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Specials

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

Dossier

This dossier explores whether the gains of the past 25 years have laid a resilient and transformative foundation for feminist and gender-transformative approaches in peacebuilding, as well as in foreign, security and development policy.

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COP30: UN Climate Change Conference

Dossier

COP-30 in Belém, Brazil: Our dossier on the UN Climate Change Conference in November 2025 provides facts, information, and analyses.

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

Dossier

Green Tech has emerged as one of the defining factors in the relationship between the European Union (EU) and China, intertwining their economic ambitions and security considerations with their climate commitments.

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25th Foreign Policy Conference

Dossier

In an increasingly fragmented world, it is time to rethink peace and security. What does it take to reclaim these concepts from a progressive, green perspective? These questions will be explored at our Annual Foreign Policy Conference.

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Agroecology: Our Roots of Change

Dossier

Agroecology is increasingly recognized as a powerful response to today’s interlinked crises - environmental degradation, climate change, and deepening social inequalities. This dossier explores how agroecology redefines food systems and promotes people’s agency.

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Masculinities in Asia

Dossier

This dossier shows how ideals of masculinity in Asia influence (young) generations and even entire nations, how men themselves suffer from hegemonic masculinity, and how queer interventions and traditional Asian ideas can offer alternatives.

Events

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January

World Nuclear Industry Status Report (WNISR2025)

Presentation of a study Wednesday, 21. January 2026 in Berlin

Public Presentation in Germany
22

January

Re-imagining Development

Panel discussion Thursday, 22. January 2026 in Berlin

Investing in Global Public Goods
Livestream
26

January

The Voice of Hind Rajab

Film presentation and talk Monday, 26. January 2026 in Vienna
27

January

Syria - We are not one single colour - Ihna mish laun wahid

Event Tuesday, 27. January 2026 in Berlin

What is the situation in Syria a little over a year after the fall of dictator Bashar al-Assad?
29

January

26th Foreign Policy Conference

Conference Thursday, 29. January 2026 in Berlin

Security and Defence in the Hybrid Age: A Collective Responsibility?
Livestream
06

March

Anne Klein Womens' Award 2026 to Awa Fall-Diop

Award Ceremony Friday, 06. March 2026 in Berlin

Livestream

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After the COP16 Biodiversity Conference in Colombia: What remains and what comes next

Commentary

The UN Conference on Biological Diversity (COP16) in Cali, Colombia, ended in early November with important resolutions, but no agreement on the key issue of financing biodiversity conservation.

Evelyn Hartig

Rede von Susana Muhamad, kolumbianische Umweltministerin, bei der Eröffnung der 16. UN-Biodiversitätskonferenz (COP16) in Cali, Kolumbien, vor einer großen Leinwand mit Konferenzdetails sowie den Flaggen Kolumbiens und der UN.

CBD COP16 in Colombia: Focus on the future of biodiversity

Commentary

The 16th UN conference on biodiversity in Colombia faces the challenge of delivering results for the conservation of biological diversity. In addition to financing strategies, measures to protect biodiversity and ecosystems are urgently needed.

Evelyn Hartig, Victor da Silva Souza

All Regions

In 2023, tensions peaked between Afghanistan and Pakistan over the expulsion of Afghan nationals. This brief examines the institutional response, challenges, and recommendations for international support.

Hamzah

German Foreign Policy and the Rwandan Genocide

Policy Paper

Approximately 800,000 people were killed in the 1994 genocide in Rwanda. The question of the international community's responsibility is still being asked today. Many questions about German foreign policy at the time also remain unanswered.

Sarah Brockmeier-Large, Anton Peez

Wirtschaftsatlas 2024

Atlas

How can we achieve climate targets while ensuring sustainable and equitable prosperity? This atlas identifies political instruments and solutions for an ecologically oriented social market economy in 19 subject areas.

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Plastic Atlas

Agriculture Atlas 2019

The Ocean Atlas

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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

We Are Not Going Back to the Sidelines!

The Eurovision Song Contest and the Power of Utopia

Africa’s Path Out of Debt in a World That’s Changing the Rules

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

World Nuclear Industry Status Report (WNISR2025)

Re-imagining Development

The Voice of Hind Rajab

Syria - We are not one single colour - Ihna mish laun wahid

26th Foreign Policy Conference

Anne Klein Womens' Award 2026 to Awa Fall-Diop

Our Work Worldwide

Regions

After the COP16 Biodiversity Conference in Colombia: What remains and what comes next

CBD COP16 in Colombia: Focus on the future of biodiversity

Publications

Afghanistan: Response to Forced Returnees

German Foreign Policy and the Rwandan Genocide

Wirtschaftsatlas 2024

Plastic Atlas

Agriculture Atlas 2019

The Ocean Atlas

Stay tuned!

#StandWithUkraine

Our Newsletters

Recent Articles

We Are Not Going Back to the Sidelines!

The Eurovision Song Contest and the Power of Utopia

Africa’s Path Out of Debt in a World That’s Changing the Rules

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

World Nuclear Industry Status Report (WNISR2025)

Re-imagining Development

The Voice of Hind Rajab

Syria - We are not one single colour - Ihna mish laun wahid

26th Foreign Policy Conference

Anne Klein Womens' Award 2026 to Awa Fall-Diop

Our Work Worldwide

Regions

After the COP16 Biodiversity Conference in Colombia: What remains and what comes next

CBD COP16 in Colombia: Focus on the future of biodiversity

Publications

Afghanistan: Response to Forced Returnees

German Foreign Policy and the Rwandan Genocide

Wirtschaftsatlas 2024

Plastic Atlas

Agriculture Atlas 2019

The Ocean Atlas

Stay tuned!

#StandWithUkraine

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