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Urbanization, the Climate Crisis, and the Role of the G7

Roll, Michael (2022)
The Current Column, 12. September 2022

Considering the large number of international initiatives that already deal with urbanization and the climate crisis, what contribution to global sustainable urban development could the G7 make?

Regine Mehl

Regine Mehl is Political Scientist and Former Researcher of the Research Programme "Inter- and transnational cooperation".

Impact-oriented accompanying research

Special "Impact-oriented accompanying research": As a partner of many implementing agencies, DIE conducts rigorous impact assessments covering topics such as governance, social protection, taxation, digitalization and agriculture.

Transformative force of Digitalisation

Special "Transformative force of Digitalisation": The German Institute of Development and Sustainability (IDOS) addresses the tension between our digital potential and current politics and procedures through innovative, policy-relevant research.

NDC Explorer

Special "NDC Explorer": The NDC Explorer is an interactive tool, which made NDCs information accessible and usable online.

TREND Analytics

Special TREND Analytics: TREND analytics is an unique online tool offering its users a birds’ eye perspective of 300 environmental provisions in 630 preferential trade agreements that have been signed since 1945. At the same time political decision makers, researchers or civil society actors are enabled to zoom into the great diversity of this environmental provisions.

The Nexus Water - Energy - Land - Climate

Special „The Nexus Water - Energy - Land - Climate“: This topic special presents relevant works and activities on which incentives, governance mechanism and policy instruments could reduce negative effects and stimulate win-win solutions.

Food security and agriculture

Special "Food security and agriculture for a world without hunger": Food security and agriculture have made a remarkable return to the global agenda. With a world population and incomes increasing, demand for agricultural products is rising. Natural resources – land, water and biodiversity – are under pressure. In addition, new developments such as modern technologies, biofuels or large scale investments in land challenge traditional modes rural development. How can we achieve food security?

Promoting New Ways of Knowledge Production and Policy Transfer

Online, 15. September 2022

In recent years, both the cooperation project Forced Migration and Refugee Studies: Networking and Knowledge Transfer (FFVT) and the Local Engagement Refugee Research Network (LERRN) have been actively building strong international networks consisting of Southern and Northern, Eastern and Western academic experts with and without lived…

Die UNO-Städtekonferenzen – schöne Worte oder mehr?

Dick, Eva und Einhard Schmidt-Kallert (2022)
External Publications

Green and social regulation of second hand appliance markets: the case of air conditioners in the Philippines

Never, Babette (2022)
External Publications

Early insights from the first year of the UN Decade for Ocean Science

Schoderer, Mirja / Ramona Hägele (2022)
The Current Column, 19. September 2022

As discussions within the UN Decade of Ocean Science and at the UN Oceans Conference in Lisbon have shown, ocean science struggles with accessibility

Digitalisation Towards Sustainable Development

Nice, France, 21. September 2022

The workshop brings together scholars from the MGG network and beyond interested and specialising in digitalisation and sustainable development with a focus on implications for governance and society. The main objective is to develop publication projects in cross-border teams of authors, incl. high-quality comparative conceptual or…

Key actions for a just transition through green jobs in cities

Cheong Christina / Michael Fink / Stelios Grafakos / Alexander Kleibrink / Anna Pegels / Wolfgang Scholz (2022)
External Publications

Just Energy Transition Partnerships: boosting international climate cooperation?

Bauer, Steffen / Marian Feist (2022)
External Publications

Social cohesion and transitional development assistance

Online, 22. September 2022

The Social Sustainability and Inclusion Global Practice at the World Bank and the Social Cohesion Team at the German Institute of Development and Sustainability (IDOS) cordially invites you to the fourth session of the Social Cohesion Online Seminar series. Henriette Sachse (Deputy Head of Division at the Department of Transitional…

An opportunity to demand more effectiveness for better results

Esser, Daniel (2022)
The Current Column, 26. September 2022

The Bundestag’s first debate on the proposed federal development budget for 2023, which took place earlier this month, was a worrisome testament to the state of international development politics in Germany.

Social protection: An effective shield against global crises

Burchi, Francesco / Markus Loewe (2022)
The Current Column, 04. October 2022

The recent crises have affected people’s life not only in financial terms but also unveiled the limited capacities of social systems.

Economic effects of the Covid-19 pandemic on the informal economy: who has fallen into poverty?

Strupat, Christoph (2022)
External Publications

Mexico’s “catch-22”: the implications of being a trade and climate partner of the United States and the European Union

Lucatello, Simone (2022)
Discussion Paper 11/2022

Are Mexico’s trade agreements suitable to tackle climate change? This paper looks at the interplay of treaties with the US/Canada and the EU, and the potential impact of the EU Green Deal. Caught between trade arrangements with giant partners, Mexico may be trapped in a “catch-22” situation.