Umweltbundesamt
The project lasted more than two years and is the prelude to a structural change in water management in the affected states of Saxony, Brandenburg and Berlin. read more
A research project for the German Environment Agency developed a method for the systematic analysis of the design of nationally determined contributions (NDCs) of Parties to the Paris Agreement. As part of this project, the design of 20 NDCs were analysed with this method. read more
The recycling rate for municipal waste rose from 56 % in 2002 to 67.8 % in 2021.The target set by the Federal Government of increasing the recycling percentage for municipal waste to 65 % by 2020 has therefore been achieved.However, there is still a need for action for individual subgroups of municipal waste. read more
Once again, the world finds itself in crisis mode. The 21st century is still young, but has already seen plenty of crises, each of which has been noteworthy in its own right. This crisis is particularly immediate, and therefore very dramatic as well. A virus has turned the world upside down. It is a matter of life and death. Points of weakness become evident, in the health care system, but also... read more
Buses are eco-friendly means of transport, nevertheless their climate performance can be increased still further. Today’s mobile air conditioning systems in buses still use the refrigerant tetrafluoroethane (R134a), a greenhouse gas with a 1,430 times higher impact to the climate than carbon dioxide. There is a climate friendly alternative: Some city buses already use CO2 air conditioning syste... read more
Der vorliegende Auszug „Elektronikschrott / Kreislaufwirtschaft oder Recycling“ aus der Umweltliteraturdatenbank ULIDAT und der Umweltforschungsdatenbank UFORDAT enthält alle Nachweise, die bis 11. April 2003 zu diesem Thema eingespeichert wurden. Die Beiträge aus der ULIDAT werden aus Zeitschriften, Serien, Konferenzberichten, Monographien, Forschungsberichten und Grauer Literatur zusammenge... read more
Durch den Ausbau der erneuerbaren Energien und dem Ziel der Reduzierung der CO2-Emissionen rückt die verstärkte Nutzung des geologischen Untergrundes ins Zentrum des Interesses. Durch diese neuen Anforderungen zur sicheren Speicherung bzw. dauerhaften Ablagerung von Stoffen im Untergrund kommt es verstärkt zu Konkurrenzen in der Nutzung geologisch geeigneter Strukturen. Deshalb sollten im Rahm... 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.
