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Water Governance

Special "Water Governance": Researchers at IDOS analyse water governance problems to understand conditions for equitable, ecologically sustainable water use, access, and control.

Think7: G7 faces landmark decisions for the well-being of humanity

In addition to more ambitious climate protection, the major industrialized countries must do more to combat the global food and debt crisis and make healthcare systems more resilient worldwide. So far, the G7 has failed to protect its citizens from digital corporations and data abuse. Moreover, there is still a lack of common standards to measure progress in social and environmental projects.

About us

The German Institute of Development and Sustainability (IDOS) is locate in the UN City of Bonn and is one of the world’s leading research institutions and think tanks for global sustainable development. Our work is based on the interplay between Research, Policy Advice and Training. The IDOS is building bridges between theory and practice.

DIE becomes the German Institute of Development and Sustainability (IDOS)

Press release, Bonn, 23 June 2022: Established in 1964 as the German Development Institute / Deutsches Institut für Entwicklungspolitik (DIE) gGmbh, the Institute became the German Institute of Development and Sustainability (IDOS) on 23 June 2022.

Catchment, streams and sewers: Strengthening flood resilience in Bonn

Subramanian, Saravanan / Katharina Höreth / Nathalie Sänger / Diego Jara / Lutz Becker (2022)
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Global Climate Governance in the Face of Obstruction

Online, 08. June 2022

A first-of-its-kind conference will bring together leading social scientists to explore obstruction of global climate action. Co-hosted by the Climate Social Science Network headquartered at Brown University and the German Development Institute / Deutsches Institut für Entwicklungspolitik (DIE) , the conference held virtually on 8-10 June…

A G7 infrastructure club: mobilizing the transformative power of cities to support multilateralism and the agenda 2030 in post-COVID G7/G20

Buchoud, Nicolas J. A. / Bai Xuemei / Milindo Chakrabarti / Edoardo Croci / Paramita Dey / Christian von Haldenwang / Holger Kuhle / Susan Parnell / Martin van der Pütten (2022)
External Publications

How significant is The Limits to Growth today?

Stamm, Andreas / Jakob Rhyner / Hartmut Ihne (2022)
The Current Column, 30. May 2022

The history of The Limits to Growth has shown that research conducted in this way can actually initiate worldwide political debates and anchor them in the public consciousness.

Nature-based solutions: don’t forget their social dimension!

Beck, Tanja / Keiser, Michaela / Rodriguez de Francisco, Jean Carlo / Deneault, Andrew (2021)
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Diverging notions of access and their consequences for ocean science

Online, 11. May 2022

"Access" does not only mean the ability to physically reach a resource. It also refers to the capacity of different stakeholders to derive benefits from it. As the international community is stepping up its efforts to increase the accessibility of ocean science, e.g. by making more data available, improving the usability of products,…

Decarbonising lifestyles, scaling up behavioural innovations

Online, 06. May 2022

Even with better incentives and faster green tech innovation, deep decarbonisation is almost impossible to achieve as long as carbon-intensive lifestyles prevail; and even more so, when rising purchasing power increases and consuming middle classes expand at the scale witnessed in the past two to three decades. Since efficiency…

Transboundary cooperation and global governance for inclusive sustainable development

Scholz, Imme / Lilian Busse / Thomas Fues (eds.) (2022)
Books

Scaling up sustainable finance to enable sustainable economic recovery

Volz, Ulrich / Kathrin Berensmann / Stephany Griffith-Jones / Anthony Lacavaro / Irene Monasterolo (2022)
External Publications

Science for the global common good

Hornidge, Anna-Katharina (2022)
External Publications

COVID-19 and civil society in Southeast Asia: beyond shrinking civic space

Lorch, Jasmin / Janjira Sombatpoonsiri (2022)
External Publications

Aligning the financial system with net-zero emissions

Online, 26. April 2022

Finance is critical to achieving deep decarbonisation by 2050. Article 2.i.c of the 2015 Paris Agreement sets out the goal of “making finance flows consistent with a pathway towards low greenhouse gas emissions and climate-resilient development”. Across the financial system, banks and investors need not only to analyse and mitigate…

2022

2022 Jump to: Dezember 2022 November 2022 Oktober 2022 September 2022 August 2022 Juli 2022 Juni 2022 Mai 2022 April 2022 März 2022 Februar 2022 Januar 2022 Dezember 2022 Die Ampel und die Religion: Weniger Interesse am R-Faktor Eigentlich will die Bundesregierung den Bereich „Religion und Außenpolitik“ stärken. Auch im Bundesministerium für wirtschaftliche Zusammenarbeit und Entwicklung (BMZ) hat das Interesse am R-Faktor nachgelassen. Zwar gehe die Kooperation mit…

Milan Jacobi

Milan Jacobi is Political Scientist and former Researcher of the Research Programme "Transformation of political (dis-)order".

North-South divide in research and innovation and the challenges of global technology assessment: the case of smart technologies in agriculture

Stamm, Andreas (2022)
External Publications

Safeguarding the blue planet: eight recommendations to sustainably use and govern the ocean and its resources

Schoderer, Mirja / Henry Bittig / Françoise Gaill / Kristina Gjerde / Sheila J. Heymans / Birgit Klein / David Obura / Torten Thiele / Sebastian Unger / Martin Visbeck / Anna-Katharina Hornidge (2022)
External Publications