A World without Plastic Pollution Is Possible - A Book for Teens Informs and Guides on Plastic Press release Today, the Heinrich Böll Foundation is publishing the digital non-fiction book Unpacked! Plastic, Waste, and Me.
Societal transformation scenario for limiting global warming to 1.5°C: A low-risk and socially just climate mitigation scenario Press release The scenario models for the first time a global 1.5°C mitigation pathway by embarking on a socio-ecological transformation and without deployment of high-risk technologies such as CCS, geoengineering or new investments in nuclear power.
Anne Klein Women’s Award 2020 goes to Prasanna Gettu Press release The 2020 Anne Klein Women’s Award goes to Prasanna Gettu, a human and women‛s rights activist from Chennai, India.
Plastic Atlas demonstrates scale of plastic pollution crisis and solutions for a zero waste future Press Release 49 detailed infographics over 19 chapters cover many aspects of plastic production, consumption and disposal.
Tyranny of the Minority Slows International Progress on Addressing Plastic Pollution UNEA-4 Agreement Does Not Deliver at Scale and Urgency Needed
High-Emitting, Oil-Producing Countries Block Progress on Geoengineering Governance at United Nations Civil society reiterates call for a ban on geoengineering High-Emitting, Oil-Producing Countries Block Progress on Geoengineering Governance at United Nations.
Steffen Heizmann is Heinrich Böll Foundation‛s new CEO Since 1 March, Steffen Heizmann is the new CEO of the Berlin-based Heinrich Böll Foundation. Prior to that, Heizmann, a political scientist by training, was director of the Foundation‛s International Division.
Tricky business: the race for resources threatens democracy and human rights worldwide Press release In this study, the Heinrich Böll Foundation with the European Center for Constitutional and Human Rights (ECCHR) want to show how the mechanisms to narrow the space for civil society work. At the same time, the study focusses counterstrategies and proactive strategies to push back against civil society restrictions.
Anne Klein Women’s Award 2018 to Jineth Bedoya Lima and Mayerlis Angarita Robles Mayerlis Angarita and Jineth Bedoya are the recipients of the Anne Klein Women’s Award 2018 for the many years that they have dedicated to women’s rights and peaceful conflict resolution in Colombia. The award ceremony will take place in Berlin on March 2nd.
Heinrich Böll Foundation at UN climate change conference COP 23 in Bonn Presseinfo The 23rd meeting of the Conference of the Parties (COP 23) of the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change (UNFCCC) will convene from 6 to 17 November in Bonn, Germany, under the presidency of the government of Fiji, the first time that a small island nation has served in this role.