Loss and Damage: Who Pays for Climate Change in Central America? Podcast-Episode Central America hardly contributes to the climate crisis, but suffers particularly badly from the consequences of it. Now, a new international fund is set to provide direct assistance to affected communities for climate-related losses and damage.
Democracy Online: The Canadian Debate on Digital Platform Regulations Podcast-Episode Governments around the world are trying to tackle “Big Tech”, and in Canada, the government has rolled out a package of digital legislation: Bill C-11 and C-18. But it isn’t without controversy.
Energy Atlas | Böll.Spotlight Podcast-Episode 100% renewable energy in Europe is viable nowTechnology now available makes a 100% renewable energy system viable, according to the ‘Energy Atlas’ 2018.
Tricky Business | Böll.Spotlight Podcast-Episode Governments and business are ruthlessly asserting their interests in an unprecedented global run on resources. Meanwhile citizens' basic rights are denied and civil society's scope for action massively curtailed. These are no longer isolated incidents in authoritarian countries, we are witnessing a broad and systematic suppression of local participation and protest.
Industry 4.0 in Asia | Böll.Spotlight Podcast-Episode Is digitalization a blessing or a curse for our environment? The rise of new digital technologies has led to a significant increase in the demand for metals and raw materials, with serious repercussions for our ecology and the living conditions of rural populations.
AfriqUPrising | Böll.Spotlight Podcast-Episode In this podcast we look at political protest movements in Africa. And we examine the question: how does the international public treat these movements. Do African protest movements need our attention? In the past year alone there have been massive protests in Ethiopia, Zimbabwe, South Africa, the Democratic Republic of the Congo, and many other countries.