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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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April

Navigating Sustainable Hydrogen in Times of Uncertainty

Online discussion Wednesday, 15. April 2026 in Deutschland

Entry Points for More Effective Governance
20

April

From Buenaventura to Berlin

Discussion evening Monday, 20. April 2026 in Berlin

Cocaine and corruption between Latin America and Germany
Livestream
22

April

An insecure world

Panel discussion Wednesday, 22. April 2026 in Berlin

EU-China relations in a contested international order
23

April

40 Years After Chernobyl

Event Thursday, 23. April 2026 in Berlin

History and its new reality
Livestream
23

April

AI, Memory and Migration

Expert talk Thursday, 23. April 2026 in Berlin

Whose story survives the algorithm?
18

May

Berlin Forum on Global Cooperation 2026

Conference Monday, 18. May 2026 – Tuesday, 19. May 2026 in Berlin

Energy cooperation vs. energy dominance
Livestream

Regions

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Media Capture Central European Style

With foreign owners leaving the market, Central European oligarchs are buying whatever they can get their hands on. The region is an object lesson in how vested interests can create a quasi-media monopoly on information.

Krisztián Simon

Human Rights Against Populism - Picture: President Rodrigo Duterte and Prime Minister Mahathir Mohamad striking a pose together

Human Rights Against Populism: A Progressive Response to the Politics of Duterte and Mahathir

Background

As the world celebrates the 70th anniversary of the Universal Declaration of Human Rights (UDHR), the region of Southeast Asia highlights two compelling political phenomena: the emergent ‘authoritarian populism’ and the return to the ‘Asian Values’.

Bonn Juego

All Regions

The Greenhouse Development Rights Framework provides an interesting approach towards combining sustainability goals and development equity. Revised second edition, November 2008, with new analysis based on updated data!

ERENE - European Community for Renewable Energy

Climate protection and a secure energy supply both are questions of our future. The European Union must set itself ambitious goals if it wants to maintain its political dynamic. A feasibility study by Michaele Schreyer and Lutz Mez in collaboration with David Jacobs.

The Heinrich Böll Foundation in Southeast Asia

The Southeast Asia Regional Office of the Heinrich Böll Foundation in Chiang Mai and the Cambodia Country Office Phnom Penh present their current programme in a new brochure.

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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.

Stay tuned!

#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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The Heinrich-Böll-Stiftung in a nutshell

Recent Articles

Collective Responsibilities: A call for Critical Feminist Funding Literacy

The Ocean Atlas

Collective Responsibilities: A call for Feminist Philanthropy

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

Navigating Sustainable Hydrogen in Times of Uncertainty

From Buenaventura to Berlin

An insecure world

40 Years After Chernobyl

AI, Memory and Migration

Berlin Forum on Global Cooperation 2026

Our Work Worldwide

Regions

Media Capture Central European Style

Human Rights Against Populism: A Progressive Response to the Politics of Duterte and Mahathir

Publications

The Greenhouse Development Rights Framework

ERENE - European Community for Renewable Energy

The Heinrich Böll Foundation in Southeast Asia

Plastic Atlas

Agriculture Atlas 2019

The Ocean Atlas

Stay tuned!

#StandWithUkraine

Our Newsletters

Recent Articles

Collective Responsibilities: A call for Critical Feminist Funding Literacy

The Ocean Atlas

Collective Responsibilities: A call for Feminist Philanthropy

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

Navigating Sustainable Hydrogen in Times of Uncertainty

From Buenaventura to Berlin

An insecure world

40 Years After Chernobyl

AI, Memory and Migration

Berlin Forum on Global Cooperation 2026

Our Work Worldwide

Regions

Media Capture Central European Style

Human Rights Against Populism: A Progressive Response to the Politics of Duterte and Mahathir

Publications

The Greenhouse Development Rights Framework

ERENE - European Community for Renewable Energy

The Heinrich Böll Foundation in Southeast Asia

Plastic Atlas

Agriculture Atlas 2019

The Ocean Atlas

Stay tuned!

#StandWithUkraine

Our Newsletters

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