The aircraft operators for which Germany is responsible will soon be receiving first-time notification of how many CO2 certificates will be available to them for emissions trading in Europe until 2020. Background: starting January 2012, aircraft operators - both airlines and business jet operators - will have to render one certificate for every tonne of carbon dioxide emissions they produce. Th... read more
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Safe and ecologically just travel to Antarctica
Fascinating Antarctica: Ever more people are attracted to the austral summer in the vast expanses of the icy continent, to penguins, seals and whales. There were more than 46,000 visitors in last year’s travel season alone. There was a fivefold jump in visitor numbers from 1992 to 2008, making it impossible to avoid negative impact on the environment. Nevertheless, any visitor to the South Pole... read more
The United Nations- together for global chemicals management
Protecting the environment against harmful influences such as chemicals would not be possible without the United Nations. Under the auspices of the UN Environmental Programme, the Strategic Approach to International Chemicals Management (SAICM) was adopted in 2006. Its objective is to foster safer management of chemicals worldwide. 24 October 2009 marks the 64th anniversary of the entry-into-f... read more
Investigations of impacts of climate change on soil erosion by water
WUKS- Forest reconstruction programme climate change in the Bavarian state forest
Evolving Regions- NRW becomes climate robust
Geo-Engineering: Commercial fertilization of oceans finally banned
Commercial ocean fertilization activities are now subject to an international ban, although certain research activities will be permitted. This was the decision taken by the Parties to the London Protocol on 18 October 2013 and which has now been publicised. The Conferences to the Party must now ensure prior to any ocean fertilization and other geo-engineering activities that research actually ... read more
