The amount of nuclear waste is growing worldwide. But even 70 years after the beginning of the nuclear age, no country in the world has found a real solution for the radiating legacy of nuclear power.
This publication seeks to illustrate some conflicting issues in the field of food and nutrition in Asia. The contributions from across the continent highlight a selection of fields, where political action
The transformation of economic growth towards a lower dependency on fossil fuels and related greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions is essential for the feasibility of a successful global climate strategy. The
The Climate Justice Programme (CJP) and the Heinrich Böll Foundation are proposing a new and innovative source of finance: a fossil fuel extraction levy paid by those 90 entities responsible for two-thirds
<p>2015 is the International Year of Soils. This Soil Atlas shows what can succeed and why the soil should concern us all.</p>
In many places where forest carbon projects are implemented, traditional forest use has been blamed for forest loss while the drivers of large-scale deforestation remain unaddressed – and deforestation
This handbook, a cooperation project of the Vasudha Foundation India and the Heinrich Boell Foundation offices in India and North America, has been designed as a guide for civil society groups and other
Germany has drawn international attention for its energy policies in recent years. The term Energiewende – the country’s transition away from nuclear power to renewables with lower energy consumption –
From climate change to ecosystem degradation – the solution to these problems could re-side in an economic valuation of nature and its services. But if the existential benefits that nature provides to
<p><a href="http://indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/files/file/meat_atlas2014.pdf" target="_blank"><img alt="" src="http://indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/media/iep/homepage/animal.gif" style="width: 270px; height: 209px; margin: 7px; float: right;" /></a>This meat atlas published by Heinrich Boell Foundation sheds light on the impacts of meat and dairy production in Europe, across the United States and in the emerging economies of China and India. It aims to catalyse the debate over the need for better, safer and more sustainable food and farming.</p>
<p>Karnataka, Maharashtra, Kerala,Madhya Pradesh and Tamil Nadu are the states with most climate-friendly policies according to this study which focused on policies and programmes of the states from a climate change mitigation perspective in key carbon emitting sectors - electricity, energy, urban development, transport, industry, and water.</p>
