The Current Column

Every Monday, the German Institute of Development and Sustainability (IDOS) comments on the latest issues and trends of international development policy by its Current Column. The column is intended for politically interested readers who want to get a brief overview on the state of German and international development policy.

Current and past issues can be downloaded for free from the IDOS website.

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  1. The UN Climate Conference has to prove that the Paris Agreement is working
    The UN Climate Conference has to prove that the Paris Agreement is working

    Bauer, Steffen (2021)
    The Current Column, 25 October 2021

    Five years after the Paris Climate Agreement entered into force and one year after the COVID-enforced hiatus, the 26th Conference of the Parties to the UN Framework Convention on Climate Change (“COP26”) will convene in the Scottish city of Glasgow on 31 October. At long last!

  2. Why the new global biodiversity targets should embrace rights-based conservation
    Why the new global biodiversity targets should embrace rights-based conservation

    Rodríguez de Francisco, Jean Carlo (2021)
    The Current Column, 11 October 2021

    From October 11 to 15, 2021 and from April 25 to May 8, 2022, the 15th Conference of the Parties of the Convention on Biological Diversity (CBD) will be held in Kunming, China. The conference will bring together countries worldwide to agree on the global post-2020 biodiversity Framework (GBF).

  3. What future for the OECD’s Development Assistance Committee?
    What future for the OECD’s Development Assistance Committee?

    Klingebiel, Stephan (2021)
    The Current Column, 04 October 2021

    In a sense, 1961 can be regarded as the “Big Bang” for international development policy. Under the shadow of the Cold War, the US was pushing an international system to support developing countries.

  4. Why Germany’s hydrogen strategy needs supplementing with a multilateral agenda
    Why Germany’s hydrogen strategy needs supplementing with a multilateral agenda

    Stamm, Andreas / Rita Strohmaier / Tilman Altenburg / Huri Ece Oyan / Katharina Thoms (2021)
    The Current Column, 22 September 2021

    Knowledge sharing and scientific cooperation are essential if developing countries are to be empowered to develop their own H2-based solutions.

  5. What structures does the German government need in order to meet its sustainability targets?
    What structures does the German government need in order to meet its sustainability targets?

    Schulz, Sabrina / Leonie Droste / Dominic Kranholdt / Joana Stalder (2021)
    The Current Column, 20 September 2021

    During the next legislative period, the 2030 Agenda must become the guiding principle of German policy.

  6. Germany’s next federal government and the United Nations
    Germany’s next federal government and the United Nations

    Baumann, Max-Otto / Sebastian Haug / Silke Weinlich (2021)
    The Current Column, 15 September 2021

    Germany’s next federal government should ensure that intended contributions for UN organisations and processes are stably anchored in the federal budget.

  7. Promoting civil society engagement in Afghanistan
    Promoting civil society engagement in Afghanistan

    Schetter, Conrad / Bernhard Trautner (2021)
    The Current Column, 13 September 2021

    In addition to addressing the extent and cause of the debacle in Afghanistan, the new German Government must urgently consider how to set a new course to prevent further destabilisation of the country.

  8. UN Climate Change Conference is imminent after Germany’s federal elections
    UN Climate Change Conference is imminent after Germany’s federal elections

    Bauer, Steffen (2021)
    The Current Column, 06 September 2021

    Among other things, COP26 is intended to reconcile short- and long-term goals and measures and to find answers to the remaining questions surrounding the negotiation of market mechanisms in climate policy.

  9. Why Germany should promote democracy now more so than ever
    Why Germany should promote democracy now more so than ever

    Leininger, Julia (2021)
    The Current Column, 30 August 2021

    Protecting and promoting democracy needs to be a priority of the next German government’s foreign and development policy.

  10. Why green industrial policy should be a priority area of development cooperation
    Why green industrial policy should be a priority area of development cooperation

    Altenburg, Tilman (2021)
    The Current Column, 01 July 2021

    The European Union has put down a marker with its Green Deal, recognising in the need to ecologically restructure the world’s economies an opportunity to modernise the European economy and make it more competitive.