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Science-practice interactions for effective climate change adaptation: identifying new approaches for collaboration between Europe and low-income countries

Horstmann, Britta / Birgit Kuna / Marianne Lillieskold / Pieter Pauw / Rob Swart (2014)
Mitarbeiter sonstige

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…

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

Messner, Dirk (2014)
External Publications

Wie kann globale Nachhaltigkeit gelingen? Eine Strategie für globale Entwicklung

Messner, Dirk (2014)
External Publications

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…

Averting Water Wars in Asia

Bonn, 25. June 2014

The sharpening Asian competition over energy resources, especially in the South and East China Seas, has obscured another danger: water shortages in much of Asia are becoming a threat to rapid economic modernization and peace. Water has emerged as a key security issue that could determine if Asia is headed toward cooperation or…

What can be expected from international frameworks to regulate large-scale land and water acquisitions in sub-Sahara Africa?

Brüntrup, Michael / Waltina Scheumann / Axel Berger / Lidija Christmann / Clara Brandi (2014)
External Publications

Gestaltungsmacht Deutschland: die Neuausrichtung der deutschen Außenpolitik

Messner, Dirk / Jörg Faust (2014)
External Publications

Colombia, electing a President – and a way out of the war

Alejandro Guarín (2014)
The Current Column, 11. June 2014

On Sunday Colombia chooses one of two candidates for President. The more significant choice will be between a negotiated end to the 50-year conflict or more war.

Friends or foes? Interactions between Indonesia’s international investment agreements and national investment law

Knörich, Jan / Axel Berger (2014)
Studies 82

To avoid costly and far-reaching lawsuits brought by foreign investors host countries have to ensure conformity between international investment agreement and national investment law. This Study analyses Indonesia's experience in managing these complex interactions.

„Beyond Aid“ und die Zukunft der Entwicklungszusammenarbeit

Janus, Heiner / Stephan Klingebiel / Sebastian Paulo (2014)
Analysen und Stellungnahmen 7/2014

Das traditionelle Modell der Entwicklungszusammenarbeit – ein Ressourcentransfer von Nord nach Süd – ist überholt. Derzeit ist offen, wie sich das Politikfeld weiterentwickelt. Viele Beobachter sprechen von einer Zukunft Beyond Aid – über Entwicklungszusammenarbeit hinaus.

The case for an EU-China investment treaty

Berger, Axel (2014)
The Current Column, 10. June 2014

While the European public debate focuses mainly on the Transatlantic Trade and Investment Partnership (TTIP) the European Union is also negotiating a host of other treaties.

New Policy Paper on Sustainable Development Goals 2015

New Policy Paper on Sustainable Development Goals 2015 Jump to: New Policy Paper on Sustainable Development Goals 2015 New Policy Paper on Sustainable Development Goals 2015 left to right: Peter Lemke (WBGU), Ministers Gerd Müller and Barbara Hendricks, Dirk Messner (DIE-Director und Co-Chair of WBGU), Sabine Schlacke (WBGU); Photo: WBGU Press release New Sustainable Development Goals 2015: Fight poverty – by protecting the environment! Berlin, 6 June 2014.…

“Beyond Aid” and the future of development cooperation

Janus, Heiner / Stephan Klingebiel / Sebastian Paulo (2014)
Briefing Paper 6/2014

Currently, it is not clear what will replace traditional aid. Observers often speak about a beyond aid future. As an umbrella term, beyond aid describes different aspects of the transformation of development cooperation.

What is the link between poverty and climate change?

Stepping, Katharina M. K./ Anna Pegels (2014)
The Current Column, 05. June 2014

5 June 2014. Today is World Environment Day, an appropriate time to note that the world faces two major challenges at the beginning of the 21st century: fighting poverty and curbing environmental destruction. Time and again, people fail to see that these two issues are intrinsically linked.

The politics of South African renewable energy support

Pegels, Anna (2014)
External Publications

Implementing green industrial policy

Pegels, Anna / Bastian Becker (2014)
External Publications

Fair enough? Equity is key to next year’s climate agreement

Bauer, Steffen / Pieter Pauw (2014)
The Current Column, 02. June 2014

2 June 2014. The next round of international climate negotiations taking place in Bonn this week may be one of the last opportunities to advance a meaningful ‘global deal’.

Don’t let technical questions keep climate finance from flowing

Pauw, Pieter / Adis Dzebo (2014)
The Current Column, 26. May 2014

The debate on climate finance focuses increasingly on technical questions which seems to delay action on mobilizing private-sector finance.

Bureaucratic pluralism in global development: challenges for Germany and the United States

Lundsgaarde, Erik (2014)
Discussion Paper 16/2014

Taking the role of sector-specific bureaucracies as aid providers in Germany and the United States as a point of departure, this paper reviews funding trends across bureaucracies, examines intragovernmental coordination mechanisms, and reviews organizational reform proposals in the two systems.