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Parallels between the corona pandemic and climate change

Fuhrmann, Hanna / Sascha Kuhn (2020)
The Current Column, 01. April 2020

Measures are being taken all over the world to slow down the spread of the virus and minimise the economic damage. In this situation, behavioural change of individuals is indispensable.

Effective natural resource management for inclusive and sustainable growth in the context of increased scarcity and climate change

Effective natural resource management for inclusive and sustainable growth in the context of increased scarcity and climate change Download Effective_natural_resource_management_for_inclusive_and_sustainable_growth_in_the_context_of_increased_scarcity_and_climate_change_Programme_01.pdf

Health, climate and geopolitical relations

Hornidge, Anna-Katharina (2022)
The Current Column, 17. January 2022

2022 has the task of significantly advancing the management of the pandemic, redesigning our economic and social systems, and negotiating a multi-polar and rule-based world order.

From public to private climate change adaptation finance: adapting finance or financing adaptation?

Pauw, Pieter (2017)
Books

Framing a long-term response to climate finance

Berlin, 20. November 2014

In 2010, the UNFCCC Conference of the Parties (COP) agreed to establish the Green Climate Fund (GCF) as a global investment vehicle for climate finance. At the GCF High-Level Pledging Conference hosted by the German Federal Government on 20 November 2014 in Berlin, governments pledged a total of 9.3 billion USD to the Fund for its initial…

DIE-Director Messner elected as Chair of PIK’s Scientific Advisory Board

DIE-Director Messner elected as Chair of PIK’s Scientific Advisory Board DIE-Director Messner elected as Chair of PIK’s Scientific Advisory Board Press Release of 22 February 2010 Today, the Scientific Advisory Board of the Potsdam Institute for Climate Impact Research (PIK) has elected Dirk Messner , Director of the German Development Institute / Deutsches Institut für Entwicklungspolitik (DIE), to its Chair. The international membership of the Advisory Board…

The first Trillion is the hardest: how to raise the necessary funds for poor countries’ climate mitigation investments

Kraemer, Moritz / Ulrich Volz (2025)
External Publications

To enable low-income and lower-middle-income countries to invest in climate mitigation, we propose in a the establishment of a Finance Facility against Climate Change (F2C2) that would raise USD1 trillion.

A strong science-policy interface now for climate and biodiversity

Faus Onbargi, Alexia / Alicia Perez-Porro / Anna de las Heras Carles (2025)
The Current Column, 22. April 2025

Addressing these interconnected crises requires evidence-informed policymaking at all levels, which demands strengthening the science-policy interface for climate and biodiversity.

Water plays a key role in the implementation of the Paris climate agreement

Scheumann, Waltina / Annabelle Houdret (2020)
The Current Column, 20. March 2020

Without sustainable water management, both food production and electricity generation, let alone drinking water supplies, are at risk.

UN climate summit in Madrid to show way forward on international climate policy

Bauer, Steffen / Clara Brandi (2019)
The Current Column, 26. November 2019

The negotiating delegations on COP25 can now get down to business again: concluding preparations for the binding implementation of the Paris Agreement, set to commence in 2020.

Scaling up sustainable finance to enable sustainable economic recovery

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

New international cooperation approaches_Lessons from Climate Politics – a Chinese Perspective

Bonn, 10. February 2014

China’s 12th Five Years Plan, with its ambitions to turn China into a model of low-carbon growth, reflects the enormous and uncontested efforts in the recent domestic climate policy of China. Yet, at an international level, negotiations for a global deal on CO2-reductions are constantly at an impasse. Do we need a change of perspectives…

Interconnections Zone During Cop23

Bonn, 06. November 2017

Parallel to COP 23, DIE hosted the Interconnections Zone from 6 to 17 November 2017. The Zone’s objective was to continue the dialogue of trade-offs and synergies between the Paris Agreement and the 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development , which kicked off earlier this year at the Interconnections Conference . Conveniently located…

European Development Days 2015

Brussels, 03. June 2015

2015 is European Development Year. Three important global summits came up, this year’s European Development Days (EDDs) covered relevant key topics for sustainable development under the slogan “Our world. Our dignity. Our Future”. The German Development Institute / Deutsches Institut für Entwicklungspolitik (DIE) co-organized various…

Joint Statement on commitment to the Paris Climate Agreement

This statement is supported by renowned scholars from rising powers of the South as well as Germany. The common position demonstrates our unwavering commitment to the Paris Accord and expresses our determination to deepen joint knowledge creation on existential issues for human survival and sustainable development, for global justice and social integration.

Prioritizing Africa’s Needs: how to strengthen Africa-German cooperation on migration

Ekoh, Susan (2023)
External Publications

Germany’s Africa policy must maximize co-benefits by focusing on the migration-development nexus, argues Susan Ekoh (IDOS). The government needs to mainstream climate change needs in migration cooperation due to the present realities and future projections of climate-induced mobilities.

The EU and the Glasgow Dialogue: advancing a balanced approach to loss and damage

Anisimov, Ariadna / Mariya Aleksandrova / Steffen Bauer / Lola Vallejo (2022)
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The European Green Deal and the war in Ukraine

Bruxelles, 11. October 2022

The event discusses the implications of the war in Ukraine on energy and food security, industrial supply chains and environmental protection, and the role of the European Green Deal in addressing them. Policy coherence, social protection and international cooperation are key approaches considered. The conference is based on the ETTG…

Central bank mandates, sustainability objectives and the promotion of green finance

Dikau, Simon / Ulrich Volz (2021)
External Publications

Central bank mandates, sustainability objectives and the promotion of green finance

Dikau, Simon / Ulrich Volz (2020)
External Publications