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381. Carbon and biodiversity offsetting: A way towards sustainable development?

     

     Hein, Jonas / Jean Carlo Rodriguez de Francisco (2016)
     The Current Column, 18 March 2016

     21 of March is the International Day of Forests. For this year’s celebration we are raising awareness on how conservation practices have changed.

382. An Italian researcher is tortured to death in Cairo – sombre cause to reconsider the way we work with Egypt

     

     Loewe, Markus / Tilman Altenburg / Bernhard Trautner / Georgeta Vidican (2016)
     The Current Column, 17 March 2016

     In January Giulio Regeni, who spent last summer as a visiting researcher at our institute, was killed in Cairo. His gruesome death leaves us worried about future cooperation with Egypt.

383. CETA and investment protection reform: winds of change or gentle breeze?

     

     Berger, Axel / Henning Klodt (2016)
     The Current Column, 07 March 2016

     Last week, the European Union (EU) and Canada agreed on fundamental reforms to investor dispute settlement mechanism as part of the Comprehensive Economic and Trade Agreement (CETA). Whether or not the changes introduced to CETA will spark reforms in the international investment system as a whole is now primarily dependent on Washington’s response in the negotiations on the Transatlantic Trade and Investment Partnership (TTIP).

384. Nachhaltigkeit kein Thema – die EFI legt ihr Jahresgutachten vor

     

     Messner, Dirk / Uwe Schneidewind (2016)
     The Current Column, 26 February 2016

     Letzte Woche präsentierte die Expertenkommission für Forschung und Innovation (EFI) ihr Jahresgutachten zur „Forschung, Innovation und technologischer Leistungsfähigkeit Deutschlands". Einen besonderen Schwerpunkt legt die EFI darin auf „Soziale Innovationen“ und damit auf ein zentrales Thema gesellschaftlicher Entwicklung. Das klingt viel-versprechend – doch der Report enttäuscht.

385. Inequality is bad for growth of the poor

     

     Van der Weide, Roy / Branko Milanovic / Mario Negre (2016)
     The Current Column, 23 February 2016

     High levels of income inequality are associated with lower future growth rates for the poor and the middle class. No such negative correlation is found to hold for the rich, if anything, higher inequality is found to help their future growth prospects. In other words, highly unequal societies are found to stimulate the type of economic growth that further enhances inequality, at least in the United States for the time period under consideration.

386. How to cooperate with religious actors on sustainable development – Three tips

     

     Leininger, Julia / Kai Striebinger (2016)
     The Current Column, 18 February 2016

     Religion can be important to promote sustainable development, but it remains an open question how to best cooperate with religious actors.

387. Sustainable Development Goals: Pick and choose - or integration at last?

     

     Heiner, Janus / Sarah Holzapfel (2016)
     The Current Column, 01 February 2016

     Since 1 January 2016, the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) guide development efforts around the world. 2016 will be about implementation. The key question is: How do we translate 17 goals and their 169 targets into policy making? One option is to continue business as usual and start selectively. Each country could pick and choose from the menu of goals and targets. A better option is to transform today’s policy making into a more coherent and integrated approach.

388. Eight hours a day without electricity – catastrophic consequences for Zambia

     

     Scheumann, Waltina (2016)
     The Current Column, 19 January 2016

     18 January 2016. The energy crisis in Zambia has hit the country hard. The power cuts – from between eight and sixteen hours per day – are down to climate change. There is no doubt about it: Zambia is experiencing a period of drought, along with other sub-Saharan countries. However, Zambia has the potential to secure power supplies and take precautionary measures. Political action is required here.

389. Europe must send global cooperation signals – Four proposals

     

     Messner, Dirk (2016)
     The Current Column, 11 January 2016

     2015 – What a year! Ebola, Ukraine, Syria, Iraq, Islamic terrorism, countless refugee movements and new record temperature highs in our planetary ecosystem. At the same time, 2015 was also the year of the Paris climate treaty, the global Sustainable Development Goals ((SDGs) agreed in New York in summer) and the agreement with Iran to limit the nuclear conflict.

390. “Climate refugees” in Europe? Climate-related migration affects developing countries in particular

     

     Mathis, Okka Lou / Benjamin Schraven (2015)
     The Current Column, 11 December 2015

     The refugee crisis is this year’s central issue and one that we are likely to be dealing with for a long time to come. We are already receiving some very vocal warnings that the current refugee crisis is just a foretaste of larger and unbroken streams of “climate refugees” that could descend on Europe in future as climate change continues.