Newsletter II/2022: Full speed backwards?
The current newsletter of the Forum Environment & Development is dedicated to the impact of the Ukraine war on environment and development policy. In 24 contributions, experts from civil society and academia explain how the Russian war of aggression affects world food, agriculture, commodity policy, global financial systems, multilateralism, social discourses and people in Ukraine and worldwide. Particularly exciting are the contributions from three Ukrainian NGOs who describe how the war is making their work almost impossible and yet how they continue to fight for a sustainable Ukraine in a sustainable world. In addition, the newsletter includes dewy-eyed reports from conferences and negotiations.
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Focus
Is there a threat of more hunger?
The war against Ukraine is exacerbating the global price and food crisis. Coordinated, structural responses are needed.
Lena Bassermann and Lena Luig
Transformation of the land economy
Long-term food security requires sustainable agriculture
Lavinia Roveran
Turning point? Raw material turnaround!
Reorienting Raw Materials Policy as Momentum for Sustainable Production
Tshin Ilya Chardayre and Michael Reckordt
Old familiar narratives in a commodities debate driven by business interests
Josephine Koch
Liquefied natural gas for Germany
Exacerbating fossil fuel dependence that threatens our very existence
Andy Gheorghiu
Perspective from Ukraine:
Ecoclub
Multilateralism in a Divided World
Jürgen Maier
On the effectiveness of international sanctions
Dr. Christian von Soest
The Consequences of the Ukraine War for Financing Sustainable Development
Wolfgang Obenland
The Global South and the War in Europe
An impossible dialogue?
Roberto Bissio
Perspectives from Ukraine:
Ecosphere
Inflation and Relief Packages in Germany
Catalysts of Social Inequality
Dr. Andreas Aust
Gender Roles in the Context of War and Feminist Foreign Policy
Carsta Neuenroth
Peace and sustainability belong together
Prof. Dr. Jürgen Scheffran
Surrender and Survive or Resist to the End
Dr. Nelya Rakhimova
Sabine Wilke
Empathy and Solidarity in Times of Ukraine War
Axel Grafmanns
Perspectives from Ukraine:
Ukrainian Nature Conservation Group
From the forum
Full steam ahead against the wall
Is the CBD COP15 doomed to failure even before it has begun, or is there perhaps even hope that it will all succeed after all?
Christian Schwarzer
Investment protection treaties must not further hinder climate protection
Fabian Flues
New edition of the WTO thriller
The 12th Ministerial Conference of the World Trade Organization ended behind closed doors without offering solutions to global challenges
Nelly Grotefendt
Rio plus 30: And yet she moves ...
Civil society and local authorities drive sustainability
Gerd Oelsner
The limits of sustainable finance
How the financial system can become a lever for a sustainable economy
Magdalena Senn
The voice of civil society at the G7
How inclusive is the exclusive club?
Miriam Stahlhacke