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Plastic & health: The hidden costs of a plastic planet

WEBIn a joint effort, a group of authors from civil society and academia point out that the impacts that plastic and the chemicals in it have on our bodies need to be …

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Plastic Atlas 2019 History: Breakthrough in three letters

WEBPlastic Atlas. The first plastics imitated ivory and silk and attracted just a limited market. Things took off after World War II with the rise of PVC. Cheap plastics …

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Combatting Global Plastic Pollution Heinrich Böll Stiftung

WEBPlastic pollution is a global problem. Every minute, a volume equivalent to a lorry load is dumped into the sea. Around 7 billion of the more than 10 billion tonnes of …

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Global environmental policy between successes and …

WEBWe know that "we" should have done much, much better: the climate catastrophe is a reality for countless millions of people. All UN reports on the state of the …

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Plastic Atlas 2019 Download or order for free!

WEBAbout the Plastic Atlas. In 19 chapters, our Plastic Atlas deals with very different aspects of plastic, illustrated by infographics. The Plastic Atlas looks at rising global plastic …

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Data for Sustainable Urban Mobility: Views from Germany …

WEBData and digital technologies can support the transition to greener and more equitable urban transportation systems. This transatlantic project looks at how public …

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Commitments on Global Health Heinrich Böll Stiftung

WEBCommitments on Global Health. 9 December 2016. By Marwin Meier and Birthe Redepenning. licence infos. The Ebola crisis prooved, that the G20 aims to …

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Plea for a feminist global health policy Heinrich Böll …

WEBBy incorporating a feminist approach to global health policy, a human-centred, rights-based healthcare system free from discrimination is requested. The main …

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Plastics, gender and the environment Heinrich Böll Stiftung

WEBFor free. pdf. Findings of a literature study on the lifecycle of plastics and its impacts on women and men, from production to litter. For more information, also explore …

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The Ongoing Consequences of the U.S. Nuclear Testing Program …

WEBIn the late 1940s, t he United States characterized my homelands as tiny and scattered islands with a small, expendable population when they needed a territory for …

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Feminist perspectives on global environmental justice

WEBEnvironmental and climate crises are not gender neutral. They disproportionately affect people already facing multiple forms of discrimination. If feminist environmental policy is …

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The illusion of green flying Heinrich Böll Stiftung

WEBThe illusion of green flying. A new climate agreement intended to ensure “carbon-neutral growth” in international aviation could lead to a massive increase in …

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South Africa’s Successes in Forming Alliances for Multilateralism in

WEBHaving a non-permanent seat in the United Nations Security Council can provide valuable opportunities for multilateral endeavors. Active engagement of other …

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Resilient Agriculture on the African Continent: The Proof will be in

WEBAfrica must find pathways to provide a better life for its people, including access to healthy and sustainably produced food. In 2022, the number of people facing …

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The global debt crisis in many developing countries and its

WEBIn the climate negotiations at COP28, the question of financing the climate crisis will be at the forefront of the debate. However, many countries in the Global South …

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Vulnerability and chaos in the Hungarian healthcare system

WEBLet’s look into the most controversial measures since 2010 that have affected the Hungarian healthcare scene. First, a social insurance system based on risk …

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Global Feminist Pitch 2023: Call For Application

WEBSonaksha, India. Sonaksha describe themselves as a fat, queer, chronically ill and disabled illustrator, graphic recorder, and book designer. Through their queer …

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Civil Society Organisations in Cambodia: Impact, Challenges and

WEBThe Paris Peace Agreements of 1991, which formally marked the end of the decade-long civil war, were a turning point for Cambodia: The country’s new constitution …

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