IDOS at COP30
From 10 to 21 November 2025, the 30th UN Climate Change Conference (COP30) will take place in Belém, Brazil – the first COP hosted in the Amazon region. IDOS will be active in these processes as an observer organisation.
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Stabilization and development in the Middle East and North Africa (Mena)
The latest political and social shifts in the Middle East and North Africa are raising the question, in which way Germany and Europe can cooperate with the different countries in the region.
Setting the course for a new German development policy
The German Federal Government is reorganising its relations with actors in the Global South. IDOS is involved in shaping foreign policies and international cooperation for sustainable development with debates, scientific analyses and recommendations for action.
Opinion pieces and media contributions
COP30: The moment to make Just Transition work
A genuine Just Transition cannot be confined to energy-sector decarbonisation or emissions cuts alone.
Read moreCOP30 and the Global Ethical Stocktake
What does it mean to bring ethics into climate action? In this interview, we speak to Dr Niklas Wagner (IDOS), expert in Climate Sociology, to find out how an emerging initiative aims to put justice, inclusion, and shared moral responsibility at the heart of global climate decision-making – and why this moment could be a turning point.
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Belém, Brazil, 10.11.2025 until 21.11.2025
Kiel Marine Science Campus, 19.11.2025 until 21.11.2025
Online, 20.11.2025
Current publications
Standing on shifting ground: epistemological contradictions between markets and eco-cultural values of sustainability in smallholder farming in Mbeya, Tanzania
Kativu, Saymore Ngonidzashe (2025)
Turkey, the EU, and China in the world: does turbulence lead to convergence?
Keijzer, Niels / Baydag, Melis (2025)
Guidelines for sustainable hydrogen projects in developing countries
UNIDO / UNEP / UNECE / AfDB / the JET Green Hydrogen Portfolio (South Africa) / IDOS / MENA Hydrogen Alliance (2025)
Technological change: history, theory and measurement: a brief account
Kurz, Heinz D. / Rita Strohmaier / Mark Knell (2025/03)
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