Commentary: Political discourse is required Published: 8 December 2015 Jutta Kill provides an excellent summary of why market-based or market-like valuation of ‘nature’ does not work as a tool for reducing climate change and biodiversity loss but rather is likely to worsen both trends. Kathleen McAfee
"Family Diversity is an Enrichment" Published: 14 December 2015 Lena Herrmann-Green is a 19-year-old student with two younger siblings who lives a relatively normal life. But she was one of the first children in Germany to be conceived via anonymous sperm donation. Caroline Ausserer
Why young Germans become jihadists Published: 5 February 2016 The reasons behind people’s radicalization are individual. However, anger over lack of social recognition often plays an important role. Salafism and Islamophobia must be tackled simultaneously. Lamya Kaddor
"If you improve the situation of women, everyone will benefit" Published: 4 December 2015 Thida Khus is the Executive Director of SILAKA, a Cambodian NGO that has been working since 1997 to increase the participation of women in Cambodia. Thida will be speaking at the Heinrich Böll Foundation about the situation of women in Southeast Asia.
Airstrikes alone won’t defeat ISIS Published: 2 December 2015 As the UK debates extending into Syria, there is a striking absence of consideration for citizens. A commentary. Dr. Haid Haid
“It Is Still a Big Taboo” Published: 15 December 2015 For intersex people and their concerns, 2015 was a very important year because it saw intersex issues being thrust more and more into the spotlight of European and international policy making. Caroline Ausserer talks about these developments with Dan Christian Ghattas, co-chair of OII Europe, the umbrella organization of European human rights-based intersex NGOs. Caroline Ausserer, Dr. Dan Christian Ghattas
Commentary: Greenwash! Now in New Improved Formulae Published: 3 December 2015 This report is an excellent overview of the pitiful state of environmentalism and its neoliberalisation. The issues raised are important and should be taken seriously. I would like to suggest a few areas in which the argument could benefit from some further reflection. Clive Spash
Civil society under pressure Published: 2 December 2015 Shrinking – closing – no space: Governments across all continents villainize civil society actors. Where does their sense of threat emanate from? Barbara Unmüßig
Two thirds of European oil refineries ready for tar sands imports Published: 2 December 2015 More than two thirds of European oil refineries are now equipped to process tar sands, research has found, raising fears the EU is ready to welcome a flood of imports of one of the most environmentally devastating fuels in production. James Crisp
Key Messages from Warsaw to Paris and Beyond Published: 30 November 2015 The Brussels climate dialogue series that was held from the Climate Summit in Warsaw (COP19 ) until the Climate Summit in Paris (COP21) resulted in the following six key messages to build EU climate ambition in the international climate negotiations. Silvia Brugger