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“Ecological civilisation” and the conservation of biological diversity – a glance at China ahead of CBD COP 15

Published: 16 September 2021

The 15th Conference of the Parties (COP 15) to the UN Convention on Biological Diversity (CBD) will kick off in October 2021 in Kunming, China. What is the importance of biodiversity in China and what are the Chinese government's goals for COP 15? Lili Fuhr, Head of the International Environmental Policy Division, spoke with our Beijing Office Director, Paul Kohlenberg.

Food poverty: You might not choose the food you eat

Published: 15 September 2021

In a wealthy country like Germany, can everyone get enough healthy food? It’s not that simple. Income, education and employment are closely linked to health.

Power: Food business, big business

Published: 15 September 2021

From land ownership to seed supply to food retailing: food value chains are marked by their concentration in a few hands. The imbalance of power between large companies, smallholders and consumers results in malnutrition.

Malnutrition: Going hungry, and too much of the wrong things

Published: 15 September 2021

Malnutrition is increasing worldwide. Too little food inhibits early childhood development, while too many empty calories from sugar and fat may cause cardiovascular diseases or diabetes.

War: Conflicts feed hunger, hunger feeds conflict

Published: 15 September 2021

Warring parties drive people off their land, kill livestock and damage crops. They destroy infrastructure and transport networks, disrupt markets and push food prices up. Conflicts are one of the main causes of hunger. But a lack of access to food can also be a cause of war.

Crises: A future without hunger

Published: 15 September 2021

Since 2017, the number of hungry people around the world has been rising again. Poverty, war and natural disasters threaten food security especially in Africa and south Asia.

Food Systems on the Edge

Published: 14 September 2021

Those most affected by the negative consequences of large-scale industrialized food production must play a vital part in discussing how to transform it. The world therefore needs a people’s Food Systems Summit that aims to end hunger and malnutrition, protect ecosystems, and provide small farmers with a decent livelihood.

Power Poverty Hunger: Graphics and licensing terms

Published: 14 September 2021

➔ Download all graphics and infographics from the brochure Power Poverty Hunger.

Foreword

Published: 14 September 2021

With this publication we want to make a contribution to a lively social debate. We want to present the causes of hunger and malnutrition and show that clear political rules and strategies are needed to counter these developments. We want to show that hunger and malnutrition are the consequences of injustice, instability and poverty – and that policies must therefore also address these underlying causes.

Merkel’s Balkan legacy? Time to move forward

Published: 13 September 2021

Looking back at 16 years of Angela Merkel's Balkan policy, there were ups and downs, but the objective of eventually bringing Serbia closer to the EU has failed. It is now high time for a fresh, new start to Germany‘s relationship to the key enabler or blocker of a European future for the region - Serbia.

Reframing Reproduction

Published: 19 April 2022

The freedom to decide over one’s own body and reproduction is still a privilege in today’s world. Whether or not to have children and how to raise them is a very personal choice, but also a choice with political implications: Who is encouraged or forced to have children? Who has access to resources and the means to have children? Whose parenthood is the subject of reappraisal or prevention? How do laws, policies, and public health programmes influence people’s access to reproductive self-determination?

Gender and climate change: Snapshots from Southeast Asia

Published: 9 September 2021

Most regions in the world have been – to some extent – affected by climate change, and Southeast Asian countries are no exception. Within the group of people who are affected, recognition needs to be accentuated on the disproportionate impact of climate change along gender lines.

Meat Atlas 2021: Online Dossier

Published: 7 September 2021

There is hardly any other food that pollutes our environment and the climate as badly as meat. However, no government in the world currently has a concept of how meat consumption and production can be significantly reduced.

“It’s a clear signal that the Asian Development Bank is finally, finally moving away from coal.”

Published: 6 September 2021

Mr Rayyan Hassan, Executive Director of the NGO Forum, urged the ADB to take the coal moratorium ahead and move towards a full transition to renewable energy finance as soon as possible. In this interview, he shares what happened next and what still needs to be done.

Afghanistan forces digital-ethics reckoning

Published: 3 September 2021

The Taliban takeover in Kabul, the frantic evacuation efforts of foreign nationals and vulnerable Afghans, and the fear among those left behind of being targeted by the new regime are shining a spotlight on the double-edged nature of government data collection as well as digital communication tools in times of crisis.

In the name of the European Union: on the significance of words

Published: 31 August 2021

In recent days, there has been a lot of talk in the EU about an emerging “wave of refugees” or “migration disaster”. However, the real disaster is the failure of Western governments to rescue people from Afghanistan who deserve our protection, the Director of our office in Brussels, Eva van de Rakt, comments.

On the border: Greece’s response to Afghan asylum seekers

Published: 30 August 2021

Just days after Taliban violently seized control of Afghanistan, the Greek Minister for Migration and Asylum, Notis Mitarakis, has warned of a repeat of the situation in 2015 and announced that Greece will not be the “gateway to Europe for illegal Afghan migrants”.

The Taliban are back in Control: What Next for Afghan Migration in and Outside of the Country?

Published: 27 August 2021

The Taliban’s takeover of Afghanistan in recent days has brought new dimensions of human suffering and political crisis to what is arguably the most protracted refugee crisis of modern times.

“2015 must never be allowed to happen again”: that is the mantra

Published: 24 August 2021

This short sentence is all you need to understand why the German government committed an error of judgment concerning Afghanistan. An error of judgment that kills people every day – and democracy throughout the world as well, by the way.

Friend or foe? Redefining Turkey's Afghanistan Policy Outside NATO

Published: 20 August 2021

Turkish President Erdogan, usually a friend of many and often harsh words, needed almost a week before he took a stand on the Taliban takeover in Kabul.

Afghanistan: saving lives and securing futures!

Published: 19 August 2021

What is needed now is a special programme to resettle people living in danger in Afghanistan and to give Afghan nationals already living in Germany the right to remain and prospects for their futures!

A Watershed Moment for Bosnia and Herzegovina too?

Published: 1 April 2022

April 6, 2022 marks the 30th anniversary of the outbreak of the Bosnian War - the first war in Europe after World War 2. The reality in Bosnia and Herzegovina to this day is a succession of increasingly severe crises.

General Assembly

Published: 31 March 2022

The General Assembly is the supreme decision-making body of the Foundation. It is composed of 49 members and meets every six months in Berlin.

Queer Feminist Perspectives On Political Homophobia And Anti-Feminism In The Middle East And Europe

Published: 12 August 2021

This two-day digital conference, organized by the Humboldt University of Berlin’s Department of Diversity and Social Conflict in cooperation with Brown University and the Heinrich-Böll-Foundation, aims to bring together researchers, activists, and community organizers to discuss how discourses on gender and sexuality have evolved in the Middle East and Europe amid the rise of far-right and authoritarian movements.

Role of central banks calls for rigorous societal debate

Published: 11 August 2021

As well as in 2008, the very necessary, unavoidable actions of central banks now in the Covid-19 crisis have massive side effects: cheap money is fostering asset price inflation, fueling inequalities. At the same time, central banks are still disregarding climate risk in the way they treat fossil assets as collateral.

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“Ecological civilisation” and the conservation of biological diversity – a glance at China ahead of CBD COP 15

Food poverty: You might not choose the food you eat

Power: Food business, big business

Malnutrition: Going hungry, and too much of the wrong things

War: Conflicts feed hunger, hunger feeds conflict

Crises: A future without hunger

Food Systems on the Edge

Power Poverty Hunger: Graphics and licensing terms

Foreword

Merkel’s Balkan legacy? Time to move forward

Reframing Reproduction

Gender and climate change: Snapshots from Southeast Asia

Meat Atlas 2021: Online Dossier

“It’s a clear signal that the Asian Development Bank is finally, finally moving away from coal.”

Afghanistan forces digital-ethics reckoning

In the name of the European Union: on the significance of words

On the border: Greece’s response to Afghan asylum seekers

The Taliban are back in Control: What Next for Afghan Migration in and Outside of the Country?

“2015 must never be allowed to happen again”: that is the mantra

Friend or foe? Redefining Turkey's Afghanistan Policy Outside NATO

Afghanistan: saving lives and securing futures!

A Watershed Moment for Bosnia and Herzegovina too?

General Assembly

Queer Feminist Perspectives On Political Homophobia And Anti-Feminism In The Middle East And Europe

Role of central banks calls for rigorous societal debate

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