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Recent Specials

Brick by Brick: Building African Urban Futures

Dossier

The web dossier “Urbanisation in Africa: Realities, Aspirations and Solutions” brings together fourteen contributions from African urban thinkers, planners, and activists who explore what inclusive and sustainable urban futures could look like.

Mehrere unterschiedlich farbige Hände halten ein Netzwerk mit Symbolen zu Notfällen, Gesundheit, Flucht, Umwelt und Sicherheit.

26th Foreign Policy Conference

Dossier

Escalating geopolitical tensions, hybrid attacks, and the climate crisis: How can democratic states and societies remain resilient and capable of action? We will discuss these questions at our Annual Foreign Policy Conference on January 29, 2026.

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.

Events

21

April

Global Politics in Flames: Is the End of Fossil Fuels Near?

Panel discussion Tuesday, 21. April 2026 in Berlin
22

April

Mining in the Western Balkans

Discussion Wednesday, 22. April 2026 in Berlin

The EU's resource race vs governance realities
Livestream
22

April

An insecure world

Panel discussion Wednesday, 22. April 2026 in Berlin

EU-China relations in a contested international order
23

April

40 Years After Chernobyl

Event Thursday, 23. April 2026 in Berlin

History and its new reality
Livestream
23

April

AI, Memory and Migration

Expert talk Thursday, 23. April 2026 in Berlin

Whose story survives the algorithm?
06

May

Democracy in Danger: An Evening With Daniel Ziblatt

Event Wednesday, 06. May 2026

In cooperation with Bard College Berlin
Livestream

Regions

Das Foto zeigt eine Gruppe von Menschen, die eine Straße in einem südafrikanischen Township überquert, was ein typisches städtisches Wohngebiet am Rande von Städten oder Gemeinden darstellt.

Where Top-Down Meets Bottom-Up: Collaborative Learning for Systemic Change

Commentary

In South Africa’s townships, “learning journeys” bring residents, officials, and researchers together to see urban challenges firsthand – turning shared experience into collective action for change.

Scott Drimie, Marcela Guerrero Casas, Julian May

Das Foto zeigt mehrere Personen, die vor Fahrrädern stehen.

How African Cities Can Advance Sustainable Mobility

Analysis

African cities don't need to catch up with car-dependent cities. They need to stay ahead of them – and push sustainable mobility.

Dorcas Nthoki Nyamai

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Microbubbles proposals suggest that by injecting millions of tiny air bubbles into the ocean or spraying sea foam onto surface waters, the albedo of large areas of ocean could be increased, thereby reflecting more sunlight back into space.

Ocean Fertilization

Factsheet

Ocean fertilization is a proposed method for CO2 removal in which large quantities of micro- or macronutrients are introduced into marine areas with low biological productivity to stimulate the growth of phytoplankton.

Artificial Upwelling

Factsheet

Artificial upwelling aims to artificially pump cooler, nutrient-rich water from the depths of the oceans to the surface in order to stimulate phytoplankton activity and reduce CO2.

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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

CSW: Should We Stay or Should We Go?

Chornobyl and the War

Africa Is Losing the Iran War

Recent Specials

Brick by Brick: Building African Urban Futures

26th Foreign Policy Conference

Africa’s Debt Crisis

Events

Global Politics in Flames: Is the End of Fossil Fuels Near?

Mining in the Western Balkans

An insecure world

40 Years After Chernobyl

AI, Memory and Migration

Democracy in Danger: An Evening With Daniel Ziblatt

Our Work Worldwide

Regions

Where Top-Down Meets Bottom-Up: Collaborative Learning for Systemic Change

How African Cities Can Advance Sustainable Mobility

Publications

Microbubbles and Sea Foam

Ocean Fertilization

Artificial Upwelling

Plastic Atlas

Agriculture Atlas 2019

The Ocean Atlas

Stay tuned!

#StandWithUkraine

Our Newsletters

Recent Articles

CSW: Should We Stay or Should We Go?

Chornobyl and the War

Africa Is Losing the Iran War

Recent Specials

Brick by Brick: Building African Urban Futures

26th Foreign Policy Conference

Africa’s Debt Crisis

Events

Global Politics in Flames: Is the End of Fossil Fuels Near?

Mining in the Western Balkans

An insecure world

40 Years After Chernobyl

AI, Memory and Migration

Democracy in Danger: An Evening With Daniel Ziblatt

Our Work Worldwide

Regions

Where Top-Down Meets Bottom-Up: Collaborative Learning for Systemic Change

How African Cities Can Advance Sustainable Mobility

Publications

Microbubbles and Sea Foam

Ocean Fertilization

Artificial Upwelling

Plastic Atlas

Agriculture Atlas 2019

The Ocean Atlas

Stay tuned!

#StandWithUkraine

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