sustainable development

Chemicals

4th Summer School on Sustainable Pharmacy 2025

Asklepiosstab, Schlange die sich um einen Stab windet mit Blätterkranz. Beides UBA Blau sowie im Blau der Uni Halle

In this 4th Summer School on Sustainable Pharmacy special attention will be given to areas not taught in the regular study program. These are e.g. drug quality and the role of excipients, environmental, regulatory and legal aspects as well as pharmacoepidemiology and global aspects of sustainable pharmacy, like production outside of Europe and health systems of sub-Sahara Africa. read more

Digitalisation

Serious Gaming and Sustainability

Game controller with landscape

Gaming on PCs, consoles and smartphones has gained immense importance in recent years and not just since COVID-19 pandemic. The research project “Serious Gaming – Potentials for Knowledge Transfer and Change of Awareness for more Sustainability” of the German Environment Agency takes a look approaches to the use of games. The project has developed its own game "Little Impacts". read more

News on Economy | Consumption, Waste | Resources and Sustainability | Strategies | International matters

Database presents German initiatives on UN sustainability goal 12

Home page of the SDG 12 database

In 2015, the United Nations adopted 17 goals for worldwide socially, ecologically and economically sustainable development (Sustainable Development Goals, SDGs). The SDG 12 database shows which developments have taken place in Germany since then with regard to Goal 12 "Ensure sustainable consumption and production patterns". It currently comprises more than 120 activities. read more

Water

International Workshop, Nairobi, Kenia – August 2018

Internationaler Workshop, Nairobi, Kenya – August 2018

About 40 experts from Africa, from international organiziations and from abroad discussed during the international workshop "Implementing Land Degradation Neutrality in Africa: Means, legal instruments and institutional challenges?" which actions and measures are required in order to achieve an effective implementation of sustainable soil management in Africa. read more

The Umweltbundesamt

For our environment