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Berlin, 13. October 2015

Die Veranstaltung ist ausgebucht, es sind keine weiteren Anmeldungen möglich. Das Deutsche Institut für Entwicklungspolitik (DIE) und die Deutsche Gesellschaft für Internationale Zusammenarbeit (GIZ) in Berlin luden am 13. Oktober 2015 zur Präsentation und anschließenden Diskussion des Films „1.5 - Stay Alive“ über die Auswirkungen der…

TTIP Freihandel – Fairer Handel?

NRW-Landesvertretung Berlin, 12. October 2015

Freihandelsabkommen, wie die derzeit zwischen den USA und der EU verhandelte Transatlantic Trade and Investment Partnership (TTIP), garantieren nicht per se einen fairen Welthandel. TTIP hat handfeste wirtschaftliche, aber auch geostrategische Hintergründe. Die gemeinsame Handelspolitik ist in der Vergangenheit ein zentrales Aktionsfeld…

The good, the bad and the global: Supporting governance in a world without borders

Berlin, 06. October 2015

GIZ’s biannual sector days on good governance and human rights took place from 6 to 8 October in Berlin. Thematic panel discussions and workshops on 6 and 7 October were organised jointly with the German Development Institute / Deutsches Institut für Entwicklungspolitik (DIE). This year’s theme “Supporting governance in a world without…

Finanzierung der SDGs

Berlin, 05. October 2015

The Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) have beeen adopted in New York at the end of September 2015, but implementing them requires finance – some USD 3.9 trillion in annual investment, according to United Nations estimates. However, the current level of public and private investment in the relevant areas stands at just around USD 1.4…

Global Justice through Global Goals?

Bonn, 05. October 2015

Joshua Castellino , member of the global SDSN Leadership Council and Dean of the School of Law at Middlesex University, looked at the new 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development and Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) through the lens of “global justice”. The pursuit of SDGs will keep raising questions of justice, which need to be…

Natural resources: a new scramble for Africa?

Bonn, 10. September 2015

The extraction of natural resources leads to high growth rates in many African countries. At the same time many people in the region have to cope with the negative effects of resource extraction, among them rising corruption, violent conflicts and environmental damage. Which external powers engage in the resource-rich countries in Africa…

Talk instead of tanks: coming to terms with the past in Iraq as a stabilising factor

Crncic, Zeljko (2015)
The Current Column, 31. August 2015

Reporting on the war of the self-declared "Islamic State" against Iraq and Syria is heavily influenced by political instability and geo-strategic constellations. Talk of military solutions is predominant. However, the long-term traumatisation of the civilian population is easily forgotten in the process.

Zwischenstopp Addis

Berlin, 30. June 2015

Der derzeitige Vorschlag der Open Working Group von 17 Zielen für nachhaltige Entwicklung (SDGs) - 16 Ziele zu inhaltlichen Themenfeldern und ein Ziel zu den Umsetzungsinstrumenten - Means of Implementation (MoI) - ist wesentlich umfassender als die 2015 auslaufenden Millenniumsentwicklungsziele (MDGs). Die neuen Ziele sprechen…

Weltweite Ziele für nachhaltige Entwicklung

Berlin, 30. June 2015

Im September 2015 wird die Generalversammlung der Vereinten Nationen (VN) erstmals globale Ziele für nachhaltige Entwicklung verabschieden: Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) für eine wirtschaftlich, sozial und ökologisch nachhaltige Zukunft für heutige und künftige Generationen auf unserem Planeten. Ab 2016 sollen die SDGs mit ihrem…

Advancing an international Energiewende policy

Potsdam, 29. June 2015

Over the past two decades, Germany has emerged as a frontrunner in the development of renewable energy. Its ambitious policies to support the deployment of renewable energy not only initiated the German Energiewende , they also helped stimulate a global process of innovation and diffusion of renewable energy technologies. While these…

The nuclear deal with Iran: adding fuel to the fire or ushering in peace in the Middle East?

Trautner, Bernhard (2015)
The Current Column, 26. June 2015

Only if a nuclear deal is achieved as planned by the end of June 2015 will sanctions against Iran be lifted. Such an agreement with Iran offers more opportunities than risks in the long term.

Relaunch of the Research Network External Democracy Promotion with Leibniz Funding

Relaunch of the Research Network External Democracy Promotion with Leibniz Funding Forschungsnetzwerk „Externe Demokratisierungspolitik“ künftig mit Förderung durch die Leibniz-Gemeinschaft Press Release of 9 May 2015 The Research Network has entered a new thematic and organisational phase under funding from the Leibniz Competition for the time period of 2015-2018. A kick-off meeting with all network members on May 7-8, 2015, at the Peace Research Institute Frankfurt…

Striebinger, Kai

Striebinger, Kai Jump to: Vita Auszeichnungen Kai Striebinger Function Former Researcher Specialization Political scientist Vita The information corresponds to the current status at the time of employment. 6/2015-9/2016 German Development Institute / Deutsches Institut für Entwicklungspolitik (DIE) Researcher Department "Governance, Statehood, Security" 09/2014–05/2015 Yale University International Fox Fellow 10/2011–08/2014 Freie Universität Berlin/ Berlin Graduate…

Bonn Climate Change Conference 2015

Bonn, 05. June 2015

The German Development Institute / Deutsches Institut für Entwicklungspolitik (DIE) organised and took part in a series of events at and around the Bonn Climate Change Conference in June 2015. The main focus of the events was on an emerging groundswell of climate actions by cities, regions, companies and other groups, and their…

From the Berlin Mandate to a Paris Agreement?

Bonn, 28. May 2015

The United Nations' jubilee year is bound to culminate with the adoption of a global climate deal in Paris in December. Even as the actual outcome of "COP 21" remains to be seen, it will mark a crucial watershed in international climate politics. This talk traced the evolution of the UN climate regime from the inception of the UN…

Politische Ökonomie der deutschen Energiewende

Berlin, 20. May 2015

Welche politischen, wirtschaftlichen und gesellschaftlichen Treiber und Hemmnisse beeinflussen die deutsche Energiewende? Wie können Maßnahmen insbesondere in den Bereichen Infrastruktur, Marktregulierung, Innovation und Finanzierung zu einem tragfähigen Konsens zwischen relevanten Akteuren beitragen? Diesen und weiteren Fragen wollen wir…

Bonn Conference for Global Transformation

, 12. May 2015

Programme on Tuesday 12 May: 11:30 h Panel Global Transformation – one target, different views While there is broad, if not universal agreement on the need for a global transformation for sustainable development, there is far less agreement on its urgency, priorities, on individual and collective responsibilities, on binding rules and…

Evaluierungen im zivilen Krisenengagement

Berlin, 27. April 2015

„Evaluierungen im zivilen Krisenengagement: Aus Erfahrungen lernen, Handeln verbessern“, war das Thema eines Fachgesprächs, welches das Zentrum für Internationale Friedenseinsätze (ZIF) gemeinsam mit dem Deutschen Institut für Entwicklungspolitik (DIE) und dem Deutschen Evaluierungsinstitut der Entwicklungszusammenarbeit (DEval) am 27.…

UN at 70

Bonn, 16. April 2015

2015 marks the 70th anniversary of the United Nations. Both the world and the UN have changed since its 51 founding members signed the UN Charter on 26 June 1945 to prevent the doom of another World War. Today, the UN totals 193 member states while the nature and scope of the United Nations' activities have greatly expanded. Moreover,…

Erweiterter Lenkungsausschuss von SDSN Germany: Deutsche Nachhaltigkeitsarchitektur stärken

Erweiterter Lenkungsausschuss von SDSN Germany: Deutsche Nachhaltigkeitsarchitektur stärken Erweiterter Lenkungsausschuss von SDSN Germany: Deutsche Nachhaltigkeitsarchitektur stärken Pressemitteilung vom 02.03.2015 Bonn / Berlin. Auf Einladung der Co-Vorsitzenden des deutschen Sustainable Development Solutions Network ( SDSN Germany ) Dirk Messner und Klaus Töpfer, tagte am 26. Februar in Berlin erstmals dessen Erweiterter Lenkungsausschuss. Dem erweiterten…