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Do smallholders need rights of their own – and if so, which ones?

Brüntrup, Michael (2017)
The Current Column, 12. June 2017

Do farmers have and/or need different rights to other people? Since October 2012 this question has been addressed by an open working group of the United Nations Human Rights Council.

A new rural social contract for the Maghreb? The political economy of access to water, land and rural development

Houdret, Annabelle / Zakaria Kadiri / Lisa Bossenbroek (2017)
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Is the EU WFD suitable to support IWRM planning in non-European countries? Lessons learnt from the introduction of IWRM and River Basin Management in Mongolia

Heldt, Sonja / Jean Carlo Rodríguez-de-Francisco / Ines Dombrowsky / Christian K. Feld / Daniel Karthe (2017)
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Biopolitics gone to shit? State narratives versus everyday realities of water and sanitation in the Mekong Delta

Panagiota, Kotsila / V. Subramanian Saravanan (2017)
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Wastewater reuse in nexus perspective

Dresden, 17. May 2017

Moderation Birguy Lamizana , UNEP Co-chairs Ines Dombrowsky , German Development Institute / Deutsches Institut für Entwicklungspolitik (DIE) Tamara Avellan , UNU-FLORES The seminar explored the opportunities of using wastewater within multifunctional land-use systems for the production of food and energy crops. In this approach the…

Flussgebietsmanagement voranbringen: rechtliche, finanzielle und politische Dimensionen in der Mongolei

Rodriguez de Francisco, Jean Carlo / Annabelle Houdret / Ines Dombrowsky (2017)
Analysen und Stellungnahmen 8/2017

Dieses Politikpapier untersucht am Beispiel der Mongolei, welche praktischen Herausforderungen die Umsetzung von Flussgebietsmanagement birgt. Es schlägt konkrete Handlungsempfehlungen vor, um rechtliche, finanzielle und politische Hindernisse hierbei zu überwinden.

Introduction to "Sustainability in the water-energy-food nexus"

Bhaduri, Anik / Claudia Ringler / Ines Dombrowsky / Rabi Mohtar / Waltina Scheumann (2017)
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Payments for Ecosystem Services

Bonn, 26. April 2017

Payments for ecosystem services (PES) are cash or in-kind payments directed to peasants that conserve forests important to secure water quality and quantity. Since poverty overlaps greatly with ecosystem service hotspots in the global south, PES has been often presented as a poverty alleviation mechanism. However, are peasants really…

National Climate Policy and Sustainable Development in Urban Kenya

Nairobi, 25. April 2017

The goals and objectives of the United Nations' 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development and the Paris Agreement under the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change (UNFCCC) create profound challenges for the development and implementation of coherent policies in all countries and at all levels of governance. Kenya has…

Unlocking the irrigation potential in sub-Saharan Africa: are public-private partnerships the way forward?

Scheumann, Waltina / Annabelle Houdret / Michael Brüntrup (2017)
Briefing Paper 7/2017

Can public-private partnerships in irrigation improve food security in Africa? Our briefing paper argues that it is possible if partnerships go beyond irrigation, farmers are organized and supported, and governments secure stable conditions especially for land and water use and protect public goods.

Proceeding with River Basin Management: legal, financial and political dimensions in Mongolia

Rodríguez de Francisco, Jean Carlo / Annabelle Houdret / Ines Dombrowsky (2017)
Briefing Paper 6/2017

This policy brief analyses the challenges that Mongolia faces in the implementation of River Basin Management and provides suggestions on how to move its legal, financial and political implementation further.

Drought resilience in Sub-Saharan Africa

Bonn, 06. April 2017

Drought is one of the four horsemen of the Apocalypse. It often has large-scale and serious consequences particularly in poor countries. It has accompanied humankind ever since, but is projected to increase with climate change. Yet, in our present time drought no longer needs to be a disaster, its consequences can be managed, though it is…

World Water Day: Why the recycling of treated waste water is no foregone conclusion

Scheumann, Waltina (2017)
The Current Column, 22. March 2017

In the 2017 World Water Development Report, the focus is no longer on the purification and disposal of waste water, but rather on reuse, recycling and resource recovery.

Ölpalmenanbau in Indonesien verändert Wasserkreisläufe: mehr Dürren und Überflutungen

Merten, Jennifer / Alexander Röll / Surya Tarigan / Dirk Hölscher / Jonas Hein (2017)
Analysen und Stellungnahmen 1/2017

Ölpalmplantagen nehmen weltweit zu. In aktuellen Diskussionen über deren Umweltauswirkungen stehen die Abholzung von Regenwäldern, Treibhausgasemissionen sowie Biodiversitätsverlust im Vordergrund. Wenig Aufmerksamkeit wurde bisher den Auswirkungen auf lokale Wasserkreisläufe gewidmet.

Expanding oil palm cultivation in Indonesia: changing local water cycles raises risks of droughts and floods

Merten, Jennifer / Alexander Röll / Surya Tarigan / Dirk Hölscher / Jonas Hein (2017)
Briefing Paper 1/2017

Oil palm cultivation is expanding rapidly across the globe. Current discussions on ecological impacts focus on the destruction of forests, greenhouse gas emissions and biodiversity loss. Little attention has been paid to concerns that oil palm expansion has severe impacts on local water resources.

Reshaping energy planning in developing countries

Bonn, 02. February 2017

Energy access is hallowed as an important component of the Paris Agreement on climate change. In addition, recognition of its fundamental role in achieving other global essentials, such as gender equality, economic empowerment, abolishment of indoor air pollution and deforestation, and water and food security, has led to universal energy…

Landwirtschaft und Wasser – Schlüssel zur Welternährung

Scheumann, Waltina / Michael Brüntrup (2017)
The Current Column, 24. January 2017

Die Verfügbarkeit und das Management von Wasser sind ganz zentral dafür, ob das Nachhaltigkeitsziel 2 der Agenda 2030 der Vereinten Nationen „Beendigung von Hunger, Erreichung von Ernährungssicherheit und verbesserter Ernährung und Förderung nachhaltiger Landwirtschaft“ erreicht werden kann.

Why data access matters: the NDC Explorer reveals new insights on national climate action plans

Pauw, Pieter / Kennedy Mbeva / Adis Dzebo (2017)
The Current Column, 16. January 2017

With the NDC Explorer, an online visualisation tool, we aim to create more transparency about countries’ ambitions and priorities.

Sustainability in the water-energy-food nexus

Anik Bhaduri / Claudia Ringler / Ines Dombrowsky / Rabi Mohtar / Waltina Scheumann (eds.) (2017)
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