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an integrated target value sets a new framework
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Stickstoff, nitrogen, reactive nitrogen, national boundary
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Deutschland. Umweltbundesamt. (2023). Nitrogen - element with impacts. Umweltbundesamt. https://doi.org/10.60810/openumwelt-3404
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Nitrogen emissions from almost all sectors of society lead to risks for humans and the environment. Sustainable management of nitrogen and its compounds therefore plays a major role in achieving the UN Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs). As a milestone towards sustainable nitrogen management, the German Environment Agency proposes a upper limit of 1,000 kt nitrogen per year for Germany. The limit covers almost all sources and includes not only agriculture but also other nitrogen relevant sectors such as transport and industry. The background paper explains the background on risks, summarises the current pollution situation in Germany and evaluates existing mitigation options against the new cap. Quelle: www.umweltbundesamt.de
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Detailed Annexes to the “UNECE Guidance document on national nitrogen budgets"
(German Environment Agency, 2025)
Anthropogenic activities to a great extent influence and alter the natural nitrogen cycle. The existing guidance document offers detailed description to inventory human influenced nitrogen fluxes on a national level. In eight chapters, the eight technical annexes are described to implement a national nitrogen budget. A National nitrogen budget serves as a tool of the Geneva Convention on long-range transboundary air pollution to quantify and illustrate the effects of nitrogen pollution and to evaluate considered reduction options.