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Events

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September

Society in Transition

Talk with the author Monday, 15. September 2025 in Berlin

Zhang Yueran on Memory and Today’s China
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September

US Briefings: The State(s) of the US Energy Transition

Event Thursday, 18. September 2025

Livestream
22

September

Climate politics at the expense of indigenous peoples' rights

Panel discussion Monday, 22. September 2025

The role of international trade in CO2 certificates in the run-up to COP30
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September

25th Foreign Policy Conference

Conference Monday, 29. September 2025 in Berlin

Reclaiming Peace? Freedom and Security in a Fragmented World
Livestream
20

October

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

Expert conference Monday, 20. October 2025 in Berlin

Regions

The Trump Administration's Brazil Tariff Offensive Targets Sovereign Responses to Big Tech

Analysis

Trump’s tariff hike on Brazil targets its digital sovereignty, pressuring it to ease Big Tech regulations. Backed by tech giants and Bolsonaro allies, the move drew backlash from Brazil’s government and civil society defending democratic control over tech platforms.

By Alexandre Arns Gonzales and Jonas Valente

Brazil: Facts, data, and knowledge about the world's largest rainforest

Amazon Atlas

Since its colonization, the Amazon region has served as a projection surface for foreign ideas and desires. With the Brazilian Amazon Atlas, we want to deconstruct common stereotypes about the region - and show it from the perspective of its diverse inhabitants.

By Imme Scholz, Marcelo Montenegro, Julia Dolce and Regine Schönenberg

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Der Mooratlas beleuchtet die Folgen der Zerstörung dieser einzigartigen Lebensräume und zeigt die Chancen nasser Moore und ihrer Nutzung für die Gesellschaft auf, um alle Akteur*innen zum Handeln zu ermutigen – „Moor muss nass“!

Gender-Based Violence in the Context of Conflict and Crisis

Factsheet

Gender-based violence is a devastating consequence of crises and conflicts, disproportionately affecting women and girls. This factsheet highlights the international dimension and the impact of declining funding for aid projects.

By Aida Fatić

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For human security in Middle East policy: Options for political action

Security, dignity, and self-determination for all people in Palestine and Israel are the basis for lasting security. An approach based on international law and feminism offers further options for action.

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Plastic Atlas

Agriculture Atlas 2019

The Ocean Atlas

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Publication Series

All Issues of Perspectives Asia

All Issues of Perspectives Africa

All Issues of Perspectives Latin America (Spanish)

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All Issues of Perspectives Southeastern Europe

All Issues of Perspectives Middle East & North Africa

Portals & Institutes

Go to GreenCampus

GreenCampus is our further education academy with offers in political management, personnel development as well as gender and diversity management.

Go to Heimatkunde

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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#StandWithUkraine

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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Recent Articles & Specials

COP30: UN Climate Change Conference

Protection Denied

Serbia: Winter of Discontent Turned into Summer of Civic Disobedience

Events

Society in Transition

US Briefings: The State(s) of the US Energy Transition

Climate politics at the expense of indigenous peoples' rights

25th Foreign Policy Conference

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

Our Work Worldwide

Regions

The Trump Administration's Brazil Tariff Offensive Targets Sovereign Responses to Big Tech

Brazil: Facts, data, and knowledge about the world's largest rainforest

Publications

Peatland Atlas 2023

Gender-Based Violence in the Context of Conflict and Crisis