IDOS@UNFCCC June Climate Meetings
IDOS is present with official side events and further involvements in the June Climate Meetings (SB64), taking place in Bonn, Germany, from 8 to 18 June 2026.
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Strait of Hormuz
The blockade of the Strait of Hormuz is intensifying existing crises and hitting low-income countries the hardest. IDOS analyses the current situation in the Strait of Hormuz from a development policy perspective.
Disruption and Reform
In light of global crises and increasingly disruptive, authoritarian forms of politics, forward-looking, cooperative reforms are necessary to secure sustainable development, international cooperation and democratic foundations. In this web special you will find IDOS's work on the dynamics of our 2025/26 annual theme, ‘Disruption and Reform’.
Opinion pieces and media contributions
Who gets a seat at the table? Bonn's climate talks have a visa problem
Germany's consulates must not become the first barrier to legitimate global governance.
Read moreZukunftsorientierte Politik in einer alternden Gesellschaft sieht anders aus
Warum internationale Wissenskooperation kein Luxus, sondern strategische Notwendigkeit ist. Die Kolumne „Gastwirtschaft“.
Read moreEvents
Bonn, 08.06.2026 until 18.06.2026
Bonn, 12.06.2026
Bonn, 12.06.2026 until 13.06.2026
Current publications
National policy coherence counts for reducing inequality in Global climate and development agendas
Browne, Katherine / Adis Dzebo / Zoha Shawoo / Mario Cardenas / Pierrick Chalaye / Alexia Faus Onbargi / Cassilde Muhoza / Patricia Nicdao / Nokwethaba Makhanya / Navam Niles / Priyatma SinghExternal Publications (2026)
in: Sustainable Development, first published 11.06.2026
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1002/sd.71117Digital Object Identifier (DOI)
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International institutions promote policy coherence as crucial to the effective and fair implementation of global sustainability agendas, though the evidence for its benefits is slim. We present here the first systematic cross-country dataset on the consequences of national government efforts to promote policy coherence for vulnerable groups in society. We confirm that coherence is perceived to be beneficial for most groups. However, we find vulnerable groups are largely perceived to bear the brunt of incoherence, while traditionally powerful groups benefit from it in some cases. Based on these findings, we argue that coherence can play an important role in reducing inequality and ensuring countries “Leave No One Behind” in implementing climate and development goals.
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