Umweltbundesamt
What do people mean when they talk about the “1.5°C goal” in the context of climate change? What is the origin of this value and how is it quantified? What happens if we exceed it – is there any way back down below a global warming of 1.5°C? In this text, we look at the emergence of the 1.5°C goal of the Paris Agreement and explain why we need to keep it within reach. read more
As a Party to the United Nations Framework on Climate Change (UNFCCC), since 1994 Germany has been obliged to prepare, publish and regularly update national emission inventories of greenhouse gases. Pursuant to Decision 24/CP.19, all Parties listed in ANNEX I of the UNFCCC are required to prepare and submit annual National Inventory Reports (NIRs) containing detailed and complete information o... read more
The geothermal heat exchanger consists of three fields in the western and one larger field in the southern part of the site. They form a subterranean system of pipes with a total length of almost 5 km, through which air flows. Outside air enters the system via three intake structures on the western side of the building. After passage through the heat exchanger pipes, the air is fed to four air... read more
Climate change is real, and the human population worldwide must adapt to its unavoidable consequences. This is especially true in developing and newly-industrialising countries which, although they are particularly affected by climate change, are often least to blame for the problem. The Federal Environment Agency (UBA) is coordinating a project of adaptation to climate change in Brazil, which... read more
Carbon dioxide emissions decrease almost continuously. The reductions are in equal parts due to economic restructuring in the new Federal States followed by a decrease in lignite use, and the active climate protection policy of the Federal Government. read more
Die untersuchten Studien beschreiben inhaltlich sehr unterschiedliche Zukünfte und stellen dabei jeweils unterschiedliche Handlungsfelder für ein Nachhaltiges Deutschland 2030 bis 2050 in den Vordergrund. Diesen Perspektiven und Prioritäten liegen unterschiedliche Transformationstheorien zugrunde. Dabei lassen sich in verschiedenen Bereichen Spannungsfelder und teilweise gegenläufige Ansätze i... 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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