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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Berensmann, Kathrin (2023)
The Current Column, 06 November 2023
The world’s highly indebted poorest countries depend on debt relief. Otherwise, the development progress made over the past decade risks being reversed.
Stamm, Andreas / Rita Strohmaier / Ece Oyan (2023)
The Current Column, 16 October 2023
Germany should develop strategies at an early stage to pursue the goal of a green, not blue, hydrogen economy. Future hydrogen partnerships with third countries should prioritise electrolytically produced hydrogen throughout.
Iacobuta, Gabriela / Steffen Bauer (2023)
The Current Column, 05 June 2023
Economic concerns and development aspirations must no longer serve as a pretext for lukewarm climate action, but quite to the contrary ambitious climate action is an imperative for equitable and just sustainable development.
Methi, Kirsti / Dorothea Wehrmann (2023)
The Current Column, 30 May 2023
A new Tromsø Arctic spirit is needed to co-create a democratic legitimacy and relevance of the Arctic Council with respect for the peoples and local governance structures in the Arctic region.
Altenburg, Tilman / Andreas Stamm / Rita Strohmaier (2023)
The Current Column, 13 March 2023
The energy transition will only be widely accepted if it is a socially responsible, i.e. a just, transition. This is possible, but it requires adapting the German approach to hydrogen policy.
Altenburg, Tilman / Axel Berger/ Clara Brandi (2023)
The Current Column, 17 April 2023
If competition between major industrialised nations over subsidies is focused on key green technologies, then this will accelerate the urgently needed development of clean technologies.
Dombrowsky, Ines / Annabelle Houdret / Olcay Ünver (2023)
The Current Column, 21 March 2023
The March 2023 UN Water Conference should lay the ground for improved governance of water as a global commons, ideally through a UN mandated multi-stakeholder platform on water.
Roll, Michael (2023)
The Current Column, 06 March 2023
As a substantial part of German development policy, how must bilateral development cooperation (DC) change to do justice to the transformative claim of FDP?