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Global economic integration at all costs?

Berger, Axel / Dominique Bruhn (2015)
The Current Column, 27. July 2015

The conclusion of the Transpacific Partnership is within sight. What does this mega-regional trade agreement mean for developing countries like Vietnam?

Why it is worth to support and protect democracy worldwide

Special “Democracy Support and Protection”: Findings from democratization research and advice, what constitutes democracy and why it's worth promoting democratization.

Green Industrial Policy

We need to pursue economic development and wealth creation while keeping resource consumption and pollution in accordance with Earth’s bio-capacity. This is what Green Industrial Policy is about.

Parallels between the corona pandemic and climate change

Fuhrmann, Hanna / Sascha Kuhn (2020)
The Current Column, 01. April 2020

Measures are being taken all over the world to slow down the spread of the virus and minimise the economic damage. In this situation, behavioural change of individuals is indispensable.

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.

Why are we so critical about China’s engagement in Africa?

Berger, Axel / Deborah Brautigam / Philipp Baumgartner (2011)
The Current Column, 15. August 2011

Health, climate and geopolitical relations

Hornidge, Anna-Katharina (2022)
The Current Column, 17. January 2022

2022 has the task of significantly advancing the management of the pandemic, redesigning our economic and social systems, and negotiating a multi-polar and rule-based world order.

Who will provide leadership at CBD?

Richerzhagen, Carmen / Sachin Chaturvedi (2009)
The Current Column, 18. May 2009

The democratic process, or the bureaucrat’s nightmare

Faust, Jörg (2009)
The Current Column, 08. June 2009

European trade policy at an impasse

Berger, Axel (2015)
The Current Column, 02. March 2015

All eyes are currently on the negotiations on the Transatlantic Trade and Investment Partnership (TTIP), which the European Union (EU) and the United States have been engaged in since summer 2013. This gives cause for concern, as the significance of this agreement is being overestimated by proponents and opponents alike.

Klimalog – Research and dialogue for a climate-smart and just transformation

The adoption of an ambitious international climate agenda at the upcoming UN climate conference in Paris and its resolute implementation are essential for sustainable development across the globe. With a view to prospective international climate policy, IDOS promotes the awareness of interlinkages between climate change and development and investigates specific conditions for a climate-smart and just transformation towards decarbonisation and resilience.

Sustainability, round two: a new ecological radicality

Schmidt, Lars / Pierre Ibisch (2009)
The Current Column, 30. November 2009

Unintended risks for smallholder in the Global South? Example of the cocoa sector in Côte d’Ivoire

Kirioua, Alla Jacques / Michael Brüntrup (2023)
The Current Column, 15. August 2023

There are doubts, however, whether the EU regulation can really make a change for the better, or whether it has the potential to make things worse.

Press Releases

The press releases of the DIE address media representatives.

Previous Research Teams

The Research Teams follow a long tradition due to the IDOS-Postgraduate Programme

Ocean and Polar Regions in inter- and transnational cooperation

Special "Ocean and Polar Regions in inter- and transnational cooperation": Our experts investigate how the implementation of the Paris Agreement and the 2030 Agenda can succeed in marine areas for humanity at large.

2019

2019 Jump to: Dezember 2019 November 2019 Oktober 2019 September 2019 August 2019 Juli 2019 Juni 2019 Mai 2019 April 2019 März 2019 Februar 2019 Januar 2019 Dezember 2019 „Verkehrssysteme umbauen” Die kommissarische Direktorin des Deutschen Instituts für Entwicklungspolitik (DIE), Imme Scholz , wünscht sich für 2020 ein verbessertes Klimapaket. Außerdem müssten die Verkehrssysteme umgebaut werden, sagte Scholz im SWR Tagesgespräch. Emissionen müssten viel schneller…

2030 Agenda Sustainable Development

Special "2030 agenda": DIE is participating in important discussions drawing from its wide-ranging expertise in development and environmental policy.

Carmen Richerzhagen

Former Researcher, Research Programme "Environmental Governance and Transformation to Sustainability".

Sustainable Urban Development

Special "Sustainable Urban Development": More than half of the World’s population already lives in urban areas; in 2050 it will be two third. Most of the growth will happen in emerging and developing countries, where the number of city-dwellers who live informally is still increasing.