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Baltic Sea: Developing a Regional Cooperation for Renewables in the Electricity Sector

January 3, 2012 - In this paper, Mats Abrahamsson takes a closer look at a region that could be a pioneer for regional cooperation in the EU: the Baltic Sea Region. As the first region with an EU regional cooperation initiative and with a long-lasting tradition of cooperation, this region could play an essential role in showing the EU the way forward by sharing their large potential of diverse renewable energy sources. Mats Abrahamsson more»

Event

Moving Beyond Nuclear and Coal?

 - December 1, 2011 - This panel discussion in Durban brought together Japanese and European perspectives on how the international community is moving away from nuclear and coal-based energy in response to incidents such as Fukushima. more»

Motion

German Greens Want to Strengthen Transatlantic Cooperation on Climate Change

 - November 27, 2011 - The German Green Party suggests turning climate change cooperation into a strategic priority in the transatlantic relationships. This is the core demand of the motion 17/7356 passed by the Greens in the parliament, the Deutscher Bundestag. Though Congress is so far not acting on climate change, there are other pillars in the US society to connect to and foster collaboration and mutual learning across the Atlantic. One of the vehicles for this is the Transatlantic Climate Bridge of the German government that should be strengthened, according to the resolution of the Greens. more»

Article

How Germany Became Europe’s Green Leader

 - October 24, 2011 - This article examines how German environmental policymaking over the last 40 years transformed Europe’s economic engine into the international driver of green growth. Ralph Buehler, Arne Jungjohann, Melissa Keeley, Michael Mehling more»

Article

Vermont Renewable Energy Tour

 - October 23, 2011 - If Germany can phase out nuclear power, Vermont can do it – and sooner. This is the takeaway for Jochen Flasbarth, President of Germany’s Federal Environment Agency, after visiting Vermont. more»
Participants of the Green Jobs Tour 2011 in Schleswig-Holstein.

Event

European Union Green Jobs Tour 2011

 - October 14, 2011 - In cooperation with the BlueGreen Alliance, the Heinrich Böll Foundation’s Climate Network brought eight representatives of labor unions and environmental organizations on a green-jobs focused tour to Europe from September 26 to October 5, 2011. more»

Policy Paper

Why the Green New Deal is a Response to the European Debt Crisis

 - October 13, 2011 - The global economic crisis has not been overcome; its character has merely changed. Similar to the crisis in the banking sector, the European government debt crisis is typical of a large-scale financial crisis, the “Second Great Depression,” and managing it has to be addressed in this context. Gerhard Schick more»

Event

Gaining Strength – Clean Energy Solutions for a Resilient Economy

 - September 22, 2011 - On September 20th, policy makers from Germany and the United States came together to discuss common ways for making renewable energies the driving force of industrial revolution of the 21st century. The conference took place as part of the Climate Network of the Heinrich Boell Foundation and marked the release of the publication Sharing Solutions: Transatlantic Cooperation for a Low-Carbon Economy. more»
Mental Infrastructures: How Growth Entered the World and Our Souls

Policy Paper

Mental Infrastructures: How Growth Entered the World and Our Souls

- September 8, 2011 - In light of the recent ecological, financial and economic crisis, criticizing the all-powerful paradigm of economic growth is necessary. But growth as will and representation not only pervades corporate headquarters, stock exchanges and ministries, but also our heads. The essay of Harald Welzer makes the mechanisms and principles distinct on which our ideals and wishes are based, and clears the way for change. Harald Welzer more»

Report

Harvesting Renewable Energy in the Midwest

 - July 28, 2011 - This report is in the final product of the Midwest Renewable Energy Tour. It shares the German success of using policy to develop rural renewable energy projects and how farms in the US states of South Dakota, Minnesota and Wisconsin can increase their renewable energy capacity. Neil Vielleux more»

Report

Myth of Nuclear Power - A Guide

- August 27, 2010 - The recent explosions at several reactors in Japan have again highlighted the hazards of nuclear power in a dramatic way. The description of nuclear power as reliable and secure energy source has turned into a myth. Renowned international nuclear experts provide an overview of current, facts rich, and nuclear-critical know-how. more»

Report

Beyond Biofuels: Renewable Energy Opportunities for U.S. Farmers

- August 27, 2010 - The Heinrich Böll Stiftung North America published a new report Beyond Biofuels: Renewable Energy Opportunities for U.S. Farmers. In a transatlantic comparison, the report suggests a variety of measures such as a "Biogas Roadmap" and others to encourage American farmers to become "energy farmers" in the 21st century. more»

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