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Drought challenges: policy options for developing countries

Mapedza, Everisto / Daniel Tsegai / Michael Brüntrup / Robert McLeman (eds.) (2019)
Books

Achieving policy coherence for drought resilient food security in SSA: lessons from the Horn of Africa

Brüntrup, Michael (2019)
External Publications

Drought challenges and policy options: lessons drawn, and the way forward

Tsegai, Daniel / Michael Brüntrup (2019)
External Publications

Regional characteristics of household energy consumption structure in Qinghai Province

Jiang, Lu / Lu Yu / Bing Xue / Xingpeng Chen (2019)
External Publications

MGG Academy 2019

Members of the MGG Academy 2019

Global commission calls for urgent action on climate adaptation

Bauer, Steffen / Mariya Aleksandrova (2019)
The Current Column, 11. September 2019

A report launched this week by the Global Commission on Adaptation calls for governments and business leaders to get their heads around the adaptation challenge, and quickly.

Verteufeln hilft nicht

Brüntrup, Michael (2019)
External Publications

Political economy of command agriculture in Zimbabwe: a state-led contract farming model

Mazwi, Freedom / Abel Chemura / George T. Mudimu / Walter Chambati (2019)
External Publications

The digital revolution and sustainable development: opportunities and challenges; Report prepared byThe World in 2050 initiative

Nakicenovic,Nebojsa / Dirk Messner / Caroline Zimm / Geoff Clarke / Johan Rockström / Ana Paula Aguiar / Benigna Boza-Kiss / Lorenza Campagnolo / Ilan Chabay / David Collste / Luis Comolli / Luis Gomez-Echeverri / Anne Goujon / Arnulf Grubler / Reiner Jun (2019)
Books

The challenges of “drought migration”

Adaawen, Stephen / Benjamin Schraven (2019)
The Current Column, 17. June 2019

Will droughts and advancing desertification send a new wave of refugees towards Europe? And what do researchers have to say about the correlation between drought, desertification and human mobility? How should policy-makers address this “drought migration”?

Economic Development in Africa

Bonn, 04. June 2019

The Alexander von Humboldt Foundation in cooperation with the German Development Institute / Deutsches Institut für Entwicklungspolitik (DIE) is pleased to announce the Jan Walliser Memorial Lecture. The event took place in memory of Jan Walliser, Vice President of the World Bank’s Equitable Growth, Finance, and Institutions Global…

Biodiversity is good for you!

Richerzhagen, Carmen / Jean Carlo Rodriguez (2019)
The Current Column, 20. May 2019

Species protection must become a cross-sectoral task of sustainable development

Land, poverty, conflicts and urban development – a short journey through two decades of land governance issues

Brüntrup, Michael (2019)
External Publications

Agricultural and food topics merit key role

Brüntrup, Michael (2019)
The Current Column, 06. May 2019

The agriculture ministers are kicking off the G20 series of ministerial meetings. Nevertheless, agriculture and food security have only recently become important topics in international policy-making.

Smallholder telecoupling and climate governance in Jambi Province

Kunz, Yvonne / Fenna Otten / Rina Mardiana / Katrin Martens / Imke Roedel / Heiko Faust (2019)
External Publications

Why El-Sisi’s decision to raise Egypt’s minimum wage is not such a good one!

El-Haddad, Amirah (2019)
The Current Column, 15. April 2019

Whatever the reason, raising the minimum wage in Egypt is not a good idea. The public sector minimum wage and wage increases will increase inequality not reduce it.

2nd Global Conference of the Sustainable Food Systems Programme

Brüntrup, Michael (2019)
External Publications

Digital Trade, WTO Reform, and Trade and Investment for Sustainable and Inclusive Growth

Tokyo, 09. April 2019

In recent decades, the global economy has grown ever faster. This is mainly due to the fact that the global economy is becoming increasingly integrated. However, the global trading system that has supported this growth and the process of economic integration is showing increasing signs of stress. In the face of growing challenges, the…

Is radical technology scepticism still appropriate today?

Stamm, Andreas (2019)
The Current Column, 01. April 2019

Hans Jonas has had a significant influence on the “ecological imperative”. In view of eroding planetary boundaries, however, is it still completely valid today?

Harnessing the SDGs for Africa’s Climate Policy

Mbeva, Kennedy / Joanes Atela (2019)
The Current Column, 25. March 2019

African countries submitted their NDCs as part of their commitment to the implementation of the Paris Agreement and in line with the SDGs. Moreover, the inclusion of Climate Action (SDG 13) closely links the SDGs to the NDCs.