Ökologisch nachhaltige Nutzung mit hohen Umweltstandards in der Arktis – Umweltleitlinien deutscher Arktispolitik

Abschlussbericht

Publication: Report
Citation: Riedel, A., Bach, I., Abhold, K., Hoffmann, H., Stephen, K., Schopmans, H., 2020: Ökologisch nachhaltige Nutzung mit hohen Umweltstandards in der Arktis – Umweltleitlinien deutscher Arktispolitik. Abschlussbericht. Umweltbundesamt, Dessau-Roßlau.

The Arctic environment faces many influences that threaten its very existence: climate change and its impacts already present challenges for many ecosystems. Economic activities within the region, as fisheries, shipping, mining and transport of resources as well as tourism, add to the pressures on the environment. All states – including non-Arctic states – need to raise their ambitions for environmental protection in the Arctic to maintain its current situation.

This research report contains the results of the UBA-project "Environmental guidelines of a German Arctic policy". It highlights several starting points for the German environmental department to foster environmental protection in the Arctic, even from a non-Arctic state’s point of view. The report also describes the activities undertaken within the project to raise awareness with the general public on existing links between Germany and the Arctic. Those activities include inter alia an explanatory video and a public event.

Environmental Protection of the High North – How to protect the Arctic from afar?

24 October 2018
Berlin, Germany

Publication:Postcard

Our greenhouse gases are partly responsible for climate change. The ice in the Arctic is melting and native animals like the polar bear are losing their habitat. But where should they go? This postcard is part of a series of three postcards that provide information on how the daily consumption of energy and raw materials in Germany can affect the Arctic. The postcards were developed by Ecologic Institute for the Federal Environment Agency within the project "Environmental Guidelines for a German Arctic Policy".

Sind wir noch zu retten?

Year 2018

Publication:Postcard

Every day we (unconsciously) use raw materials that are also mined in the Arctic. These are not only found in smartphones. The extraction of raw materials has a high impact on the environment. Those who use their devices for longer, conserve resources and support the preservation of the Arctic.

Cooles neues Handy?

Year 2018

Publication:Video

Since industrialisation, the average air temperature worldwide has risen by one degree, whereas in the Arctic by five degrees. This leads to rapid changes with serious consequences. This animated explanatory video by the UBA explains what this has to do with us in Germany, 2000 kilometers away. It outlines the federal government's commitment to the Arctic and what each individual can do to protect the Arctic.

Spuren in der Arktis

Deutsches Engagement zum Schutz der arktischen Region

Year 2018

Publication:Flyer

In this flyer, the Federal Environment Agency summarises the essential information on the focal points of the environmental guidelines for a German Arctic policy. Ecologic Institute was responsible for creating the flyer based on the Federal Environment Agency's design.

Für den Erhalt der Arktis – Flyer

Wie kann Deutschland dazu beitragen?

Year 2018

Publication:Postcard

Wind and water carry our carelessly thrown things even into the Arctic. If we handle waste in Germany more consciously, we relieve the unique Arctic environment. This postcard is part of a series of three postcards that provide information on how the daily consumption of energy and raw materials in Germany can affect the Arctic. The postcards were developed by Ecologic Institute for the Federal Environment Agency within the project "Environmental Guidelines for a German Arctic Policy".

Aus den Augen, aus dem Sinn?

Year 2018

Event:Discussion

What does Germany have to do with the Arctic and what impact do Germans' daily decisions have on it? These and other questions were discussed on 22 October 2018 during Ecologic Institute's evening event on Germany's Arctic activities, part of a project for the German Environment Agency (UBA). The evening brought a broader audience together with experts in a scientific setting and enabled exchange interaction with various German organisations at information booths. The evening’s opening event was the premiere of a short documentary film called "Footsteps in the Arctic," which explores to what extent Germans are responsible for the changes in the Arctic and what they can do.

Footprints in the Arctic – Evening event

22 October 2018
Berlin, Germany

Project

In the Arctic, increasing economic activities such as shipping and tourism as well as exploration and extraction of mineral resources are meeting unique, protected nature and harsh environmental conditions. In addition, the effects of climate change are much more perceptible in the Arctic than in other regions of the world. Air and water temperatures have risen faster than the global average in recent decades. The changes in the region also have an impact on the rest of the world. For example, melting continental ice masses contributes to rising sea levels and releasing methane from thawing permafrost soils contributes to global warming.

Environmental Guidelines for a German Arctic Policy

Jun 2017 - Jun 2019

Language: German
Authorship: Arne Riedel, LLM

Inga Bach, LLM

Katrina Abhold

Helene Hoffmann

Kathrin Stephen (Institut für angewandte Nachhaltigkeitsforschung (IASS), Potsdam)

Hendrik Schopmans (Institut für angewandte Nachhaltigkeitsforschung (IASS), Potsdam)
Funding: German Environment Agency (UBA), Germany
Published by: German Environment Agency (UBA), Germany
Year: 2020
Dimension: 40 pp.
ISSN: 1862-4804
Project: Environmental Guidelines for a German Arctic Policy
Project ID: 3515
Table of contents: Click to show full table of contents

Abbildungsverzeichnis
Abkürzungsverzeichnis
1 Einleitung
2 Umweltschutz in der Arktis – welche Rolle kann das Umweltressort spielen?
2.1 Reduktion von Kunststoffmüll/Mikroplastik
2.2 Schutz der arktischen Umwelt vor invasiven Arten
2.3 Vermeidung und Minderung von Unterwasserlärm
2.4 Verminderung der Verschmutzung durch die Schifffahrt
2.5 Umweltschutz im Arktistourismus
3 Fachlicher Austausch zum Umweltschutz durch nicht-arktische Akteur*innen
4 Struktur und übergreifende Aspekte von Umweltleitlinien deutscher Arktispolitik
5 Deutschland und die arktische Umwelt in der öffentlichen Wahrnehmung
5.1 UBA-Erklärfilm: Spuren in der Arktis
5.2 Öffentliche Veranstaltung: „Spuren in der Arktis – Deutsches Engagement zum Schutz der arktischen Region“ am 22.10.2018
5.3 Postkarten und Flyer
6 Schlussfolgerungen und Ausblick
7 Quellenverzeichnis
A Anhang
A.2 Postkartenmotiv: „Cooles neues Handy?“
A.3 Postkartenmotiv: „Sind wir noch zu retten?“
A.4 UBA-Flyer (Vorder- und Rückseite des Faltblattes / Innenseite des Faltblattes)
Keywords: Arctic

Coastal + Marine

Foreign Policy

Arctic, Policy Guidelines, Arctic Policy, Environnmental Protection

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