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Building global governance for 'Climate Refugees'

Axworthy, Lloyd / R. Andreas Kraemer / Cristina Cattaneo / Romy Chevallier / Shiloh Fetzek / Rajat Kathuria / Syed Munir Khasru / Katriona McGlade / Shingirirai S Mutanga / Nedson Pophiwa / Aarsi Sagar / Benjamin Schraven / Patrick Toussaint / Scott Vaug (2017)
External Publications

What next for the Economic Partnership Agreements? Thoughts on deepening the EU-Africa trade partnership

Brandi, Clara / Merran Hulse / Niels Keijzer (2017)
Briefing Paper 9/2017

The fact that Economic Partnership Agreements (EPAs) are once more at the centre of discussion on European co-operation with Africa is to be welcomed. Against this background, we examine four scenarios for the future of the EPAs.

G20 and Africa - ready for a steady partnership?

Gobbelaar, Neuma / Christine Hackenesch / Adolf Kloke-Lesch / Julia Leininger / Elizabeth Sidiropoulos (2017)
External Publications

Did I miss something there? World Day to Combat Desertification and Drought

Brüntrup, Michael (2017)
The Current Column, 14. June 2017

World Days are subject to trends, cycles and political wrangling. The twin issue of desertification and drought could be about to experience a renaissance.

Implementing the 2030 Agenda in Pakistan: the critical role of an enabling environment in the mobilisation of domestic and external resources

Ali, Murad (2017)
Discussion Paper 14/2017

This discussion paper examines the role of ‘enabling environments’ for mobilizing resources needed for implementing the 2030 Agenda. It argues that generating additional resources depends on the prevalence of good governance and presence of effective institutions.

20 solution proposals for the G20 from the T20 Engagement Group

Messner, Dirk / Dennis Snower (2017)
External Publications

Transforming our world, achieving a sustainable development model: the 2030 Agenda and the EU

With contributions by Roberto Bissio / Carles Casajuana / Koen De Feyter / Lelio Iapadre / Markus Loewe / Fabiana Maglio / Annalisa Prizzon / Liliana Rodrigues / Sahar T. Rad (2017)
External Publications

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)
External Publications

Transnational public goods provision: the increasing role of rising powers and the case of South Africa

Klingebiel, Stephan (2017)
External Publications

Separating sisters from brothers: ethnic relations and identity politics in the context of indigenous land titling in Indonesia

Steinebach, Stefanie / Yvonne Kunz (2017)
External Publications

Climate change is not everything – The causes of flight and migration are manifold

Schraven, Benjamin (2017)
The Current Column, 06. June 2017

What significance should the factor of climate change be assigned in the context of flight and migration, and what conclusions can be drawn from it?

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)
External Publications

Peace tech: the liminal spaces of digital technology in peacebuilding

Firchow, Pamina / Charles Martin-Shields / Roger Mac Ginty / Atalia Omer (2017)
External Publications

Information communication technologies in atrocity response and prevention: deepening our understanding of the legal, ethical and practical challenges

Martin-Shields, Charles (2017)
External Publications

Another America, another Europe

Berlin, 31. May 2017

On the occasion of the T20 Summit and the SDSN Leadership Council taking place in Berlin from May 29-31, 2017, SDSN Germany and Friedrich Ebert Foundation organized a lecture and discussion event on “Another America, Another Europe: A Transatlantic Dialogue About Sustainable Development On Two Continents”. Moderated by Ali Aslan (Deutsche…

Brazilian Platform on Voluntary Sustainability Standards

Brasília & São Paulo, 31. May 2017

Voluntary Sustainability Standards (VSS) for an industry or product entail both opportunities and challenges for emerging economies. New national multi-stakeholder platforms on VSS in India (launched March 2016), Brazil and China (launched May and June 2017) reflect the increasingly proactive stance that business and government actors…

Interactive Business Dinner Berlin

Berlin, 30. May 2017

In the context of this year’s spring meeting of the SDSN Leadership Council and the T20 Summit , SDSN Germany together with the European Business Ethics Network Deutschland & 2°Foundation welcomed more than 80 guests to an interactive business dinner on May 30th in Berlin. The event brought together members of the SDSN Leadership Council…

Political parties: weak point in the sustainability architecture

Kloke-Lesch, Adolf (2017)
The Current Column, 29. May 2017

A tragedy is looming. While the German Government and federal state governments are beginning to implement the 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development, the political parties behind them appear conspicuously unconcerned and are lagging perceptibly behind the dynamics in business and society.

Global Solutions

, 29. May 2017

The Group of Twenty (G20) is an international forum that brings together the world’s leading industrialised and emerging economies. The group accounts for 85% of world GDP and two-thirds of its population. The first summit of the G20 took place in Berlin in 1999. In 2017, the G20 summit returned to Germany. To mark Germany’s G20…