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The Role of the Heinrich Böll Foundation in the International Climate and Energy Policy

We are “On the road to Copenhagen”, where the next Climate Change Conference COP15 will take place from December 7th -18th. In this dossier you can find more information, articles, publications and events of the Heinrich Böll Foundation worldwide as well as background information and links to other important actors, forums and websites.

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Open Letter

Belém Letter

November 23, 2009 - Open letter from brazilian environmental organisations, networks and social movements calling on the Brazilian Government to reject the idea of using REDD as a carbon market-based mechanism and of accepting it as a means to compensate the emissions from Northern countries. more»

Publication Series Ecology, Volume 6

Climate Change Violates Human Rights

- November 11, 2009 - It is mainly the inhabitants of the global South who suffer from the effects of climate change. This publication uses case examples to illustrate the dangers faced by indigenous peoples in particular, as well as the tools the UN human rights system gives them to support their struggle for just climate policies. By Theodor Rathgeber more»

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Study

Climate and Trade - Why Climate Change Calls for Fundamental Reforms in World Trade Policies

- October 28, 2009 - For too long the international climate and trade policies have pursued conflicting objectives. It is high time to confront both policies, so Tilman Santarius, in his study, published by the German NGO Forum on Environment and Development in Bonn and the Heinrich Böll Foundation. By Tilman Santarius more»

Interview

Climate Change not at the Top of Thailand's National Agenda

- August 24, 2009 - Climate change is not at the top of Thailand’s national agenda. So far, changes in policy not been made to prevent climate change but in order to economise. Yet, there are hopeful developments at a grass roots level. more»

Eni's New Investment in Tar Sands and Palm Oil in the Congo Basin

- July 2, 2009 - Eni's plannned exploitation of tar sands and palm oil in the Republic of Congo poses huge risks for one of world’s poorest countries and will worsen runaway climate change. G8 Civil society groups and their African partners are critizising, that the project contradicts G8 climate Policy under Italian Presidency. more»

Review: Climate Summit in Copenhagen

E-PAPER

Substance or Greenwash Show? - Briefing Paper for the Climate Summit in Copenhagen

December 7, 2009 - A few days before the Climate Summit in Copenhagen it is still not clear how much substance, and how much show there will be. The Briefing Paper identifies main dangers for a Greenwash agreement in Copenhagen and provides background information about the conference topics. more»

Perspectives 02/2009

On the road to Copenhagen

- November 18, 2009 - The United Nations Climate Change Conference in Copenhagen between 7 and 18 December will be extremely critical in determining the global actions to curb climate change in the future. This issue of Perspectives covers some of the key issues and implications of the negotiations as they are viewed from (Southern) Africa. more»

Magazine

Climate Change and Justice: On the road to Copenhagen

- November 16, 2009 - Copenhagen must lead to a breakthrough. The industrial countries bear double responsibility: not only do they need to take reducing their own CO2 emissions seriously, they are also called upon for the substantial financial and technological transfers needed to put developing and newly industrialized countries onto low-carbon development paths. more»

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Topics

Drought affected fields in Benambra, Australia. Photo: Fir0002, GNU Free Documentation License

Current topics of climate governance

The disputes about a post-Kyoto agreement have intensified in Poznan and the negotiations are deadlocked. But climate change is beyond doubt a transnational problem, which can only be tackled within the international community and civil society.

Furthermore, many questions remain open and will hopefully be resolved in Copenhagen:
How can burdens, costs and chances of climate change be distributed justly? Which strategies are helpful in mitigating climate change? How can emission reduction targets be shaped in a post-Kyoto protocol? Which role can emerging economies, such as China, India and Brazil, play?

The Heinrich Böll Foundation deals with the most important questions of justice, mitigation, adaptation, impacts and finance – including the aspect of gender justice – in many ways.

Topic: Impacts and Adaptation

November 27, 2008 - The less developed the capacity of a state is to deal with conflicts and the less its ability is for adaptation and regeneration, the harder the state will be hit by the impacts of climate change. more»

Topic: Mitigation

- November 27, 2008 - Significant efforts are required to reduce carbon emissions and to prevent an increase in temperature of more than 2 degrees Celsius compared to pre-industrial levels. more»

Topic: Equity / Justice

November 27, 2008 - Twenty per cent of the world population consume 80% of the world’s resources and contribute 80% of total carbon emissions. These 20% live in the richest industrial nations, which also have the capacities and the resources to deal with climate change appropriately, but are least affected by the consequences. more»

Topic: Finance

- November 27, 2008 - Without an adequate and just financing of measures, we will not be able to deal with impacts of climate change. more»

Publications

Gender and Climate Finance: Double Mainstreaming for Sustainable Development

A new short report by the Heinrich Boell Foundation North America, Gender and Climate Finance: Double Mainstreaming for Sustainable Development, looks at some of the gender implications of the new global climate finance architecture as well as of specific climate funds and financing mechanisms and gives some recommendations. more » By Liane Schalatek

Policy Paper

Fairness in Global Climate Change Finance

- April 1, 2009 - Financing for adaptation, mitigation and low-carbon sustainable development is a key building block for a new UN global climate agreement. The study "Fairness in Global Climate Finance" gives an overview of recent cost assessments and proposals for funding sources and mechanisms. By Andrew Pendleton and Simon Retallack more»

Cover: Frau steht inmitten einer Plantage

Publication Series Ecology

The Greenhouse Development Rights Framework

- November 26, 2008 - The Greenhouse Development Rights Framework provides an interesting approach towards combining sustainability goals and development equity. Revised second edition, November 2008, with new analysis based on updated data! more»

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Publication series Europe, Volume 3

ERENE - European Community for Renewable Energy

- November 21, 2008 - Climate protection and a secure energy supply both are questions of our future. The European Union must set itself ambitious goals if it wants to maintain its political dynamic. A feasibility study by Michaele Schreyer and Lutz Mez in collaboration with David Jacobs. more»

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Global Climate Policy

Climate change negotiations between Poznan and Copenhagen

November 18, 2009 - Analysis and papers on the UN climate change negotiations. more»

The Heinrich Böll Foundation at the climate change negotiations

- November 18, 2009 - The Foundation is deep-seated in civil society, and because of its foreign offices and several partner networks it has excellent access to political decision-makers. For many years, the foundation has participated in the UN climate change negotiations in manifold ways. more»

The role of global civil society

- November 18, 2009 - In addition to the official delegations civil society organizations have participated as observers in climate negotiations for many years. We will give an overview on the most important networks and NGOs, which participate at the negotiations. more»

Background

Scientific basis

November 27, 2008 - Future projections of effects and costs of climate change are highly uncertain. Many scientific findings are required to make the projections as exact as possible. more»

The climate, energy and resource crisis: ways out and wrong tracks

- November 27, 2008 - Even antagonists have realised that ecology and economy are inextricably linked and that sustainable policy is politically realistic. A responsible resource policy with a view to climate change is not only becoming more important, but is the best protection against the threat of a lack of resources. more»

Bali, Poznan, Copenhagen: climate negotiations in marathon mode

- November 27, 2008 - Never before have such important decisions had to be taken within a period of two years. The agendas for the next negotiations in Poznan (2008) and Copenhagen (2009) were passed in Bali in 2007. more»

Study

Distribution of Emission Allowances under the Greenhouse Development Rights and other Effort Sharing Approaches

- November 10, 2008 - Niklas Höhne and Sara Moltmann from Ecofys compares the distribution of emission allowances under the GDRs framework with other well established proposals. Their study clearly demonstrates that under a GDRs approach most Annex 1 countries would have to take up much higher obligations than under any of the other frameworks. more»

Deepening

More websites

On the following websites you get acces to more information. more»

18.2.	"Allein unter Deutschen" - Lesung und Gespräch mit Tuvia Tenenbom
21.2.	„A Lot Like You“ - Filmabend und Diskussion - Filmreihe “Her Stories - Filmmakers with African Roots”
28.2.	Green Lecture mit Rob Hopkins: Transition – Modell für eine zukunftsfähige Lebensweise? - Internationale Vortragsreihe zu Zukunftsfähigkeit, nachhaltiger Entwicklung und Ressourcengerechtigkeit Heinrich-Böll-Stiftung, Berlin
6.3.	Symposium: Im Bann der sinnlichen Natur - Wege in eine lebensfördernde Gesellschaft
14.3.	„The Place in Between“ - Filmabend mit Diskussion - Filmreihe “Her Stories - Filmmakers with African Roots”
22.- 24.3.	Energize, Polarize, Mobilize! Human Rights, Participation, Activism, Internet. - International Workshop Conference Heinrich-Böll-Stiftung, Berlin
9./10. 4.	Energiewende – Think European! - International Conference Heinrich-Böll-Stiftung, Berlin
17.5.	„Footprints of my Other“ - Filmabend und Diskussion - Filmreihe “Her Stories - Filmmakers with African Roots”
13.6.	Kurzfilme von Afro-Europäischen Fimemacherinnen - Filmreihe “Her Stories - Filmmakers with African Roots”
1.- 11.9.	Chicago - Hamburgs Partnerstadt in den USA

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