Diversity is part and parcel of our organisational culture. Our aim is to transform the Heinrich Böll Foundation into a space that is welcoming to people with disabilities. The following is meant to provide information about the accessibility of our building, our events, about accessible modes of transportation, as well as regarding our website.

When ecosystems are destroyed by human action, there must be consequences. The EU has criminalised large-scale environmental damage. Germany now has the opportunity to take leadership – and set a positive example – by introducing a law against ecocide.

As the US retreats from the global climate agenda and the EU struggles to fill the leadership gap, many are looking to China and ask: What can we expect from China's new Nationally Determined Contribution (NDC) for 2035?

We warmly congratulate Mzia Amaghlobeli on receiving the Sakharov Prize. The online newspapers Batumelebi and Netgazeti, which she co-founded and runs, are among Georgia's most important independent media outlets.

An agroecological approach to preserve biodiversity in agricultural landscapes should draw on both scientific and local traditional knowledge. This article focuses on changes in the hay management regime in the extensive wetlands of Biebrza National Park in Poland.

Independent media in the South Caucasus faces pressure, disinformation and funding cuts. Read our latest on the struggles - and resilience - of media in the region.

Dieses Dossier zielt darauf ab, die Rolle von jungen Menschen in pro-demokratischen Bewegungen im asiatischen Raum zu untersuchen und sie im Rahmen des Programms "Young Advocates For Democracy" (YA4D)  zu unterstützen.

Friedrich Merz and Emmanuel Macron have repeatedly announced their intention to prioritize European security and to take a more decisive stance against Russian aggression. Yet they have failed to follow through on these pledges. Europe now needs a defense union that is worthy of the name. 

The Baku-to-Belém Roadmap aims to close the gap between the disappointing COP29 target of 300 US dollars billion annually and the envisioned 1.3 trillion US dollars in climate finance per year by 2035. Will it find support at COP30?