Heinrich Böll Stiftung | Warsaw office

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The thematically organized sections correspond with the full spectrum of our activities within four programmes:
Democracy & Human Rights, Energy & Climate, Europe & International Politics and European Agricultural Policy.
Here you can find information about events organised independently, or in cooperation with other organisations, as well as about our publications on the most relevant green topics. We encourage you to participate in our debates and conferences, and to follow us in social media.

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Publications

Europe and the war in Ukraine: DE-PL-UKR perspectives

The report “Europe and the war in Ukraine: DE-PL-UKR perspectives” published in the framework of the project “German-Polish Roundtable on the East”, implemented in cooperation The Jan Nowak-Jeziorański College of Eastern Europe, Austausch e.V, with the support of the Foundation for Polish-German Cooperation, and the city of Wrocław, invited prominent German, Polish and Ukrainian experts to write essays approaching the Russian aggressive war on Ukraine from various angles.

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Urban Resilience Package

The Urban Resilience Package report was produced in cooperation between the Heinrich Böll Foundation in Warsaw and the CoopTech Hub. The publication presents a model of a development cooperative that enables the use and development of local resources - material and social. The solution is based on three pillars: common ownership, co-investment and co-management. The report discusses examples of places where model statutes for development cooperatives have been successfully created: Dąbrowa Górnicza and Konin. The solutions presented in the publication are the result of workshops and meetings with the inhabitants of these towns.

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The future role of gas in a climate-neutral Europe

Report

The EU must put an end to unabated fossil gas use by 2050 at the latest to comply with its climate neutrality objective. To stay within the Paris Agreement target of 1.5°C, the use of unabated fossil gas would have to end significantly earlier – by 2035. This report outlines the implications of this challenge for the management of the energy transition in a way that rapidly phases out Russian gas imports, protects security of supply and energy-poor consumers as well as the climate.

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More publications

Democracy & Human Rights

Journalism in Ukraine: When the war is not only informational

Report

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.

By Inna Nelles

What will Happen if I Use my Voice?

Interview

Gendered disinformation online silences women in the public sphere. The disinformation and democratization expert Nina Jankowicz explains how.

By Claudia Rothe, Nina Jankowicz and Georg McCutcheon

Cascading risks to media pluralism and a European approach to tackle them

Background

The media systems of Europe are facing challenges from multiple directions. Elda Brogi explains the European approach to tackle them.

By Elda Brogi

More about Democracy & Human Rights programme

#StandwithUkraine

We declare our full solidarity with Ukraine. We stand by the side of our Ukrainian partners and colleagues and, at the same time, by the side of our partners in Russian civil society who are beset by harsh repression.

Read our statement