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Albanian General Elections 2025: Out with the Old, In with the Same?

Published: 18 February 2025

On May 11, 2025, Albania will hold parliamentary elections, the first since officially opening EU accession negotiations. While some significant changes mark this election—most notably, diaspora voting and partial candidate list openness—major systemic factors remain unchanged. The Socialist Party (SP), in power since 2013, appears poised for an unprecedented fourth mandate.

Yolanda Rother

Co-founder of "The Impact Company"

Yolanda Rother (she/her) is co-founder of "The Impact Company", a diversity, audience and culture consultancy.

Clara Müller

Project Officer Africa Division

Clara Müller studied International Relations and Social Sciences at the University of Erfurt.

Jenny García Ruales

Jenny García Ruales is an Amazonian anthropologist and research coordinator for the ‘Amazon of Rights’ project, a collaboration between University of Erfurt, RIFS Po

“Green” fertilizer in Africa: no substitute for an agroecological transition

Published: 12 February 2025

Instead of replacing chemical fertilizers with “green” nitrogen fertilizers, African countries should reform their fertilizer policies. Dependence on fossil nitrogen fertilizers should be reduced and the transition to agroecology strengthened.

Climate Smart-mining: A New Spin on a Familiar Trouble

Published: 12 February 2025

Climate-smart mining appears to be a better alternative to traditional mining, known for its destructive nature. By hyphenating ‘climate’ with smart mining, it is a repackaged tool to attract the mineral-rich but developing countries.

Criticality and the Securitization of Southeast Asia’s Indigenous Mineral Resources

Published: 12 February 2025

Southeast Asia’s geographical location is blessed with abundant natural resources – minerals, forests, and wildlife. For hundreds of years, these resources have been a source of livelihood and even life for Indigenous peoples, as well as local communities. However, the capitalist perspective of development is rapidly encroaching on the mineral-rich lands of these peoples.

Dennis Tabaro

Dennis Tabaro is an environmental activist, agroecologist, Earth Jurisprudence practitioner and Expert Member of the UN Harmony with Nature initiative.

IPCC Open letter: CDR and CCUS Methdology Report

Published: 10 February 2025

Civil society open letter to the IPCC raising concerns around the planned Methodology Report on Carbon Dioxide Removal (CDR) and Carbon Capture Use & Storage (CCUS) and how it may legitimise unproven technologies and overreliance on CDR and CCUS.

Agroecology in the Context of Lebanon’s Economic, Destructive Wars, and Neoliberal Policies

Published: 7 February 2025

Under the hurdles of neoliberal policies, violent economic collapse, and for the past year and more, an extremely destructive war, where does agroecology fit in Lebanon’s landscape? The NGO JIBAL attempts to answer this question.

Ikenna Donald Ofoegbu

Sustainble Nigeria Program Manager

Ikenna Donald Ofoegbu is Sustainble Nigeria Program Manager at the Heinrich Boell Foundation office in Abuja, Nigeria.

Empowering Nature's Voice: The Global Impact of the International Rights of Nature Tribunal

Published: 3 February 2025

The International Tribunal of Rights of Nature (RoN) is a trailblazing citizen-driven initiative. Since 2014 the Tribunal serves as a public forum to address the widespread destruction of the Earth and advocates for a systemic alternative to conventional environmental protection and laws.

Sustainable Food Systems in Germany: Combining Organic Agriculture and Agroecology

Published: 3 February 2025

While organic farming has a long-standing tradition in Germany, agroecology remains less known. How could a combination of the two approaches drive the urgently needed transformation of food systems?

Culture Change: Creative Approaches and the Rights of Nature

Published: 3 February 2025

The Rights of Nature call for more than just legal change – they demand a cultural shift in how humans relate to their environment. Across Europe, artists and activists are embracing this movement through sound art, theater, exhibitions, publications, and performative gatherings.

An Urgent Shift: Wild Law in South Africa and beyond

Published: 3 February 2025

The protection of nature requires a new legal foundation. In South Africa and worldwide, the Wild Law Institute demonstrates how the rights of nature can redefine our relationship with the environment – for a more sustainable future.

Care Without Compensation: How ASHA Workers in India Struggle for Dignity and Justice

Published: 31 January 2025

ASHA workers are the backbone of India's healthcare, yet they fight for recognition and fair pay. These women are now trying to transform the narrative around labor and dignity in the healthcare system.

Legacy of Quiet Resistance: Feminism in Tunisia through the Lens of History

Published: 31 January 2025

What does it mean to have a feminist perspective? Feminism has many faces. From the silent resilience of my grandmother to the current challenges - how has the feminist movement in Tunisia developed?

Nepali Women Raise Their Voices in Feminist Protest

Published: 31 January 2025

Women in Nepal have resisted oppression for decades, both through personal acts of defiance as well as participation in creative expressions of protest. Nirvana Bhandary in conversation with Bhawana Raut and Kailash Rai.

Underground Feminism: How Decolonization is Framing the Fight for Gender Equality in Zambia

Published: 31 January 2025

While the voices of women in Zambia have often been overlooked throughout history, feminist movements are fighting for social justice and equality. Is feminism a colonial construct or the key to liberation?

Voicing Rivers Atrato for other possible futures

Published: 31 January 2025

The Atrato River in Colombia was recognized as a legal entity in 2016. Yet, environmental destruction and violence continue to threaten it. A community of guardians is fighting to voice the river and enforce its rights.

Femicides and Silence: Navigating the Struggle for Feminist Solidarity in North Macedonia

Published: 31 January 2025

Can digital activism replace the power of in-person protests? In North Macedonia, dwindling protest numbers and rising anti-gender movements challenge the fight for gender equality. Activist Sara Milenkovska's insights on the urgent need for solidarity.

Franziska Busse

Head of Digital Policy

Franziska Busse is Head of Digital Policy at Heinrich Böll Foundation since August 2024.

Rivers and Rights: Rights of Nature and Systemic Transformations in India

Published: 30 January 2025

India’s rivers are sacred yet heavily polluted. In 2017, the Ganges and Yamuna rivers were granted legal personhood, but the ruling was suspended. What role can the Rights of Nature play in India and what changes are needed to make them effective?

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Albanian General Elections 2025: Out with the Old, In with the Same?

Yolanda Rother

Clara Müller

Jenny García Ruales

“Green” fertilizer in Africa: no substitute for an agroecological transition

Climate Smart-mining: A New Spin on a Familiar Trouble

Criticality and the Securitization of Southeast Asia’s Indigenous Mineral Resources

Dennis Tabaro

IPCC Open letter: CDR and CCUS Methdology Report

Agroecology in the Context of Lebanon’s Economic, Destructive Wars, and Neoliberal Policies

Ikenna Donald Ofoegbu

Mar Menor: Europe's first ecosystem with legal 'personhood’

The Rights of Nature

Agroecology as an Open-Source Technology: Progress Conceived Collectively

Without Feminism, There is no Agroecology

The UK Rights of Nature Movement

Rights of Nature and German civil society

Introducing Rights of Nature in Europe

Empowering Nature's Voice: The Global Impact of the International Rights of Nature Tribunal

Sustainable Food Systems in Germany: Combining Organic Agriculture and Agroecology

Culture Change: Creative Approaches and the Rights of Nature

An Urgent Shift: Wild Law in South Africa and beyond

Care Without Compensation: How ASHA Workers in India Struggle for Dignity and Justice

Legacy of Quiet Resistance: Feminism in Tunisia through the Lens of History

Nepali Women Raise Their Voices in Feminist Protest

Underground Feminism: How Decolonization is Framing the Fight for Gender Equality in Zambia

Voicing Rivers Atrato for other possible futures

Femicides and Silence: Navigating the Struggle for Feminist Solidarity in North Macedonia

Franziska Busse

Rivers and Rights: Rights of Nature and Systemic Transformations in India