Climate Change

Articles

Photo: Aerial view of an industrial area with factories and smoking chimneys. A tall red-and-white striped chimney stands out.

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.

Ban Solar Geoengineering

Published: 17 January 2025

Background

Countless scientists and experts have warned that solar geoengineering would give emitters an excuse not to end their fossil-fuel addictions and cause far-reaching unintended consequences.

By Mohammed Usrof, Disha Ravi, Heleen Bruggink and Erica Njuguna

Grüne Bäume in der Nähe des Flusses während des Tages

The global debt crisis in many developing countries and its interconnectedness with the climate crisis

Published: 4 December 2023

Analysis

In the climate negotiations at COP28, the question of financing the climate crisis will be at the forefront of the debate. However, many countries in the Global South are struggling to channel extra funds into climate action, due to the unfolding debt crisis.

By Sarah Ribbert

"We’ll never be able to offset our way to keeping global temperature rise below 1.5°C"

Published: 22 December 2022

Interview

The question of CO2 removals was part of the negotiations on Article 6. 4 of the Paris Climate Agreement at the UN climate conferennce COP27 in Sharm El-Sheikh. Erika Lennon of the Center for International Environmental Law (CIEL) explains what the issues and concerns were at the conference around this topic.

By Björn Ecklundt

The Debt-Climate Nexus

Published: 14 December 2022

Commentary

As central banks tighten monetary policy, dozens of climate-vulnerable, highly-indebted countries teeter on the edge of a financial abyss. To address the confluence of economic and environmental disasters ravaging the Global South, the international community must provide immediate debt relief in exchange for green investments.

By Ulrich Volz, Kevin P. Gallagher, Jörg Haas, Maria Fernanda Espinosa, Yueven Li, Anzetse Were and Shamshad Akhtar

Dossiers

Geoengineering

Published: 9 October 2017

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.

Biodiversity

Published: 24 November 2015

Dossier

Synthetic Biology describes a set of new genetic techniques for designing and engineering lifeforms for industrial purposes. So far, there is neither a public debate worth mentioning nor any regulation by law. Our dossier looks at the risks Synthetic Biology poses for the conservation and sustainable use of biodiversity.

Publications

Global Circular Economy

Published: 7 March 2025

Study

A circular economy can help mitigate the negative effects of our resource consumption and reduce the massive dependence on raw materials from other countries. The study sets out what needs to be considered in order to achieve a just transition towards a circular economy.

By Luisa Denter

A change of course. On the road to a climate-just world

Published: 26 November 2024

Is it utopian to insist on a good life for all in the face of the climate crisis? No more unrealistic than the utopia of endless growth on a finite planet on the backs of the weakest. On the road to a climate-just world” describes ways to create a sustainable world worth living in for everyone - and exposes false hopes and dangerous false solutions.

By Susanne Schwarz, Verena Kern, Linda Schneider , Johanna Sydow, Susann Scherbarth and Anika Schroeder

Accelerating the European Energy Transition

Published: 15 October 2024

Policy Paper

In order to advance the European energy transition and distribute the costs and benefits more fairly, the EU must find better steering instruments. This policy paper provides recommendations for the necessary acceleration of the European energy transition.

By Julian Schwartzkopff

Making the Great Turnaround work

Published: 1 June 2022

Study

The long-term challenges have lost none of their significance – be it climate breakdown, species extinction, the increase in inequality, or demographic change. The challenge is to craft a strategic approach that can set the course for long-term success.

Climate and Energy Partnerships – Hype or Hope?

Published: 28 March 2022

E-Paper

Climate and Energy Partnerships are a key instrument in international climate and energy cooperation and diplomacy. The recommendations in this paper are meant to make Climate and Energy Partnerships into relationships on equal footing and into win-win solutions in the transition to a net zero global economy.

By Dr. Sabrina Schulz

A Societal Transformation Scenario for Staying Below 1.5°C

Published: 16 November 2021

Study

The Societal Transfomation Scenario is a global 1.5°C mitigation scenario that challenges the notion of continued global economic growth and its compatibility with ambitious climate targets such as the 1.5°C limit. This summary brings together all the key points.

Unpacked!

Published: 6 May 2021

Book

Specifically developed and designed for a young international audience, the digital book "Unpacked! Plastic, Waste, & Me" answers 70 questions about plastic in colorful infographics and six true stories. Book designer and author Gesine Grotrian and a team of experts from the Heinrich Böll Foundation together with an advisory board of young people from all over the world have created an exciting non-fiction book for young people aged 12 and over.

Compensating Indebted Countries for Keeping Fossil Fuels in the Ground

Published: 5 January 2021

Fossil fuel development, in particular oil and gas, promised vast riches in the past. Today it is exposing fossil fuel producers and their creditors to a massive stranded asset risk. Technological disruption with the rapid cost-reduction of renewable energy and storage technologies, in conjunction with the inevitability of increased climate action, are at the root of unprecedented uncertainties over the future of the sector.

By Johnny West

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