Atlas Energy Atlas 2018: Figures and Facts about Renewables in Europe Published: April 2018 The European Energy Atlas shows a clear alternative: It not only provides a compass on the different energy discussions in different Member States but also reveals how a Europeanization of the energy transition will be the more efficient and cost-effective option for all Europeans.
"The oranges in Europe taste better" On the causes of flight, how to combat them and what is wrong with them Published: March 2018 About causes of escape, how to combat them and what's wrong with them.
Publication Series on Europe – Volume 9: Safeguarding Democracy in the European Union A Study on a European Responsibility Published: December 2018 Liberal democracies are under pressure, both worldwide and in Europe. For example, in Hungary and Poland, farright nationalist to nationalistic parties are in government and propagate an ‘illiberal’ democracy. The dismantling of democracy in an EU member state is not a national problem – it is a European one. The study makes clear the dilemma in which the EU finds itself and what possibilities for action are available to it.
Riding the GeoStorm - A briefing from civil society on Geoengineering Governance Published: October 2017 The prospect of controlling global temperatures raises serious questions of power and justice: Who gets to control the Earth’s thermostat and adjust the climate for their own interests? Who will make the decision to deploy if such drastic measures are considered technically feasible, and whose interests will be left out?
Climate change, smoke and mirrors - A civil society briefing on Geoengineering Published: October 2017 For the past decade, a small but growing group of governments and scientists, the majority from the most powerful and most climate-polluting countries in the world, has been pushing for political consideration of geoengineering, the deliberate large-scale technological manipulation of the climate.
Perspectives 03/2017: The (Un-) Making of Icons in Africa Published: December 2017 Which African leaders qualify as an icon? Perhaps this is always a controversial question, but it was much easier to answer, say, 25 years ago, when the public memories of Pan-Africanist champions such as Kwame Nkrumah and Julius Nyerere were still fresh, Nelson Mandela had just walked out of prison, and Robert Mugabe was a widely respected leader.
Germany, Land of Immigration Report from the Commission "Perspectives for a Forward-Looking and Sustainable Refugee and Immigration Policy" Published: November 2018 Report from the Commission "Perspectives for a Forward-Looking and Sustainable Refugee and Immigration Policy" of the Heinrich Böll Foundation with important impulses for politics and society in migration and integration.
Fact sheet: Big meat and dairy's supersized climate footprint Published: November 2017 The top 20 meat and dairy corporations emit more greenhouse gases (GHGs) than Germany. Business as usual growth of meat and diary production makes the Paris Agreement impossible and climate catastrophe inevitable. Our Fact Sheet shows the data and possible solutions.
Atlas Agrifood Atlas – Facts and figures about the corporations that control what we eat Published: October 2017 Industrial agriculture is responsible for both colossal environmental and climate damage as well as global injustice. It is high time for a socially and politically oriented regulation of the agrifood industry. We hope that this atlas will stimulate a broad-based social debate on this vital topic.
Perspectives Asia: Politics of Food Published: February 2017 Food is a highly political issue. Nowhere is this more true than in Asia. This publication seeks to illustrate some conflicting issues in the field of food and nutrition. The contributions highlight a selection of fields, where political action is needed to ensure that there is enough food on people's plate, which is also healthy and nutritious.