Guidelines Limiting environmental damage, human rights abuses and Indigenous Peoples’ rights violations Civil society guidelines for the implementation of the EU Critical Raw Materials Regulation Published: February 2024 These guidelines address the great concerns with the overall aims of the EU Critical Raw Materials Regulation (CRMR) of driving greater extraction of primary raw materials and increasing harm to nature and people.
E-Paper Feminist Development Policy #5: Beyond Representation A Pathway towards feminist global Collaboration Published: Dezember 2023 In this publication, we take a critical look at the topic of representation and power. Who makes political decisions and who doesn't?
Böll.Thema 2/23: Cursed Treasures The global hunger for raw materials and its consequences for people and the environment Published: Oktober 2023 Global demand for critical and strategic raw materials is on the rise. These resources are indispensable, particularly for the transition to clean energy, but also within other industry sectors. In this issue of our Böll.Thema magazine, we provide insights into recent developments in resource extraction, the associated challenges, and, most importantly, opportunities for positive change.
E-Paper Data for Environmentally Sustainable and Inclusive Urban Mobility By Anusha Chitturi and Robert Puentes Published: June 2023 This report specifically examines the opportunities that exist for U.S. cities to use mobility data to improve transportation's environmental sustainability, accessibility, and equity.
E-Paper Legacies of conflict Local peacebuilding in now Taliban - controlled Afghanistan Published: April 2023 Seventeen months after the Taliban takeover of Afghanistan on 15 August 2021, little has been done to address local level grievances and disputes that have fuelled decades of conflict. This report, based on field research conducted from October 2021 to March 2022 in Helmand province, strongly argues that these grievances risk erupting into renewed violence and further destabilising the country.
Policy Brief Another Lost Decade or a Decade of Action? Debt Relief for a Green and Inclusive Recovery By Marina Zucker-Marques Published: April 2023 Climate-related shocks are becoming more frequent and severe. More than ever, countries must invest in climate resilience and just transitions, but for many emerging market and developing economies, high debt burdens put achieving climate and development goals out of reach. A new policy brief explains the proposal advanced by the Debt Relief for Green and Inclusive Recovery (DRGR) Project.
E-Paper A Feminist Development Policy #3: Intersectionality, gender & the economy A pathway towards feminist global collaboration Published: March 2023 This recommendation paper explores how intersectionality as a tool can inform decision-making processes in international development policy.
Policy Brief Downstream due diligence A must-have for the EU’s Corporate Sustainability Due Diligence Directive By der Heinrich-Böll-Stiftung and Germanwatch e.V. Published: March 2023 Together with the Supply Chain Law Initiative, SOMO, Swedwatch and Germanwatch, we show in this short position paper why due diligence in downstream value chains is necessary and how it can be implemented. We also make key recommendations fort he EU supply chain law.
Infobrief Combatting Global Plastic Pollution Feminist Perspectives for a Gender-Just Approach By Birte Rodenberg Published: February 2023 A critical look at the entire plastics cycle is also of crucial importance from a feminist perspective, because the plastic problem cannot simply be reduced to consumer use patterns or to harmful microplastics in cosmetic products. On the contrary, every stage of the plastics cycle reflects different gender-specific experiences and exposures.
Stories of Feminist Mobilisation: How to Advance Feminist Movement Worldwide Published: Dezember 2022 Under the banner “For Feminist Mobilisation”, the Global Feminist Pitch 2022 wanted to give attention to feminist movements that do not get the deserved space in the public discourse. Twelve feminists from Brazil, Syria, Jamaica, Belarus, Venezuela, Kenya, Romania, the Philippines, Nigeria, Nepal, and Hungary had the opportunity write about the feminist mobilisation in their respective regions in a format of their choice. The result is “Stories of Feminist Mobilisation”.