Green Transition

It happened quickly and quietly. Within two minutes, Prague City Assembly members managed last September to discuss and approve a local obligation to reduce CO2 emissions by 40 % by 2030. Of the 58 assembly members present, 40 voted in favor and nobody was against.

The Prague Office of the Heinrich Böll Foundation, together with its partners IPR (Prague Institute of Planning and Development) and CDE (Centre for Transport and Energy), kindly invite you to the conference “The Future of Sustainable Urban Mobility”, which will take place on 19 September 2019 in the Centre for Architecture and Metropolitan Planning (CAMP). The capacity is limited; please register till 17 September using the form in the article.   

"Carbon majors," like big oil and gas companies, have long been the focus of efforts to curb climate change and stem rising temperatures. And yet, while energy giants like Exxon and Shell have drawn fire for their roles in warming the planet, the corporate meat and dairy industries have largely avoided scrutiny.

During his U.S. book tour in April 2015, we spoke with our Co-President, Ralf Fuecks, about the need for a global, smart green growth strategy, outlined in his new book Green Growth, Smart Growth – A New Approach to Economics, Innovation and the Environment.

The Prague office of the Heinrich-Böll-Stiftung together with the think-tank Glopolis and the Green European Foundation present the final summary of the project In Search of the Czech Future.

Green New Deal for Europe and the Czech Republic is the name of a series of debates organized by the Green European Foundation for the Greens/EFA group in the European Parliament, in cooperation with Heinrich-Böll-Stiftung Prague. It aims on involving the broader public into the debate on contemporary European issues. Scroll down for the basic information about each of the debates which will be held within the project as well as a continuously updated list of panelists.

Food is a necessity. Food is personal. Food also has political and ethical dimensions that continually pose new questions about responsibility. We are more and more alienated from what is on our plates. Responsible food production and consumption is being demanded by an increasing number of people. Consumers need information with which to answer their questions and inform their decisions.

The presentation of the book "Intelligent Growth. The Green Revolution" and the debate of Vladimir Spidla, Ondrej Liska and Tomas Sedlacek with the author Ralf Fücks, president of the Heinrich Böll Stiftung, took place on 24.9.2013 at Goethe-Institut Prague.