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DOSSIER | COP-29: UN Climate Change Conference

The annual COP (Conference of the Parties) is the highest decision-making body of the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change (UNFCCC) and the primary multilateral forum for international climate policy. Here, the 198 signatory states negotiate agreements and assess progress in addressing the climate crisis. We provide an overview of past conferences and the current COP.

DOSSIER | The US elections 2024

The election result in the USA will have far-reaching, international consequences. What will the result mean for transatlantic relations, Europe's security architecture, and international efforts on climate action? The Heinrich Böll Foundation delves into these critical questions from a Green and European perspective, offering analyses and insights into the challenges and opportunities of the post-election landscape.

Events

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March

Google, Apple & Co: From Tech Giants to Financial Giants?

Panel discussion Tuesday, 25. March 2025 in Berlin

Big Tech on the Rise: A Threat to Financial Stability and Democracy?
Livestream
02

April

The Care Economy

Book presentation and discussion Wednesday, 02. April 2025 in Berlin

Rethinking Prosperity, health and work
Livestream

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Small Modular Reactors for the Czech Market: An update - 2024

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Democracy

Kolektiv A.S.A.P. (Abortion Support Alliance Prague)

Discriminatory Czech abortion law should change - interview with A.S.A.P. collective

Interview

Although abortion is legal in the Czech Republic, it is not accessible to everyone. Half of Czech hospitals would not provide the procedure to citizens of other EU Member States, according to a new survey. People living with disabilities or low incomes also face obstacles, says Rafał Szwajkowski of the A.S.A.P. (Abortion Support Alliance Prague) collective.

By Kateřina Boťová

“Democracy cannot 'do the magic' and protect itself”

Interview

As part of an EU Democracy research project funded by the Heinrich-Böll-Stiftung European Union office, Sophie Pornschlegel interviewed European Commission Vice-President for Values and Transparency, Věra Jourová, during the summer break of the European Commission. In their conversation, Vice-President Jourová reflected on five years of efforts to safeguard democracy, human rights and the rule of law in the EU, amid increasing threats against democracy and a shifting geopolitical context, not least due to Russia’s war of aggression against Ukraine.

By Sophie Pornschlegel and Věra Jourová

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Ecology

Criticality and the Securitization of Southeast Asia’s Indigenous Mineral Resources

Article

Southeast Asia’s geographical location is blessed with abundant natural resources – minerals, forests, and wildlife. For hundreds of years, these resources have been a source of livelihood and even life for Indigenous peoples, as well as local communities. However, the capitalist perspective of development is rapidly encroaching on the mineral-rich lands of these peoples.

The Czech Republic is behind on developing wind power, we need an urgent change

Analysis

The development of wind power is being prevented primarily for economic and political reasons even though the potential for producing cheap, clean power from wind in the Czech Republic is enormous. We can look to Austria and Poland for examples.

By Matěj Moravanský

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Foreign and Security Policy

After the 2025 German Federal election: maintaining the ability to compromise among democrats

Commentary

The Greens emerge from the election relatively stable despite losses. Formation of the political will within and outside of parties must reorganise itself. Democratic parties must remain able to compromise among themselves in order to fulfil their responsibility for the political order in Germany and beyond.

By Dietrich Herrmann

Volodymyr Zelenský a Roberta Metsolaová, vlajka EU

Slovakia: When it comes to Ukraine's EU accession, politicians reach a surprising consensus, while only two parties are willing to discuss the right of veto

Analysis

The major points of friction in foreign policy can be observed when it comes to the issue of military support for Ukraine and keeping of the veto right. Other timely topics that are almost completely absent from the parties' manifestos include, for example, the war in the Gaza Strip or relations with China.

By Natália Silenská

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Publications

Small Modular Reactors for the Czech Market: An update - 2024

The publication focuses developments in the field of small and medium modular reactors (collectively referred to as SMRs) in 2024 and builds upon the unique analysis "Prospect of Small Modular Reactors in the Czech Republic," published at the end of 2023. The author, once again, is emeritus Professor Stephen Thomas from University of Greenwich, London, with a chapter on the Czech context by Edvard Sequens from Calla - Association for Preservation of the Environment.

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Climate Security Report

Report

This report reviews climate security literature, identifies key players, and analyzes case studies. It highlights actors' needs in different contexts and offers recommendations for global, regional, and local engagement, with a focus on the global South.

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Illiberal advance, but no breakthrough – yet?

Study

Political Capital's study on the state of the populist radical right and Hungarian influence building, in cooperation with the Heinrich-Böll Foundation, aims to take stock of the "super election year" of 2024: how it has reshaped the scene for illiberal populist actors, and what it has brought to the Orbán regime in its efforts to build international influence and promote itself as a model of populism on the international stage.

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