Umweltbundesamt
Der Bericht identifiziert mittels Literaturauswertung Ansätze (Modelle, Theorien, Konzepte und Strategien), die urban-rurale Verflechtungen thematisieren und bewertet diese aus verschiedenen Perspektiven. Die Ansätze Netzstadt, Grüne Infrastruktur, Integrierte Ländliche Entwicklung, Landscape Approach, Continous Productive Urban Landscapes und City Region Food Systems werden im zweiten Teil de... read more
Die vorliegende Studie zur Ökologischen Modernisierung der Wirtschaft in Deutschland mittels einer modernen Umweltpolitik zeigt, dass eine solche Strategie und Transformation mittel- bis langfristig positive Effekte für die deutsche Wirtschaft und Gesellschaft haben kann. Die Ergebnisse machen allerdings auch deutlich, dass die ökologische Modernisierung der deutschen Wirtschaft gerade mit Bli... read more
UBA together with UNDP, UNEP, Future Earth, ISC, and Kenya is championing the Coalition for Digital Environment Sustainability – CODES, which brings together science community, governmental institutions, UN Bodies, tech companies, and civil society. read more
The Transformation School “The Role of Environmental Protection Agencies and Administrations in Transformative Contexts”, hosted by the TES Academy at the German Environment Agency (UBA) is a unique event designed in collaboration with the Finnish Environment Institute (Syke, Finland), the Environmental Agency Austria (EAA, Austria), and Wageningen University and Research (WUR, The Netherlands). read more
Despite of the widely accepted but general goal of the Climate Convention to prevent dangerous human interference with the climate system, its interpretation with regard to further international commitments is still pending. This situation gives reason for investigations towards reasonable specifications of the Convention’s ultimate goal. read more
With our demand for food, feed, energetic and material use of biomass extensive land use is associated, both at home and abroad. This entails considerable environmental effects. Therefore, land use should be measured more in detail. In this research project, area based land footprint indicators of biomass consumption were further developed and calculated based on global data sets. The detailed... 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.
