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INTERFACES Colloquium Series #3

Online, 02. November 2023

The third lecture in the INTERFACES colloquium series on “Sustainable land management in sub‐Saharan Africa: Improving livelihoods through local research” was on 2 November 2023 by Dr. Heike Baumüller, Senior Researcher at ZEF, University Bonn. Dr. Heike Baumüller gave a presentation entitled “Digitalization in Agriculture: Potentials and…

Resolving debt crises in developing countries: how can the G20 contribute to operationalising the common Framework?

Berensmann, Kathrin / Mma Amara Ekeruche / Christopher Heitzig / Aloysius Ordu / Lemma W Senbet (2022)
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Climate Protection as a World Citizen Movement

Climate Protection as a World Citizen Movement Climate Protection as a World Citizen Movement Copyright WBGU Press Release of the German Advisory Council on Global Change (WBGU) of 17 September 2014 Climate policy is getting nowhere, while climate change continues unchecked. Yet in the midst of this crisis of humankind there is new hope. It has to do with strong movements towards sustainability that have recently been forming everywhere in civil society: social…

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2009 Jump to: Archive 2009 December November October September August July June May April March February January Archive 2009 Jan . Feb . March April May June July Aug . Sep . Oct . Nov . Dec . December «Jetzt müssen wir den gordischen Knoten durchhauen» Nach dem dürftigen Ergebnis von Kopenhagen ist guter Rat teuer. Dirk Messner , wissenschaftlicher Berater der deutschen Regierung, schlägt ein Klima-Abkommen vor, das besser, einfacher und gerechter sei. Der Bund…

Energy subsidies: more honesty, please

Ruchser, Matthias (2013)
The Current Column, 23. October 2013

How we can raise the profile of female experts

Dick, Eva / Tatjana Reiber (2020)
The Current Column, 10. February 2020

On the occasion of the International Day of Women and Girls in Science Eva Dick and Tatjana Reiber highlight ways and means to increase the public presence of female scientists.

Shanghai Expo 2010: Metropolis reloaded?

Fischer, Doris (2010)
The Current Column, 26. April 2010

The German energy U-turn will not succeed unless energy research changes course

Ruchser, Matthias (2011)
The Current Column, 13. June 2011

Factory Asia – another mega-regional trade agreement?

Brandi, Clara / Dominique Bruhn / Max Büge (2014)
The Current Column, 19. May 2014

The ministers of the Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation (APEC) plan to promote a free trade agreement. What does that mean for the region and for world trade?

Russia and the German Energiewende – Is there a connection?

Ruchser, Matthias (2014)
The Current Column, 28. March 2014

The West has imposed sanctions on the Russian banking sector as well as on Russian and Ukrainian individuals with close contacts to the Putin regime. It remains to be seen to what extent the Europeans are willing to also impose economic sanctions on Russia.

Green finance in Asia: challenges, policies and avenues for research

Diaz-Rainey, Ivan / Jan Corfee-Morlot / Ulrich Volz / Ben Caldecott (2023)
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The IMF and the macro-criticality of climate change

Volz, Ulrich (2021)
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Applying the water-energy-food nexus to the charcoal value chain

Hoffmann, Harry K. / Klas Sander / Michael Brüntrup / Stefan Sieber (2017)
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Agriculture in the international climate negotiations: supporting sustainable development or just dubious emission reductions?

Kaplan, Marcus (2012)
Briefing Paper 16/2012

The Imperative of Responsibility-Understanding Hans Jonas

Bonn, 25. April 2019

Forty years ago, Hans Jonas’ main writing “The Imperative of Responsibility” was first published (in German: “Das Prinzip Verantwortung”). Starting from moral theory he derives fundamental thoughts about a responsible approach to dealing with new technologies, and mainly - in today’s wording -“disruptive innovations”. Starting point of…

Sustainable dam development in China between global norms and local practices

Hensengerth, Oliver (2010)
Discussion Paper 4/2010

50 Jahre Deutsches Institut für Entwicklungspolitik (DIE)

50 Jahre Deutsches Institut für Entwicklungspolitik (DIE) 50 Jahre Deutsches Institut für Entwicklungspolitik (DIE) Gemeinsame Pressemitteilung des Deutschen Instituts für Entwicklungspolitik, des Bundesministeriums für wirtschaftliche Zusammenarbeit und Entwicklung sowie des Ministeriums für Innovation, Wissenschaft und Forschung des Landes Nordrhein-Westfalen vom 04.09.2014 Mit einem Festakt, einer internationalen Konferenz und einem Alumni-Treffen feiert das…

Shared challenges of cities in and beyond the Arctic

Götze, Jacqueline, Dorothea Wehrmann, Michał Łuszczuk, Katarzyna Radzik-Maruszak (2021)
The Current Column, 02. November 2021

To achieve urban climate resilience, we need coherent solutions that are specific to local contexts – Arctic city networks show a great potential to contribute to this.

East Africa’s highway to oil

Kappel, Robert / Babette Never (2015)
The Current Column, 23. January 2015

A wave of oil and gas euphoria is sweeping Uganda, Kenya and Tanzania. In February 2015, the Ugandan Government will decide who will build the country's only refinery.

Sustainable Development Goals: Schon Geschichte oder dabei, Geschichte zu schreiben?

Kloke-Lesch, Adolf (2022)
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