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Events

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October

Sovereign Debt, the Climate Challenge, and Geoeconomics: Pathways for a Sustainable Global Response

Expert talk Tuesday, 14. October 2025 in Washington D.C.

High-level Event at the IMF/World Bank Annual Meetings 2025
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October

Between Repression and Hope: Hungary’s Civil Society and the Struggle for Democracy Ahead of the 2026 Election

Discussion Wednesday, 15. October 2025 in Berlin

Livestream
20

October

Berlin Belarus Future Forum 2025 – For a democratic Belarus in Europe

Expert conference Monday, 20. October 2025 in Berlin
21

October

Between Open Arms and Closed Borders

Expert conference Tuesday, 21. October 2025 in Berlin

A Decade of Flight and Arrival in Germany
Livestream
22

October

The desire for being many

Event Wednesday, 22. October 2025 in Berlin

Strategies of Weak Resistance
23

October

Reporting the Far Right

Discussion series Thursday, 23. October 2025

A Conversation with Holger Stark and Elisabeth Zerofsky
Livestream

Regions

"The Humanitarian Situation in Sudan Is Catastrophic"

Speech

In his speech, Jan Egeland, Secretary-General of the Norwegian Refugee Council (NRC), points out three key factors that are contributing to the detrimental humanitarian situation in Sudan.

Jan Egeland

Eine Hand hält eine runde Fruchtschale mit Blättern und Paranüssen.

Agroecology in Amazonia Strengthens Sustainable Food Systems

Analysis

In the Amazon, scientific agroecological knowledge is combined with the ancestral knowledge of traditional peoples and communities in forest management. This fusion results in several initiatives that stand as resistance to the advance of agribusiness.

Romier da Paixão Sousa, Tatiana Deane de Abreu Sá

All Regions

The global expansion of electromobility is intensifying competition for critical raw materials. A new analysis connects European supply chains to specific mining sites for the first time, identifying key environmental and social risks.

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Africa’s Vicious Cycle of Debt and Climate Change

Policy Brief

Across Africa, climate shocks and debt distress fuel each other in a vicious cycle. With external debt more than tripling since 2008, rising costs and plunging currencies are squeezing public finances - leaving little room for vital climate resilience investments.

Alexander Dryden, Ulrich Volz

Peatland Atlas 2023

Atlas

The Peatland Atlas highlights the consequences of the destruction of these unique habitats and shows the opportunities of wet peatlands and their use for society in order to encourage all actors to take action.

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Plastic Atlas

Agriculture Atlas 2019

The Ocean Atlas

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Publication Series

All Issues of Perspectives Asia

All Issues of Perspectives Africa

All Issues of Perspectives Latin America (Spanish)

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All Issues of Perspectives Southeastern Europe

All Issues of Perspectives Middle East & North Africa

Portals & Institutes

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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 & Specials

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Events

Sovereign Debt, the Climate Challenge, and Geoeconomics: Pathways for a Sustainable Global Response

Between Repression and Hope: Hungary’s Civil Society and the Struggle for Democracy Ahead of the 2026 Election

Berlin Belarus Future Forum 2025 – For a democratic Belarus in Europe

Between Open Arms and Closed Borders

The desire for being many

Reporting the Far Right

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Regions

"The Humanitarian Situation in Sudan Is Catastrophic"

Agroecology in Amazonia Strengthens Sustainable Food Systems

Publications

The Cost of Clean Cars