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Lots of action, no room for complacency

Chan, Sander / Jacopo Bencini (2018)
The Current Column, 01. October 2018

The 2018 Global Climate Action Summit held from 12 to 14 September in San Francisco, The location of the summit was not accidental.

Trends in Mexican Financial System Development against the Backdrop of the Global Financial Crisis

Mexico, 03. December 2009

Due to its far-reaching effects, the global crisis has clearly shown that the stability of national and international financial markets has to be considered an important public good. Against this backdrop it is therefore of utmost significance to identify steering and control deficits in international financial markets, develop solutions…

Policy Brief: Combustion engine phase-out by 2035 will strengthen the German car industry

Press release of 24 February: In the debate surrounding the EU’s phase-out of combustion engines, a new scientific policy brief by IDOS researcher Dr Nicholas Goedeking supports the position of those in favour.

The Declaration of Principles on Ethiopia’s Renaissance Dam: A breakthrough or another unfair deal?

Tawfik, Rawia (2015)
The Current Column, 25. March 2015

The Declaration of Principles on the Grand Ethiopian Renaissance Dam (GERD) has sparked much controversy among experts and commentators in Egypt.

Vertreibung, Flucht und Migration

Bonn, 12. May 2016

Gesellschaftliche und politische Debatten, aber auch die Medien zeichnen das Bild eines kontinuierlichen Migrationsstroms vom afrikanischen Kontinent nach Europa. Die EU und ihre Mitgliedsstaaten reagieren darauf mit Abschottung, Verschärfung der Asylgesetzgebung und der Bekämpfung von Schleusern. Dabei wird ein Aspekt vernachlässigt: die…

Resisting the Backlash: Standing up for diversity

Andrade, Tâmara / Tatjana Reiber / Anna Schwachula (2025)
The Current Column, 26. May 2025

Democratic societies rely on respect for diversity, inclusion and equity.

Grabert, Margarita

Former Researcher, Research Programme "Transformation of Economic and Social Systems".

Sustainability transformations: socio-political shocks as opportunities for governance transitions

Herrfahrdt-Pähle, Elke / Maja Schlüter / Per Olsson / Carl Folke / Stefan Gelcich / Claudia Pahl-Wostl (2020)
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The changing drivers of food inflation–macroeconomics, inflation, and war

Algieri, Bernardina / Lukas Kornher / Joachim von Braun (2024)
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EU humanitarian aid: caught between nexus and independence

Friesen, Ina / Pauline Veron / Vera Mazzara (2020)
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TUC Urban Lab Profile: Naucalpan, Mexico

Roll, Michael / Marisol Romero Magallán / Andrea Ramírez / Flávia Guerra / Alejandra Ramos-Galvez / Simone Sandholz / Mariana Campos-Sánchez / Gorka Zubicaray / Óscar Jair Pozos-Espinosa / Andrea Villasís-Escobedo / Ana Iris Enríquez-Alcaraz (2024)
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NDC Explorer (V 3.0)

Pauw, Pieter / Tanja Beck / María José Valverde / Davide Cassanmagnano / Kennedy Mbeva / et. al. (2021)
Research Data

13. Ministerkonferenz der Welthandelsorganisation 2024

Online, 28. February 2024

Auf der WTO-Ministerkonferenz in Abu Dhabi, Vereinigte Arabische Emirate, die vom 26. bis 29. Februar stattfindet, müssen Entscheidungen für drängende weltwirtschaftliche Herausforderungen getroffen werden: Vereinbarkeit von Handel und Umweltschutz, globale Ernährungssicherheit, Abbau von schädlichen Subventionen im Fischereisektor,…

Alle Hebel auf Umsetzung: Die SDGs als globaler Kompass in Krisenzeiten

Potsdam, 04. December 2023

Die Halbzeitbilanz der Agenda 2030 und der SDGs fällt besorgniserregend aus. Nur 18 Prozent der 169 Unterziele werden voraussichtlich bis 2030 erreicht. Ein bloßes Fortschreiten in der bisherigen Umsetzungsgeschwindigkeit wäre fatal. Für die Erreichung der SDGs braucht es mehr Ambition und einen Fokus auf transformative Politikreformen…

Promoting and Protecting Democracy in Times of De-Democratization

Bonn, 16. November 2023

Since the 1990s, external democracy promotion and protection has become a prominent tool of bi- and multilateral donors, as well as international and civil society organizations to promote and protect democracy in aid-recipient countries. However, democracy itself as well as promoters and supporters of democracy are challenged by a…

Is Africa left behind in the global climate finance architecture: redefining climate vulnerability and revamping the climate finance landscape - a comprehensive review

Tamasiga, Phemelo / Malesela Molala / Malebogo Bakwena / Hugue Nkoutchou / Helen Onyeaka (2023)
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Framing the emergence of new social contracts in Middle East and North African countries

Loewe, Markus (ed.) (2021)
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UN 2023 Water Conference

New York, 22. March 2023

22 nd of March is World Water Day , and this year global attention to our important but yet seriously threatened water resources is higher than ever. The first UN water conference since 46 years takes place in New York and reiterates the crucial dependence of human development, the SDGs and the climate agenda on sufficient water resources…

‘Nothing is more permanent than the temporary’ – Understanding protracted displacement and people's own responses

Etzold, Benjamin / Elvan Isikozlu / Simone Christ et al. (2022)
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Alumni / Networking Meeting of the BMZ African-German Leadership Academy

Accra, 17. October 2022

Network events are a core feature of the BMZ African-German Leadership Academy (African Academy); they address the dialogue aspect of the Academy’s programme. In its second year running, the African Academy will host its launch networking event from 17-19 October 2022 in Accra, Ghana. The event intends to strengthen the connections…