Ecology
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Introduction
Climate Change & Sustainable Development
Ecology and sustainable development are central areas for securing the future of humanity – areas which should by no means be treated as a political football.
It is to the credit of the green movement within and outside parliaments that ecology has become one of the main arenas of politics. There is hardly another subject which, within the last 30 years, has been thus transformed from the concern of a few scientists, activists (often thought of as "nutters") into a topic of world conferences.

On the other hand the 1997 UN summit Rio+ 5 produced a sobering account of the state of sustainable policy: Almost universally the agenda of ecological change has been displaced by the agenda of globalisation. This trend is noticable in Germany, too, where unemployment and the controversy concerning investor-friendly policy have superseded ecology as main issues of political debate.

At present the Heinrich Böll Foundation puts the main emphasis on the areas global energy and climate policy, i.e. discussions about the opportunities of renewable energy and the problems of nuclear power.

Resource Governance

Four Years after the World Food Price Crisis: The Governance of World Food Security

October 14, 2011 - The 2007–2008 world food price crisis caused political and economical instability and social unrest in both poor and developed nations. This was only the latest example for a functioning food system being an indispensable pillar of a stable economy and a society capable of reproducing itself. A new study outlines steps how the intergovernmental Committee on World Food Security could be expanded towards a politically relevant international steering committee. Nora McKeon more»
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Study

From Money to Metals

- Despite the current financial "crisis" investors are pouring money into mining companies and projects, with potentially negative consequences for thousands of communities around the world. Launched in 2008, and now available as a regularly-updated data base, "From Money to Metals" is a vital resource to discover who is funding what, and where, in one of the most potentially destructive of all global industries. By Nostromo Research, 2009. more»

Analysis of the EU Raw Materials Initiative

 - February 3, 2011 - Yesterday, the European Commission presented an update to its Raw Materials Strategy from 2008. What are the practical implications of this European strategy, especially for resource rich developing countries around the world? Johanna Sydow, Lili Fuhr, Ute Straub more»

Climate and Energy

BRIEFING PAPER

Locking up the Future - Unconventional Oil in Africa

November 21, 2011 - What price our future energy?
This short briefing gives an overview of three investments in unconventional oil in Africa currently in prospect in the context of debates about the need to mitigate global environmental threats and ensure sustainable development. more»

Perspectives #04/2011

No Romance: Mobilising Climate Finance for Africa

 - November 18, 2011 - While Africa has contributed the least to historic greenhouse gas emissions globally, it stands to be the hardest hit by the effects of climate change. Africa will require substantial financial resources in order to adapt to the unavoidable consequences of climate change. At this year’s Climate Change Conference in Durban, climate finance is expected to feature prominently. Editors: Dr Antonie Katharina Nord, Jochen Luckscheiter and Kulthoum Omari more»
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Dossier

Reaching Boiling Point? Global Perspectives on the 2011 UN Climate Summit

 - November 1, 2011 - The 2011 United Nations Climate Change Conference will be held in Durban, South Africa, from 28 November to 9 December 2011. With slow progress having been achieved at previous meetings, expectations are high for a binding international agreement to deal with global climate change. Our Regional Office in Southern Africa has prepared a dossier with analysis of the major issues at stake, ongoing commentary and updates on major developments in the run up to the negotiations. more»

Ecology and Society

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Publication Series Ecology, Volume 20

Toward Global (Environ)Mental Change

February 2, 2012 - The global crisis of unsustainability is not only a crisis of the hardware of civilization, it is also a crisis of the software of minds. Therefore we need a global (environ)mental change, that is a transformation process to affect the many relationships between our minds and their environments. more»
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SurVivArt – Art For the Right to a "Good Life"

 - January 9, 2012 - For the SurVivArt project the Heinrich Böll Foundation has invited artists from around the world to reflect by means of works of art and related communications on what the “good life“ means to them and those around them. In February 2012, the works will be presented at an exhibition in Berlin. more»

Perspectives #04/2011

No Romance: Mobilising Climate Finance for Africa

 - November 18, 2011 - While Africa has contributed the least to historic greenhouse gas emissions globally, it stands to be the hardest hit by the effects of climate change. Africa will require substantial financial resources in order to adapt to the unavoidable consequences of climate change. At this year’s Climate Change Conference in Durban, climate finance is expected to feature prominently. Editors: Dr Antonie Katharina Nord, Jochen Luckscheiter and Kulthoum Omari more»
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Peter Burnell

Democratization and Climate Politics: Should they go hand in hand?

 - August 30, 2011 - Are democracies are more environmentally conscious than non-democratic countries? Ideally, progress toward stable democracy and tackling climate change should proceed together. But sometimes political experimentation could retard the bold and urgent action now needed against climate change. Peter Burnell more»

Green Economics

Ralf Fücks, Vorstand der Heinrich-Böll-Stiftung

Growth of Limits

 - May 9, 2011 - On the road to ecological modernity, prosperity is possible without having to destroy the basis of our livelihood. Ralf Fücks more»

Policy Brief

Design challenges for the Green Climate Fund

 - January 18, 2011 - One of the achievements of the UNFCCC negotiations in Cancun was the decision to establish a Green Climate Fund (GCF). This paper highlights design issues of the Fund and describes their implications.  Neil Bird, Jessica Brown and Liane Schalatek more»

Study

A Matter of Principle(s) - A Normative Framework for a Global Compact on Public Climate Finance

 - November 26, 2010 - How can we assure, that tax money used for public climate change finance are used as fairly, efficiently and effectively as possible? A study suggests principles and criteria that the public sector should take into account in the allocation of funds for urgent action in developing countries to adapt and reduce emissions. By Liane Schalatek more»
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