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Public-Private Partnerships in irrigation

Bonn, 01. June 2016

This year, the Dialogue on Water has been jointly organized by the German Development Institute /Deutsches Institut für Entwicklungspolitik (DIE) and the International Fund for Agricultural Development (IFAD). Experts from North African, sub-Saharan and European countries met with practitioners of German development cooperation,…

Urban Solutions

Berlin, 01. June 2016

Cities will play a major role in realising the international community's climate and development goals. Already, they are home to half the world's population. By 2050, two thirds of the world's population will be living in cities. Yet cities are responsible for 75 per cent of all CO2 emissions. And the process of urbanisation is…

Global Summit Prenegotiation: The Case of the Australian G20 Presidency

Bonn, 31. May 2016

Public Lecture with Larry Crump In 2017, Germany will take over the G20 presidency after China. After ‘middle powers’ such as Australia and Turkey chaired the G20 for years, global economic heavyweights are now taking over. While continuity and effectivity have become crucial for G20 to maintain its relevance, we know little about the…

MGG Academy

MGG Academy Jump to: Setup and contents of the MGG Academy Participants of the MGG Academy MGG Academy Application and Requirements MGG Global Network The Managing Global Governance (MGG) Academy brings together young professionals from government institutions, think tanks and research institutions, civil society and the private sector in rising powers (Brazil, China, India, Indonesia, Mexico, South Africa) and Europe. The main objective of the training and dialogue…

2015

2015 Jump to: 2015 Dezember 2015 November 2015 Oktober 2015 September 2015 August 2015 Juli 2015 Juni 2015 Mai 2015 April 2015 März 2015 Februar 2015 Januar 2015 2015 Jan. Feb. Mär. Apr. Mai Juni Juli Aug. Sept . Okt . Nov . Dez . Dezember 2015 Dirk Messner zur WTO-Konferenz in Nairobi Im Interview erläutert DIE-Direktor Dirk Messner warum es wichtig ist, dass den Entwicklungsländern der Zugang zu den Märkten der Industrie- und Schwellenländern ermöglicht wird und…

Parallel worlds – conflicting goals: how arms policy is infiltrating the 2030 Agenda

Mehl, Regine (2016)
The Current Column, 30. May 2016

On 29 May, UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon looked back on 60 years of armed UN peacekeeping missions. The first mission took place in May 1956 during the Suez Crisis. He also pointed out that this UN tool had received the Nobel Peace Prize in 1988. These are two facts of which the general public is largely unaware.

Chapter 4: Private sector finance for adaptation

Atteridge, Aaron / Pieter Pauw / Pieter Terpstra / Fabio Bedini / Lorenzo Bossi / Cecilia Costella (2016)
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Chapter 1: Introduction to "The Adaptation Gap Report: United Nations Environment Programme (UNEP), Nairobi

Bee, Skylar / Aaron Atteridge / Pieter Pauw / Pieter Terpstra / Paul Watkiss (2016)
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A European narrative?

Kloke-Lesch, Adolf (2016)
The Current Column, 25. May 2016

In September 2015, the EU heads of state and government joined their colleagues from around the world to adopt the transformational project of the 2030 Agenda. The focus is now on putting it into practice.

A pioneers' alliance for climate action

Berlin, 25. May 2016

Effective implementation of the prospective new climate agreement will depend on ambitious climate action around the globe. Some countries are willing and able to go further faster to raise the level of ambition in international climate policy. This workshop brought together experts from all world regions and explored the potentials of a…

Border Carbon Adjustments

Bonn, 25. May 2016

We are moving towards a more fragmented, domestically driven climate policy architecture under the Paris Agreement, in which some actors have pledged to significantly increase their climate ambition. Has now the time arrived for a more informed debate about border carbon adjustments? This invitation-only event offered a timely opportunity…

Wars, refugees and a 'systemic crisis': international emergency assistance requires reform

Grävingholt, Jörn / Benjamin Schraven (2016)
The Current Column, 23. May 2016

The present demand for emergency assistance is almost unprecedented. Some 125 million people worldwide are currently dependent on emergency aid as a consequence of war, instability, inequality, natural disaster and resulting refugee crises. But the international humanitarian system itself is also in crisis, proving ineffective, inefficient and inequitable in the way it allocates aid and shares the burden of aid provision.

2016 Berlin Conference on Global Environmental Change

Berlin, 23. May 2016

On 12 December 2015, the UN climate change conference in Paris adopted a new and universal global climate agreement that marks a watershed in international climate politics. Yet, how are we going to achieve its stated long-term goal of limiting global warming to “well below 2 °C above pre-industrial levels and to pursue efforts to limit…

Come on, donors, be courageous!

Kreibaum, Merle (2016)
The Current Column, 20. May 2016

Cash transfers offer potential for increasing self-determination and efficiency in emergency and transitional aid provision

Biodiversity research: social sciences under-represented

Richerzhagen, Carmen (2016)
The Current Column, 20. May 2016

The rapid loss of biodiversity can be traced back to human activity, and yet social scientists, who analyse the impact of human society on the environment, are under-represented in the field of biodiversity research.

Paris agreement: gateway to a decarbonised global society

Messner, Dirk (2016)
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E: Empowerment

Burchi, Francesco / Sara Vicari (2016)
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Latin America and the Global Politics of Climate Change

Bonn, 19. May 2016

J. Timmons Roberts, currently a guest researcher at the German Development Institute / Deutsches Institut für Entwicklungspolitik (DIE), and co-author Guy Edwards, summarized and updated their new book A Fragmented Continent: Latin America and the global politics of climate change (MIT Press, 2015). They argued that Latin American…

Shifting gears and forging ahead: Research for transformative climate governance after "Paris"

Brandi, Clara / Steffen Bauer / Klaus Jacob (2016)
The Current Column, 18. May 2016

The Bonn Climate Change Conference 2016 provides a first litmus test for the value of the Paris deal – will it prove as 'historic' as it has been heralded in the wake of the Paris conference or will it turn into another paper tiger of international law?

Policy coherence for development and the security-development nexus in EU external relations

Furness, Mark (2016)
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