Environmental Policy

Articles

Myanmar’s Natural Resources: Blessing or Curse?

Published: 11 December 2013

Myanmar’s progress since the 2010 general elections has been astounding, with political transition greatly encouraging citizens and international diplomatic and investment communities. The diplomatic climate for Myanmar has changed dramatically as a result and sanctions have been eased progressively.

David Allen, Rainer Einzenberger

Ein Aufsteller des Logos der COP 30 steht vor einem Gebäude.

COP 30: How Argentina Went from Pioneer to Laggard in International Climate Policy

Published: 12 November 2025

Analyse

With the start of COP30, Argentina finds itself on the sidelines of international climate diplomacy. The country is currently experiencing a severe dismantling of institutions and new dependence on extractivism – yet it was once a pioneer in climate protection.

Camila Mercure

Several wind turbines stand on a green hill, behind them the sea with parallel lines and a cloudy sky. A path winds its way through the terrain.

China’s New Climate Targets: Will China Lead the Global Climate Fight?

Published: 30 October 2025

Analysis

As the US retreats from the global climate agenda and the EU struggles to fill the leadership gap, many are looking to China and ask: What can we expect from China's new Nationally Determined Contribution (NDC) for 2035?

Belinda Schäpe, Lauri Myllyvirta

hbs Bildbeschreiber sagte: Pappschild mit Aufschrift „Climate Justice Now!“ (Klimagerechtigkeit jetzt!) wird von Mensch in Menschenmenge hochgehalten.

COP30: Can the Baku-To-Belém Roadmap Put Global Climate Finance on the Right Path?

Published: 20 October 2025

Analysis

The Baku-to-Belém Roadmap aims to close the gap between the disappointing COP29 target of 300 US dollars billion annually and the envisioned 1.3 trillion US dollars in climate finance per year by 2035. Will it find support at COP30?

Liane Schalatek

Dossiers

The Rights of Nature

Published: 6 February 2025

Dossier

Our relationship with nature is severely disrupted. To sustainably protect people and the environment, we need new approaches – such as granting rights to nature. How can this approach be implemented and what opportunities does it offer for people and the environment?

COP20: Lima

Published: 5 December 2022

From December 1 to 12, the 20th Conference of the Parties to the UN Framework Convention on Climate Change (UNFCCC) will take place in Lima, Peru. The Heinrich Böll Foundation is on site with a delegation. Our focus summarizes the Foundation's current work on climate policy.

COP24: Katowice

Published: 15 August 2022

The 24th Conference of the Parties (COP 24) to the UN Framework Convention on Climate Change (UNFCCC) will take place from December 2 to 14 in Katowice, Poland. The conference is intended to establish the rules according to which the Paris Climate Agreement of 2015 will be implemented in order to limit global warming to a maximum of 1.5°C.

Earth Overshoot Day: Five portraits of women

Living Within Our Means

Published: 19 July 2022

Interview Series

Feminist perspectives on sustainability ahead of the Earth Overshoot Day 2022. This is a series of interviews with feminist change-makers committed to fighting for people and the planet.

50 Years of International Environmental Policy

Published: 23 May 2022

Dossier

The conference Stockholm+50 takes place five decades after the 1972 UN Conference on the Human Environment. We not only want to look back at 50 years of global environmental policy, but also look forward and ask: What can we do better so that the necessary transformation still succeeds?

Plastic Atlas

Published: 21 October 2019

Dossier

The Plastic Atlas - find all infographics, videos and selected contributions in our online dossier.

Plastic

Published: 28 August 2019

Dossier

Unveil the hidden impact of ubiquitous plastic – from infiltrating our food and water to pervading our everyday items. Our plastics dossier uncovers the responsible parties, effects on humans and nature, and essential solutions for reversing the plastic crisis.

Geoengineering

Published: 9 October 2017

Dossier

Our web dossier sheds light on the risks of geoengineering for human rights, indigenous and community rights, peace and democracy, food security, biodiversity and ecosystem integrity.

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Publications

Ocean Atlas

Published: 24 November 2025

Atlas

Without the sea, there would be no life on our planet. But overfishing, species loss, and immense pollution threaten the oceans. The 2017 Ocean Atlas provides the most important data, facts, and contexts in 18 articles and over 50 graphics.

Ocean Atlas

Published: 17 November 2025

Atlas

Without the ocean there would be no life on our planet. But the future of this unique ecosystem faces a grave threat today. The Ocean Atlas 2017 delivers with its 18 contributions and 50 graphics the relevant facts and figures about the ocean.

A change of course. On the road to a climate-just world

Published: 26 November 2024

Is it utopian to insist on a good life for all in the face of the climate crisis? No more unrealistic than the utopia of endless growth on a finite planet on the backs of the weakest. On the road to a climate-just world” describes ways to create a sustainable world worth living in for everyone - and exposes false hopes and dangerous false solutions.

Susanne Schwarz, Verena Kern, Linda Schneider , Johanna Sydow, Susann Scherbarth, Anika Schroeder

Limiting environmental damage, human rights abuses and Indigenous Peoples’ rights violations

Published: 23 February 2024

Guidelines

These guidelines address the great concerns with the overall aims of the EU Critical Raw Materials Regulation (CRMR) of driving greater extraction of primary raw materials and increasing harm to nature and people.

Transformation by design, not by disaster

Published: 18 August 2023

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.

Downstream due diligence

Published: 20 March 2023

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.

der Heinrich-Böll-Stiftung, Germanwatch e.V.

Combatting Global Plastic Pollution

Published: 14 March 2023

Infobrief

A critical look at the entire plastics cycle is also of crucial importance from a feminist perspective, because the plastic problem cannot simply be reduced to consumer use patterns or to harmful microplastics in cosmetic products. On the contrary, every stage of the plastics cycle reflects different gender-specific experiences and exposures.

Birte Rodenberg

What use is the (D-)EITI? The Extractive Industries Transparency Initiative in Germany under scrutiny

Published: 20 May 2022

Report

The paper gives an overview of the structure and functioning of the EITI, the implementation of the EITI in Germany and assesses the content of the EITI reports so far from a civil society perspective.

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