International Environmental Policy

Climate change, biodiversity loss, plastic pollution: We are working on the major environmental crises of our time and are arguing for a socio-ecological transformation based on climate and resource justice. This requires a very rapid exit from coal, oil and gas, an end to the exploitation of nature and man and a critical and precautionary use of technologies.

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50 Years of International Environmental Policy

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Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) - 6th Assessment Report

Publications
Transformation by design, not by disaster!

Transformation by design, not by disaster

Report

Four areas of application show: Our current consumption of raw materials is globally and socially unjust and ecologically unsustainable. We need a raw material transition towards truly circular and sustainable producttion and consumption patterns.

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Downstream due diligence

Policy Brief

Together with the Supply Chain Law Initiative, SOMO, Swedwatch and Germanwatch, we show in this short position paper why due diligence in downstream value chains is necessary and how it can be implemented. We also make key recommendations fort he EU supply chain law.

The Loss and Damage Finance Facility: Why and How

Discussion Paper

The objective of this discussion paper is to contribute to achieving the establishment and operationalization of an Loss and Damage Finance Facility (LDFF) that delivers on the needs of developing countries at speed and scale by explaining the why and how. The paper explains why the LDFF is necessary before turning to an analysis of the governing arrangements and core operational functions for the LDFF.

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