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The great transformation: climate - can we beat the heat?

Messner, Dirk / John Schellnhuber / Claus Leggewie / Reinhold Leinfelder / Stefan Rahmstorf / Jürgen Schmid / Nebosja Nakicenovic / Renate Schubert / Sabine Schlacke (2014)
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What prospects for a joint Africa-EU effort towards formulating a Post-2015 framework for global development?

Messner, Dirk / Niels Keijzer / Svea Koch / Julia Leininger (2014)
External Publications

Tackling the challenge of climate change: a near-term actionable mitigation agenda

Watson, Robert / Nebojsa Nakicenovic / Erika Rosenthal / José Goldemberg / Leena Srivastava / Kejun Jiang / Dirk Messner (2014)
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Klimaschutz als Weltbürgerbewegung: Sondergutachten

Schellnhuber, Joachim / Dirk Messner / Frauke Kraas / Claus Leggewie / Peter Lemke / Ellen Matthies / Nakisa Nakicenovic / Sabine Schlacke / Uwe Schneidewind (2014)
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The role of science and technology in the dynamics of global change and the significance of international knowledge cooperation in the post-western world: an interview with Dirk Messner

Messner, Dirk (2014)
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Germany’s Energiewende – transformation of the energy system

, 10. October 2014

Programme Session 1: Green and Inclusive Energy Systems Georgeta Vidican , Department “Sustainable Economic and Social Development”, German Development Institute / Deutsches Institut für Entwicklungspolitik (DIE) Session 2: The Great Transformation Dirk Messner , Director, German Development Institute / Deutsches Institut für…

The UN Climate Summit 2014 in New York - The evolution continues

Messner, Dirk (2014)
The Current Column, 25. September 2014

UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon invited political leaders from around the world to New York City for the Climate Summit 2014 on 23 September 2014. The goal was to generate political momentum in order to improve the chances of success for a world climate treaty next year in Paris under the aegis of the United Nations Frame-work Convention on Climate Change. Was the summit a success?

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…

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…

50 Jahre DIE

Bonn, 04. September 2014

The German Development Institute / Deutsches Institut für Entwicklungspolitik (DIE) celebrated its 50th anniversary from 4-5 September 2014 in Bonn. In the presence of 300 guests, the Parliamentary State Secretary Hans-Joachim Fuchtel from the Federal Ministry for Economic Cooperation and Development concluded that the significance of the…

Dirk Messner und Klaus Töpfer leiten deutsches Sustainable Development Solutions Network (SDSN Germany)

Dirk Messner und Klaus Töpfer leiten deutsches Sustainable Development Solutions Network (SDSN Germany) Dirk Messner und Klaus Töpfer leiten deutsches Sustainable Development Solutions Network (SDSN Germany) Pressemitteilung vom 23.05.2014 Der Lenkungsausschuss des deutschen Sustainable Development Solutions Network ( SDSN Germany ) hat im Rahmen seiner konstituierenden Sitzung Dirk Messner , Direktor des Deutschen Instituts für Entwicklungspolitik ( DIE ), und Klaus…

The EU should look outwards or risk further instability – War leading European Think Tanks

The EU should look outwards or risk further instability – War leading European Think Tanks The EU should look outwards or risk further instability – Warn leading European Think Tanks Press Release of 1 September 2014 On the first day the European Parliament resumes, the European Think Tanks Group ( ETTG ) is calling for a drastic move away from the current mandate of the European Commission to one that connects Europe’s problems with those of the world backed by…

Leaving no-one behind

Bonn, 11. July 2014

Kevin Watkins , the Executive Director of the Overseas Development Institute (ODI), gave a lecture about “Leaving no-one behind – an equity ‘stepping stone’ approach to the post-2015 agenda”. Governments around the world are negotiating development goals for the post-2015 world. Equity has emerged as a central theme. There is a growing…

Urban China

Bonn, 30. June 2014

Klaus Rohland, Weltbank-Direktor für China, stellte den Bericht Urban China: Toward Efficient, Inclusive and Sustainable Urbanization vor . In den letzten 30 Jahren hat das Rekordwirtschaftswachstum in China eine halbe Milliarde Menschen aus der Armut befreit. Die Urbanisierung spielte dabei eine wichtige Rolle – ein Vorgang, der in…

Sustainable Transformation and the need for a perspective beyond silo-thinking in Global Development Policy

Berlin, 27. June 2014

What does the new initiative of US-President Barack Obama for reducing carbon emissions mean for Europe and the UNFCCC meeting in Paris in 2015? How can we balance poverty reduction strategies and the transformation towards sustainability in the context of the post-2015 process? How could the nexus-perspective on energy, soil, and water…

Human progress within planetary guardrails: a contribution to the SDG debate

Schellnhuber, Hans Joachim / Dirk Messner / Frauke Kraas / Claus Leggewie / Peter Lemke / Ellen Matthies / Nebosja Nakicenovic / Sabine Schlacke / Uwe Schneidewind (2014)
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Zivilisatorischer Fortschritt innerhalb planetarischer Leitplanken: ein Beitrag zur SDG-Debatte

Schellnhuber, Hans Joachim / Dirk Messner / Frauke Kraas / Claus Leggewie / Peter Lemke / Ellen Matthies / Nebosja Nakicenovic / Sabine Schlacke / Uwe Schneidewind (2014)
External Publications

How can global sustainability succeed? A strategy for sustainable global development

Messner, Dirk (2014)
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Wie kann globale Nachhaltigkeit gelingen? Eine Strategie für globale Entwicklung

Messner, Dirk (2014)
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Tackling Inequality through 'Responsible Development’

Bonn, 25. June 2014

The current poverty statistics highlight a shift in poverty from lower-income countries (LICs) to middle-income countries (MICs) with contested future trends. The concentration of poverty in fragile states is expected to intensify in the future. As the global scenery evolves towards a multilateral architecture with new and stronger voices…