Risk governance of advanced materials

Abstract

Neuartige Materialien haben das Potenzial, technische Lösungen für drängende globale Herausforderungen zu bieten. Derzeit lässt sich aber nur schwer ableiten, welche neuartigen Materialien in Zukunft tatsächlich zum Einsatz kommen werden und inwieweit die bestehenden (rechtlichen) Rahmenbedingungen geeignet sind, ihre Sicherheit sowie andere Aspekte der Nachhaltigkeit zu berücksichtigen. Dieses Dokument fasst die aktuelle Perspektive der Bundesoberbehörden UBA, BfR und BAuA zusammen, die darauf abzielt, eine gute Governance für neuartige Materialien zu etablieren, um ihre verantwortungsvolle Entwicklung, Verwendung und Lebensende unter Berücksichtigung der Sicherheit für Mensch und Umwelt sicherzustellen. Quelle: www.umweltbundesamt.de

Advanced materials have the potential to provide technical solutions for pressing global challenges, i.e. for energy revolution, digitalisation, or health care. However, it is currently difficult to derive which advanced materials will be actually used in the future and to what extent the existing legal frameworks or other measures are suitable to address their safety as well as other aspects of sustainability along their life cycle. This document summarises the current perspective of the higher federal authorities UBA, BfR and BAuA aiming to establish good governance of advanced materials to ensure their responsible development, use and end of life considering human and environment safety. Quelle: www.umweltbundesamt.de

Advanced materials have the potential to provide technical solutions for pressing global challenges, i.e. for energy revolution, digitalisation, or health care. However, it is currently difficult to derive which advanced materials will be actually used in the future and to what extent the existing legal frameworks or other measures are suitable to address their safety as well as other aspects of sustainability along their life cycle. This document summarises the current perspective of the higher federal authorities ⁠UBA⁠, ⁠BfR⁠ and BAuA aiming to establish good governance of advanced materials to ensure their responsible development, use and end of life considering human and environment safety.