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Tribunal halts construction of Amu coal power plant in Kenya

Article
The Government of Kenya has proposed a 1,050 Megawatt (MW) coal plant to be built in Kwasasi, Lamu County, 20km from Lamu Town. The project will be operated by Amu Power on a joint venture by two Kenyan companies, Gulf Energy and Centum. Residents of Lamu County are opposed to the power plant due to the negative economic, environmental, and health impacts it wil have on the ecosystem in Lamu. Building the plant will cause Kenya to be in violation of international treaties and impact Kenya's ability to keep its Nationally Determined Contribution to the Paris Accord. 

Climate Finance Fundamentals - Update 2017

Updated just before COP 23 in Bonn (Morocco), this series of 12 short introductory briefings, written in co-operation with the Overseas Development Institute, looks at various aspects of climate change financing drawing on data from www.climatefundsupdate.org, the tracking project of ODI/hbs focusing on dedicated public climate financing instruments from pledge to project.

Climate policy together or not at all

Transatlatic Media Fellowship
The dispute between the supporters of globalisation and the defenders of national sovereignty rages around the world. This also concerns climate policy. 
Geoengineering is a Dangerous Distraction -  The earth trapped in the cavity of a light bulb

Geoengineering is a dangerous distraction

Analysis
Geoengineering technologies are considered by many to be the most practicable solution to overcome the climate crisis. They are mainly a means to secure the predominant role of fossil fuels in the economy.
Inside COP 24 in Katowice

Great expectations, low execution: The Katowice climate change conference COP 24

Assessement
The Katowice climate package brings minor progress, but COP 24 failed to deliver on the most fundamental issues such as raising ambition of national contributions, implementing human rights, and ensuring support for developing countries.

The Heinrich Böll Foundation’s position on COP14

The 14th Conference of the Parties (COP 14) to the Convention on Biological Diversity will take place in Sharm El-Sheikh, Egypt, from the 17th to the 29th of November 2018. The Heinrich Böll Foundation stands in solidarity with Egyptian civil society and will therefore not take part in this year’s COP in Sharm El-Sheikh.
Laboratory

Just Say No to Agricultural Gene Drives

By forcing laboratory-made genes on an entire population or species, cutting-edge gene-drive technologies have the power to transform entire ecosystems in one fell swoop. But where leading industrial agriculture firms see dollar signs, farmers in the regions where gene drives could be unleashed see a mortal threat to their livelihoods.

Green Party Celebrates a Historic Victory in Bavaria – What’s Next

Comment
State elections in Bavaria mark a shift in the party countryside in Germany. Civil society sees environmental issues to be addressed by political actors and respective policies as an important cause of action now and in the future.

The Invisible Women of Europe's Migration Crisis

Transatlantic Media Fellowship
As rates of migration from sub-Saharan Africa increase, how will Europe protect its most vulnerable asylum seekers?
Fishing village Bargny, Senegal

The African Development Bank - Between Financial Success and Social Responsibility

In Perspectives Africa 2/2017 the Heinrich Böll Foundation asked civil society activist Aly Sagne to shed light on the track record of the African Development Bank.  

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