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Why a human rights-based approach to climate mobility matters

19.06.2025 Causes of Displacement, Climate Change, Energy and Environment
What a human rights-based approach might look like in the context of the growing number of people displaced by climate change. New publication by Thomas Hirsch.
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Looking for Partners: The EU and Germany’s Answer to Changing Trade and Supply Chains

05.06.2025 Global Economy and Corporate Responsibility
Are Germany and the EU attractive for resilient international partnerships? Together with the DGB, we provide answers in a new study.
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Panellists and participants in the audience at the Bharat Summit of the Progressive Alliance in Hyderabad.

The world’s biggest gathering of progressive forces

07.05.2025
The Progressive Alliance international conference saw over 100 progressive parties and movements come together in a show of unity – committed to building a more just world order and a society founded on solidarity.
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Deutsche Flagge vor goldenem AU-Logo

Five Suggestions for Africa Policy after the German Federal Elections

04.03.2025 Publikation, News
The new German government will have to play a leading role on Africa policy within the European Union. Henrik Maihack, Head of the Africa Department at Friedrich-Ebert-Stiftung (FES), puts forward five suggestions for the new German government’s...
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A member of the Confederation of South African Trade Unions (COSATU) holds a placard "We demand decent jobs" during a march against job losses

Who cares about African workers’ rights?

17.12.2024 Gewerkschaften und gute Arbeit, International Trade Union Policy, Die Welt gerecht gestalten, Climate Change, Energy and Environment
There is a lack of dialogue opportunities for a just energy transition at both global and national level. Trade unions could mediate, but they face major challenges.
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Eine Reinigungskraft kurz vor Beginn der COP29 Weltklimakonferenz am offiziellen Schriftzug vorbei.

Many countries in the Global South are bitterly disappointed

27.11.2024 Climate Change, Energy and Environment
In an interview with the ipg-journal, FES climate expert Yvonne Blos discusses the hardened positions at COP29 and the conflict over climate finance in a petrostate
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COP29-Veranstaltung „Implementing the COP28 Energy Package: African Perspectives and Opportunities for SDG7“, 19. November 2024 im Deutschen Pavillon in Baku, Aserbaidschan

Renewable Energy for Africa: Implementing the COP28 Energy Package

26.11.2024 Climate Change, Energy and Environment
The key to tackling the climate crisis is to end global reliance on energy generated from fossil fuels—the main cause of climate change, writes Vivienne Kigondu (FES Kenya)
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picture alliance / ASSOCIATED PRESS | Joshua A. Bickel | Ein Teilnehmer reagiert während der abschließenden Plenarsitzung des UN-Klimagipfels COP29, Sonntag, 24. November 2024, in Baku, Aserbaidschan.

The Outcome of COP29 – A Summit of Losers

25.11.2024 Climate Change, Energy and Environment
The climate financing target is well short of what is needed. Other results of the COP29 summit are likewise disappointing, characterized by a growing inability to find joint solutions.
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Ein Mitglied der Indigenous People Association hält ein Transparent mit der Aufschrift „Wir sind die Antwort“ während eines Protestes, um Maßnahmen gegen den Klimawandel zu fordern, und hält dabei große Kopffiguren von Staatsoberhäuptern der USA, Präsident Joe Biden, Chinas Präsident Xi Jinping, EU-Kommissionspräsidentin Ursula von der Leyen, Indiens Premierminister Narendra Modi, Russlands Präsident Wladimir Putin und Japans Premierminister Shigeru Ishiba auf dem Wasser der Botafogo-Bucht im Vorfeld des G20-Gipfels in Rio de Janeiro, Brasilien, 16. November 2024. REUTERS/Tuane Fernandes

The G20 give a lifeline to COP29

21.11.2024 Die Welt gerecht gestalten, Climate Change, Energy and Environment
G20 strengthens COP29: billions to trillions? New climate finance should promote global justice and advance negotiations in Baku
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Drei Mädchen im Austausch über Klimaprojekte bei YNET Vietnam

Open Letter from the Youth of Vietnam on the “Just” Energy Transition

19.11.2024 Climate Change, Energy and Environment
Young people in Vietnam are committed to a just energy transition and are demanding financial support, access to resources, and recognition as important stakeholders.
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