The way we produce and consume must change. The unchecked climate crisis, dwindling resources, environmental pollution, and loss of biodiversity demand a transition that places sustainability and social responsibility at the forefront of businesses, banks, and trade. Additionally, new regulatory policies are needed to curb waste and modernize infrastructure.
Heinrich Böll Foundation’s Economic Atlas 2025 (Korean Ver.) not only highlights the essential measures for this transition but also offers a fundamental perspective on the history and diversity of economic activity.
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.
In autumn 2021, the Covid-19 global pandemic lingers on even though vaccinations are getting pace. The 10th issue of Heinrich Böll Stiftung (hbs)'s serial publication Perspectives Asia takes a look at how the pandemic is reshaping state/society relationships in different Asian countries; it also shares down-to-earth Covid-19 experiences from different regions and cultures, on issues as diverse as trust in government institutions, the situation of migrant workers, and gender relationships.
To ensure that the fourth industrial revolution realises its transformative potential instead of exacerbating and creating new gender inequalities, it is important to understand the many intersections of digitisation and gender from a policy perspective. This paper examines the gendered dimensions of ICT in Asian countries, particularly South Asia and Southeast Asia/ASEAN.
