Publications

Here you find an overview about English publications of the Heinrich Böll Foundation, which you can download or order if a print version is offered.

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India International

Tapping into the Momentum

Policy Brief

As geopolitical tides shift, the EU and India are betting big on the Trade and Technology Council to deepen ties in trade, digital tech, and green innovation. But can ambition meet action? This policy brief breaks down convergences, roadblocks—and what needs fixing to make the TTC truly transformative.

Inclusivity in Action

E-Paper

This paper unpacks the rise of feminist foreign policy principles in India's evolving policy landscape. Though not formally adopting FFP, India's gender mainstreaming efforts have gained significant traction over the past decade. We decode these developments to reveal their impact on India's foreign and domestic policies.

Financing sustainable development

The study takes a civil society perspective to the workings of the Asian Infrastructure Bank. The frameworks, policies and modalities are analyzed to understand the role of civil society in interfacing with the Bank. This is a noteworthy endeavor in the direction of ensuring accountability and accountability standards in Multilateral Development Banks.

A note on green federalism

The success of green federalism depends on what institutional mechanisms are created to establish communication and procedures between the various tiers of government and the thematic resorts that need to be involved to adequately address projects and programmes towards ecologically sustainable development.

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Pluralisms

On the Life and Works of Heinrich Böll

Böll facts

The following is a brief introduction to the life and works of the man who’s name we proudly bear.

वैश्विक प्लाास्टिक प्रदूषण से संघर्ष

Infobrief

संपूर्ण प्लास्टिक चक्र पर एक नारीवादी दृष्टिकोण से आलोचनात्मक नज़र भी महत्वपूर्ण है, क्योंकि प्लाास्टिक समस्या को केवल उपभोक्ता उपयोग पैटर्न या कॉस्मेटिक उत्पादों में हानिकारक माइक्रोप्लास्टिक तक सीमित नहीं किया जा सकता है। इसके विपरीत, प्लास्टिक चक्र का प्रत्येक चरण अलग-अलग लिंग-विशिष्ट अनुभवों और जोखिमों को दर्शाता है।

Perspectives Asia #11: Transitions

Perspectives

Change is all around us; experiencing it can be exciting or worrisome, confusing or even disturbing. By contrast, the idea of “transition” stands to provide a sense of direction, in a sea of change and insecurity. Change may be happening to us; a transition has direction, it can be planned, perhaps even be initiated. It moves into a positive, sustainable direction – or so we hope.

Basic Income | Livelihood

This English publication by Adrienne Goehler deals with the mutual relationship between sustainability, basic income and collective deceleration. The work shows that in the discourse on transformation and sustainability in the fight against the constantly advancing climate change, a systematic integration of the issues of social inequality and the global creation of decent livelihoods are absolutely necessary.

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Ecology & Energy Transition

Towards a Just Transition Framework for Odisha’s Mahanadi Coalfields

Report

This report assesses awareness and perspectives on Just Transition in Odisha’s Ib Valley coalfields, engaging stakeholders from government, industry, civil society, and communities to guide inclusive, sustainable policy on India's energy future.

Gender Just Transition

Toolkit / Training Resource

This communication toolkit provides a feminist lens on just transition from a Global South perspective. It integrates knowledge and training resources to help unpack the gendered dimensions of energy transition and support a just, climate-resilient future.

Framing the Gender and Just Transition Discourse in India

Working Paper

This working paper examines the intersection of gender and just transition in India, focusing on the perspectives of women in the informal economy. It highlights the impact of the energy transition on women and provides recommendations for a gender-equitable approach to policy and practice.

Gender-Responsive Just Transition Pathways for India's Fossil Fuel Regions

Report

What is the transformative potential of gender-responsive strategies in India's energy transition? Explore how empowering women in fossil fuel regions can drive a more inclusive and equitable low-carbon future.

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Plastic Atlas Asia

Plastic Atlas

Meat Atlas

Coal Atlas

The Ocean Atlas

Soil Atlas

Agrifood Atlas

Energy Atlas

Perspectives Asia #9: Two Sides of the Medals

This issue of Perspectives Asia examines the intersections of sports and politics. We look at how, through sports, identities are shaped, myths and heroes are born, and unconventional truths are buried.

Poetics of climate crisis in India

The debate about climate change and the climate crisis brings together a multitude of perspectives, in Asia and worldwide. The following pages show a collage of reflections by various experts on aspects of this debate in India, covering policy making and economy, gender and feminism, grassroots, civil-society and youth-activism, media, energy and migration, arts and culture.

Perspective Asia #7: Nationalisms and populisms in Asia

The latest issue of Perspectives Asia aims to draw a fine line between different forms of nationalism. The articles from various Asian countries focus on strategies and political styles adopted by populist leaders and explain how nationalistic and religious ideas are distorted by politics.

Perspectives Asia #6: Digital Asia

Over the last years, Asia has undergone an impressive digital transformation. Large parts of the continent have turned from the world’s factory into a creative industry.The different contributions across the continent highlight both the opportunities and risks of digitalization in Asia.

Perspectives Asia #5: Politics of food

Food is a highly political issue. Nowhere is this more true than in Asia. This publication seeks to illustrate some conflicting issues in the field of food and nutrition. The contributions highlight a selection of fields, where political action is needed to ensure that there is enough food on people's plate, which is also healthy and nutritious.

Perspectives Asia #4: The gender issue

In this edition of Perspectives Asia, the authors highlight certain aspects of gender relations and offer some very personal insights into the situations of women and men in Asia.

Perspectives Asia #3: A continent on the move

Asia, the world’s most populous continent, has been undergoing a dramatic transformation. Globalization and new technologies are leading millions of people out of poverty. At the same time thousands have to leave their country. A continent on the move.

Perspectives Asia #2: More or less? Growth and development debates in Asia

This second issue of "Perspectives Asia" provides a forum for the voices of authors from various Asian countries to express their thoughts on possible development models for the region. How can we achieve prosperity for all, without doing long-term damage to nature or threatening the subsistence of entire populations?

Perspectives Asia #1: Copper, Coal and Conflicts

In this issue, our authors report on conflicts stemming from coal and copper mining in Afghanistan, India, and Myanmar. The articles on Cambodia and on Inner Mongolia in China illustrate how the traditional economic models and ways of life of indigenous populations suffer from the unrestrained exploitation of raw materials.