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Study on the environmental and social externalities of coffee in Uganda and Honduras
The study highlights the hidden costs associated with coffee from Uganda and Honduras and suggests how these should be taken into account in companies’ financial statements. In addition to environmental impacts, social costs are also presented in detail for the first time.
- Publisher: True Cost Alliance in collaboration with Misereor, Nuremberg University of Applied Sciences, TMG – Thinktank for Sustainability
- Year of publication: 2026
Number of pages: 24 pages
French and Spanish translations available at misereor.org
The study highlights the hidden costs associated with coffee from Uganda and Honduras and suggests how these should be taken into account in companies’ financial statements. In addition to environmental impacts, social costs are also presented in detail for the first time.
- Publisher: True Cost Alliance in collaboration with Misereor, Nuremberg University of Applied Sciences, TMG – Thinktank for Sustainability
- Year of publication: 2026
Number of pages: 24 pages
French and Spanish translations available at misereor.org
Global Europe, Global Responsibility
Delivering Development and Climate Impact in Africa
The next EU budget will decide Europe's global role. Investment in climate and development finance is a strategic asset - for peace, security, shared economic prospects and a credible EU in the world.
- Publisher: Misereor, Germanwatch
- Year of publication: 2026
Delivering Development and Climate Impact in Africa
The next EU budget will decide Europe's global role. Investment in climate and development finance is a strategic asset - for peace, security, shared economic prospects and a credible EU in the world.
- Publisher: Misereor, Germanwatch
- Year of publication: 2026
Debt report 2026
In countries that are already heavily burdened by payments to foreign creditors, the risk of debt crises is growing in the current global situation. With serious consequences for the people affected.
In countries that are already heavily burdened by payments to foreign creditors, the risk of debt crises is growing in the current global situation. With serious consequences for the people affected.
Market power and its consequences: antitrust reform perspectives for agricultural supply chains
This study analyses the concentration trends in the food sector and develops proposals on how these can be curbed, particularly by means of antitrust law.
- Publisher: Rebalance Now e.V., Misereor e.V.
- Year of publication: 2026
- Number of pages: 52
This study analyses the concentration trends in the food sector and develops proposals on how these can be curbed, particularly by means of antitrust law.
- Publisher: Rebalance Now e.V., Misereor e.V.
- Year of publication: 2026
- Number of pages: 52
How does the Supply Chain Act work? Examples from practice
The joint report by Germanwatch and Misereor shows how the Supply Chain Act (LkSG), which has been in force since 2023, works in practice and is used by people around the world to defend their rights.
- Publisher: Germanwatch and Misereor
- Year of publication: 2026
- Pages: 16
The joint report by Germanwatch and Misereor shows how the Supply Chain Act (LkSG), which has been in force since 2023, works in practice and is used by people around the world to defend their rights.
- Publisher: Germanwatch and Misereor
- Year of publication: 2026
- Pages: 16
The price of money
High cost of capital as an obstacle to development
Governments in the global South pay significantly higher interest rates for loans and bonds than governments in the global North. Numerous policy options and institutional innovations are being discussed to reduce this inequality.
- Publisher: Global Policy Forum Europe, Misereor, Bread for the World
- Year of publication: October 2025
- Pages: 11
High cost of capital as an obstacle to development
Governments in the global South pay significantly higher interest rates for loans and bonds than governments in the global North. Numerous policy options and institutional innovations are being discussed to reduce this inequality.
- Publisher: Global Policy Forum Europe, Misereor, Bread for the World
- Year of publication: October 2025
- Pages: 11
Turning point COP30 How countries of the Global South can lead the way in the fossil fuel phase-out and support Germany in this endeavour
The 30th UN Climate Change Conference is a turning point: countries are presenting their plans to tackle the climate crisis. The global shift away from fossil fuels such as coal, oil and gas is crucial.
- Publisher: Misereor, Campaign Team Burnt Out
- Year of publication: October 2025
- Pages: 2
The 30th UN Climate Change Conference is a turning point: countries are presenting their plans to tackle the climate crisis. The global shift away from fossil fuels such as coal, oil and gas is crucial.
- Publisher: Misereor, Campaign Team Burnt Out
- Year of publication: October 2025
- Pages: 2
Briefing Right-wing alliance against sustainability?
In a joint briefing, Global Policy Forum Europe, Misereor and the Supply Chain Law Initiative warn against the European People's Party (EPP) cooperating with far-right political groups to reverse the EU Supply Chain Directive. The background to this is the European Parliament's upcoming position on the European Commission's so-called omnibus proposal to "simplify" the EU's sustainability rules.
- Publisher: Global Policy Forum Europe, Misereor, Supply Chain Law Initiative
- Year of publication: October 2025
- Pages: 8
In a joint briefing, Global Policy Forum Europe, Misereor and the Supply Chain Law Initiative warn against the European People's Party (EPP) cooperating with far-right political groups to reverse the EU Supply Chain Directive. The background to this is the European Parliament's upcoming position on the European Commission's so-called omnibus proposal to "simplify" the EU's sustainability rules.
- Publisher: Global Policy Forum Europe, Misereor, Supply Chain Law Initiative
- Year of publication: October 2025
- Pages: 8
EU-Mercosur agreement ante portas? Why ratification should be prevented
In December 2024, the European Commission announced that it had reached a political agreement on a trade agreement with Mercosur. The South American association of states, with which the EU has been negotiating this treaty for 25 years, includes Argentina, Brazil, Paraguay and Uruguay. The Commission wants to initiate the political process to ratify the agreement in summer 2025. But what risks does this agreement harbour?
This study provides answers to this question.
- Publisher: Bread for the World, Misereor, PowerShift
- Year of publication: July 2025
- Pages: 38
In December 2024, the European Commission announced that it had reached a political agreement on a trade agreement with Mercosur. The South American association of states, with which the EU has been negotiating this treaty for 25 years, includes Argentina, Brazil, Paraguay and Uruguay. The Commission wants to initiate the political process to ratify the agreement in summer 2025. But what risks does this agreement harbour?
This study provides answers to this question.
- Publisher: Bread for the World, Misereor, PowerShift
- Year of publication: July 2025
- Pages: 38
Debt Report 2025
55 per cent of the 152 countries surveyed in the Global South are very critically indebted. The debt report assesses the risk of over-indebtedness in a total of 198 countries. What is needed is the creation of an international sovereign insolvency procedure.
- Publisher: Misereor, Erlassjahr.de
- Year of publication: 2025
- Pages: 48
55 per cent of the 152 countries surveyed in the Global South are very critically indebted. The debt report assesses the risk of over-indebtedness in a total of 198 countries. What is needed is the creation of an international sovereign insolvency procedure.
- Publisher: Misereor, Erlassjahr.de
- Year of publication: 2025
- Pages: 48