Division International Environmental Policy

Climate change, biodiversity loss, plastic pollution: We are working on the major environmental crises of our time and are arguing for a socio-ecological transformation based on climate and resource justice. This requires a very rapid exit from coal, oil and gas, an end to the exploitation of nature and man and a critical and precautionary use of technologies.

Recent articles

Verschieden Mehrweggläser in denen Lebensmittel wie Müsli und Bohnen gelagert werden.

Why we should be taking the plastic crisis seriously – and how we can find ways out of it

Commentary

Based on current trends, a massive increase in plastic production is expected, even though it is already clear that the planet is awash with plastic litter. In this situation, “business as usual” is not an option.

By Kristin Funke and Annette Kraus

Solar geoengineering at COP 28

Analysis

In the upcoming UNEA6 meeting in Nairobi, Kenya, to be held between February 26 and March 1st, Switzerland has proposed a resolution to advance global talks on controversial solar radiation manipulation techniques.

By Carol Bardi

Ein Muldenkipper fährt durch die Wüste zum Mineralabbau

Europe’s Flawed Approach to Critical Minerals

Commentary

The EU's Critical Raw Materials Act is peppered with commitments to “value-addition” in the countries where critical minerals will be mined and processed. But there is reason to believe that this means little.

By Sophia Pickles

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Topics

50 Years of International Environmental Policy

Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) - 6th Assessment Report

Climate

Geoengineering

Biodiversity

New Economy of Nature

Inside the Green Economy

Plastic

Luftaufnahme einer kleinen Mine in der Nähe von Mt. Isa Queensland.

Resource Politics

Publications

Gelb-Grünes Titelbild von Exit plastic. Mit lila Schrift steht groß exit plastic auf grün-gelbem Hintergrund.

#exitplastic Now!

Publication

The manifesto for social and structural changes to solve the plastics crisis. A civil society call to #exitplastic. Now!

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Limiting environmental damage, human rights abuses and Indigenous Peoples’ rights violations

Guidelines

These guidelines address the great concerns with the overall aims of the EU Critical Raw Materials Regulation (CRMR) of driving greater extraction of primary raw materials and increasing harm to nature and people.

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Cover of the E-Paper, background image: a huge mine.

Value Addition in the Context of Mineral Processing

Study

This report takes a look at metal processing on the basis of six exemplary metals, which are essential to achieve decarbonisation.

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Southeast Asian Perspectives on the Operationalization of the Loss & Damage Fund

Policy Brief

For Southeast Asian countries, the Loss & Damage Fund should be a standalone Fund, easily accessible to local communities, and open to innovative financing.

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