Climate

Agroecology is increasingly recognized as a powerful response to today’s interlinked crises - environmental degradation, climate change, and deepening social inequalities. This dossier explores how agroecology redefines food systems and promotes people’s agency. 

The annual COP is the highest decision-making body of the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change and the primary multilateral forum for international climate policy. We provide an overview of past conferences and the current COP.

Addressing climate change is crucial for a sustainable future and the quality of life for future generations. ➤ On this page, you will find current articles, publications, and thematic focuses on climate, climate change, and climate policy.

The 27th UN Climate Change Conference (COP27) will take place from 6th to 18th of November 2022 in Sharm El-Sheikh, Egypt. The focus of this COP is the support of the countries of the Global South by the richer industrialised countries, which are responsible for the largest share of greenhouse gas emissions.

Feminist perspectives on sustainability ahead of the Earth Overshoot Day 2022. This is a series of interviews with feminist change-makers committed to fighting for people and the planet.

Environmental and climate crises are not gender neutral. They disproportionately affect people already facing multiple forms of discrimination. If feminist environmental policy is to extend beyond the effects on women, it needs to combine gender and ecological expertise. This dossier features a selection of the Heinrich Böll Foundation's contributions over recent decades to international debates on environmental and gender justice.  

Our focus on the 26th UN Climate Change Conference (UNFCCC COP 26) in Glasgow, Scotland. Among other things, the focus of this COP will be on raising ambition, significantly increasing climate finance, and the issue of financial compensation for climate damage and loss.