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Recent Specials

Illustration zur Schuldenkrise in Afrika: Puzzlestücke, auf denen auf verschiedene Art und Weise Schulden thematisiert werden.

Africa’s Debt Crisis

Dossier

Rising global inequality and escalating debt crises are hitting Africa hard. This dossier explores key challenges and the reforms needed to build fairer international financial structures.

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EU-China Relations: Bound by Clean Tech or Divided by It?

Dossier

Green Tech has emerged as one of the defining factors in the relationship between the European Union (EU) and China, intertwining their economic ambitions and security considerations with their climate commitments.

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Masculinities in Asia

Dossier

This dossier shows how ideals of masculinity in Asia influence (young) generations and even entire nations, how men themselves suffer from hegemonic masculinity, and how queer interventions and traditional Asian ideas can offer alternatives.

Events

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May

Democracy in Danger: An Evening With Daniel Ziblatt

Event Wednesday, 06. May 2026

In cooperation with Bard College Berlin
Livestream
18

May

Berlin Forum on Global Cooperation 2026

Conference Monday, 18. May 2026 – Tuesday, 19. May 2026 in Berlin

Energy Cooperation vs. Energy Dominance - Partnerships for a Joint Transition
Livestream
21

May

History of Environmental Movements in Eastern and Southeast Europe

Conference Thursday, 21. May 2026 – Friday, 22. May 2026 in Berlin

14th European History Forum 2026
Livestream
28

May

Amat Levin: Black History – The Forgotten History of Africa

Book presentation and discussion Thursday, 28. May 2026 in Berlin

Livestream

Regions

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Gender and the Cities: The Two Rival Sisters

Lyrical Essay

Dakar and Abidjan, two of West Africa’s fastest-growing metropolises, are racing toward modernity with massive investments in transport and urban infrastructure. But beyond the concrete and cables, a deeper story unfolds – of two rival cities, imagined as sisters.

Alioune Thiam

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Building a Just Transition Through Exchange

Analysis

As African cities chart their own paths toward sustainability, the focus shifts from imitation to mutual learning. Exchange across the Global South becomes a form of solidarity, where shared experience is in the center of transformation.

Dustin Kramer, Marcela Guerrero Casas

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Publications

Cirrus Cloud Thinning

Factsheet

By thinning cirrus clouds (wispy, elongated high-altitude clouds), some researchers have proposed that more heat could be allowed to escape into space, thereby cooling the climate.

Combatting Global Plastic Pollution

Policy Paper

By 2025, more than 12 billion tonnes of plastic had been produced globally – and plastic pollution is not gender neutral. Our publication Combatting Global Plastic Pollution presents feminist perspectives for a gender-just approach to the plastic crisis.

Birte Rodenberg

Marine Cloud Brightening

Factsheet

Marine Cloud Brightening (or Cloud Reflectivity Enhancement) aims to increase the whiteness of clouds in order to reflect more sunlight back into space.

All publications

Plastic Atlas

Agriculture Atlas 2019

The Ocean Atlas

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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

Africa Is Losing the Iran War

War Against Iran Will Not Bring Peace to the Middle East

Russian Reactors Abroad Are a Tool of Soft Power

Recent Specials

Africa’s Debt Crisis

EU-China Relations: Bound by Clean Tech or Divided by It?

Masculinities in Asia

Events

Democracy in Danger: An Evening With Daniel Ziblatt

Berlin Forum on Global Cooperation 2026

History of Environmental Movements in Eastern and Southeast Europe

Amat Levin: Black History – The Forgotten History of Africa

Our Work Worldwide

Regions

Gender and the Cities: The Two Rival Sisters

Building a Just Transition Through Exchange

Publications

Cirrus Cloud Thinning

Combatting Global Plastic Pollution

Marine Cloud Brightening

Plastic Atlas

Agriculture Atlas 2019

The Ocean Atlas

Stay tuned!

#StandWithUkraine

Our Newsletters

Recent Articles

Africa Is Losing the Iran War

War Against Iran Will Not Bring Peace to the Middle East

Russian Reactors Abroad Are a Tool of Soft Power

Recent Specials

Africa’s Debt Crisis

EU-China Relations: Bound by Clean Tech or Divided by It?

Masculinities in Asia

Events

Democracy in Danger: An Evening With Daniel Ziblatt

Berlin Forum on Global Cooperation 2026

History of Environmental Movements in Eastern and Southeast Europe

Amat Levin: Black History – The Forgotten History of Africa

Our Work Worldwide

Regions

Gender and the Cities: The Two Rival Sisters

Building a Just Transition Through Exchange

Publications

Cirrus Cloud Thinning

Combatting Global Plastic Pollution

Marine Cloud Brightening

Plastic Atlas

Agriculture Atlas 2019

The Ocean Atlas

Stay tuned!

#StandWithUkraine

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