Böll.Spotlight (english)

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Böll.Spotlight (english)

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Loss and Damage: Who Pays for Climate Change in Central America?

Loss and Damage: Who Pays for Climate Change in Central America?

13m 2s

Central America hardly contributes to the climate crisis, but suffers particularly badly from the consequences of it. Now, a new international fund is set to provide direct assistance to affected communities for climate-related losses and damage.

Energy Atlas | Böll.Spotlight

Energy Atlas | Böll.Spotlight

13m 23s

100% renewable energy in Europe is viable nowTechnology now available makes a 100% renewable energy system viable, according to the ‘Energy Atlas’ 2018. The new report – a unique and comprehensive summary of facts and graphics on renewable energy in Europe, with country-by-country data – exposes the dramatic advance of renewable energy and the future shape of energy in Europe.
However, the transition is far from complete, a sizeable domestic market for green technology is needed. European politics must un-rig the rules favouring polluting energy monopolies and get behind citizens building Europe’s 100% renewable future, as the energy transition can...

Tricky Business | Böll.Spotlight

Tricky Business | Böll.Spotlight

23m 12s

Governments and business are ruthlessly asserting their interests in an unprecedented global run on resources. Meanwhile citizens' basic rights are denied and civil society's scope for action massively curtailed. These are no longer isolated incidents in authoritarian countries, we are witnessing a broad and systematic suppression of local participation and protest.
This podcast looks at the mechanisms used to constrain civil society and the possible counter-strategies, drawing on the results of the study, "Tricky Business - Space for Civil Society in Natural Resource Struggles" by the Heinrich Böll Foundation and the European Center for Constitutional and Human Rights."
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