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Women, wealth and waterborne disease: smallholders’ willingness to pay for a multiple-use Water Scheme in Ethiopia

Sakketa, Tekalign Gutu / Martin Prowse (2018)
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Assessing agricultural systems vulnerability to climate change to inform adaptation planning: an application in Khorezm, Uzbekistan

Aleksandrova, Mariya / Animesh K. Gain / Carlo Giupponi (2016)
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Reconceptualising water management in Khorezm, Uzbekistan: recommendations towards IWRM

Hornidge, Anna-Katharina / Lisa Oberkircher / Bernhard Tischbein / Gunther Schorcht / Anik Bhaduri / Usman K. Awan / Ahmad M. Manschadi (2016)
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Capacity development for integrated water resources management: lessons learned from applied research projects

Ibisch, Ralf B. / Marco Leidel / Steffen Niemann / Anna-Katharina Hornidge / Ruth Goedert (2016)
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Reconsidering counter-hegemonic dam projects: the case of the Grand Ethiopian Renaissance Dam

Tawfik, Rawia (2016)
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The Grand Ethiopian Renaissance Dam: a benefit-sharing project in the Eastern Nile?

Tawfik, Rawia (2016)
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Changing hydropolitical relations in the Nile basin: a protracted transition

Tawfik, Rawia (2016)
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A critical review of the follow-the-innovation approach: stakeholder collaboration and agricultural innovation development

Amankwa, Kwadwo / Anastasiya Shtaltovna / Girma Kelboro / Anna-Katharina Hornidge (2016)
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Urban sewage in Brazil: drivers of and obstacles to wastewater treatment and reuse; governing the Water-Energy-Food Nexus Series

Stepping, Katharina M. K. (2016)
Discussion Paper 26/2016

Wastewater collection and treatment still largely struggles with overcoming barriers related to financial, institutional, political and socio-economic factors as well as limited capacity. The great potential for wastewater reuse has not yet been fully tapped, despite initial promising initiatives.

Private finance for climate-change adaptation: challenges and opportunities for Kenya

Pauw, Pieter / Adis Dzebo (2016)
Briefing Paper 22/2016

Private investments are important for countries to adapt to climate change. Yet how realistic is it to rely on the mobilisation of private investments in adaptation, in particular for less developed countries? This Policy Brief aims to answer this question in relation to Kenya

Food security in the face of climate change: impossible without water

Herrfahrdt-Pähle, Elke / Waltina Scheumann (2016)
The Current Column, 21. November 2016

The issue of adapting African agriculture to climate change was finally addressed at the 22nd session of the Conference of the Parties (COP 22) to the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change (UNFCCC) in Marrakesh. We can only achieve food security by ensuring that overdue investment is made in irrigation infrastructure and institutions.

Nexus-Forschung trifft Nexus-Praxis

Bonn, 21. November 2016

Mit der Agenda 2030 für Nachhaltige Entwicklung haben die Vereinten Nationen ein ehrgeiziges Programm formuliert. Wenn die 17 Ziele – und insbesondere die Ziele Ernährungs-sicherheit (SDG 2), Wassersicherheit (SDG 6), Energiesicherheit (SDG 7), Bekämpfung des Klimawandels (SDG 13) und Schutz von Landökosystemen (SDG 15) – erreicht werden…

The mobilisation of sub-national revenues is a decisive factor in the realisation of the 2030 Agenda

von Haldenwang, Christian / Armin von Schiller (2016)
Briefing Paper 21/2016

Sub-national units will play an increasing role in the mobilisation of domestic resources for the 2030 agenda. They are also at the forefront in the implementation of the global reform agenda. Consequently, they also contribute to overcoming problems of fragile statehood.

Climate conference in Marrakesh: litmus test for the Paris Agreement

Bauer, Steffen / Clara Brandi (2016)
The Current Column, 07. November 2016

The Paris Climate Agreement was hailed around the world as a historic achievement last December. Whether or not it makes history, however, depends on its successfull implementation. Being the first COP after the Paris summit in December 2015, the Marrakesh climate conference provides the first serious litmus test for the decisions reached in Paris.

The Agenda 2030 – Dealing with Grand Challenges for Mankind

Bonn, 20. October 2016

In September 2015, countries agreed on a new sustainable development agenda in order to end poverty, protect the planet, and ensure prosperity for all by the year 2030. In the lecture series, experts from a variety of academic disciplines will analyze the most important grand challenges involved in this ambitious agenda. They will explore…

From World Hunger Day to World Food Day

Brüntrup, Michael (2016)
The Current Column, 12. October 2016

16 October is World Food Day. There are still 800 million people going hungry worldwide. How can we turn the day into a real celebration? Only with a tour de force.

Transformative Forschung: Wo steht NRW?

Düsseldorf, 21. September 2016

Die Energiewende, digitaler Wandel, Arbeit 4.0 oder auch Verbraucherschutzthemen sind einige Beispiele für die großen gesellschaftlichen Herausforderungen unserer Zeit. Nordrhein-Westfalen hat sich mit seiner 2013 vereinbarten Forschungsstrategie "Fortschritt NRW" auf den Weg gemacht, Forschung an den großen gesellschaftlichen…

Drought, food security, migration and Climate

Stockholm, 01. September 2016

Climate induced hazards such as droughts, heat waves, floods and typhoons have clear negative impacts on food security, conflicts and migration. Influx of migrants witnessed in countries such Israel and Jordan with already highly stressed water resources can elevate migration as a security issue. Drought and water scarcity are pinned down…

Umweltkonflikte: die Bedrohung der Zukunft?

Houdret, Annabelle (2016)
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Climate change, land degradation & desertification

Bonn, 29. August 2016

The German Development Institute / Deutsches Institut für Entwicklungspolitik (DIE) welcomed Lindsay C. Stringer of the renowned Sustainability Research Institute of University of Leeds, UK, to present her new book Land Degradation, Desertification and Climate Change: Anticipating, assessing and adapting to future change (Earthscan 2016,…