtual event "A disruption of the sustainability transformation? – Sustainability policy perspectives on the war in Ukraine" to reflect on the implication of the war in Ukraine for international sustainability policy. The event consists of a key note (Imme Scholz), a panel discussion, and a public Q&A se... read more
The project „Global greenhouse gas emission pathways until 2050“ assesses the requirements for limiting future global temperature rise to well below 2°C. It then explores to what extent current climate policies, and especially the Nationally Determined Contributions (NDCs) support or endanger the achievement of the non-climate specific UN sustainable development goals (SDGs) and from here spec... 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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