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Specials

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25th Anniversary of UNSC Resolution 1325 on Women, Peace and Security

Dossier

This dossier explores whether the gains of the past 25 years have laid a resilient and transformative foundation for feminist and gender-transformative approaches in peacebuilding, as well as in foreign, security and development policy.

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COP30: UN Climate Change Conference

Dossier

COP-30 in Belém, Brazil: Our dossier on the UN Climate Change Conference in November 2025 provides facts, information, and analyses.

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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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25th Foreign Policy Conference

Dossier

In an increasingly fragmented world, it is time to rethink peace and security. What does it take to reclaim these concepts from a progressive, green perspective? These questions will be explored at our Annual Foreign Policy Conference.

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Agroecology: Our Roots of Change

Dossier

Agroecology is increasingly recognized as a powerful response to today’s interlinked crises - environmental degradation, climate change, and deepening social inequalities. This dossier explores how agroecology redefines food systems and promotes people’s agency.

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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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April

Navigating Sustainable Hydrogen in Times of Uncertainty

Online discussion Wednesday, 15. April 2026 in Deutschland

Entry Points for More Effective Governance
20

April

From Buenaventura to Berlin

Discussion evening Monday, 20. April 2026 in Berlin

Cocaine and corruption between Latin America and Germany
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?
18

May

Berlin Forum on Global Cooperation 2026

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

Energy cooperation vs. energy dominance
Livestream

Regions

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Beyond the Glass Ceiling: Namibia’s Feminist Moment Is at a Crossroads

Commentary

Namibia has shattered glass ceilings with women now holding its highest offices - but representation alone cannot dismantle patriarchy. The country stands at a crossroads between symbolic progress and true transformation.

Omar van Reenen

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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.

Prof Scott Drimie, Marcela Guerrero Casas, Prof Julian May

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This publication tackles one of the most weaponized anti-gender narratives – transgender people in sports. It provides a framework that connects transgender participation to wider struggles for gender equality and human rights.

The European Pillar in NATO: From Hollow to Concrete

Policy Paper

It is near consensual among Europeans that they need to strengthen the ‘European pillar in NATO’. This study traces the evolution of the concept of the European pillar, delineates potential meaning, and spells out what it would take to operationalize it.

Dr Leonard Schütte

Atlas da Amazônia Brasileira

Atlas

The Brazilian Amazon Atlas offers a new perspective on one of the most important regions on Earth. Instead of reproducing long-standing myths and colonial narratives, this publication centers the voices of the people who have lived in and protected the Amazon for generations.

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Plastic Atlas

Agriculture Atlas 2019

The Ocean Atlas

All Atlases

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.

Stay tuned!

#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

War Against Iran Will Not Bring Peace to the Middle East

Chernobyl: 40 Years After the Disaster

Russian Reactors Abroad Are a Tool of Soft Power

Specials

25th Anniversary of UNSC Resolution 1325 on Women, Peace and Security

COP30: UN Climate Change Conference

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

25th Foreign Policy Conference

Agroecology: Our Roots of Change

Masculinities in Asia

Events

Navigating Sustainable Hydrogen in Times of Uncertainty

From Buenaventura to Berlin

An insecure world

40 Years After Chernobyl

AI, Memory and Migration

Berlin Forum on Global Cooperation 2026

Our Work Worldwide

Regions

Beyond the Glass Ceiling: Namibia’s Feminist Moment Is at a Crossroads

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

Publications

Transfeminist Playbook: Sports Edition

The European Pillar in NATO: From Hollow to Concrete

Atlas da Amazônia Brasileira

Plastic Atlas

Agriculture Atlas 2019

The Ocean Atlas

Stay tuned!

#StandWithUkraine

Our Newsletters

Recent Articles

War Against Iran Will Not Bring Peace to the Middle East

Chernobyl: 40 Years After the Disaster

Russian Reactors Abroad Are a Tool of Soft Power

Specials

25th Anniversary of UNSC Resolution 1325 on Women, Peace and Security

COP30: UN Climate Change Conference

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

25th Foreign Policy Conference

Agroecology: Our Roots of Change

Masculinities in Asia

Events

Navigating Sustainable Hydrogen in Times of Uncertainty

From Buenaventura to Berlin

An insecure world

40 Years After Chernobyl

AI, Memory and Migration

Berlin Forum on Global Cooperation 2026

Our Work Worldwide

Regions

Beyond the Glass Ceiling: Namibia’s Feminist Moment Is at a Crossroads

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

Publications

Transfeminist Playbook: Sports Edition

The European Pillar in NATO: From Hollow to Concrete

Atlas da Amazônia Brasileira

Plastic Atlas

Agriculture Atlas 2019

The Ocean Atlas

Stay tuned!

#StandWithUkraine

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