Economic Valuation and Payment for Environmental Services Published: 6 November 2015 This paper will explore where the recent initiatives aimed at "ending the economic invisibility of nature" differ from previous approaches to economic valuation of nature. pdf
Inside the Green Economy - promises and pitfalls in 9 theses Published: 16 November 2015 Thomas Fatheuer, Lili Fuhr and Barbara Unmüßig of the Heinrich Böll Foundation set out to explore the basic assumptions, hypotheses and proposed solutions of the green economy and to illustrate and criticize their effects in practice. By Barbara Unmüßig, Lili Fuhr and Thomas Fatheuer
Right to Food: Series of Lectures & Discussions at European Universities Published: 4 November 2015 During the autumn semester 2015 expert lecturers from Tanzania, Netherlands, Germany and South Africa join a series of discussions about the right to food with students at partner universities within the scope of the project EcoFairTrade. By Ondřej Suchánek
Transparency standards should include climate risks Published: 4 November 2015 Rigorous disclosure requirements and increased transparency are vital to reclaim the space for citizens to be able to demand climate justice. By Lili Fuhr and Simon Taylor
Inside the Green Economy Published: 30 June 2016 The economic and ecological bases of a general prosperity are in danger. The Green Economy offers a model, based primarily on large-scale technological innovation. A solution if it results in even more consumption?
Utopian Realism Published: 27 October 2015 "A new model of sustainability is needed, driven by ingenuity and the capacity of our technologies to extract more from less" says Anthony Giddens in his foreword to "Green Growth, Smart Growth". By Anthony Giddens
Lecture: Ralf Fücks on "Green Growth, Smart Growth" Published: 27 October 2015 We are facing a very important moment in environmental diplomacy and an opportunity to overcome the old fashioned contradiction between economic development and environment protection. Lecture by Ralf Fücks on his recently published book "Green Growth, Smart Growth". By Ralf Fücks
A small Garden of Eden Published: 15 October 2015 The multimedia scroll documentation "Ackerbunt" by Jakob Fuhr, Christine Anas and Elisabeth Weydt is one of six winning projects presented at "EcoFair Media – Good food for all!" that artistically and substantively tackle the issue of the human right to food. By Jakob Fuhr, Christine Anas and Elisabeth Weydt
Global Climate Movements Seek Fossil Fuel Company Transparency on Future Viability of Oil, Coal, Gas Published: 12 October 2015 On October 13th a large coalition of environment, climate and indigenous peoples organizations has posted a letter to the board of the Extractive Industries Transparency Initiative (EITI). The group demands that the EITI’s principles, standards and procedures have to take into account climate change impacts, and the consequences of necessary legal and policy reforms and associated risks to the fossil fuel industry.
Europe Must be Strong on Climate Risk at COP21 Published: 18 September 2015 If the EU is serious about an ambitious agreement at the UN talks in Paris, it must prioritise adaptation and resilience to climate risk in the negotiations, write Heinrich-Böll-Stiftung's Presidents Barbara Unmüßig and Ralf Fücks and E3G's Chief Executive Nick Mabey. By Barbara Unmüßig and Ralf Fücks
