Developing Regenerative Aquaculture in Southeast Asia Published: 23 October 2023 Background Regenerative aquaculture is emerging as a promising solution to address the sustainability challenges faced by the aquaculture industry. Integrating Gracilaria seaweed and brackish water tilapia in pond systems in Johor, Malaysia, has shown great potential. Adibi M. Nor
The long road to adopting feminist approaches in development policy Published: 20 October 2023 Analyse In parallel to the newly-issued guidelines for Germany’s feminist foreign policy, the German Ministry for Economic Cooperation and Development (BMZ) has also launched a new strategy on feminist development policy. Here’s a look back at key moments in international development institutions’ back-and-forth on gender policy. Birte Rodenberg
GCF Replenishment Sends Some Signals – Just Not the Right Ones Published: 12 October 2023 Analysis Weeks ahead of COP28, the pledging conference in Bonn for the replenishment of the Green Climate Fund sends some important signals - the wrong ones. Liane Schalatek
Why We Need to Reconfigure Globalization Published: 10 October 2023 Presidents' column A climate-neutral world free of hunger and poverty is a distant proposition. Still, it is achievable. If, by means of redistribution and global cooperation, we manage to create prosperity for all, democracy will profit too. Imme Scholz
Nuclear Weapons and Their Humanitarian and Ecological Consequences Published: 9 October 2023 Dossier In this dossier, activists from communities affected by nuclear weapons production, use and testing tell their stories. They are highlighting that the destructive effects of nuclear weapons do not belong to the past, but to the present.
Statement by the Heinrich Böll Foundation on the Hamas attack on Israel Published: 9 October 2023 Statement We condemn the brutal terrorist attack by Hamas on Israel in the strongest possible terms.Our full solidarity now goes to Israel, which has every right to defend itself against terror.
Uranium, cobalt, copper: The painful legacy of the Shinkolobwe mines in the DRC Published: 9 October 2023 Analysis Remy Zahiga, a young Congolese climate and social justice activist, explores the history of the uranium used for the production of nuclear weapons that were dropped on Hiroshima and Nagasaki during the Second World War. He also analyses the ramifications for people living nearby Shinkolobwe mine in the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC). Remy Zahiga
The Ongoing Consequences of the U.S. Nuclear Testing Program on the Marshall Islands Published: 9 October 2023 Background Benetick Kabua Maddison explains the history of nuclear testing in the Marshall Islands. Connecting it with the colonial legacy, climate change and the Marshallese pathway of seeking compensation from the US Government. Benetick Kabua Maddison