“Visions for a Digital Europe 2025” Online conference Published: 12 October 2021 Online conference How can we create a value-based European digital future that is innovative and internationally compatible at the same time? What influence can the EU have on the data-driven economy and digitised society through new legislative projects and further regulatory measures? These are some key questions debated at the online conference "Visions for a Digital Europe 2025", which took place on Wednesday 27 October 2021. An initiative of iRightsLab, the Heinrich Böll Foundation, the German Research Institute for Public Administration and the German University of Administrative Sciences.
“Visions for a Digital Europe 2025” Online conference Published: 12 October 2021 Online conference How can we create a value-based European digital future that is innovative and internationally compatible at the same time? What influence can the EU have on the data-driven economy and digitised society through new legislative projects and further regulatory measures? These are some key questions debated at the online conference "Visions for a Digital Europe 2025", which took place on Wednesday 27 October 2021. An initiative of iRightsLab, the Heinrich Böll Foundation, the German Research Institute for Public Administration and the German University of Administrative Sciences.
Reflecting on 9/11, perspectives from a young American Published: 12 October 2021 Commentary The twentieth anniversary of 9/11 and the United States’ disastrous pullout from Afghanistan has prompted a reckoning. But it’s not a new one. Genevieve Glatsky
Twenty years later, remembering a Tuesday in September Published: 13 October 2021 Commentary Looking back, now with Information Age lenses, 9/11’s aftermath lessons are full of virtues, yet to be capitalized. Cora Lewis
“Quiet” Civic Engagement in Contemporary Visual Art from Cambodia Published: 12 October 2021 While political and social avenues for free speech are limited and prohibited, Cambodian visual artists find limitless forms of creative expression to critically examine many complex urban, social and environmental concerns. Vuth Lyno
Saving biodiversity Published: 8 October 2021 Background With the 15th Conference of the Parties (COP 15) to the UN Convention on Biological Diversity (CBD), the global community wants to make a new attempt to halt the rapid and dramatic loss of ecosystems, species and genetic diversity, or biodiversity. Lili Fuhr, Kristin Funke, Dr. Christine Chemnitz, Linda Schneider , Lisa Tostado
“We must develop a joint vision for Germany and for Europe” Published: 8 October 2021 Interview Franziska Brantner MdB talks about her hopes that the new German government will reframe its European policy. Its priorities in this process should be the European Green Deal, defending the rule of law and bolstering the EU’s capacity to act. Christine Pütz
COP 15 Published: 6 October 2021 At the 15th Conference of the Parties (COP 15) to the UN Convention on Biological Diversity (CBD) in Kunming, China, the course is set for or against the conservation of biodiversity.
Keynote at the Budapest Forum on Building Sustainable Democracies Published: 30 September 2021 Speech From 15-17 September 2021, the Budapest Forum gathered local decision-makers from Europe and beyond on how to strengthen sustainable democracies. Combatting the climate crisis including the participation of civil society will be key to sustain democratic liberties for the generations to come, said Dr. Ellen Ueberschär in her keynote on the panel 'People's power vs Climate crisis'. Dr. Ellen Ueberschär
10 Things You Need To Know About Hydrogen Published: 4 October 2021 Listicle The EU and Germany aim to be climate neutral by 2050 and 2045, respectively. The commitment to climate neutrality means that zero-emission alternatives will replace emissions-intensive processes and products. One energy alternative is climate-friendly hydrogen. However, hydrogen is not an all-purpose miracle that solves everything at once. Dr. Stefanie Groll