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October

Berlin Belarus Future Forum 2025 – For a democratic Belarus in Europe

Expert conference Monday, 20. October 2025 in Berlin
21

October

Between Open Arms and Closed Borders

Expert conference Tuesday, 21. October 2025 in Berlin

A Decade of Flight and Arrival in Germany
Livestream
22

October

The desire for being many

Event Wednesday, 22. October 2025 in Berlin

Strategies of Weak Resistance
23

October

Reporting the Far Right

Discussion series Thursday, 23. October 2025

A Conversation with Holger Stark and Elisabeth Zerofsky
Livestream
29

October

Anti-Gender Movements in Italy and Europe: Religion or Politics?

Panel discussion Wednesday, 29. October 2025

Livestream
30

October

Protecting Queer Human Rights against Global Backlash – the Responsibility of German Development Cooperation

Conference Thursday, 30. October 2025 in Berlin

Regions

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Civil peace in Sudan – and Germany's important role

Commentary

In the conflict in Sudan, diplomatic efforts are focused too heavily on the two main warring parties, the SAF and RSF, while civilian actors are barely involved. Without their active participation, a peace process has little chance of success.

Ahmed Kodouda, Ulf Terlinden

"The Humanitarian Situation in Sudan Is Catastrophic"

Speech

In his speech, Jan Egeland, Secretary-General of the Norwegian Refugee Council (NRC), points out three key factors that are contributing to the detrimental humanitarian situation in Sudan.

Jan Egeland

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Latin America and the Caribbean stand at a crossroads of escalating debt, intensifying climate shocks, and stalled progress toward the Sustainable Development Goals. A new policy brief analyses the region's debt dynamics.

Ulrich Volz, Maria Fernanda Espinosa, Alex Dryden

The Cost of Clean Cars

Policy Brief

The global expansion of electromobility is intensifying competition for critical raw materials. A new analysis connects European supply chains to specific mining sites for the first time, identifying key environmental and social risks.

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Africa’s Vicious Cycle of Debt and Climate Change

Policy Brief

Across Africa, climate shocks and debt distress fuel each other in a vicious cycle. With external debt more than tripling since 2008, rising costs and plunging currencies are squeezing public finances - leaving little room for vital climate resilience investments.

Alexander Dryden, Ulrich Volz

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Plastic Atlas

Agriculture Atlas 2019

The Ocean Atlas

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Heimatkunde is the migration policy portal of the Heinrich Böll Foundation.

Go to the GWI

The Gunda Werner Institute at the Heinrich Böll Foundation (GWI) pools gender policy and feminist topics.

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We declare our full solidarity with Ukraine. We stand by the side of our Ukrainian partners and colleagues and, at the same time, by the side of our partners in Russian civil society who are beset by harsh repression.

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Events

Berlin Belarus Future Forum 2025 – For a democratic Belarus in Europe

Between Open Arms and Closed Borders

The desire for being many

Reporting the Far Right

Anti-Gender Movements in Italy and Europe: Religion or Politics?

Protecting Queer Human Rights against Global Backlash – the Responsibility of German Development Cooperation

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Civil peace in Sudan – and Germany's important role

"The Humanitarian Situation in Sudan Is Catastrophic"

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