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Mobilising a trillion dollars for climate mitigation in poor countries: a proposal for a new finance facility against climate change

Kraemer, Moritz / Ulrich Volz (2024)
External Publications

A research roadmap for quantifying non-state and subnational climate mitigation action

Hsu, Angel / Niklas Höhne / Takeshi Kuramochi / Mark Roelfsema / Amy Weinfurter / Yihao Xie / Katharina Lütkehermöller / Sander Chan / Jan Corfee-Morlot / Philip Drost / Pedro Faria / Ann Gardiner / David J. Gordon / Thomas Hale / Nathan E. Hultman / John (2019)
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Every day is Copenhagen

Every day is Copenhagen Every day is Copenhagen Press Release of 4 December 2009 A breakthrough in international climate policy is still possible, argue Claus Leggewie, Director of the Kulturwissenschaftliches Institut Essen (KWI) and Dirk Messner , Director of the German Development Institute / Deutsches Institut für Entwicklungspolitik (DIE) at euozine.com . Hopes for an internationally binding climate agreement were rudely dampened at the most recent meeting of…

On the potential of sovereign state-contingent debt in contributing to better public debt management and enhancing sustainability outcomes

Volz, Ulrich (2022)
External Publications

Agro-pastoralism under climate change: perceptions of climate change, local adaptations and institutions in northern China

Yu, Lu (2016)
External Publications

Aligning climate change mitigation and sustainable development under the UNFCCC: a critical assessment of the Clean Development Mechanism, the Green Climate Fund and REDD+

Horstmann, Britta / Jonas Hein (2017)
Studies 96

We argue that the UNFCCC regime does not sufficiently address the risks of negative effects related to mitigation investments. Those who have least contributed to climate change, but are most vulnerable to its impacts, could thus face a double equity gap.

Non-Economic Loss and Damage

Bonn, 26. August 2015

The expert workshop, hosted by DIE and co-hosted by United Nations University Institute for Environment and Human Security and Climate Analytics, brought together key policy stakeholders and academic experts to discuss non-economic loss and damage (NELD) in the context of the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change (UNFCCC).…

Climate change threatens global development and international stability

Bauer, Steffen / Dirk Messner (2007)
Briefing Paper 7/2007

Climate-smart agriculture as a possible solution to mitigate climate change impact on food security in Sub-Saharan Africa

Akinsemolu, Adenike A. / Helen N. Onyeaka / Phemelo Tamasiga (2024)
External Publications

The Sustainable Development Goals viewed through a climate lens

Dzebo, Adis / Hannah Janetschek / Clara Brandi / Gabriela Iacobuta (2018)
External Publications

Global climate action from cities, regions and businesses – 2021

Kuramochi, Takeshi / Sybrig Smit / Frederic Hans, [...], Andrew Deneault et al. (2021)
Books

Coherence and equity in a post-Paris climate governance landscape

Nairobi, 08. December 2016

With the Paris Agreement coming into force, the landscape of global climate governance is set to change. This raises a number of questions: How should climate governance retain coherence at multiple levels and across different sectors? What institutions, procedures and policies are required to ensure delivery 'on the ground' and to…

Health Economics, Development and Climate Change

Bonn, 27. September 2024

The 2024 fall workshop of the Working Group on Health Economics and Development Cooperation privilege presentations related to the thematic focus: “Health Economics, Development and Climate Change”. The workshop will try to cover a wide variety of topics, such as: health systems and policy reactions to climate change, design of…

Modelling the interaction between climate mitigation and income inequality: the use of integrated assessment models and the case of India

Emmerling, Johannes / Daniele Malerba (2022)
External Publications

Approaches to Mobilize Finance for Addressing Climate Induced Loss and Damage

Bonn, 25. June 2019

The provision of finance support to avert, minimize and address climate-induced loss and damage has emerged as an increasingly important issue. However, tangible solutions how to mobilize finance from new and innovative sources are not yet agreed. The question of possible institutional set-ups to administer such additional finance is…

Let’s work together!

Iacobuta, Gabriela / Steffen Bauer (2023)
The Current Column, 05. June 2023

Economic concerns and development aspirations must no longer serve as a pretext for lukewarm climate action, but quite to the contrary ambitious climate action is an imperative for equitable and just sustainable development.

Conference of the Parties (COP 21)

Paris, 30. November 2015

From 30 November to 11 December, the twenty-first session of the Conference of the Parties (COP21) of the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change (UNFCCC) will take place in Paris. A new global agreement on climate change is to be adopted. This agreement will be decisive for future life on our planet. Climate change…

Don’t lump together apples and oranges – Adaptation finance is different from mitigation finance

Lindenberg, Nannette / Pieter Pauw (2013)
The Current Column, 04. November 2013

Next Monday, the 19th annual Conference of the Parties of the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change (UNFCCC) opens its doors in Warsaw.

Why we wouldn’t have a climate problem, if we sent our children to the climate change conference

Nannette Lindenberg (2014)
The Current Column, 26. November 2014

For many of us, the wait for Christmas begins on the first Sunday of advent - from Monday the international climate protection community will be looking full of hope to Lima where 195 countries will be meeting for the 20th time for the UN Climate Summit.

Why we need to talk more about “climate migration” in Latin America

Serraglio, Diogo / Benjamin Schraven (2019)
The Current Column, 06. September 2019

When it comes to the issue of climate migration, most people tend to think of regions of Africa or Pacific island nations. However, disregarding Latin America in this context would be a mistake.