Umweltbundesamt
The Federal Government wants to lower final energy consumption of freight and passenger transport by 15 to 20 % by 2030 compared to 2005.Freight and passenger transport have become significantly more efficient since the early 1990s, but the increased transport performance has led to an increase or stagnation in final energy consumption.Final energy consumption in freight transport remains at a hig... read more
The rail share in freight transport fluctuated between 18 % and 20 % over the past years.The share of inland waterways transport fell almost continuously from 13.5 % to 6.6 % since 1999. read more
This is the conclusion of the European Environment Agency in its annual report on the pressures of the transport sector on the environment. 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.
