Green Transition

How to Design a City for Life

Comic book

Heinrich-Böll-Stiftung Prague publishes a new comic book "How to Design a City for Life?", which presents 8 areas in which more efficient planning can increase the city’s resilience. The chapters provide basic insight into topics such as energy systems, urban gardening, water retention or green transit, and the comic book could be a useful tool for local council employees, schools or activists.

Hogyan tervezzünk (túl-)élő várost?

Comics

A Heinrich Böll Alapítvány prágai irodája bemutatja "Hogyan tervezzünk (túl-) élő várost?" című új kiadványát, amely képregény formában jár körül 8 olyan területet, amelyeken a hatékonyabb tervezés növelheti városaink ellenállóképességét az éghajlatváltozás következményeivel szemben.

Student protests helped to set Prague’s Climate Ambitions in motion

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.

By Petra Kolínská

Governing Ecologically

In voter surveys, the German Greens regularly come out as the party deemed to have by far the greatest competency in this area and in energy policy as well. This study by Arne Jungjohann tries to answer if this image is justified, as it looks at the subnational level of the federal states.

The Future of Sustainable Urban Mobility (conference)

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.

By Klára Schovánková

The Meaty Side of Climate Change

"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.

By Shefali Sharma

Interview on Smart Growth with Ralf Fuecks, Co-President of the Heinrich Boell Foundation

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.

In Search of the Czech Future: Final Project Summary

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.

In Search of the Czech Future: Final Project Summary

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.

Public debates on current European issues: Green New Deal for Europe and the Czech Republic

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.

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