2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development

Publications

Sustainable futures: aligning climate actions and socio-economic justice through the just energy transition
Tamasiga, Phemelo / Onyeaka, Helen / Bakwena, Malebogo / Kayembe, Benita / Dzingai, Valentine / Kgengwenyane, Nancy / Babugura, Agnes / Ouassou, El houssin (2025)
in: Energy Strategy Reviews (59), article 101726

Mapping the interlinkages between voluntary sustainability standards and due diligence
Brandi, Clara / Thomas Dietz / Paulo Mortara Batistic / Charline Depoorter / Graeme Auld / James Harrison / Hamish van der Ven (2025)
in: Santiago Fernandez de Cordoba / Axel Marx / Paulo Mortara Batistic / Charline Depoorter (eds.), The future of sustainable trade. Due diligence initiatives, voluntary sustainability standards and developing countries (UNCTAD/DITC/TAB/2024/5), Geneva: UNCTAD, 9-24

Responsible governance of water tenure for achieving the 2030 Agenda: challenges in the Awash River Basin, Ethiopia
Srigiri, Srinivasa Reddy / Waltina Scheumann / Tena Alamirew (2024)
in: Hodgson, S./ Gillet, V./ Espinosa Flor, S./ Ramirez Fionda, S./ Kiersch, B./ Vallée, D (Hrsg.), Water tenure perspectives – Proceedings of the Water Tenure Mondays webinar series, Rome: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO), 37-54

Private sector mobilisation: turning a pipe dream into reality
Zattler, Jürgen K. (2024)
Discussion Paper (14/2024)

Three foci at the science-policy interface for systemic Sustainable Development Goal acceleration
Pradhan, Prajal / Nina Weitz / Vassilis Daioglou / [...] / Julia Leininger / [...] / Christopher Wingens et al. (2024)
in: Nature Communications 15, article 8600

New forms of International partnerships to reduce negative spillover effects in support of global sustainability
Berger, Axel / Grayson Fuller/ Jorge Gómez-Paredes / Sarah Löpelt / Tabea Waltenberg (2024)
T20 Brasil, Task Force 6 (Strengthening Multilateralism and Global Governance), Policy Brief

Promoting sustainability through reforming subsidies for agriculture in the WTO
Brandi, Clara / Christophe Bellmann / Umberto Celli Junior / Carolyn Deere Birkbeck / Peter Draper (2024)
in: Synergies (Editorial Board), Reviving multilateralism: from vision to action on trade and sustainability at the WTO, Geneva: Forum on Trade, Environment, & the SDGs (TESS), 116-119

Integrative approaches to the environmental and socio-economic SDGs
Iacobuţă , Gabriela Ileana / Heleen van Soest / Subhes Bhattacharyya (2024)
in: Journal of Integrative Environmental Sciences, 21 (1), article 2397609

Accelerating SDG delivery and promoting fair multilateralism
Löpelt, Sarah / Tabea Waltenberg (2024)
The Current Column of 26 August 2024

Survey data on climate policy in three countries (Peru, Ghana, Philippines) within the project "Sustainable Middle Classes in Middle Income Countries: Transforming Carbon Consumption Patterns (SMMICC)"
Malerba, Daniele / Babette Never / Hanna Fuhrmann-Riebel / Sascha Kuhn (2024)
Research Data

Wie kann nachhaltige Entwicklung am besten finanziert werden?
Keijzer, Niels / Damien Barchiche / Ivonne Lobos / George Marbuah / Elise Dufief (2024)
in: Vereinte Nationen 3/2024, 99-102

Global governance through voluntary sustainability standards: Developments, trends and challenges
Marx, Axel et al. (2024)
in: Global Policy, first published 30.06.2024

Defaulting on development and climate: debt sustainability and the race for the 2030 Agenda and Paris Agreement
Zucker-Marques, Marina / Ulrich Volz / Kevin P. Gallagher (2024)
London, Boston/MA, Berlin: Soas University of London/Boston University/Heinrich Böll Stiftung

Imagining global development policy after 2030: what is the EU’s role and how will it sit with competing geo-political paradigms?
Sumner, Andy / Stephan Klingebiel (2024)
published on developmentresearch.eu, 14.05.2024 (European Development Policy Outlook Series of Blogs)

Cooperation for future
Hornidge, Anna-Katharina (2024)
in: D+C (4/2024), 26-27

Synergising digital public infrastructure and digital commons for sustainable development: the governance of digital resources in India and the EU
Dang, Vy / Aliasger Bootwalla / Eva Maria Lynders / Wulf Reiners (2024)
published on gatewayhouse, 28.03.2024

The implementation of sustainable finance taxonomies: learning from South African experiences
Lötters-Viehof, Steffen / Sören Hilbrich / Kathrin Berensmann / Giovanna Artmann / Sam Ashman / Theresa Herbold / Agnese Monti / Felix Paffhausen / Stephanie Roigk / Lee-Ann Steenkamp (2023)
Policy Brief 20/2023

Umweltgerechtigkeit und sozialökologische Transformation: Konflikte um Nachhaltigkeit im deutschsprachigen Raum
Klepp, Silja / Jonas Hein (eds.) (2023)
Bielefeld: Transcript

The implementation of sustainability taxonomies: the case of South Africa
Hilbrich, Sören / Kathrin Berensmann / Giovanna Artmann / Sam Ashman / Theresa Herbold / Steffen Lötters-Viehof / Agnese Monti / Felix Paffhausen Stephanie Roigk / Lee-Ann Steenkamp (2023)
Discussion Paper 15/2023

For a more binding nature of commitments in the 2030 Agenda implementation
Waltenberg, Tabea / Leonie Droste (2023)
The Current Column of 28 August 2023

Embedding spillover effects in the German Sustainable Development Strategy
Droste, Leonie / Linda Lütkes / Tabea Waltenberg (2023)
The Current Column of 22 May 2023

Paving the way for the SDG Summit?
Wisskirchen, Alma / Axel Berger (2023)
The Current Column of 4 September 2023

Are Southern voices and the SDGs the way to success for India’s G20 presidency?
Dang, Vy / Eva Lynders / Wulf Reiners (2023)
The Current Column of 21 August 2023

United Nations Youth Day
Eberz, Isabelle / Samantha Ruppel / Neringa Tumėnaitė (2023)
The Current Column of 7 August 2023

A game changer for UN 2023 Water Conference: Intergovernmental Science-Policy Platform for Water Sustainability (ISPWAS)
Varady, Robert G. / Annabelle Houdret / Wouter Buytaert / Anil Mishra / Abou Amani / Anik Bhaduri / Olcay Unver (2023)
Paris: UNESCO

The sustainability transition requires extended and differentiated North-South cooperation for innovation - UNCTAD
Stamm, Andreas (2023)
Geneva: United Nations Converence on Trade and Development (UNCTAD) Background Paper

Connections that matter: how does the quality of governance institutions help protect our ocean?
Allen, Cameron / Anita Breuer / Julia Kercher Buchveröffentlichungen (2023)
Oslo: UNDP in cooperation with IDOS

Governing the interlinkages between the SDGs: approaches, opportunities and challenges
Breuer, Anita / Daniele Malerba / Srinivasa Srigiri / Pooja Balasubramanian (eds.) (2023)
London: Routledge

Accelerating the SDGs through the 2024 Summit of the Future
Beisheim, Marianne / Silke Weinlich (2023)
published on sdg.iisd.org, 01.02.2023

(Green) capitalism will not save biodiversity!
Hein, Jonas / Jean Carlo Rodriguez (2022)
The Current Column of 5 December 2022

The global biodiversity framework needs a robust action agenda
Chan, Sander / Steffen Bauer / Michele M. Betsill et al. (2022)
in: Nature Ecology & Evolution, first published 28.11.2022

Die Macht von Geschichten: Warum brauchen wir neue Narrative für eine nachhaltige Zukunft – und wie können quantitative Analysen diese unterstützen?
Hernandez, Ariel Macaspac / Ines Dombrosky / Dorothee Keppler / Merle Remy (2022)
published on www.sdsngermany.de, 05.12.2022

Achieving the SDGs: Europe’s compass in a multipolar world - Europe Sustainable Development Report 2022
Lafortune, Guillaume / Grayson Fuller / Leslie Bermont Diaz / Adolf Kloke-Lesch / Phoebe Koundouri / Angelo Riccaboni (2022)
Paris: Sustainable Development Solutions Network/SDSN Europe (2022)

Voluntary standards and the SDGs: mapping public-private complementarities for sustainable development
Schleifer, Philip / Clara Brandi / Rupal Verma / Katharina Bissinger / Matteo Fiorini (2022)
in: Earth System Governance 14, article 100153

Toward the sustainability state? Conceptualizing national sustainability institutions and their impact on policy-making
Mathis, Okka Lou / Michael Rose / Jens Newig / Bauer, Steffen (2022)
in: Environmental Policy and Governance, first published 12.10.2022

Voluntary sustainability standards and the Sustainable Development Goals
Brandi, Clara (2022)
in: United Nations Forum on Sustainability Standards (UNFSS) (Hrsg.), Voluntary Sustainability Standards (VSS), Sustainability Agenda and Developing Countries: Opportunities and Challenges, Geneva: UNFSS, 15

Urbanization, the Climate Crisis, and the Role of the G7
Roll, Michael (2022)
The Current Column of 12 September 2022

Have we failed to capitalise on the momentum for the SDGs?
Kranholdt, Dominic (2022)
The Current Column of 29 August 2022

Sustainable Development Goals (SDG) 16: a governance compass towards just transition?
Balasubramanian, Pooja / Anita Breuer / Julia Leininger / Cameron Allen / Julia Kercher (2022)
Policy Brief 4/2022

Unravelling hidden factors explaining competition for and overuse of groundwater in Azraq, Jordan: Digging deeper into a network of action situations
Oberhauser, Daniel / Ramona Hägele / Ines Dombrowsky (2022)
in: Sustainability Science, first published 07.04.2022

Analysing the Water-Energy-Food Nexus from a polycentric governance perspective: Conceptual and methodological framework
Srigiri, Srinivasa Reddy / Ines Dombrowsky (2022)
in: Frontiers in Environmental Science, 1-13

Disentangling the relationship between social protection and social cohesion: introduction to the special issue
Burchi, Francesco / Markus Loewe / Daniele Malerba / Julia Leininger (2022)
in: European Journal of Development Research, 34 (3), 1195 - 1215

Natural resource governance in light of the 2030 Agenda: the case of competition for groundwater in Azraq, Jordan
Dombrowsky, Ines / Ramona Hägele / Lukas Behrenbeck / Thomas Bollwein / Mirjana Köder / Daniel Oberhauser / Ronja Schamberger / Majd Al-Naber / Marwan Al-Raggad / Elias Salameh (2022)
Studies 106 (2022)

Connections that matter: How the quality of governance institutions may be the booster shot we need to reduce poverty and inequality
UNDP’s Oslo Governance Centre (OGC) and the German Development Institute (DIE/GDI)
30 May 2022

From combating desertification to comprehensive soil and drought management
Brüntrup, Michael (2022)
The Current Column of 16 May 2022

Transboundary cooperation and global governance for inclusive sustainable development
Contributions in Honour of Dirk Messner’s 60th Birthday
Scholz, Imme / Lilian Busse / Thomas Fues (eds.) (2022)
Baden-Baden: Nomos Verlag

The phases model of the transformation to sustainability (T2S): structuring through the negotiation perspective
Hernandez, Ariel Macaspac (2022)
in: Sustainability (14/9), 5024

Finanzierung der Transformation zur Nachhaltigkeit: Eine Herkulesaufgabe für die EU?
Berensmann, Kathrin (2022)
in: Zeitschrift für das gesamte Kreditwesen 75 (1), 33-38

Health, climate and geopolitical relations
Hornidge, Anna-Katharina (2022)
The Current Column of 17 January 2022

Enablers of ambitious climate action: challenges and opportunities to combine climate change and sustainable development
Iacobuta, Gabriela (2021)
Wageningen, Netherlands: Wageningen University

Agenda 2030 y nexos entre seguridad de agua, energética y alimentaria: el caso de Huexca, Morelos
Oswald Spring, Úrsula / Anita Breuer (2021)
in: Veredas. Revista del Pensamiento Sociológico (40), 61 - 93

On the right to a safe, clean, healthy and sustainable environment
Faus Onbargi, Alexia / Saravanan V. Subramanian / Katharina Molitor (2021)
The Current Column of 20 December 2021

How Germany’s 2022 G7 Presidency could shape change
Kloke-Lesch, Adolf (2021)
The Current Column of 15 November 2021

Mechanisms for governing the Water-Land-Food Nexus in the Lower Awash River Basin, Ethiopia: ensuring policy coherence in the implementation of the 2030 Agenda
Srigiri, Srinivasa Reddy / Anita Breuer / Waltina Scheumann (2021)
Discussion Paper 26/2021

What structures does the German government need in order to meet its sustainability targets?
Schulz, Sabrina / Leonie Droste / Dominic Kranholdt / Joana Stalder
The Current Column of 20 September 2021

Local governments and the sustainable integration of refugees in Ethiopia
Binkert, Eva / Merlin Flaig / Lukas Frucht et al. (2021)
Discussion Paper 21/2021

Key players in national SDG accountability: the role of parliaments
Breuer, Anita / Julia Leininger / Kirsten Brosbøl / Léna Belly-Le Guilloux / Bora Sefa (2021)
Briefing Paper 15/2021

Key players in accountable SDG implementation: national human rights institutions
Breuer, Anita / Julia Leininger / Saionara König-Reis (2021)
Briefing Paper 16/2021

The external dimensions of the European green deal: the case for an integrated approach
Koch, Svea / Niels Keijzer (2021)
Briefing Paper 13/2021

Horizontal accountability for SDG implementation: a comparative cross-national analysis of emerging national accountability regimes
Breuer, Anita / Julia Leininger
in: Sustainability 13 (13), article 7002

Sustainable Development Report 2021 The Decade of Action for the Sustainable Development Goals

Seven principles to guide German development policy
Hornidge, Anna-Katharina / Imme Scholz (2021)
The Current Column of 10 May 2021

Dissecting aid fragmentation: development goals and levels of analysis
Carlitz, Ruth / Sebastian Ziaja (2021)
Discussion Paper

Come on, into the “Green Twenties”!
Bauer, Steffen (2021)
The Current Column of 19 April 2021

Reform options for effective UN sustainable development governance
Beisheim Marianne / Cornelia Füllkrug-Weitzel / Lisi Maier / Imme Scholz / Silke Weinlich / Heidemarie Wieczorek-Zeul (2021)
Berlin: German Council for Sustainable Development, 25 February 2021

Towards more policy advice: maximizing the UN’s assets to build back better
Hendra, John / Max Baumann
Briefing Paper 24/2020

A more ambitious G20 for a sustainable post-pandemic recovery and transformation
Scholz, Imme (2021)
International Development Blog, 08 April 2020

Citizens’ councils for promoting the global common good
Mathis, Okka Lou (2021)
The Current Column of 18 March 2021

The importance of tackling inequality for global poverty
Lakner, Christoph / Daniel G. Mahler / Mario Negre / Espen B. Prydz (2021)
Two Pager (2021)

Voluntary Sustainability Standards (VSS) – Mobilising public and private rule-makers in managing global governance
Hernandez, Ariel / Wulf Reiners / Sven Grimm (2021)
Two Pager (2021)

How the EU can jumpstart progress towards the SDGs
Lafortune, Guillaume / Guido Schmidt-Traub / Adolf Kloke-Lesch / Grayson Fuller (2021)
published on apolitical.co, 08.02.2021

Assessing potential effects of development cooperation on inequality
Negre, Mario (2021)
Briefing Paper 4/2021

Governance of the water-energy-food nexus for an integrated implementation of the 2030 Agenda
Srigiri, Srinivasa Reddy / Ines Dombrowsky (2021)
Discussion Paper 2/2021

Towards more policy advice: maximizing the UN’s assets to build back better
Hendra, John / Max Baumann (2020)
Briefing Paper 24/2020

How sustainable is recycling? Reconciling the social, ecological, and economic dimensions in Argentina
Pegels, Anna / Stefanie Heyer / David Ohlig / Felix Kurz / Lena Laux / Prescott Morley (2020)
Discussion Paper 23/2020

The SDGs on the threshold of Germany’s election year 2021
Kranholdt, Dominic (2020)
The Current Column of 19 November 2020

Gaps and opportunities for synergies in international environmental law on climate and biodiversity to promote the Sustainable Development Goals
Rantala, Salla / Gabriela Iacobuta / Stefania Minestrini / Julika Tribukait (2020)
in: Honkonen, Tuula / Seita Romppanen (Hrsg.), 2019 International Environmental Law-making and Diplomacy Review, Joensuu, Finland: University of Eastern Finland, 58-99

Sustainability Standards and Global Governance. Experiences of Emerging Economies
Negi, Archna / Jorge Antonio Pérez-Pineda / Johannes Blankenbach (2020)
Singapore (Open Access)

Migration and the 2030 Agenda: making everyone count - migrants and refugees in the Sustainable Development Goals
Koch, Anne / Jana Kuhnt (2020)
Briefing Paper 11/2020

Migration und die Agenda 2030: Es zählt nur, wer gezählt wird - Migrant*innen und Geflüchtete in den Zielen nachhaltiger Entwicklung
Koch, Anna / Jana Kuhnt (2020)
Analysen und Stellungnahmen 8/2020

Researchers must improve the working conditions for local collaborators
Chakraborty, Ananya / Lennart Kaplan (2020)
The Current Column of 6 May 2020

Systemic challenges and opportunities of Franco-German development cooperation
Kaplan, Lennart (2020)
Discussion Paper 10/2020

Earmarking in the multilateral development system: many shades of grey
Weinlich, Silke / Max-Otto Baumann / Erik Lundsgaarde / Peter Wolff (2020)
Studies 101

How the EU and rising powers can shape their future sustainably
Grimm, Sven / Wulf Reiners / Benjamin Stewart (2020)
The Current Column of 6 April 2020

Geopolitik für Nachhaltigkeit. Warum der European Green Deal Mut für die 2020er Jahre macht
Scholz Imme / Adolf Kloke-Lesch (2020)
Die aktuelle Kolumne vom 13.01.2020

TWI2050 Report: The Digital Revolution and Sustainable Development: Opportunities and Challenges
Dombrosky, Ines, et al. (2019)
Austria, International Institute for Applied Systems Analysis (IIASA)

Integrated policymaking: choosing an institutional design for implementing the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs)
Breuer Anita / Julia Leininger / Jale Tosun (2019)
Discussion Paper 14/2019

Financing for development and domestic revenue mobilisation: more international reforms are needed
von Haldenwang, Christian / Sabine Laudage (2019)
Briefing Paper 13/2019

Financing for the 2030 Agenda is missing its targets
Wolff, Peter (2019)
The Current Column of 8 July 2019

The relevance of social policies for democracy: preventing autocratisation through synergies between SDG 10 and SDG 16
Leininger, Julia / Anna Lührmann / Rachel Sigman (2019)
Discussion Paper 7/2019

Dismantling the myth of the growth-inequality trade-off
Negre, Mario / José Cuesta / Ana Revenga / Prescott J. Morley (2019)
Briefing Paper 9/2019

Biodiversity is good for you!
Richerzhagen, Carmen / Jean Carlo Rodriguez (2019)
The Current Column of 20 May 2019

Harnessing the SDGs for Africa’s Climate Policy
Mbeva, Kennedy / Joanes Atela (2019)
The Current Column of 25.03.2019

Comparing global trends in multidimensional and income poverty and assessing horizontal inequalities
Burchi, Francesco / Daniele Malerba / Nicole Rippin / Claudio E. Montenegro (2019)
Discussion Paper 2/2019 

Ownership for sustainable development cooperation
Keijzer, Niels / Stephan Klingebiel (2019)
The Current Column of 21 January 2019

Why the civil service needs a 2030 Agenda update
Reiber, Tatjana / Wulf Reiners(2018)
The Current Column of 19 November 2018

Cities for sustainable global development
Dick, Eva (2018)
The Current Column of 29 October 2018

A mountain worth climbing: reforming the UN Department of Economic and Social Affairs
Janus, Heiner / Silke Weinlich (2018)
Briefing Paper 20/2018

Towards a more accountable G20? Accountability mechanisms of the G20 and the new challenges posed to them by the 2030 Agenda
Hilbrich, Sören / Jakob Schwab (2018)
Discussion Paper 13/2018

Unfinished business: an appraisal of the latest UNDS reform resolution
Baumann, Max-Otto / Silke Weinlich (2018)
Briefing Paper 13/2018

Die Nexus-Perspektive: Für eine integrierte Umsetzung der globalen Nachhaltigkeitsziele
Janetschek, Hannah / Ines Dombrowsky (2018)
The Current Column of 16 April 2018

Evidence-oriented approaches in development cooperation: experiences, potential and key issues
Marschall, Paul (2018)
Discussion Paper 8/2018

Daten für Entwicklung: eine Agenda für die deutsche Entwicklungszusammenarbeit
Schwegmann, Claudia / Sarah Holzapfel (2018)
Analysen und Stellungnahmen 4/2018

The case for connecting the implementation of the Paris Climate Agreement and the 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development
Brandi, Clara / Adis Dzebo / Hannah Janetschek (2017)
Briefing Paper 21/2017

Exploring connections between the Paris Agreement and the 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development
Dzebo, Adis / Clara Brandi / Hannah Janetschek / Georgia Savvido / Kevin Adams / Stefanie Chan / Claire Lambert (2017)
Stockholm: Stockholm Environment Institute (Policy Paper)

Together we are strong: The Paris Climate Agreement and the 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development
Brandi, Clara / Hannah Janetschek / Adis Dzebo (2017)
The Current Column of 6 November 2017

"But where the danger is, also grows the saving power" – 2030 New Year’s address of the Federal Chancellor of Germany
Kloke-Lesch, Adolf (2017)
The Current Column of 22 December 2017

Europe? Sustainability? Time to think about 2019 now!
Hackenesch, Christine / Adolf Kloke-Lesch / Janina Sturm (2017)
The Current Column of 18 December 2017

Taking stock of 2030 Agenda: are we making progress with integrated implementation?
Janetschek, Hannah / Imme Scholz (2017)
The Current Column of 17 July 2017

Aligning climate change mitigation and sustainable development under the UNFCCC: a critical assessment of the Clean Development Mechanism, the Green Climate Fund and REDD+
Horstmann, Britta / Jonas Hein (2017)
Studies 96

SDG 2 (kein Hunger) in der Deutschen Nachhaltigkeitsstrategie: lassen wir die Hungernden zurück?
Holzapfel, Sarah / Michael Brüntrup (2017)
Analysen und Stellungnahmen 11/2017

Political parties: weak point in the sustainability architecture
Kloke-Lesch, Adolf (2017)
The Current Column of 29 May 2017

What does it mean to “address displacement” under the UNFCCC? An analysis of the negotiations process and the role of research
Serdeczny, Olivia (2017)
Discussion Paper 12/2017

Ending Global Poverty: An Attainable Goal
Negre, Mario / Manuel de la Rocha Vázquez (2017)
Published on: International Development Blog, 16 March 2017

The G20 should champion the 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development
Brandi, Clara / Imme Scholz (2017)
Published on: T20blog, 14 March 2017

Accountability for development cooperation under the 2030 Agenda
Mahn Jones, Timo Casjen (2017)
Discussion Paper 10/2017

Coherent G20 policies towards the 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development
Brandi, Clara / Imme Scholz / Jann Lay / Nancy Alexander / Rainer Thiele / Ram Upendra Das / Richard Klein (2017)
published on G20 Insights Platform March 14, 2017

Die Prinzipien der 2030 Agenda – welche Fragen richten sie an die deutsche Entwicklungspolitik?
Scholz, Imme (2017)
Published on: International Development Blog, 9 January 2017

Development policy is essential to overcoming international crises, but it must change
Scholz, Imme (2017)
The Current Column of 9 January 2017

The concept of SDG-sensitive development cooperation: implications for OECD-DAC members
Rudolph, Alexandra (2017)
Discussion Paper 1/2017

2017: After the magic of beginnings
Kloke-Lesch, Adolf (2016)
The Current Column, 19 December 2016

Ensuring SDG-sensitive development cooperation
Rudolph, Alexandra (2016)
Briefing Paper 20/2016

Trump im Weißen Haus – Was wird aus „Paris“, der globalen Agenda für nachhaltige Entwicklung, der Weltordnung?
Messner, Dirk (2016)
Published on: International Development Blog, 15 November 2016

From QCPR to corporate strategy? The 2030 Agenda and the UN development system
Mahn, Timo Casjen / Andreas Grantner (2016)
published on SDG Knowledge Hub 24 October 2016

Die Mobilisierung subnationaler Einnahmen ist ein entscheidender Faktor für die Umsetzung der Agenda
von Haldenwang, Christian / Armin von Schiller (2016)
Analysen und Stellungnahmen 11/2016

UN summit on housing and sustainable urban development: what is at stake?
Dick, Eva / Maria-Theres Haase (2016)
The Current Column, 17 October 2016

Wie kann Entwicklungszusammenarbeit SDG-sensitiv ausgestaltet werden?
Rudolph, Alexandra (2016)
Analysen und Stellungnahmen 9/2016

Marrakesh Climate Conference: Time to act!
Bauer, Steffen / Clara Brandi (2016)
Diplomatisches Magazin 10/2016

Global Problem-Solving Approaches: The Crucial Role of China and the Group of Rising Powers
Klingebiel, Stephan (2016)
Rising Powers Quarterly, Volume 1, Issue 1, September 2016, pp. 35-20

Dealing with autocracies: do sustainable development goals help?
Striebinger, Kai / Julia Leininger (2016)
The Current Column, 16 September 2016

Priority setting – or rather not? Positive concerns for SDGs
Samanta, Sayan (2016)
Die aktuelle Kolumne, 12.09.2016

Universality, integration, and policy coherence for sustainable development: early SDG implementation in selected OECD countries
O’Connor, David / James Mackie / Daphne van Esveld / Hoseok Kim / Imme Scholz / Nina Weitz (2016)
published on World Resources Institute (WRI)

Revision of the EU consensus on development: towards a new consensus for fair and sustainable global common good policies
Henökl, Thomas / Niels Keijzer / Christine Hackenesch / Imme Scholz / Clara Brandi / Pieter Pauw (2016)
Contribution of the German Development Institute / Deutsches Institut für Entwicklungspolitik (DIE) to the EU public consultation on the “UN 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development and revising the European Consensus on Development”

The G20 and the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs): reflections on future roles and tasks
Kloke-Lesch, Adolf (2016)
in: Chongyang Institute for Financial Studies (ed.), G20 and global governance: blue book of G20 Think Tank 2015-2016, Beijing: ITIC Publ. Group, 55-71

Stellungnahme des Deutschen Instituts für Entwicklungspolitik (DIE) zum Entwurf der neuen deutschen Nachhaltigkeitsstrategie 2016
Scholz, Imme (2016)

South-South co-operation: Words, just words?!
Grimm, Sven / Alexandra Rudolph (2016)
The Current Column of 1 August 2016

Promoting the Sustainable Development Goals in Germany
Scholz, Imme / Niels Keijzer / Carmen Richerzhagen (2016)
Discussion Paper 13/2016

Coordinating the willing
Lindenberg, Nannette (2016)
published on D+C Development and Cooperation e-Paper 7/2016, 38-39 

Stop planning how to implement Paris Agreement - just start doing it
Lindenberg, Nannette (2016)
published on EurActiv.de 6. Juni 2016 

Fragmented development cooperation in the age of the 2030 Agenda
Klingebiel, Stephan / Timo Mahn / Mario Negre (2016)
The Current Column of 11 July 2016

How are we getting ready? The 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development in the EU and its Member States: analysis and action so far
Niestroy, Ingeborg (2016)
Discussion Paper 9/2016

New approaches to development cooperation in middle-income countries: brokering collective action for global sustainable development
Paulo, Sebastian / Stephan Klingebiel
Discussion Paper 8/2016

No elephants in the room?
Klingebiel, Stephan / Li Xiaoyun (2016)
The Current Column of 14 June 2016

What place for Asia in the EU’s strategy on development cooperation? Which role for Europe in Asia? Any at all?
Henökl, Thomas (2016)
in: Olivia Gippner (ed.), Changing waters: towards a new EU Asia Strategy (LSE Ideas! Special Report), London: School of Economics, 71-78 

The EU needs new confidence
Adolf Kloke-Lesch
D+C Development and Cooperation, 8 June 2016

Today is gonna be the day: Stop planning how to implement the Paris Agreement, just start doing it!
Lindenberg, Nannette (2016)
The Current Column of 6 June 2016

Parallel worlds – conflicting goals: how arms policy is infiltrating the 2030 Agenda
Mehl, Regine (2016)
The Current Column of 30 May 2016

A European Narrative?
Kloke-Lesch, Adolf (2016)
The Current Column of 25 May 2016

Policy coherence for development and the security-development nexus in EU external relations
Furness, Mark (2016)
in: European Parliament Directorate-General for External Policies (ed.), EU policy coherence for development: the challenge of sustainability (Workshop), 22-35

Are results-based approaches key to implementing the 2030 Agenda in development cooperation?
Janus, Heiner / Stephan Klingebiel (2016)
The Current Column of 9 May 2016

Leave no one behind!
Crncic, Zeljko (2016)
The Current Column of 18 April 2016

“Transforming our world!”: Courage for restructuring the United Nations development system
Baumann, Max-Otto / Adolf Kloke-Lesch (2016)
The Current Column of 25 April 2016

Urban governance for sustainable global development: from the SDGs to the New Urban Agenda
Dick, Eva
Briefing Paper 8/2016

New approaches to development cooperation in middle income countries: brokering collective action for global sustainable development
Paulo, Sebastian / Stephan Klingebiel (2016)
in: UN Reflection Series: Development Cooperation, Policy Advice and Middle Income Countries

Towards a “Sustainable Development Union”: why the EU must do more to implement the 2030 Agenda
Hackenesch, Christine / Adolf Kloke-Lesch / Svea Koch / Ingeborg Niestroy / Imme Scholz
Briefing Paper 6/2016

Sustainable Development Goals: Pick and choose - or integration at last?
Janus, Heiner / Sarah Holzapfel (2016)
The Current Column of 1 February 2016

The 2030 Agenda and improving access to trade finance: the role of the WTO and other international institutions
Schmitz, Birgit / Clara Brandi (2016)
ICTSD Opinion 19 January 2016

Finanzierung globaler Entwicklung: Die Rolle der Zentralbanken
Dafe, Florence / Ulrich Volz
Analysen und Stellungnahmen 2/2016

ECOSOC Dialogue: a federal structure for the UN Development System?
Baumann, Max-Otto
Briefing Paper 1/2016

Europe must send global cooperation signals – Four proposals
Messner, Dirk (2016)
The Current Column of 11 January 2016

Universelle Verantwortung: die Bedeutung der 2030-Agenda für eine nachhaltige Entwicklung der deutschen Bundesländer
Fischer, Cecilia / Imme Scholz (2015)
Discussion Paper 12/2015

Financial stability as a precondition for the financing of sustainable development in emerging and developing countries
Bordon, Ingo / Birgit Schmitz (2015)
Briefing Paper 23/2015

Financing global development: Is impact investing an investment model with potential or just blowing smoke?
Lindenberg, Nannette / Caroline Pöll (2015)
Briefing Paper 20/2015

Post 2015: the need for an enabling global economic governance framework
Berensmann, Kathrin / Axel Berger / Clara Brandi (2015)
Briefing Paper 15/2015

Orchestration: an instrument for implementing the Sustainable Development Goals
Klingebiel, Stephan / Sebastian Paulo (2015)
Briefing Paper 14/2015

Universelle Verantwortung: die Bedeutung der 2030-Agenda für eine nachhaltige Entwicklung der deutschen Bundesländer
Fischer, Cecilia / Imme Scholz (2015)
Discussion Paper 12/2015

Finanzstabilität als Vorbedingung für die Finanzierung nachhaltiger Entwicklung in Schwellen- und Entwicklungsländern
Bordon, Ingo / Birgit Schmitz (2015)
Analysen und Stellungnahmen 12/2015

Post-2015: Die 2030-Agenda für nachhaltige Entwicklung braucht adäquate weltwirtschaftliche Rahmenbedingungen
Berensmann, Kathrin / Axel Berger / Clara Brandi (2015)
Analysen und Stellungnahmen 11/2015

The 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development needs a coherent focus on governance and peace
Fiedler Charlotte / Mark Furness / Jörn Grävingholt / Julia Leininger (2015)
The Current Column of 12 October 2015

Post 2015: The need for an enabling global economic governance framework
Berensmann, Kathrin / Axel Berger / Clara Brandi (2015)
Briefing Paper 15/2015

The 2030 Agenda – A Copernican revolution in development cooperation?
Gass, Thomas / Silke Weinlich (2015)
The Current Column of 5 October 2015

The 2030 Agenda has been adopted and will now be implemented
Scholz, Imme (2015)
The Current Column of 28 September 2015

Translating an ambitious vision into global transformation: the 2030 agenda for sustainable development
Loewe, Markus / Nicole Rippin (eds.) (2015)
Discussion Paper 7/2015

2030 agenda for sustainable development – how relevant will it be?
Scholz, Imme (2015)
The Current Column of 22 September 2015

If you like the world, save it!
Mathis, Okka Lou / Matthias Ruchser (2015)
The Current Column of 21 September 2015

Sustainable Energy Supply – What Is It About?
Ruchser, Matthias (2015)
Diplomatisches Magazin 08.2015

Orchestrierung: ein Instrument für die Umsetzung der Sustainable Development Goals
Klingebiel, Stephan / Sebastian Paulo (2015)
Analysen und Stellungnahmen 6/2015

Der Post-2015-Prozess und die G7: ihre Rolle und Aufgaben
Berensmann, Kathrin / Silke Weinlich (2015)
Analysen und Stellungnahmen 3/2015

Financing global development: the potential of trade finance
Brandi, Clara / Birgit Schmitz (2015)
Briefing Paper 10/2015

Financing global development: can foreign direct investments be increased through international investment agreements?
Berger, Axel (2015)
Briefing Paper 9/2015

Financing global development: the role of central banks
Dafe, Florence / Ulrich Volz (2015)
Briefing Paper 8/2015

Financing global development: what role for official development assistance?
Keijzer, Niels / Stephan Klingebiel (2015)
Briefing Paper 7/2015

Post-2015: recharging governance of United Nations development
Helgason, Kristinn Sv. / Silke Weinlich (2015)
Briefing Paper 6/2015

The G-7 and the post-2015 process: role and deliverables
Berensmann, Kathrin / Silke Weinlich (2015)
Briefing Paper 5/2015

Let’s walk our talk: from the July 2015 Financing for Development Conference in Addis Ababa, Ethiopia, down the Road to Dignity by 2030
Kaul, Inge / Donald Blondin (2015)
Briefing Paper 4/2015

The global post-2015 agenda: Homework for the G7
Berensmann, Kathrin / Silke Weinlich
The Current Column of 7 April 2015

SDGs and debt sustainability: an empty promise?
Berensmann, Kathrin / Maren Buchholtz
The Current Column of 16 March 2015

Energy - the seventh Sustainable Development Goal
Ruchser, Matthias
The Current Column of 09 March 2015

The challenge for 2015: ensuring global development within planetary guard rails
Brandi, Clara / Dirk Messner (2015)
The Current Column of 9 February 2015

The Charter for the Future: A Southern perspective
Pérez Pineda, Jorge A. (2015)
The Current Column of 4 February 2015

Greater mobilisation of domestic revenue in developing countries – a key issue for the post-2015 agenda
von Haldenwang, Christian / Armin von Schiller (2015)
The Current Column of 2 February 2015

“The Stars are aligned”: Now bring them down to Earth!
Bauer, Steffen / Silke Weinlich (2015)
The Current Column of 19 January 2015

Development will be in the centre of 2015 – will it be universal or national?
Scholz, Imme (2015)
The Current Column of 12 January 2015

Children’s Rights are Future Rights!
Bauer, Steffen / Danuta Sacher (2014)
The Current Column of 8 December 2014

Charter for the Future – Impulses for Sustainability Policy in Germany
Scholz, Imme (2014)
The Current Column of 2 December 2014

BMZ Charter for the Future – New development goals
Scholz, Imme (2014)
The Current Column of 24 November 2014

How to avoid the silo structure of the Millennium Development Goals (MDGs)
Rippin, Nicole (2014)
in: Thomas Fues / Jiang Ye (eds.), United Nations Post-2015 Agenda for global development: perspectives from China and Europe, Bonn: German Development Institute / Deutsches Institut für Entwicklungspolitik (DIE), 253-265

Progress, prospects and lessons from the Millennium Development Goals (MDGs)
Rippin, Nicole (2014)
in: Thomas Fues / Jiang Ye (eds.), United Nations Post-2015 Agenda for global development: perspectives from China and Europe, Bonn: German Development Institute / Deutsches Institut für Entwicklungspolitik (DIE), 253-265

Millennium plus or Sustainable Development Goals: How to combine human development objectives with targets for global public goods?
Loewe, Markus (2014)
in: Thomas Fues / YE Jiang (eds.), Risks and side effects of global frameworks: Lessons learned for post-2015?, Bonn / Shanghai: Deutsches Institut für Entwicklungspolitik und Shanghai Institute for international Studies

Millennium plus or sustainable development goals: How to combine human development s with targets for global public goods?
Loewe, Markus (2014)
in: Global Review (Shanghai Institutes for International Studies) 2/2014

千年发展目标与可持续发展目——人类发展目标同全球公共产品目标的结合?
Loewe, Markus (2014)
in: 国际展望 (Shanghai Institutes for International Studies) 4/2014

The Post-2015 Agenda: putting the spotlight on the global economy
Brandi, Clara / Matthias Schoeneberger / Kathrin Berensmann
published on The Broker September 23, 2014

The Millennium Development Goals: legacy, lessons, lookout
Rippin, Nicole (2014)
in: Public Service without Borders 25 (2), 8-9

Post-2015: why is the water-energy-land nexus important for the future development agenda?
Brandi, Clara / Carmen Richerzhagen / Katharina M.K. Stepping
in: Thomas Fues / Jiang Ye (eds.), United Nations Post-2015 Agenda for global development: perspectives from China and Europe, Bonn: German Development Institute / Deutsches Institut für Entwicklungspolitik (DIE), Studies 84, 297-310

Post 2015: setting up a coherent accountability framework
Janus, Heiner / Niels Keijzer
Briefing Paper 13/2014

Universal agenda on the multiple dimensions of poverty
Pogge, Thomas / Nicole Rippin (2013)
(Background Research Paper for the Report of the High-Level Panel on the Post-2015 Agenda)

MDGs and SDGs: are the concepts compatible?
Loewe, Markus (2014)
in: Global Compact International Yearbook 2014, 10-15

Providing International Adaptation Finance for Vulnerable Communities: A Study on Potentials and Limits of Social Investment Funds
Horstmann, Britta / Günther Schulz-Heiss (2014)
Studies 83

World development agenda after 2015: merging human with sustainable development
Loewe, Markus (2014)
published on The Diplomatist (India) 8/2014

Post 2015: enter the UN General Assembly: harnessing Sustainable Development Goals for an ambitious global development agenda
Bauer, Steffen / Ines Dombrowsky / Imme Scholz (2014)
Briefing Paper 12/2014

Post 2015: getting down to the nitty-gritty: measuring the state of the environment
Stepping, Katharina (2014)
Briefing Paper 5/2014

A strong voice for global sustainable development: how China can play a leading role in the Post-2015 Agenda
Ye, Jiang / Thomas Fues (2014)
Briefing Paper 2/2014

„Beyond Aid“ und die Zukunft der Entwicklungszusammenarbeit
Janus, Heiner / Stephan Klingebiel / Sebastian Paulo (2014)
Analysen und Stellungnahmen 7/2014

Post 2015: die Messung des Umweltzustands – kommen wir zur Sache
Stepping, Katharina M. K. (2014)
Analysen und Stellungnahmen 6/2014

Wie soll Entwicklungszusammenarbeit gestaltet werden? Die Globale Partnerschaft und das Development Cooperation Forum
Janus, Heiner / Stephan Klingebiel / Timo Casjen Mahn (2014)
Analysen und Stellungnahmen 5/2014

More is not always better: If we want the new global development agenda to be manageable, it is perhaps better to design a small set of end goals similar to the original MDGs, instead of a new wish list
Loewe, Markus (2013)
in: Broker Online, 08 October 2013

Post 2015: making migration work for sustainable development
Schraven, Benjamin / Niels Keijzer / Anna Knoll (2013)
Briefing Paper 21/2013

Post-2015: how to design goals for (inter)national action?
Janus, Heiner / Niels Keijzer (2013)
Briefing Paper 23/2013

Post 2015: why the development finance debate needs to make the move from quantity to quality
Dafe, Florence / Renate Hartwig / Heiner Janus (2013)
Briefing Paper 22/2013

Post 2015: special event on Post-2015 – stuck in the process?
Rippin, Nicole (2013)
Briefing Paper 19/2013

Post-2015: the international battle against tax fraud and evasion
von Haldenwang, Christian / Uwe Kerkow (2013)
Briefing Paper 16/2013

Post-2015: how emerging economies shape the relevance of a new agenda
Hackenesch, Christine / Heiner Janus (2013)
Briefing Paper 14/2013

Post-2015: what it means for the United Nations development system
Wennubst, Pio / Timo Casjen Mahn (2013)
Briefing Paper 13/2013

Poverty in the post-2015 agenda and framework
Kharas, Homi / Nicole Rippin (2013)
in: Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development (OECD), Development Co-operation Report 2013, 115-121

Post-2015: the EU can contribute more than aid to the global development agenda
Furness, Mark / Heiner Janus / Stephan Klingebiel (2013)
Briefing Paper 7/2013

Progress, prospects and lessons from the MDGs
Rippin, Nicole (2013)
(Background Research Paper for the Report of the High Level Panel on the Post-2015 Development Agenda)

Post-2015: what can the European Union learn from past international negotiations?
Keijzer, Niels / Adam Moe Fejerskov (2013)
Briefing Paper 5/2013

Post-2015: what can be learnt from the impact of health performance on donor policies for health assistance?
Stepping, Katharina (2013)
Briefing Paper 1/2013

Post-2015: why is the water-energy-land nexus important for the future development agenda?
Brandi, Clara / Carmen Richerzhagen / Katharina Stepping (2013)
Briefing Paper 3/2013

Post-2015: reconsidering sustainable development goals: is the environment merely a dimension?
Boltz, Frederick / Will R. Turner / Frank Wugt Larsen / Imme Scholz / Alejandro Guarín (2013)
Briefing Paper 4/2013

Post 2015: how to reconcile the Millennium Development Goals (MDGs) and the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs)?
Loewe, Markus (2012)
Briefing Paper 18/2012

African Developments: Sub-Saharan Africa, too, could achieve the Millennium Development Goals (MDGs)
Loewe, Markus (2010)
Briefing Paper 15/2010

Between frustration and optimism: the development outcome of the Millennium+5 Summit
Loewe, Markus / Thomas Fues (2005)
Briefing Paper 7/2005

Further Publications

Stop distributional injustice - do it now!
Rippin, Nicole
The Current Column of 29.09.2014

United Nations Post-2015 Agenda for global development: perspectives from China and Europe
Fues, Thomas / Jiang Ye (eds.)  (2014)
Studies 84

The post-2015 agenda – keep your eye on the global economy!
Berensmann, Kathrin / Clara Brandi / Matthias Schöneberger
The Current Column of 22.09.2014

The UN post-2015 agenda: How Europe and China can take the lead
Fues, Thomas / Jiang Ye
The Current Column of 12.09.2014

Second step taken towards sustainable development goals
Scholz, Imme
The Current Column of 21 July 2014

The frayed state
Christian von Haldenwang (2014)
The Current Column of 11 July 2014

Human progress within planetary guardrails: a contribution to the SDG debate
Schellnhuber, Hans Joachim / Dirk Messner / Frauke Kraas / Claus Leggewie / Peter Lemke / Ellen Matthies / Nebosja Nakicenovic / Sabine Schlacke / Uwe Schneidewind (2014)
Berlin: WBGU (Politikpapier 8)

Post-2015: The future of the United Nations in Development?
Mahn, Timo / Kristinn Sv. Helgason
The Current Column of 12 May 2014

Post 2015: Peace, security and development belong together
Janus, Heiner / Gerrit Kurtz
The Current Column of 22 April 2014

2014 - Time for a new policy of co-operation
Scholz, Imme
The Current Column of 13 January 2014

Finance that empowers, that motivates and that provides global public goods
Klingebiel, Stephan
The Current Column of 14 November 2013

Global Development Goals: The Need for a “Monterrey 2.0”
Janus, Heiner / Stephan Klingebiel (2013)
External Publication NORRAG

More is not always better: Reflections on the Post 2015 Agenda
Loewe, Markus (2013)
The Broker Online

What the EU could contribute, with a little more EU-phoria
Furness, Mark (2013)
The Broker

Envisioning new partnerships for Africa’s future: making global governance work in a post-2015 world
Brandi, Clara / Dominik Balthasar / Hannah Bowen / Kathrin Hamm / Whitney Haring-Smith / Ginger Turner / Yuzhe Wang /Jiajun Xu (2013)
(Global Governance 2022) Online version

Towards renewal or oblivion? Prospects for post–2020 cooperation between the European Union and the Africa, Caribbean and Pacific Group
Negre, Mario / Niels Keijzer / Brecht Lein / Nicola Tissi (2013)
Discussion Paper 9/2013

Progress, Prospects and Lessons from the MDGs
Rippin, Nicole (2013)
Background Research Paper for the Report of the High Level Panel on the Post-2015 Development Agenda, May 2013

Universal Agenda on the Multiple Dimensions of Poverty, Background Research Paper for the Report of the High Level Panel on the Post-2015
Pogge, Thomas / Nicole Rippin (2012)
Development Agenda, May 2012

One set of goals for all! The “Post-2015” global development agenda
Bauer, Steffen / Carmen Richerzhagen (2013)
Diplomatisches Magazin 06/2013

Global public goods: a concept for framing the post-2015 agenda?
Kaul, Inge (2013)
Discussion Paper 2/2013

Priorities, please! UNEP and the quest for global sustainability
Bauer, Steffen / Carmen Richerzhagen 
The Current Column of 18 February 2013

Ensuring sustainable development globally: EU follow-up to Rio+20 (Contribution of DIE to the EU Public Consultation)
Bauer, Steffen / Carmen Richerzhagen / Clara Brandi / Florence Dafe / Mark Furness / Christian von Haldenwang / Annabelle Houdret / Heiner Janus / Oliver Johnson / Markus Loewe / Pieter Pauw / Anna Pegels / Isabel van de Sand / Waltina Scheumann / Imme Scholz / Katharina Stepping (2012)

Towards a post-2015 development framework: contribution of DIE to the public consultation of the European Commission
Loewe, Markus / Steffen Bauer / Clara Brandi / Michael Brüntrup / Mark Furness / Alejandro Guarín / Heiner Janus / Stephan Klingebiel / Svea Koch / Timo Mahn / Nicole Rippin / Imme Scholz / Peter Wolff (2012)

European Report on Development 2013 post-2015: global action for an inclusive and sustainable future
Klingebiel, Stephan / Florence Dafe / Joerg Faust / Mark Furness / Renate Hartwig / Heiner Janus / Niels Keijzer (2013)

The post-2015 development agenda: a new start for international cooperation
Dafe, Florence / Heiner Janus (2012)
Annual Report 2011-2012: building bridges between research and practice, 28-31

What is poverty? The Correlation Sensitive Poverty Index (CSPI)
Rippin, Nicole (2012)
Annual Report 2011-2012: building bridges between research and practice, 24-27

The Millenium Development Goals: chances and risks
Loewe, Markus (2008)
Discussion Paper 6/2008

Middle East / North Africa and the Millennium Development Goals: implications for German development co-operation
Loewe, Markus (2006)
Studies 19

Projects

Local feminist perspectives as transformation levers for greater gender equality

INTERFACES - Supporting Pathways to Sustainable Land Management in Africa

Die Vereinten Nationen und globale Gemeinwohlpolitik: Rolle, Möglichkeiten und Grenzen der VN-Entwicklungspolitik

The United Nations and the global common good: roles, possibilities and limits of UN development cooperation

Implementing the 2030 Agenda: Integrating Growth, Environment, Equality and Governance

Klimalog: Research and dialogue for a just and SDG-compatible implementation of the Paris Climate Agreement

The United Nations and the global common good: roles, possibilities and limits of UN development cooperation

Governance-Analysen für Transformationen zur Nachhaltigkeit - Nachhaltige Entwicklungspfade zur Förderung menschlichen Wohlergehens bei gleichzeitigem Schutz des Klimas und des Planeten Erde (SHAPE)

Fair Globalisation

Role and Efficiency of Development Cooperation for achieving the 2030 Agenda

Shaping European policy for global sustainable development - ETTG

Events

UNFSS Academic Advisory Council Meeting 2025
The Changing Landscape of Sustainability Governance. What next for VSS?
Bonn, 31.03.2025 bis 01.04.2025

International research conference
GLOBALGOALS2024 - The Future of the SDGs
Utrecht, The Netherlands, 29.08.2024 until 30.08.2024

Round Table Discussion
Sustainability science in a Global North-South dialogue
Bonn, 18.07.2024

International Workshop
Interlinking sustainability science in a Global North-South dialogue
Bonn, 15.07.2024 until 18.07.2024

Round table
Urban Mobility Solutions: Road Safety
Berlin / Online, 14.03.2024

Conference
Alle Hebel auf Umsetzung: Die SDGs als globaler Kompass in Krisenzeiten
Potsdam, 04.12.2023

IDOS@ESG Conference 2023
Building Science and Societies for Sustainability Transformations
Nijmegen, The Netherlands, 24.10.2023 until 26.10.2023

Workshop
Researching sustainable land management in sub-Sahara Africa
Berlin, 20.09.2023

Virtual conference
New Sustainable Development pathways reflecting different societal perspectives
Online, 16.02.2023

Fachgespräch
Vor der Halbzeit von Agenda 2030 und SDGs
Bonn, 13.02.2023

MGG-PRODIGEES Authors Workshop
Digitalisation Towards Sustainable Development
Nice, France, 21 September 2022 until 24 September 2022

MGG Conference
The 2030 Agenda and International Training for the Public Sector
H.Congreso de la Unión, El Parque, Ciudad de México, 9 May 2022

MGG Conference
Ukraine Conflict: Global Implications for International Cooperation and Sustainable Development
Universidad Autónoma Metropolitana, Ciudad de México, 6 May 2022

PRODIGEES Roundtable Discussion
Enabling Narratives Towards a Green Digital Transformation
Instituto Mora, Mexico, 4 May 2022

Online Discussion
Launch Event: Sustainable Global Supply Chains Report 2022
Online, 6 April 2022

Virtual Event
Corruption in the water sector: how integrity management contributes to achieving the Sustainable Development Goals
Online, 18 January 2022

Workshop
The Governance Challenge of Integrated SDG Implementation
Online, 27 September 2021

14. Erweiterter Lenkungsausausschuss SDSN Germany
It’s the governance,…! Nachhaltigkeitspolitik in der Architektur der nächsten Bundesregierung
Online, 9 September 2021

Panel Discussion
Bonn Alliance for Sustainability Research: Transform to Survive: A Sustainable Future for all?
Online, 3 September 2021

HLPF Side Event
Global Policy Roundtable “As governance crises worsen COVID-19 impact, is SDG 16 key for recovery?”
Online, 06.07.2021

Virtual event
UNESCO Chair in Human-Water Systems
Online, 18 May 2021

Online Roundtable
Innovation in training and learning for sustainability during (and after) the Corona crisis
Online, 19 November 2020

Workshop
Local integration of refugees in light of the 2030 Agenda: CRRF and beyond
Online, 5-6 November 2020

Beiräte im Gespräch
Gesundheit und nachhaltige Entwicklung: Impulse aus der Praxis
Online, 24 July 2020

Beiräte im Gespräch
Gesundheit und nachhaltige Entwicklung: Impulse aus Wissenschaft und Politik
Online, 22 July 2020

Online-Paneldiskussion
Nachhaltigkeitspolitik in Europa und COVID-19-Pandemie
Online, 7 July 2020

Online Press Briefing
EU-Konjunkturprogramm, Covid-19, Nachhaltige Entwicklung und Klimawandel
Online, 11 May 2020

2019 Global Development Conference
Knowledge for Sustainable Development
Bonn, 23 - 25 October 2019

Workshop
Science and the SDGs
Berlin, 10 October 2019

Workshop
Global Sustainable Development Report
Brussels, 08 - 09 Ocotber 2019

Parallel Panel Session
MGG at ICSD
New York, 24 September 2019

Panel Session
MGG at 2nd International Convention on Sustainable Trade and Standards
Rio de Janeiro, 17 September 2019

Empfang
Abendempfang der Bonner Allianz für Nachhaltigkeitsforschung
Bonn, 25 June 2019

ICB Vorstellung
Lecture, Symposium und Abendempfang der Bonner Allianz für Nachhaltigkeitsforschung
Bonn, 25 June 2019

MGG ConferenceTraining and Dialogue for the Implementation of the 2030 AgendaHyderabad, 24 - 26 April 2019

Workshop
Options for closer cooperation and joint leadership of France and Germany
Berlin, 05 April 2019

Presentation and Discussion
Art and Sustainability
Bonn, 03 April 2019

Alumni Spring School
Global Transformation towards Sustainability
Bonn, 01 - 10 April 2019

Conference
Neuer Aufbruch für Europa - Nachhaltigkeit als Formel für soziale Gerechtigkeit und inneren Zusammenhalt in Europa
Berlin, 07 March 2019

United Nations High-level Political Forum
DIE @HLPF 2018
New York, 09.07.2018 bis 18.07.2018

HLPF Side Event
Transformative Pathways to Implement the 2030 Agenda
New York, 17.07.2018

Workshop
French-German cooperation towards global development
Paris, 21.06.2018

Kick-off Workshop
Municipalities Promoting and Shaping Sustainable Value Creation
Bonn, 25.01.2018 bis 26.01.2018

Internal Workshop
The world in 2050
Bonn, 29.01.2018 bis 30.01.2018 

3rd German Future Earth Summit
From Knowledge to Action
Berlin, 08.02.2018 bis 09.02.2018 

Panel Discussion
Gestärkte Stadt-Land-Verflechtungen für die Umsetzung der Agenda 2030
Bonn, 20.02.2018 

Seminar
Capacity Building for the 2030 Agenda
Brasilia, 26.02.2018 bis 01.03.2018

Side events and conferences
COP23: Focus on climate action and SDGs
Bonn, 4 November 2017 until 17 November 2017

Workshop
National Climate Policy and Sustainable Development in Urban Kenya
Nairobi, 25.04.2017

Lecture Series
The Agenda 2030 – Dealing with Grand Challenges for Mankind
Bonn, 20 October 2016-26 January 2017

Mitglieder- und Partnerversammlung
3. Deutsche SDSN-Versammlung
Berlin, 3 November 2016

Kick-off-Workshop
Nachhaltige öffentliche Beschaffung in NRW
07 July 2016

Bonner Impulse
Bonn, Brüssel, die Eine Welt: Netzwerke schaffen für eine Welt ohne Hunger
Bonn, 22.06.2016

European Development Days Event
Getting to zero poverty and zero emissions
Brussels, 15 June 2016

Deutsches Habitat Forum
Urban Solutions
Berlin, 01 June 2016 - 2 June 2016 

Conference
2016 Berlin Conference on Global Environmental Change
Berlin, 23 May 2016 - 24 May 2016

T20 Conference
Implementation of the 2030 Agenda
Berlin, 12 May 2016 - 13 May 2016

Workshop
Disruptive Structural Change
Bonn, 26 April 2016 - 27 April 2016 

MGG authors' workshop and dialogue
Sustainability Standards in Global Value Chains
New Delhi, 5 April 2016 - 7 April 2016 

Conference
The future of EU External Action ‐ towards integrated policy responses for global sustainable development?
Berlin, 1 March 2016 - 2 March 2016

Panel
Implementing Integrated Water Resource Management
Bonn, 18.08.2015

Book Launch and Expert Discussion
The UN and a new set of goals: Fit-for-Purpose?
12.12.2014 Bonn

Conference
South-South Cooperation and the Post-2015 Agenda for Global Development: Innovative Modalities and Institutional Evolution
Mexico-City, 16 April 2014

Discussion
The Post 2015 agenda: The role of Social Protection
Bonn, 15 April 2014

Workshop
Green and social in the Post-2015 agenda
Bonn, 14 March 2014

Public Discussion
Universal, inclusive, sustainable - Shaping the EU's contribution to a global public policy in the Post-2015 world
Brussels, 6 March 2014

Public Discussion
The German "Energiewende" in the global context: lessons and pitfalls for low-carbon transformation
Berlin, 4 March 2014

Deutsche Welle Global Media Forum 2013
Green Transformation and the Future of Growth
Bonn, 18 June 2013

Bonner Impulse
The European Report on Development 2013 – Post-2015: Global Action for an Inclusive and Sustainable Future
Bonn, 11 June 2013

Public Panel Discussion
New pathways towards global sustainability: How can politics, business and science come together?
Berlin, 19 March 2013

Conference
International cooperation after 2015: Perspectives from Europe and emerging economies
Shanghai, 12-13 January 2013

Informal Dialogue
The Post-MDG Agenda - A New Framework for Development?
Washington, D.C., 11 June 2012

International Workshop
The Millennium Goals and Beyond: Reflections on an international development policy agenda after 2015
Bonn, 21-22 November 2011

Workshop
Beyond 2015: Starting the conceptual debate about the future of the Millennium Declaration and the MDGs
Bonn, 18 January 2010

Online tool

NDC-SDG Connections
Explore the connections between climate action plans (NDCs) and Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs).

Infographics

Urbanisation a global megatrend
How can cities become more sustainable?

2030 Agenda and Paris Agreement
best achieved together!