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Achieving policy coherence for drought resilient food security in SSA: lessons from the Horn of Africa

Brüntrup, Michael (2019)
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Drought challenges and policy options: lessons drawn, and the way forward

Tsegai, Daniel / Michael Brüntrup (2019)
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Drought, migration, and conflict in sub-Saharan Africa: what are the links and policy options?

Adaawen, Stephen / Christina Rademacher-Schulz / Benjamin Schraven / Nadine Segadlo (2019)
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Slow onset climate risks require a strong governance mechanism

Aleksandrova, Mariya/ Idil Boran (2019)
The Current Column, 14. October 2019

In 2013, Parties to the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change (UNFCCC) acknowledged the increasing risks related to climate change and established the Warsaw International Mechanism for Loss and Damage (WIM) caused by global warming. With next week’s meeting of its Executive Committee and the upcoming review at COP25 in Chile, the WIM is entering a critical juncture.

Global commission calls for urgent action on climate adaptation

Bauer, Steffen / Mariya Aleksandrova (2019)
The Current Column, 11. September 2019

A report launched this week by the Global Commission on Adaptation calls for governments and business leaders to get their heads around the adaptation challenge, and quickly.

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.

The challenges of “drought migration”

Adaawen, Stephen / Benjamin Schraven (2019)
The Current Column, 17. June 2019

Will droughts and advancing desertification send a new wave of refugees towards Europe? And what do researchers have to say about the correlation between drought, desertification and human mobility? How should policy-makers address this “drought migration”?

Let's plant forests for the future

Bonn, 17. June 2019

The 17th of June reminds us that the combat of desertification and drought is a global challenge. This is never more true than today, when it is increasingly becoming evident that loss of biodiversity, climate change, soil degradation, drought and water stress as well as poverty and food insecurity in rural areas are not only local…

Payment for ecosystem services and the water-energy-food nexus: securing resource flows for the affluent?

Rodríguez-de-Francisco, Jean Carlo / Bibiana Duarte-Abadía / Rutgerd Boelens (2019)
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Biodiversity is good for you!

Richerzhagen, Carmen / Jean Carlo Rodriguez (2019)
The Current Column, 20. May 2019

Species protection must become a cross-sectoral task of sustainable development

Agricultural and food topics merit key role

Brüntrup, Michael (2019)
The Current Column, 06. May 2019

The agriculture ministers are kicking off the G20 series of ministerial meetings. Nevertheless, agriculture and food security have only recently become important topics in international policy-making.

China's new silk road: financing opportunities and risks

Berensmann, Kathrin (2019)
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Art and Sustainability

Bonn, 03. April 2019

The German Development Institute / Deutsches Institut für Entwicklungspolitik (DIE), the United Nations University Institute for Environment and Human Security and the University of Bonn invited to an evening on Art and Sustainablity on Wednesday, 3 April 2019. Tone Bjordam showed her recent piece "Water" and focused on how nature can…

Privatisation Risks Leaving People Behind

Rodríguez de Francisco, Jean Carlo / Mirja Schoderer (2019)
The Current Column, 18. March 2019

World water day 2019 focuses on the roughly 2.1 billion people in the world still lacking access to safe water. Nevertheless, governments and donor countries need to make sure that SDG implementation does not lend itself for privatisation of community water supply systems.

2019

2019 Jump to: Dezember 2019 November 2019 Oktober 2019 September 2019 August 2019 Juli 2019 Juni 2019 Mai 2019 April 2019 März 2019 Februar 2019 Januar 2019 Dezember 2019 „Verkehrssysteme umbauen” Die kommissarische Direktorin des Deutschen Instituts für Entwicklungspolitik (DIE), Imme Scholz , wünscht sich für 2020 ein verbessertes Klimapaket. Außerdem müssten die Verkehrssysteme umgebaut werden, sagte Scholz im SWR Tagesgespräch. Emissionen müssten viel schneller…

2008

2008 Jump to: Archive 2008 December November October September August July June May April March February January Archive 2008 Jan. Feb. March April May June July Aug. Sept. Oct. Nov. Dec. December Article Weathering the American Contagion DIE-economist Ulrich Volz analyses the impact of the world-wide financial and economic crisis on China and discusses what China might add to solve the international crisis. Far Eastern Economic Review 28 December 2008 Climate…

Governing the water-energy-food nexus related to hydropower on shared rivers: the role of regional organizations

Dombrowsky, Ines / Oliver Hensengerth (2018)
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National influence in global health governance: the case of the United Kingdom’s department for international development

Esser, Daniel E. (2018)
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Redrawing soil salinity innovation-focused stakeholder interaction for sustainable land management in Khorezm Province, Uzbekistan

Akramkhanov, Akmal / Muhammad Mehmood Ul Hassan / Anna-Katharina Hornidge (2018)
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Environmental policy and the pursuit of just sustainability (Conclusion)

Schelly, Chelsea / Aparajita Banerjee (2018)
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