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Cancel the Debt

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

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Economy Atlas 2024

Published: 20 November 2025
Atlas
How can we achieve climate targets while ensuring sustainable and equitable prosperity? This atlas identifies political instruments and solutions for an ecologically oriented social market economy in 19 subject areas.
Illustration: Titelblatt des „Wasseratlas“ mit einer Weltkarte in Form eines Wassertropfens. Regen fällt von Wolken, Logos von BUND und Heinrich-Böll-Stiftung.

Water Atlas 2025

Published: 20 November 2025
Atlas
The Water Atlas 2025 published by the Heinrich Böll Foundation and BUND provides information on how to protect water ecosystems from overuse and pollution – and how to strengthen the human right to water.

Water Atlas 2025

Published: 5 November 2025
Atlas
The Water Atlas presents the complexity and urgency of global water issues in a visually compelling, accessible format - from the unequal distribution of water and industrial pollution to climate-linked water insecurity and geopolitical tensions.
The cover of a report with various screws and mechanical parts in the background. The title "Global Circular Economy" is at the top, followed by the report's title and author's name.

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

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.
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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.
Making the Great Turnaround work

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.
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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.

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Gran Via in Madrid

COP25: Madrid

Published: 28 October 2020
Dossier
The 25th Conference of the Parties (COP 25) of the UN Framework Convention on Climate Change (UNFCCC) will take place under the Presidency of the Government of Chile from 2 to 13 December in Madrid, Spain. A key objective is to complete several matters with respect to the full operationalization of the Paris Agreement which includes a need to increase national ambition. Despite the relocation of the COP the civil society People’s Summit will take place in Santiago de Chile.

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