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Ein Bericht der Heinrich-Böll-Stiftung mit dem Titel „Afghanistan: Ruling by Decree“. Hintergrund in Orange, Grau und Grün. Veröffentlicht im April 2024.

Afghanistan: Ruling by Decree

Published: 2 April 2024
Policy Brief
Within Taliban governance, the absence of a constitution or legal structure leaves Emir's decrees as the principal guiding force. This policy brief looks at Taliban governance and the challenges posed by the reliance on moral guidance.
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Compensating Indebted Countries for Keeping Fossil Fuels in the Ground

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. 
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Debt for Climate Opportunities in South Africa

Debt for Climate Opportunities in South Africa

Published: 5 January 2021
South Africa’s economy, which was already in a precarious state before Covid-2019, has been tipped into full blown crisis by the pandemic. Gross national government debt  is expected to be upwards of 86% within two years. Eskom, which is the country’s state-owned monopolistic and vertically integrated electricity utility, is a key driver of this escalating debt profile and lies at the heart of the economy’s structural challenges. 
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Cover: Towards a Contemporary Vision for the Global Seafloor

Towards a Contemporary Vision for the Global Seafloor

Published: 8 November 2019
The present study, authored by scientists from different backgrounds, makes the eloquent case for such a reflection, pause, and reassessment. The publication is recommended to any reader concerned about our oceans' future.
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Perspectives 1/12: A Fractious Relationship: Africa and the International Criminal Court

Published: 6 August 2012
Although there continues to be widespread popular support across the African continent for the International Criminal Court (ICC) and its mandate to prosecute high-level individuals accused of perpetrating international crimes, strong anti-ICC sentiments are brewing among parts of Africa’s political elite and state actors. 
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Inside a Champion

Published: 7 June 2012
The international community likes to see Brazil as a socially oriented, economically successful state that is sensitive to environmental and climate-friendly issues – a great power on its way to the top; a champion. But in Brazilian civil society, another perception of its own state and the politics it pursues prevails. This publication takes a closer look at this discrepancy between how Brazil is perceived by those outside of and within its borders.
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Solidarity and strength: The Future of the European Union

Published: 8 November 2011
Economic and environmental challenges that threaten to overwhelm the European project. The Heinrich Böll Foundation has set up a commission to examine the future of the EU. This publication puts forward a series of proposals in areas such as foreign and security; agricultural; energy; economics and monetary and enlargement policy.
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The Future of the Constitutional Treaty

Published: 3 January 2008
Ways out of the dead end - How to get the European Constitutional Treaty back on track
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