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Die Bundesregierung hat am Mittwoch ihre erste Weltraumsicherheitsstrategie vorgestellt – zu einem Zeitpunkt, an dem europaweit die Verteidigungsinvestitionen steigen und die Dimension Weltraum neue Aufmerksamkeit erfährt. Der Krieg in der Ukraine hat gezeigt, wie zentral weltraumgestützte Systeme für die militärische Infrastruktur sind – und dass Satellitensysteme selbst zur Zielscheibe werden können. Vor diesem Hintergrund soll die neue Strategie Deutschlands Prioritäten definieren und die langfristige Aufstellung festlegen.

Die Strategie wurde unter der Federführung des Verteidigungsministeriums und des Auswärtigen Amtes erarbeitet. Bereits auf den ersten Seiten wird klar: Ohne den Weltraum geht es nicht mehr – weder zivil noch militärisch. Das Timing für die Veröffentlichung könnte passender nicht sein: Vor wenigen Wochen kündigte Verteidigungsminister Boris Pistorius Investitionen von 35 Milliarden Euro für den Aufbau einer Weltraumsicherheitsarchitektur in den nächsten fünf Jahren an. Zusammen mit der neuen Strategie bietet sich die Möglichkeit, Deutschland an den Tisch der internationalen Weltraumakteure zu bringen. Bisher ist dies nicht gelungen. Denn obwohl Deutschland konstant in die zivile Raumfahrt investiert hat, gibt es im militärischen Bereich einiges aufzuholen. 

Realität trifft auf Strategie

Das Dokument ist von drei Jahren Krieg in Europa und den daraus gezogenen Lehren geprägt. Somit spielt Resilienz eine zentrale Rolle. Ungeschönt wird davon gesprochen, dass sich Streitkräfte in Zukunft nicht immer auf die Verfügbarkeit von weltraumgestützten Diensten verlassen können. Zudem wird darauf hingewiesen, dass gar kein Konfliktfall eintreten muss, um Systeme zu beeinträchtigen. 

Dies spiegelt die Erfahrungen aus der Ukraine wider: Dort schränken russische Angriffe auf das elektromagnetische Spektrum tagtäglich Kommunikations- und Navigationssignale ein. Doch auch europäische Systeme sind bereits jetzt betroffen. So berichtete zuletzt der britische Weltraumkommandeur von Störungen militärischer Kommunikationssatelliten, und auch Verteidigungsminister Pistorius erklärte, dass von der Bundeswehr genutzte Satelliten von russischen Aufklärungssatelliten verfolgt werden.  

Um diesen Herausforderungen zu begegnen, braucht es Partner. Deutschland und seine europäischen Nachbarn sind weiterhin stark von amerikanischen Satellitensystemen abhängig. So nennt die Strategie die USA sowohl als wichtigen bilateralen Partner als auch als Partner innerhalb bestehender Weltraumkonsortien wie der »Combined Space Operations Initiative« (CSpO), »Operational Olympic Defender« und der »Artemis-Akkorde«. Dennoch wird klar, dass die Bundesregierung bei Beschaffungsprozessen und Standardisierungen vor allem auf europäische Partner setzt. Deutschland handelt primär innerhalb multilateraler Foren wie der Nato und der EU, und der Weltraum ist hierbei keine Ausnahme. Durch die Investitionen und die strategische Neuausrichtung übernimmt Deutschland hier jedoch eine regionale Vorreiterrolle. Diese europäische Ausrichtung der Regierung ist ein Zeichen für das Streben nach größerer Unabhängigkeit von den USA und zeugt zudem von neuem Selbstbewusstsein.

Eine neue Dringlichkeit

Die Strategie betont die Dringlichkeit der Situation, indem sie deutlich macht, dass der Weltraum zum Schauplatz geopolitischer Konflikte geworden ist. Es wird davon gesprochen, eine Verteidigungsfähigkeit »entschlossen und zügig« auszubauen. Auch wenn die deutsche Ausrichtung defensiv bleibt, wird auch die mögliche Beschaffung von Fähigkeiten erwähnt, die die Nutzung des Weltraums durch gegnerische Akteure einschränken könnten. Obwohl solche Fähigkeiten im Weltraum nie ausdrücklich ausgeschlossen wurden, stellt deren Beschaffung einen Wendepunkt in der deutschen Weltraumpolitik dar.

Der Anspruch der Strategie ist hoch, ebenso wie der Umfang der angekündigten Investitionen und der bestehende Aufholbedarf. Die Bundesregierung hat sich gut positioniert: Die Investitionen eröffnen viele Möglichkeiten, und die Strategie lässt viel Handlungsfreiraum. Nun müssen den Worten Taten folgen. Die größte Herausforderung wird vor allem darin bestehen, effizient mit Partnern und der Industrie zusammenzuarbeiten, um zeitnah Erfolge zu erzielen. Denn eines macht die Strategie deutlich: Der Weltraum ist kein Zukunftsthema mehr, sondern bereits heute ein wichtiger Teil der nationalen Verteidigungsfähigkeit.

AMENDMENTS 1 - 278 - Draft report EU strategic defence and security partnerships
Committee on Security and Defence
Michał Szczerba

Source : © European Union, 2025 - EP

AMENDMENTS 1 - 278 - Draft report EU strategic defence and security partnerships
Committee on Security and Defence
Michał Szczerba

Source : © European Union, 2025 - EP

Along the southern coast of India, hard protective infrastructure has become the default response to increasingly frequent cyclones and severe coastal erosion. However, such interventions not only intensify erosion by disrupting sand movement, but also obscure its root causes, which are often contested through diverging narratives and knowledge claims about the sand and the sea. Making use of the burgeoning literature on ‘geosociality’ and ‘situated knowledges’, this paper interrogates how knowledge about coastal dynamics is produced, legitimised and contested in shaping these protective measures. Drawing on multi-sited ethnographic fieldwork, including interviews and participant observation among ocean engineers, policymakers and artisanal fishers, we unravel the diverging and oftentimes contested epistemologies that shape how uncertain coastal futures are navigated. By examining the social entanglements with geomorphic processes such as sand movement and erosion, we show how different forms of knowledge adapt to the unpredictability of the sea, yet with uneven socio-spatial consequences, particularly for artisanal fishers. We argue that coastal protection practices are embedded in epistemic hierarchies that prioritise technical expertise and predictive science, rendering fishers' situated knowledges less legitimate in decision-making. By situating both livelihood practices and scientific modelling within their social and epistemic contexts, we demonstrate how confronting uncertainty can challenge power asymmetries that shape knowledge production. Rather than defaming engineering knowledge, we call for complementary approaches that recognise uncertainty, complexity and the value of co-produced knowledge. Situating fishers' knowledges alongside modelling practices provides openings for re-politicising adaptation and rethinking whose expertise counts in shaping coastal futures.

Along the southern coast of India, hard protective infrastructure has become the default response to increasingly frequent cyclones and severe coastal erosion. However, such interventions not only intensify erosion by disrupting sand movement, but also obscure its root causes, which are often contested through diverging narratives and knowledge claims about the sand and the sea. Making use of the burgeoning literature on ‘geosociality’ and ‘situated knowledges’, this paper interrogates how knowledge about coastal dynamics is produced, legitimised and contested in shaping these protective measures. Drawing on multi-sited ethnographic fieldwork, including interviews and participant observation among ocean engineers, policymakers and artisanal fishers, we unravel the diverging and oftentimes contested epistemologies that shape how uncertain coastal futures are navigated. By examining the social entanglements with geomorphic processes such as sand movement and erosion, we show how different forms of knowledge adapt to the unpredictability of the sea, yet with uneven socio-spatial consequences, particularly for artisanal fishers. We argue that coastal protection practices are embedded in epistemic hierarchies that prioritise technical expertise and predictive science, rendering fishers' situated knowledges less legitimate in decision-making. By situating both livelihood practices and scientific modelling within their social and epistemic contexts, we demonstrate how confronting uncertainty can challenge power asymmetries that shape knowledge production. Rather than defaming engineering knowledge, we call for complementary approaches that recognise uncertainty, complexity and the value of co-produced knowledge. Situating fishers' knowledges alongside modelling practices provides openings for re-politicising adaptation and rethinking whose expertise counts in shaping coastal futures.

Along the southern coast of India, hard protective infrastructure has become the default response to increasingly frequent cyclones and severe coastal erosion. However, such interventions not only intensify erosion by disrupting sand movement, but also obscure its root causes, which are often contested through diverging narratives and knowledge claims about the sand and the sea. Making use of the burgeoning literature on ‘geosociality’ and ‘situated knowledges’, this paper interrogates how knowledge about coastal dynamics is produced, legitimised and contested in shaping these protective measures. Drawing on multi-sited ethnographic fieldwork, including interviews and participant observation among ocean engineers, policymakers and artisanal fishers, we unravel the diverging and oftentimes contested epistemologies that shape how uncertain coastal futures are navigated. By examining the social entanglements with geomorphic processes such as sand movement and erosion, we show how different forms of knowledge adapt to the unpredictability of the sea, yet with uneven socio-spatial consequences, particularly for artisanal fishers. We argue that coastal protection practices are embedded in epistemic hierarchies that prioritise technical expertise and predictive science, rendering fishers' situated knowledges less legitimate in decision-making. By situating both livelihood practices and scientific modelling within their social and epistemic contexts, we demonstrate how confronting uncertainty can challenge power asymmetries that shape knowledge production. Rather than defaming engineering knowledge, we call for complementary approaches that recognise uncertainty, complexity and the value of co-produced knowledge. Situating fishers' knowledges alongside modelling practices provides openings for re-politicising adaptation and rethinking whose expertise counts in shaping coastal futures.

Without (land) titles, Quilombolas (an Afro-descendant community) are exposed to invasion and displacement from big companies, ranchers, farmers and land grabbers. —Fabio Nogueira, Menino Jesus Quilombola leader

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The OSCE concluded a two-day specialized workshop on 19 and 20 November in Bishkek aimed at strengthening Kyrgyzstan’s capacity to supervise, investigate, and effectively respond to money-laundering risks linked to virtual assets and blockchain-based finance. The training brought together around 35 representatives of the State Financial Intelligence Service, law-enforcement bodies, supervisory authorities, and financial-sector institutions.

In her opening remarks, Vera Strobachova-Budway, Senior Economic Officer and Head of the Economic Governance Unit at the OSCE Secretariat, underlined the importance of equipping national actors to operate in an evolving digital-finance environment. “Through this workshop, the OSCE is pleased to support Kyrgyzstan in enhancing its supervisory and investigative response to virtual-asset-related risks. The rapid growth of digital financial tools brings new opportunities but also new vulnerabilities, and strong institutional readiness is essential for protecting the integrity of the financial system,” she said.

Speaking on behalf of the German Embassy, Luisa Fleischer, Attaché for Culture, Press and Public Affairs, emphasized Germany’s commitment to strengthening global anti-money laundering/countering the financing of terrorism (AML/CFT) efforts: “Germany is proud to be one of the donors of this important project. In a rapidly evolving digital landscape, supporting our partners in addressing emerging risks linked to virtual assets is essential for safeguarding financial stability and security.”

Representing local authorities, Ruslan Dzhumadilov, Deputy Chairman of the State Financial Intelligence Unit, welcomed the initiative and highlighted the practical value of OSCE support: “Virtual assets are increasingly becoming part of the financial landscape, and with that come new risks for our institutions and citizens. Strengthening our expertise in this area is crucial, and we highly appreciate the OSCE’s continued support in helping Kyrgyzstan develop effective supervisory and investigative responses.”

The workshop programme included  expert-led sessions on blockchain technology, typologies of virtual-asset-related crimes, international AML/CFT standards, and best practices in tracing, freezing, and recovering crypto-assets. Participants examined emerging criminal schemes – such as KYC-renting, anonymous online marketplaces, and the use of Telegram-based bots – and discussed proactive approaches to supervision, STR processing, and inter-agency co-operation.

The workshop was organized by the OSCE Office of the Co-ordinator of Economic and Environmental Activities (OCEEA), as part of the OSCE extrabudgetary project “Innovative Policy Solutions to Mitigate Money-Laundering Risks of Virtual Assets”. The project receives financial support from Germany, Italy, Poland, Romania, the United Kingdom, and the United States.

601971 OSCE High Commissioner on National Minorities Integration policies are an effective way to prevent conflicts, says OSCE High Commissioner on National Minorities at conference in Estonia

OSCE High Commissioner on National Minorities Christophe Kamp visited Estonia from 10 to 14 November 2025, where he delivered the opening speech at the International Conference on Integration “Unity and diversity – searching for balance”.

“Integration is a two-way process that requires openness, dialogue and participation from all sides. It means ensuring that every individual feels that they belong: that they have a stake in the common future, that their voice matters, and that they can preserve and express their own cultural, linguistic and ethnic identities,” said Kamp at the conference, which was organized by the Estonian Integration Foundation – a longstanding partner of the office of the HCNM – on 12 November in Tallinn.

“This shared sense of belonging – unity, in a way – is what transforms diversity from a potential source of tension into a source of strength,” he said.

Kamp took the opportunity of his visit to discuss Estonia’s evolving integration policies and recent legislative developments with representatives of the Government. He met with Foreign Minister Margus Tsahkna and Undersecretary for Global Affairs at the Foreign Ministry Minna-Liina Lind, Secretary General at the Education Ministry Triin Laasi-Õige, Deputy Secretary General for Internal Security

at the Interior Ministry Joosep Kaasik, Chancellor of Justice Ülle Madise, and representatives of the Culture Ministry.

He also met with representatives of the Estonian Public Broadcasting (ERR) and public TV channel ETV+ to discuss the role of media in fostering social cohesion. At the Integration Foundation, he gained insight into Estonia’s integration strategies and tools, including evidence-based integration monitoring. At the Estonian Institute of Historical Memory, he had the opportunity to discuss the role of historical narratives in diverse societies.

The High Commissioner also travelled to Narva to learn more about the integration challenges and opportunities in a region with a significant Russian-speaking minority. He met with members of the Cultural Council of National Minorities, representing Russian, Ukrainian, Polish, Tatar, Jewish and other communities, at the Estonian Language House. He also discussed the ongoing education reform and its impact on minority communities in the region with local education practitioners.

Am IDOS setzen wir uns für eine nachhaltige Entwicklung unseres Unternehmens ein – ökologisch, sozial und ökonomisch – und tragen durch Forschung, Beratung und Ausbildung zu nachhaltigen Transformationen weltweit bei. Dabei verstehen wir Nachhaltigkeit nicht als einmaliges Ziel, sondern als einen fortlaufenden Prozess, den wir mit Verantwortung und Weitblick gestalten wollen. Nachhaltiges Handeln im betrieblichen Alltag ist für uns eine Selbstverpflichtung, die wir mit Überzeugung und Kontinuität verfolgen. Unser Anspruch ist es, heute so zu handeln, dass auch morgen noch gute Arbeitsbedingungen und ein verantwortungsvoller Umgang mit natürlichen Ressourcen möglich sind. Mit dem vorliegenden Bericht legen wir erstmals eine Bilanz unserer Treibhausgasemissionen für den Zeitraum 2022 bis 2023 vor.

Am IDOS setzen wir uns für eine nachhaltige Entwicklung unseres Unternehmens ein – ökologisch, sozial und ökonomisch – und tragen durch Forschung, Beratung und Ausbildung zu nachhaltigen Transformationen weltweit bei. Dabei verstehen wir Nachhaltigkeit nicht als einmaliges Ziel, sondern als einen fortlaufenden Prozess, den wir mit Verantwortung und Weitblick gestalten wollen. Nachhaltiges Handeln im betrieblichen Alltag ist für uns eine Selbstverpflichtung, die wir mit Überzeugung und Kontinuität verfolgen. Unser Anspruch ist es, heute so zu handeln, dass auch morgen noch gute Arbeitsbedingungen und ein verantwortungsvoller Umgang mit natürlichen Ressourcen möglich sind. Mit dem vorliegenden Bericht legen wir erstmals eine Bilanz unserer Treibhausgasemissionen für den Zeitraum 2022 bis 2023 vor.

Am IDOS setzen wir uns für eine nachhaltige Entwicklung unseres Unternehmens ein – ökologisch, sozial und ökonomisch – und tragen durch Forschung, Beratung und Ausbildung zu nachhaltigen Transformationen weltweit bei. Dabei verstehen wir Nachhaltigkeit nicht als einmaliges Ziel, sondern als einen fortlaufenden Prozess, den wir mit Verantwortung und Weitblick gestalten wollen. Nachhaltiges Handeln im betrieblichen Alltag ist für uns eine Selbstverpflichtung, die wir mit Überzeugung und Kontinuität verfolgen. Unser Anspruch ist es, heute so zu handeln, dass auch morgen noch gute Arbeitsbedingungen und ein verantwortungsvoller Umgang mit natürlichen Ressourcen möglich sind. Mit dem vorliegenden Bericht legen wir erstmals eine Bilanz unserer Treibhausgasemissionen für den Zeitraum 2022 bis 2023 vor.

A Community Health Worker in a door-to-door campaign to vaccinate people in communities in Nanyamba village, Mtwara Region, in southeastern Tanzania. Credit: Kizito Makoye/IPS

By Desta Lakew and Richard Muyungi
BELÉM, Brazil, Nov 20 2025 (IPS)

Around the world, the climate crisis is fast becoming the biggest public-health threat of the century. Extreme heat now kills more Europeans than any other natural disaster. Floods in Asia displace millions and contaminate water supplies. Mosquito-borne diseases once confined to the tropics are appearing in southern Europe and the United States.

Nowhere, however, are these impacts more visible—or the responses more instructive—than in Africa, which stands at a pivotal moment in the global climate discourse. Home to 17 percent of the world’s people yet responsible for less than four percent of global emissions, the continent is on the frontline of a crisis it did little to cause.

From the Horn of Africa to the Sahel, droughts, floods, and heatwaves are fueling outbreaks of malaria, cholera, and dengue, while undermining already fragile health systems. The climate crisis is no longer a distant environmental threat; it is a daily public health emergency.

Desta Lakew, Amref Health Africa Group Director for Partnerships & External Affairs

While the Paris Agreement implicitly recognized the importance of health in climate action, it was COP28 in Dubai that marked a watershed moment. For the first time, the world finally began to acknowledge what communities across Africa have long known: climate policy is health policy.

The UAE Declaration on Climate and Health, endorsed by more than 120 countries, acknowledged that every degree of warming worsens public health outcomes and that protecting health systems is essential to climate resilience. Africa’s negotiators were central to that breakthrough—pushing health from the margins to the main stage of climate diplomacy.

Their advocacy has paved the way for the next critical milestone: the Belém Health Action Plan, being launched at COP30 in Brazil. The plan’s pillars—disease surveillance, early-warning systems, climate-smart health infrastructure, and health equity—mirror the priorities laid out in the Common African Position on Climate and Health adopted in Lilongwe and reaffirmed in the Africa Group of Negotiators’ (AGN) Declaration, which came out of the Africa Climate Summit in Addis Ababa.

The AGN was decisive in appointing a climate and health lead coordinator to ensure that health is a key thematic stream within the group, and it is now a key component of their work. The message from Africa is clear: protecting people’s health is the clearest measure of whether climate action succeeds.

Yet the global financing system has not caught up. Less than one percent of adaptation finance targets health, even as climate-sensitive diseases multiply. Despite new pledges at COP28—$300 million from the Global Fund and $100 million from the Rockefeller Foundation—the gap is measured in the hundreds of billions. Africa alone will need roughly $300 billion annually by 2030 to build resilient systems and respond to climate-related loss and damage.

Dr. Richard Muyungi, African Group of Negotiators on Climate Change (AGN) Chair

Philanthropy is waking up—the recently formed Climate and Health Funders Coalition brings together 35 institutional and individual funders and they have just committed an initial $300 million at COP30, but structural challenges remain.

Most existing climate funds remain locked behind complex applications or arrive as loans that deepen debt in economies already under strain. That approach is not solidarity—it is self-defeat. Pandemics, heat-related mortality, and vector-borne diseases do not respect borders. A health emergency anywhere can quickly become a threat everywhere.

COP30 offers the chance to change course. The Belém Health Action Plan must not become another well-intentioned declaration—it needs financing hardwired to outcomes that save lives: clinics able to function through heatwaves and floods, vaccine cold chains powered by clean energy, and community health workers trained to respond to shifting disease patterns.

To make that happen, global donors, multilateral banks, and high-emitting nations should agree on three urgent steps. First, earmark a defined share of climate finance for health adaptation—not as an afterthought but as a performance metric in every climate-finance report; second, shift from loans to grants for health-related climate resilience to prevent compounding debt crises; third, invest in African-led solutions that the rest of the world can adopt or learn from—from Kenya’s heat-health action plans in Nairobi to Tanzania’s clean cooking agenda.

Africa’s experiences offer valuable lessons for the world. The ingenuity that kept health services running through droughts and pandemics is precisely what other countries will need as wildfires, vector migration, and heat emergencies escalate globally. The world should be studying and scaling these innovations—not waiting for crises to reach their own doorsteps.

Ultimately, if the climate crisis has taught us anything, it is that health security is climate security. What happens in Nairobi or Niamey reverberates in New York and New Delhi. COP30 must deliver ambitious and just outcomes that strengthen adaptation and protect the most vulnerable. We will consider COP30 a failure if it does not deliver an ambitious adaptation decision that resonates with Africa’s climate change impacts and realities.

Leaving Belém with promises alone would be a failure of vision and of justice. Leaving with funded commitments would signal a turning point: proof that the world finally understands that safeguarding health is not a regional concern—it is the foundation of collective resilience and of our shared future.

Desta Lakew is Amref Health Africa Group Director for Partnerships & External Affairs; Dr. Richard Muyungi is African Group of Negotiators on Climate Change (AGN) Chair

IPS UN Bureau

 

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Less than one percent of adaptation finance targets health, even as climate-sensitive diseases multiply. Africa alone will need roughly $300 billion annually by 2030 to build resilient systems and respond to climate-related loss and damage.

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