High debt and climate vulnerability reinforce each other. Yet with targeted relief and reforms, Africa could break this vicious cycle and enter a positive cycle of green growth.

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.

Kenya’s debt crisis is no longer seen merely as a result of global dependence. Behind the government bonds stands a domestic elite that has shaped the system to its own advantage.

For years, Senegal misled the public about the true extent of its national debt. It has now come to light that roughly a quarter of the country’s GDP was missing from the books. The debt scandal reveals the full scope of opacity and institutional failure.

At COP30, Europe’s climate leadership is at risk. Recent steps back on the Green Deal and new offset rules make it harder for the EU to convince others to be more ambitious.

In international climate policy, false solutions are repeatedly promoted: Carbon Dioxide Removal, carbon markets and Nature Based Solutions. What role do they play at COP30?

The Positive Futures Platform combines ancestral wisdom, knowledge from the peripheries, and academic production on a platform specifically designed to bring people together to build positive futures. 

With the start of COP30, Argentina finds itself on the sidelines of international climate diplomacy. The country is currently experiencing a severe dismantling of institutions and new dependence on extractivism – yet it was once a pioneer in climate protection.