In view of the ever-increasing progress of climate change, the importance of climate risk assessments is growing. They play a major role at the municipal level in particular (cities, distriscts, municipalities), because it is here that precautionary action must take place in the face of the dangers of he climate crisis. The recommendations in this papier provide support for he preparation and implementation of climate risk assessments at the municipal level. They summarise the international standard: Adaptation to climate change-Guidelines on vulnerability, impacts and risk assessment (ISO 14091:2021-07) and supplement this general guideline with specific recommendations for municipalities. Quelle: www.umweltbundesamt.de
The German Environment Agency has developed a guide in English to provide a concise introduction to the German environmental administration for an international readership. The guide is divided into five sections: After the introduction in Section 1, Section 2 introduces the wide range of subjects related to environmental protection in Germany. This is followed by Section 3, which describes the array of instruments the German environmental administration uses in pursuing its goals. The administrative structure in the Federal Republic of Germany, especially the division of tasks between the federal level, the level of the (Bundes-)Länder (federal states) and the local-level are explained in Section 4. Finally, Section 5 provides examples of important procedures and instruments in administrative environmental protection. Quelle: https://www.umweltbundesamt.de
为向国际读者简明介绍德国的环境管理体系，德国联邦环境署编制了本概览手册。手册由五个章节组成。第一章为引言，第二章介绍了德国环保关注的多个领域，第三章介绍了德国环境管理部门为实现其环境保护目标而采用的一系列工具。第四章阐述了德意志联邦共和国的行政结构，重点阐明了联邦、各州和地方政府在环境保护领域的分工与合作。最后，第五章举例介绍了德国环境保护管理的重要流程和工具。
The Guide on Sustainable Chemicals helps manufacturers, formulators and end users of substances to select the more sustainable solution. The guide focusses on sustainability aspects in areas like hazardous properties for human health and for the environment; mobility of a substance, greenhouse gas emissions and resource consumption as well as responsibility in the supply chains.