Over 200 Global Food Movement Leaders and Organizations Reject "Gene Drives" Published: 16 October 2018 Press release
A feminist critique of the atomic bomb Published: 12 October 2018 Background A feminist analysis can help us understand how nuclear weapons are a patriarchal tool, and how it benefits the patriarchy to advocate for their continued existence in the arsenals of a few and selected governments. Ray Acheson
IPCC Special Report on 1.5: Limiting global warming without temperature "overshoot" Published: 10 October 2018 Analysis The IPCC Special Report on 1.5 opts for a rigorous interpretation of the 1.5 limit on global warming. It has good reasons to do so: "Overshooting" that target risks irreversible impacts and damage for societies and ecosystems, and increases reliance on unproven, high-risk geoengineering technologies. Linda Schneider
Section 377 is scrapped! Sexual Minorities become full citizens of India Published: 5 October 2018 Shubha Chacko is a prominent LGBTQ activist from India. On the occasion of the landmark Supreme Court judgment decriminalizing a portion of Section 377 of the Indian Penal Code, she writes on the long fight against section 377, the challenges ahead and what it means for the society at large. Shubha Chacko
“Mass Climate Change Wars Must Be Cautioned and Acted Against” - Bled Strategic Forum Published: 2 October 2018 Panel report Heinrich Boell Stiftung Islamabad-Pakistan's 's Ecology Programme coordinator, Mome Saleem organized and moderated a panel discussion on climate change and security dynamics at the 13th International Conference of the Bled Strategic Forum in Bled, Slovenia. The panel featured prominent leaders such as Former President of the Republic of Slovenia, Danilo Turk and Dean, Pardee School of Global Studies, Boston Univeersity and Former Vice Chancellor, Lahore University of Management Sciences (Pakistan), DR. Adil Najam.
“A decision as important for Europe as it is for Hungary” – Benedek Jávor on the Sargentini Report Published: 20 September 2018 Interview On 12 September the European Parliament voted in favour of starting procedures against the Hungarian government for breaching European values. We asked Hungarian MEP Benedek Jávor how he evaluates the outcomes of the vote. Benedek Jávor, Zsófia Deák
The Sargentini Report – Its background and what it means for Hungary and for the EU Published: 19 September 2018 On the 12th of September the European Parliament voted on the so called Sargentini Report, condemning the anti-democratic turn of Hungary and initiating the procedure related to Article 7 (1) of the Treaty on the European Union. Huge attention has been drawn to the continuous democratic erosion in Hungary. Nóra Köves
European Structural Change: First Meeting of the Trilateral Group in Paris Published: 18 September 2018 On July 2nd and 3rd, the French-German-Polish Forum on European Structural Change convened in Paris.
Introduction: Radical Realism Published: 18 September 2018 This dossier aims to give a broad overview of exciting new and old pathways towards a climate-just 1.5°C world. Pathways that are grounded in radical, social and environmental justice-based agendas for political change.
Your Green Innovation Published: 4 October 2018 Call for change-makers Pitch your green innovation to an international jury of successful startups, experts, and venture capitalists, and win an inspiring trip to the US.
