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Agrar-Atlas

Atlas

On 50 pages, there are numerous illustrations with data and facts about EU agriculture. The atlas is the result of European networking and aims to strengthen civil society and movements in many EU countries, thereby promoting ecological and social change in agriculture and food production.

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Dossier

The Ocean Atlas

Dossier

Overfishing, the loss of biodiversity, and an immense pollution – the seas are under stress. The Ocean Atlas 2017 delivers in more than 40 infographics and articles all the relevant data, facts and contexts.

Dossier

Geoengineering

Dossier

Our web dossier sheds light on the risks of geoengineering for human rights, indigenous and community rights, peace and democracy, food security, biodiversity and ecosystem integrity.

Democracy

International Politics

Publications

Surface Albedo Modification and Arctic Ice Management

Factsheet

Changing the surface albedo is a proposed solar geoengineering method that aims to reflect more sunlight back into space by increasing the Earth’s albedo—the reflectivity of the Earth’s surface.

Stratospheric Aerosol Injection (SAI)

Factsheet

Stratospheric aerosol injection is a proposed solar geoengineering method in which large quantities of tiny reflective particles are released into the stratosphere to cool the Earth by reflecting sunlight back into space.

Enhanced Photosynthesis

Factsheet

Enhanced photosynthesis techniques are theoretical geoengineering technologies based on the idea that plants and algae can be genetically modified to absorb and metabolize and therefore store more carbon dioxide.

All Publications

Economy & Social Issues

Ecology

Education & Culture

Africa

Two women silhouetted against the night sky walk up a hill with luggage, in front of a large full moon.

Unpaid, Unnoticed, Unsustainable: Africa’s Growth Rates Mask a Debt Women Carry

Commentary

Women’s unpaid labor continues to prop up economies while remaining invisible in GDP. Felogene Anumo exposes how fiscal systems rely on women as shock absorbers - and argues it’s time to rewrite the economic rules that keep care undervalued and women overburdened.

Felogene Anumo

Asia

A large solar power plant made up of reflective panels spreads across a flat, arid landscape, with mountains visible in the distance under a partly cloudy sky.

Building Mutually Beneficial Solar Power Relations Between the EU and China

Analysis

To preserve climate progress amid rising economic rivalry, the EU and China should base their relationship on structured industrial cooperation, notably in the solar sector. Managing interdependence will be essential to sustaining joint decarbonization momentum.

Dr. Katharina Franziska Braig

Latin America

How Resource Extraction and Infrastructure Projects Are Driving the Climate Crisis in the Amazon

Analyse

In early 2026, several thousand liters of drilling fluid leaked during a test drilling operation in the Amazon Mouth Basin. The project to extract oil off the coasts of Amapá and Pará is symbolic of Brazil's resource-driven development model, which continues to rely on large-scale agricultural, energy, and infrastructure projects.

Edna María Ramos de Castro

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Middle East & N. Africa

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Gaza’s Feminist Legal Pioneer

Obituary

Islah Hassniyyeh was the first woman in Gaza to open a law firm and campaigned for women's rights with her NGO. In September, the long-standing partner of the Heinrich Böll Foundation died under Israeli blockade. A portrait of a trailblazer.

Dr. Riham Halaseh

North America

Europe

Hungary after the election: “Despite all the attacks, we remained steadfast in our commitment to our democratic values”est“

Dichte Menschenmenge bei Nacht auf Straße, viele stehen eng. Person hält Ballons. Lichter, Zelt und Gebäude im Hintergrund.

Interview

The opposition’s overwhelming election victory and the ousting of the Orbán regime are of historic significance for Hungary and the whole of Europe. A conversation with Bulcsú Hunyadi from the Budapest based think tank Political Capital on the reasons behind the success of the TISZA party, the challenges facing the future government, and the tireless efforts of civil society.

Eva van de Rakt, Bulcsú Hunyadi

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