Heinrich Böll Stiftung North America
Welcome to the Heinrich Böll Stiftung North America!
We are a political non-profit organization striving to promote democracy, civil society, equality and a healthy environment internationally. Headquarted in Berlin/Germany, the Heinrich Böll Stiftung has 28 offices worldwide and cooperates with more than 200 partners in more than 60 countries.  
Our Visitors
Visitors
Economic and Monetary Affairs Committee Delegation to Washington, DC
July 7, 2010 - From July 12th to 15th, the Economic and Monetary Affairs Committee Delegation of the European Parliament will visit Washington, DC. more»
Taghreed El-Khodary in Gaza City in the summer of 2008
Visitor
Taghreed El-Khodary – May 4, 2010 - Taghreed El-Khodary, Heinrich Boell Fellow and Visiting Scholar with the Carnegie Endowment for International Peace and the Middle East Program, will be in Washington, DC from May to the end of July 2010. more»
Events
Hilary Flynn
Event
Beyond Biofuels: Renewable Energy Opportunities for U.S. Farmers
July 28, 2010 - In cooperation with 25x’25, the Heinrich Böll Stiftung North America hosted a transatlantic roundtable discussion on its new report Beyond Biofuels: Renewable Energy Opportunities for U.S. Farmers. more»
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Midwestern Green Jobs Tour – July 19, 2010 - From July 12-16, 2010 the Midwestern Green Jobs Tour headed to Indiana, Michigan, Minnesota and Ohio. During the tour the Heinrich-Boell-Foundation and the Blue Green Alliance released a new policy paper. more»
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Middle East Delegation on Human Rights to Washington DC – July 6, 2010 - On the occasion of the anniversary of U.S. President Obama’s Cairo Speech and the upcoming elections in Egypt, the North America and Arab Middle East offices of the Heinrich Boell Stiftung invited a delegation of human right activists from the Middle East. more»
Imtiaz Gul
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Pakistan's Lawless Frontier: The Most Dangerous Place – June 18, 2010 - The Heinrich Böll Stiftung North America and the New America Foundation were pleased to host Imtiaz Gul, a Pakistani journalist and author of the newly-released book The Most Dangerous Place: Pakistan's Lawless Frontier. more»
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Global Progress Initiative – The Global Progress initiative is a collaborative work program launched by the Center for American Progress, in partnership with the Heinrich Böll Stiftung and the Fundacion IDEAS. The inaugural meeting brought together some two hundred progressive politicians, policy-makers, business leaders, strategists and thinkers to discuss the challenges facing modern societies. more»
Publications
Report
Canada’s Climate Change Calendar
July 19, 2010 - This report and calendar shows Canada's contribution to climate change in a global perspective. It is intended to provide a fresh perspective on the question of who is responsible for climate change and thus who must take the lead in delivering the solution. more»
Study
Climate Change and Democratisation – July 12, 2010 - The paper examines whether democracy at the country level and global climate change matter for another. It raises the question of how to support democracy’s advance in the face of multiple challenges that include the adverse effects of global warming and extreme weather events merits much more attention than it has received so far. Peter Burnell more»
Policy Paper
Three Hundred Thousand Clean Energy Jobs – July 9, 2010 - This policy paper analyzes the succes of the German renewables industry and discusses which of the lessons learned could be applied to the U.S. states of Indiana, Michigan and Minnesota. In cooperation with the Blue Green Alliance the paper will be released during the Midwestern Green Jobs Tour from July 12-16. Christine Wörlen more»
Policy Paper
Climate Finance Additionality: Emerging Definitions and Their Implications – July 2, 2010 - This paper explores the following two main issues: 1. How is additionality being defined by different political actors? 2. What are the technical and political implications of these different definitions? And what do the varying definitions require in terms of tracking and the measurement, reporting and verification of finance? Jessica Brown, Neil Bird and Liane Schalatek more»
Interview
Hamas Gains the Most from Israeli Raid – June 3, 2010 - Israel’s raid on a flotilla of humanitarian aid has refocused global attention on Gaza’s isolation. In a new Q&A, Taghreed El-Khodary, visiting scholar on hiatus from reporting in the Gaza Strip for the New York Times, details what’s happening on the ground in Gaza and how the incident will shape politics in the area. more»
Article
American Power: YES, American Responsibility: NOT REALLY... – May 13, 2010 - After months of haggling, praying, fearing, hoping, threatening and cajoling, the Senate version of a comprehensive climate and energy bill was finally released just yesterday by US Senators Joe Liebermann and John Kerry.  Liane Schalatek more»
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The IMF’s “Green Fund” Proposal – March 26, 2010 - Print-fresh from Washington’s 19th Street comes a short, but content-heavy paper by two IMF economists on how an international Green Fund partially financed by climate-SDRs could be set-up with the goal of generating some US$ 100 billion per year by 2010. Liane Schalatek more»
Article and video interviews
Synergy of Opposites- New Alliances for a Green Economy – May 25, 2010 - A look at the crisis-ridden states of the Midwest reveals how difficult it is to reform climate and energy policy, but also how unprecedented alliances are pushing for bipartisan cooperation on green jobs. Till Kötter more»
Article
The American Way of Change – May 25, 2010 - Researchers, entrepreneurs, and venture capitalists go beyond politics to find, on their own account, openings for green energies. Till Kötter more»
Policy Paper
Geschlechtergleichheit – (k)ein Mandat für internationale Klimaverhandlungen? – May 25, 2010 - Klimawandel ist nicht genderneutral und seine Auswirkungen sind längst eine bittere Realität für die ärmsten Menschen, darunter besonders häufig Frauen. Frauen sind dabei nicht nur Opfer des Klimawandels, sondern auch proaktive Akteurinnen, agents of change, mit einem bislang weitestgehend ignorierten Wissens- und Handlungspotential. Liane Schalatek more»
Plant and Coins
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Greening Capitalism is not Enough – May 25, 2010 - In many places, including Germany, the idea of a Green New Deal continues to be criticized from the well-known conservative angle and, more recently, from a progressive perspective as well.  This new critique of the Green New Deal is not valid because it fails to understand that the Green New Deal does not entail a simple “greenwashing” of the existing system. Gerhard Schick more»
policy papers
Series of Policy Papers on Trade and Investment – May 25, 2010 - The South Centre (Geneva) and the Harrison Institute of Georgetown Law Center (Washington, D.C.) prepared the following six papers which focus on the fact that, whereas tariffs are a primary barrier to trade in goods, domestic laws and regulations are the primary barrier to trade in service sectors. more»
Going Green - Green Arrow
Policy Paper
Going Green. The Future has Begun – The green industrial revolution will, on a grand scale, create new products, services, and jobs. Although much remains to be done, the great transformation is on its way. In this collection of short articles, the authors debate the pros and cons of carbon capture and storage, the American turn to "green," and the questions of how economic growth and climate protection can be reconciled.
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