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Green hydrogen – support for the just transition?

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.

Gender equity and development: Embracing an intersectional lens

Special "Gender equity and development": The German government recently announced to pursue a feminist development policy – but what does this entail? Gender-related research at IDOS reflects a diversity of disciplines and concepts.

A tsunami of anxiety: the 57-metre wave that shook Jakarta and Western Java

Rafliana, Irina / Ahmad Arif (2023)
External Publications

Oceans, Poles, North and South

Bonn, 23. February 2023

Von den Ressourcen der Meere, einer gesunden Meeresumwelt, einer sicheren Schifffahrt sowie gesicherten Küsten als Siedlungsraum sind Milliarden Menschen abhängig. Aber Abhängigkeiten, Nutzen und Kosten sowie Macht auf den Meeren und in den Polarregionen sind ungleich verteilt. Ein kulturelles, politisches und soziales Gefälle besteht…

Finding synergies and trade-offs when linking biodiversity and climate change through cooperative initiatives

Widerberg, Oscar / Idil Boran / Sander Chan / Andrew Deneault / Marcel Kok / Katarzyna Negacz / Philipp Pattberg / Matilda Petersson (2023)
External Publications

Diffusion of climate-resilient seeds and information: evidence from semi-arid regions of Ghana

Bedi, Shaibu Mellon / Lukas Kornher (2023)
External Publications

A rights-based approach for implementing the European Green Deal

Nystø Keskitalo Anja Márjá / Jacqueline Götze (2023)
The Current Column, 06. February 2023

The green transition entails questions of justice – in the European Arctic and beyond. Why a rights-based approach is needed to implement sustainable policies.

The MENA Region in the “Zeitenwende” Era: An Opportunity for Socially Just Transition?

Berlin, 24. January 2023

The event brought together political decision makers and experts from Germany and the region to debate the following questions: How does Germany plan to link the just transition concept with its new cooperation priorities, such as green energy and feminist development policy, in the MENA region? How have the Russia’s invasion of Ukraine…

Global Climate Action 2022: how have international initiatives delivered, and what more is possible

Kuramochi, Takeshi / Sander Chan / Sybrig Smit / Andrew Deneault / Natalie Pelekh (2022)
External Publications

The bifurcated migration lexicon and trend-defying trajectories

Jaji, Rose (2022)
External Publications

The dichotomous naming of mobilities based on their trajectories and presumed motivations leads to different mobility opportunities, which are considered more desirable or less so depending on how the mobile people and the places they come from are categorised.

Sustainable finance in Southeast Asia

Ariyapruchya, Swisa / Ulrich Volz (2022)
External Publications

Policy responses to COVID-19: why social cohesion and social protection matter in Africa

Leininger, Julia / Armin von Schiller / Christoph Strupat / Daniele Malerba (2022)
Discussion Paper 20/2022

Social cohesion and the coverage of social protection schemes influenced governments’ decisions about the stringency of COVID-19 containment policies in 2020 in Africa. State containment policies were more stringent in less cohesive societies if they already had social protection schemes in place.

Murky trade waters: regional tariff commitments and non-tariff measures in Africa

Stender, Frederik / Tim Vogel (2023)
External Publications

Inequality and social cohesion in Africa: theoretical insights and an exploratory empirical investigation

Burchi, Francesco / Gabriela Zapata-Román (2022)
Discussion Paper 16/2022

Is inequality bad for social cohesion? Based on theory and limited evidence from Europe and Asia, this seems the case. Also our analysis on Africa finds a negative relationship between inequality and social cohesion, but this is not strong and valid only for the horizontal aspect of social cohesion.

Partnerships for policy transfer: how Brazil and China engage in triangular cooperation with the United Nations

Waisbich, Laura Trajber / Sebastian Haug (2022)
Discussion Paper 15/2022

Brazil and China have set up partnerships with the United Nations to share their policy experiences with the world. This paper provides the first systematic and comparative analysis of these transfer partnerships.

Subsahara-Afrika

Leininger, Julia (2022)
External Publications

African Union-European Union cooperation on climate and energy: discussing perspectives on hydrogen and just transitions

Bouacida, Ines / Elisabeth Hege / Gabriela Iacobuta / Niels Keijzer / Svea Koch (2022)
External Publications

Comercio Solidario en Costa Rica: la preferencia de productos de la agricultura familiar

Quesada, Yuliana / David Gómez / Andreas Stamm (2022)
External Publications

How to develop inclusive, sustainable urban spaces in the European Arctic and beyond: insights from Kiruna

Mattsson, Moa / Jacqueline Götze (2022)
External Publications

Africa’s regional and global integration

Bonn, 17. November 2022

While remaining the most isolated region from the global economy, Africa has realized continuous progress towards a closer and more active integration, both from within and beyond the continent’s borders. Today, almost all African economies are members of the World Trade Organization (WTO) and gridlocked regional economic integration has…