NABU
  • Contacts
  • Press
  • Shop
  • DE | EN
  • About us
      • Safeguards
        Our commitment: avoiding, minimising and compensating environmental and social risks

        Key tool: The external Communication and Grievance Mechanism more →

      • Sustainable Development Goals
        Charting the way to a better future

        NABU and the 17 Sustainable Development Goals more →

      • About us
      • Who we are
      • Contacts
      • Transparency
      • Cooperations
      • Data Protection
      • Explore our projects
      • AfriEvolve
      • Hutan Harapan
      • LIFE Multi Peat
      • Coffee-novation
      • Further projects
  • Topics
      • Climate Smart Agriculture
        Capacity development for green NGOs in Africa

        Capacity development for green NGOs in Africa more →

      • Protecting snow leopards
        NABU's rehabilitation facility for injured wildlife in Kyrgyzstan

        NABU's rehab facility for injured wildlife in Kyrgyzstan more →

      • All Topics
      • Climate Change
      • Biodiversity
      • Species
      • Regional Development
      • Ecosystems
      • Traffic
      • Land Use
      • Protected Areas
      • Education
      • Civil Society
      • Cooperations
  • Focus Regions
      • Africa
        Find out where and how NABU is active in Africa

        Find out where and how NABU is active in Africa more →

      • Asia
        NABU implements nature conservation projects in Southeast Asia and Central Asia

        NABU is active in Southeast Asia and Central Asia more →

      • Where we work
      • Europe
      • Africa
      • Asia
      • Caucasus
      • Projects worldwide
      • Germany: Havel
      • Latvia/Finland: Peatlands
      • Ethiopia: Coffee-novation
      • Armenia: Mountains
      • Madagascar: Green coasts
      • Kyrgyzstan: Snow leopard
      • Indonesia: Hutan Harapan
  • EU Policy
      • Make Peatlands Wet Again
        A project to restore and manage peatlands in Poland, Belgium, the Netherlands, Ireland and Germany

        This project restores and manages peatlands in five European countries more →

      • Sustainable Agriculture
        For an eco-friendly agriculture

        For an eco-friendly agriculture in Europe more →

      • Topics
      • Agriculture
      • Ecosystems
      • Traffic
      • Species
      • Education
      • Climate change
      • Issues
      • Common Agricultural Policy
      • NABU Cruise Ranking
      • Offshore wind study
      • Sustainable Finance
  • Get involved
      • Snow leopards
        Support us with your donation or adoption

        Hoping is not enough more →

      • Africa
        Nature conservation and regional development really have an impact – NABU knows this and acts on it.

        Help Africa’s nature by supporting one of our funds more →

      • Topics
      • Civil Society
      • Private Sector Cooperations
      • Environmental Education
      • Donate
      • Snow Leopards
      • Africa
  • Press
  • Slider-Bild
  1. News
  2. 2017
  • 2017
  • Extreme air pollution levels found on deck of cruise ship
  • AIDA Prima a true polluter
  • Cruise Ship Ranking 2017
  • Dinosaur of the Year
Read
Joachim Rukwied - Photo: Sebastian Gollnow/dpa

Ruthless blockade of environmentally sustainable agricultural policies

NABU awards Joachim Rukwied ‘Dinosaur of the Year 2017‘

Joachim Rukwied, President of the German Farmers’ Association (DBV), denies that agriculture bears most of the responsibility for the ongoing extinction of species. He defends a system of subsidies that has been shown to damage the environment, farmers, and tax payers. more →

Kreuzfahrtschiff - Foto: Kay Ludwig

Still dirty

NABU Cruise Ship Ranking 2017

Pollution from the cruise ship industry is still massive, despite claims newer vessels are clean and green. No company comes recommended in NABU’s 2017 cruise ship rankings, which show just how little progress companies have made towards cutting pollution. more →

AIDA Prima at Hamburg - Photo: NABU

Still low environmental standards at sea

Cruise ship AIDA Prima not nearly as clean as the company claims

Covert exhaust measurements conducted by the ARD consumer TV show “Plusminus” expose the “showcase ship” of the AIDA Cruises fleet of ships as a true polluter. The AIDA Prima is not nearly as clean as the company claims. On the contrary: The ship’s chimney belches out a lot of smoke. more →

Kreuzfahrtschiff - Foto: Diethard Schulz

Extreme air pollution levels found on deck of cruise ship

Ship owners expose their passengers to high loads of health damaging pollutants

NABU finds its criticism confirmed that cruise ships’ exhaust gases not only severely damage the environment but also harm human health. Undercover air tests on the passenger deck of a European cruise ship now unveiled high loads of health damaging ultra-fine particles in the ambient air. more →

Where we work

  • Europe
  • Africa
  • Asia
  • Caucasus
Where we work: Europe, Africa, Asia, Caucasus
Where we work: Europe, Africa, Asia, Caucasus Where we work

NABU on Social Media

Address & Contact

NABU
Charitéstraße 3
10117 Berlin

Phone 030.28 49 84-0 | Fax - 20 00
NABU@NABU.de

Donations for nature

SozialBank
IBAN: DE65370205000008051805

Donate online

Information & Service

  • Contacts
  • Press
  • Jobs
  • Shop
  • Imprint
  • Data Protection
  • Cookie Settings
  • Transparency
  • Safeguards

Main Topics

  • Biodiversity
  • Climate
  • Regional Development
  • Ecosystems
  • Protected Areas
  • Land Use
  • Civil Society

Donations for nature

SozialBank
IBAN: DE65370205000008051805

  • Contacts
  • Press
  • Shop

Ja, ich möchte mehr über die Naturschutzarbeit des NABU erfahren.

Der individualisierte und an Ihren Interessen ausgerichtete Newsletter ist jederzeit abbestellbar. Mehr Informationen dazu finden Sie in unseren Hinweisen zum Datenschutz.

  • Deutsche Version