Climate

At February’s Munich Security Conference, Merz, Macron, von der Leyen and Co. testified to Europe's strength and independence. But concrete, independent strategies are often lacking. Europe now has the opportunity to play to its own strengths, including in the area of energy independence and sustainability.

Controversial financing instruments have gained importance in biodiversity conservation efforts since the Global Biodiversity Framework was adopted in 2022. But turning nature into an investment object will not stop the biodiversity crisis.

The Brazilian Presidency had promised that COP30 in Belém would be the “COP of truth” and “COP of implementation”, held in the spirit of Mutirão with the global community working together to face the climate emergency. It faced a reckoning instead.

The G20 Summit and COP30 converged at a time of exceptional strain on the multilateral system. As geopolitical divides widened, coalitions of the willing nonetheless succeeded in keeping especially debt sustainability on the international agenda.

The Heinrich Böll Foundation, operating in Brazil for 25 years and working in cooperation with various civil society organizations, publicly expresses its disagreement with the statement made by German Chancellor Friedrich Merz on November 13th.

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. 

The international context is marked by tensions: no easy task for the Brazilian presidency at COP30. Our authors analyze how Brazil could use its diplomatic ability to synchronize different interests.