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We are accepting applications for the From Growth to Well Being Think Fund until July 31st, 2023.

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Green Equity

This dossier explores what needs to improve in order for green equity to become a powerful instrument to support a green and socially inclusive transformation.

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The Inflation Reduction Act Explained

The Inflation Reduction Act has been praised by American unions, climate activists, and national security hawks - but criticized in Europe. Why the split?

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10 Things to Know About Climate Finance: 2023 Global Stocktake Edition

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Climate Finance Fundamentals 12: Climate Finance Regional Briefing - Small Island Developing States

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Feminist perspectives on global environmental justice

Environmental and climate crises are not gender neutral. They disproportionately affect people already facing multiple forms of discrimination. If feminist environmental policy is to extend beyond the effects on women, it needs to combine gender and ecological expertise. This dossier features a selection of the Heinrich-Böll-Stiftung's contributions over recent decades to international debates on environmental and gender justice.

Climate Finance Fundamentals

An introduction to climate finance, financial flows, the regions and countries funds reach, and the climate interventions funds target.

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Journalism in Ukraine: When the war is not only informational

The once lively scene of local and national Ukrainian media is threatened by the brutal Russian invasion and occupation. War has changed the work of journalists and media business models are under threat. Today’s task is to preserve the Ukrainian media landscape and keep journalists in the profession. The tragic case of Russia illustrates that without comprehensive freedom of speech and independent media, dictatorship can thrive.

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Feminist Foreign and Development Policy Fellowships

Feminist young professionals strengthening an inclusive and intersectional approach to policy-making and practice

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Women, Peace, & Security

Women play a key role in securing global peace, and it is high time their role is recognized and reinforced.

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Building a Diverse and Inclusive Culture of Remembrance

Building a Diverse and Inclusive Culture of Remembrance (DAICOR) is a reciprocal transatlantic exchange program for individuals with a professional interest in the promotion of an inclusive and progressive culture of remembrance in public spaces in Germany and the United States.

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Memory and Democracy Study Tour 2022

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2022 Year in Review

In 2022, our internship program started again, study tours traveled once more, and we deepened our work in every program area - alongside so much more!

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Before the UN Biodiversity Conference (COP 15) in Montreal, Member of the German Bundestag Jan-Niclas Gesenhues answered questions about the interconnection of the climate and biodiversity crisis, economic models that consider well being, and more sustainable consumption.

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Infrastructure is Everywhere

How are private investors financing infrastructure—especially institutional investors, such as pension funds, which hold over $100 trillion? And can these investors help achieve public goods, such as no carbon economies? An introduction to global infrastructure projects

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Ukraine videos dominated the internet in 2022. What now?

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Social media in Ukraine: how advocates and historians use it

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2022 Cohort of Transatlantic Media Fellows

After a round of strong applications, we are excited to announce our selection of Transatlantic Media Fellows for 2022.

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Glimmerland: Human rights in the mica supply chain

A satellite image-based investigation by Vertical52 reveals the extent of child labor in illegal mines in India that produce mica, a critical mineral for the tech industry.

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Privacy is Global: Creative Storytelling for Data Protection Advocacy

Speculative audio fiction explaining the importance of data privacy

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Data and Development

This project aims to inform and connect policymakers, academics, and civil society in digital governance debates, with a special focus on amplifying voices from the Global South.

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Poland has welcomed fleeing Ukrainians. But a cold winter, rising inflation, and minimal financial support from the government could strain the system.

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An economically demanding and foreign-dominated digital market, along with a lack of political will and trust, make it harder for local digital entrepreneurs to succeed in DR Congo.

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