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2941. Peace agreement in Colombia – what next?

      

      Crncic, Zeljko (2017)
      The Current Column, 06 February 2017

      In November 2016, the the peace accord between the Columbian government and the guerilla movement FARC was ratified. But this peace project does not enjoy universal support.

2942. Expanding oil palm cultivation in Indonesia: changing local water cycles raises risks of droughts and floods

      

      Merten, Jennifer / Alexander Röll / Surya Tarigan / Dirk Hölscher / Jonas Hein (2017)

      Oil palm cultivation is expanding rapidly across the globe. Current discussions on ecological impacts focus on the destruction of forests, greenhouse gas emissions and biodiversity loss. Little attention has been paid to concerns that oil palm expansion has severe impacts on local water resources.

2943. The G20 and Africa

      Berger, Axel (2017)

      The German government has identified deeper cooperation with Africa as one of the top priorities for its G20 presidency. Against this background, the German Development Institute / Deutsches Institut für Entwicklungspolitik (DIE) and the Kiel Institute for the World Economy (IfW), as the coordinators of the T20 process in 2016/17, together with the South African Institute of International Affairs (SAIIA), are hosting the T20 Africa Conference: Building alliances for sustainable development on 1-3 February in Johannesburg, South Africa.

2944. African Alliances for Sustainable Development

      Hackenesch, Christine / Julia Leininger (2017)

      Africa has recently gained a lot of attention in international politics, particularly in Germany and the European Union. However, various unknowns on the African continent and Africa’s complex interdependence with world politics leave many question marks for inter- and transnational cooperation. It is certain that sustainable development in Africa will only be achieved through structural political and economic Transformation.

2945. The G20 and Africa – an alliance for sustainability?

      

      Hackenesch, Christine / Julia Leininger (2017)
      The Current Column, 30 January 2017

      Cooperation with Africa is high on Germany’s agenda for its G20 Presidency. This creates high expectations for Germany and Europe’s future policies on Africa.

2946. Assessing the legal and political implications of the post-Cotonou negotiations for the Economic Partnership Agreements

      

      Keijzer, Niels / Lorand Bartels (2017)
      Discussion Paper, 4/2017

      In 2016 the EU and the Africa, Caribbean and Pacific (ACP) Group of States intensified preparations for the upcoming negotiations on the arrangement for their relations after the Cotonou Agreement expires in 2020. This paper assesses the legal and political implications of the upcoming post-Cotonou negotiations on the Economic Partnership Agreements.

2947. Landwirtschaft und Wasser – Schlüssel zur Welternährung

      

      Scheumann, Waltina / Michael Brüntrup (2017)
      The Current Column, 24 January 2017

      Die Verfügbarkeit und das Management von Wasser sind ganz zentral dafür, ob das Nachhaltigkeitsziel 2 der Agenda 2030 der Vereinten Nationen „Beendigung von Hunger, Erreichung von Ernährungssicherheit und verbesserter Ernährung und Förderung nachhaltiger Landwirtschaft“ erreicht werden kann.

2948. Perspectives Africa

      

      Luckscheiter, Jochen / Stephan Klingebiel (2017)

2949. Rising powers and the provision of transnational public goods: conceptual considerations and features of South Africa as a case study

      

      Klingebiel, Stephan (2017)
      Discussion Paper, 3/2017

      The paper addresses the group of countries known as the ‘rising powers’ and the role these countries could play as regards a globalised common good. It focuses on South Africa as a case study for the main rising power on the African continent.

2950. Postfaktische Entwicklungspolitik

      Klingebiel, Stephan (2017)

      Nun also beginnt Donald Trumps Umsetzung einer “America first”-Politik. Der Versuch, (vermeintlich) nationale Vorteile gegenüber der gemeinsamen Bearbeitung globaler Herausforderungen auszuspielen, wird zur Doktrin US-amerikanischer Politik erhoben. Tatsächlich haben die Wochen seit der Wahl im November die politischen Realitäten bereits stark verändert. Garantien eines vormals stabilen transatlantischen Sicherheitspaktes sind ins Wanken geraten. Autokraten à la Putin und Erdoğan erfahren durch den neuen US-Präsidenten einen beträchtlichen Reputationszugewinn.