Closure of hbs Hong Kong Office
The Heinrich Böll Stiftung is closing its office in Hong Kong. This website receives no further updates, but will remain available online until a more permanent archive has been created.
The Foundation continues to engage in the region, especially through its new office in Seoul, South Korea, expected to be fully operational by mid-2024.
We thank all our readers, friends and partners for their interest, engagement and cooperation.
Hong Kong, 13 December 2023
Green Hydrogen
What is green hydrogen? How to make its trade fair and sustainable?
Nuclear Power in East Asia – Trends and Debates
This dossier takes a number of snapshots into long-term trends in nuclear energy policy and the new debates around the issue since 2022 in different countries and territories in East Asia. Authors from the region discuss whether the announcements about expansion of nuclear power made in 2022-23 have substance and imply actual policy changes, perhaps even an about-turn in energy policy. They also ask what the policies towards nuclear power imply for the development of renewable energies and thus analyse the overall direction of the energy transition towards low-emission power in Asia.
Perspectives Asia #11: Transitions
This latest issue of Perspectives Asia showcases how partners, friends and fellow travellers of hbs in Asia look at and participate in ongoing transition processes in different fields, including digital technologies, demographic, democracy, gender and energy.
Regulating AI: Debating Approaches and Perspectives from Asia and Europe
Artificial intelligence (AI) has reached a stage of maturity and extensive application across supply chains and manufacturing, in automation, public governance, media and entertainment. While industries and societies are quick in the uptake of AI to harness benefits and opportunities, many governments are catching up to develop responsible and appropriate regulatory frameworks, to prevent immense possible harm of mismanaged AI.
Unpacked! Plastic, Waste, & Me 拆解!塑膠、垃圾與我
專為年輕的國際讀者設計的電子書《拆解!塑膠、垃圾與我》,以彩色信息圖和六個真實故事回答了 70 個關於塑膠的問題。設計師和作家 Gesine Grotrian、Heinrich Böll Stiftung 的專家團隊,以及來自世界各地的青年顧問委員會,為 12 歲及以上的年輕人創作了一本令人興奮的非小說類書籍。
World Nuclear Industry Status Report 2022
#EnergyCrisis, Nuclear Renaissance? There are many plans but little implementation, long construction periods, rising costs, plus growing technical problems in existing nuclear plants. The World Nuclear Industry Status Report 2022 (WNISR2022) reviews nuclear power plant data, including information on operation, production, construction, and decommissioning, and compares the development of nuclear power and renewable energy globally.
"WNISRs are vital reality checks of the nuclear industry’s performance. Every yearly report is a barrier against utopian fantasies and wishful thinking, a tool to connect with reality." -- Prof. Aviel Verbruggen
Debating technology and politics from a green perspective - Heinrich-Böll-Stiftung Asia Global Dialogue
Watch on YouTubeDebating technology and politics from a green perspective
Explainer The video explains how technology is shaping our lives and explores how we can ensure its impacts are socially useful, environmentally sustainable, and politically legitimate.
Not to be Taken Lightly: Image-based Sexual Violence 不可視作等閒:影像性暴力 - Heinrich-Böll-Stiftung Asia Global Dialogue
Watch on YouTubeDigital Life under Covid-19 and beyond: A video on impact resource bridging platform Dream Impact - Heinrich-Böll-Stiftung Asia Global Dialogue
Watch on YouTubeDigital Life under Covid-19 and beyond: a video on innovators in Sustainability and Social Impact - Heinrich-Böll-Stiftung Asia Global Dialogue
Watch on YouTubeAsian Perspectives on the Ukraine War
Tech, Farming, Biodiversity
Digitalisation, genomics, climate geoengineering: What is the impact of new and emerging technologies on farming and biodiversity? Here are assessments undertaken on the occasion of the Biodiversity Convention COP 2021-22 in Kunming, China.
Covid-19 Pandemic
Contributions by the Heinrich Böll Foundation on the political impacts of the Covid-19 pandemic in Asia.