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G20 in Brazil: Challenges and Opportunities for the Civil Society

The G20 has become an essential forum for discussing the biggest global economic challenges. How can civil society contribute to putting crucial issues on the table of the G20 heads of State?

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Critical Raw Materials in South Eastern Europe

Dossier

The Western Balkans have critical raw materials, such as lithium in Serbia. These are essential for the EU's green transition. But there are fears locally that democratization will be sold out, and massive protests are directed against environmental damage and corruption.

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The Anne Klein Women’s Award 2025 to Darya Afanasyeva, Irina Alkhovka and Julia Mickiewicz from Belarus

Honor

The Anne Klein Women's Prize 2025 goes to three Belarusian feminists. The women's and human rights defender Irina Alkhovka, the feminist blogger Darya Afanasyeva and the feminist activist and politician Julia Mickiewicz - they are all targets of state persecution and repression and are currently forced to continue their work from exile in Europe.

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December

Georgia between Authoritarian Crackdown and Democratic Activism

Online discussion Wednesday, 18. December 2024

Boell Talks
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December

Böll.Global | A new beginning for Syria: How can it succeed?

Online discussion series Thursday, 19. December 2024

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January

Geogenic Hydrogen – a Contribution to the Energy Transition?

Online event Wednesday, 29. January 2025

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After the COP16 Biodiversity Conference in Colombia: What remains and what comes next

Kommentar

The UN Conference on Biological Diversity (COP16) in Cali, Colombia, ended in early November with important resolutions, but no agreement on the key issue of financing biodiversity conservation.

By Evelyn Hartig

Rede von Susana Muhamad, kolumbianische Umweltministerin, bei der Eröffnung der 16. UN-Biodiversitätskonferenz (COP16) in Cali, Kolumbien, vor einer großen Leinwand mit Konferenzdetails sowie den Flaggen Kolumbiens und der UN.

CBD COP16 in Colombia: Focus on the future of biodiversity

Commentary

The 16th UN conference on biodiversity in Colombia faces the challenge of delivering results for the conservation of biological diversity. In addition to financing strategies, measures to protect biodiversity and ecosystems are urgently needed.

By Evelyn Hartig and Victor da Silva Souza

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Germany Calling

E-Paper

Germany is dependent on labour migration from the Western Balkans. However, the emigration of young, educated people in particular is slowing down both economic and democratic progress in the region.

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A change of course. On the road to a climate-just world

Is it utopian to insist on a good life for all in the face of the climate crisis? No more unrealistic than the utopia of endless growth on a finite planet on the backs of the weakest. On the road to a climate-just world” describes ways to create a sustainable world worth living in for everyone - and exposes false hopes and dangerous false solutions.

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Recent Articles & Specials

G20 in Brazil: Challenges and Opportunities for the Civil Society

Critical Raw Materials in South Eastern Europe

The Anne Klein Women’s Award 2025 to Darya Afanasyeva, Irina Alkhovka and Julia Mickiewicz from Belarus

COP-29: UN Climate Change Conference

Events

Georgia between Authoritarian Crackdown and Democratic Activism

Böll.Global | A new beginning for Syria: How can it succeed?

Geogenic Hydrogen – a Contribution to the Energy Transition?

The US elections 2024

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