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Biodiversity Conservation: Agreement Relies on Controversial Financing Approaches

Controversial financing instruments have gained importance in biodiversity conservation efforts since the Global Biodiversity Framework was adopted in 2022. But turning nature into an investment object will not stop the biodiversity crisis.

Jutta Kill

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Sustaining Total Defence in Singapore: Mobilising the Nation in Times of Crisis

Analysis

Total Defence is a cornerstone of Singapore’s national security policy and practice. As a ‘Whole-of-nation’ framework, it has evolved to deal with the increasing complexity of national security risks and challenges.

Ong Weichong

Specials

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Events

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February

Is Europe the enemy? In discussion with David Sanger and Anna Sauerbrey

Panel discussion Monday, 16. February 2026 in Berlin

Livestream
23

February

Hybrid warfare and comprehensive defense: Lessons from Ukraine

Panel discussion Monday, 23. February 2026 in Berlin

Panel jointly presented by Vitsche and Heinrich Böll Stiftung at annual Ukraine solidarity congress „Café Kyiv“
06

March

Anne Klein Womens' Award 2026 to Awa Fall-Diop

Award Ceremony Friday, 06. March 2026 in Berlin

Livestream

Regions

Brazil: Violence Against Environmental Defenders in the Amazon Rises

Analysis

The protection of environmental and human rights defenders must be decisively strengthened in the Amazon and globally. For far too often, activists are still exposed to threats and violence.

Ciro de Souza Brito

Barqueta - Cúpula dos Povos durante a COP 30, Belém, nov. 2025

COP30 in the Amazon - Statement From the Heinrich Böll Foundation

Commentary

The Heinrich Böll Foundation, operating in Brazil for 25 years and working in cooperation with various civil society organizations, publicly expresses its disagreement with the statement made by German Chancellor Friedrich Merz on November 13th.

Regine Schönenberg

All Regions

The next MFF proposes centralised National and Regional Partnership Plans, shifting power to national governments and the European Commission. While promising coherence, this risks weaker regional involvement and oversight.

Tsvetelina Kuzmanova

Advancing Social Policy in the 2028–2034 EU Multiannual Financial Framework

Policy Paper

The 2028–2034 MFF proposal acknowledges social pressures but risks diluting the EU’s social dimension. Social spending is consolidated without a dedicated European Social Fund line, while guarantees are weakened.

Réka Tunyogi

New EU Own Resources to Strengthen Europe’s Long-Term Budget

Policy Paper

The European Commission’s new MFF proposal introduces five new own resources to fund Next Generation EU debt and modernise EU revenues. This paper assesses the package and argues for a balanced basket of genuine new resources to support EU goals.

Dr. Margit Schratzenstaller

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Agriculture Atlas 2019

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Portals & Institutes

Go to GreenCampus

GreenCampus is our further education academy with offers in political management, personnel development as well as gender and diversity management.

Go to Heimatkunde

Heimatkunde is the migration policy portal of the Heinrich Böll Foundation.

Go to the GWI

The Gunda Werner Institute at the Heinrich Böll Foundation (GWI) pools gender policy and feminist topics.

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#StandWithUkraine

We declare our full solidarity with Ukraine. We stand by the side of our Ukrainian partners and colleagues and, at the same time, by the side of our partners in Russian civil society who are beset by harsh repression.

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Recent Articles

Biodiversity Conservation: Agreement Relies on Controversial Financing Approaches

Our Atlases

Sustaining Total Defence in Singapore: Mobilising the Nation in Times of Crisis

Specials

25th Anniversary of UNSC Resolution 1325 on Women, Peace and Security

COP30: UN Climate Change Conference

EU-China Relations: Bound by Clean Tech or Divided by It?

25th Foreign Policy Conference

Agroecology: Our Roots of Change

Masculinities in Asia

Events

Is Europe the enemy? In discussion with David Sanger and Anna Sauerbrey

Hybrid warfare and comprehensive defense: Lessons from Ukraine

Anne Klein Womens' Award 2026 to Awa Fall-Diop

Our Work Worldwide

Regions

Brazil: Violence Against Environmental Defenders in the Amazon Rises

COP30 in the Amazon - Statement From the Heinrich Böll Foundation

Publications

The Missing Middle

Advancing Social Policy in the 2028–2034 EU Multiannual Financial Framework

New EU Own Resources to Strengthen Europe’s Long-Term Budget

Plastic Atlas

Agriculture Atlas 2019

The Ocean Atlas

Stay tuned!

#StandWithUkraine

Our Newsletters

Recent Articles

Biodiversity Conservation: Agreement Relies on Controversial Financing Approaches

Our Atlases

Sustaining Total Defence in Singapore: Mobilising the Nation in Times of Crisis

Specials

25th Anniversary of UNSC Resolution 1325 on Women, Peace and Security

COP30: UN Climate Change Conference

EU-China Relations: Bound by Clean Tech or Divided by It?

25th Foreign Policy Conference

Agroecology: Our Roots of Change

Masculinities in Asia

Events

Is Europe the enemy? In discussion with David Sanger and Anna Sauerbrey

Hybrid warfare and comprehensive defense: Lessons from Ukraine

Anne Klein Womens' Award 2026 to Awa Fall-Diop

Our Work Worldwide

Regions

Brazil: Violence Against Environmental Defenders in the Amazon Rises

COP30 in the Amazon - Statement From the Heinrich Böll Foundation

Publications

The Missing Middle

Advancing Social Policy in the 2028–2034 EU Multiannual Financial Framework

New EU Own Resources to Strengthen Europe’s Long-Term Budget

Plastic Atlas

Agriculture Atlas 2019

The Ocean Atlas

Stay tuned!

#StandWithUkraine

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