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Summit of the Future and SDG Summit

Online, 15. March 2023

This September, United Nations (UN) member states will come together in New York for the SDG Summit and the Ministerial Meeting on the 2024 Summit of the Future. The 2023 SDG Summit marks the mid-point of the implementation of the 2030 Agenda and the sustainable development goals (SDGs). The 2024 Summit of the Future (SOTF) has its…

UN Global Digital Compact

Online, 24. May 2023

This September, United Nations (UN) member states will come together in New York for the SDG Summit and the Ministerial Meeting on the 2024 Summit of the Future. The 2023 SDG Summit marks the mid-point of the implementation of the 2030 Agenda and the sustainable development goals (SDGs). The 2024 Summit of the Future (SOTF) has its…

UN – Meaningful Youth Engagement

Online, 10. May 2023

This September, United Nations (UN) member states will come together in New York for the SDG Summit and the Ministerial Meeting on the 2024 Summit of the Future. The 2023 SDG Summit marks the mid-point of the implementation of the 2030 Agenda and the sustainable development goals (SDGs). The 2024 Summit of the Future (SOTF) has its…

UN – Fit for Future Generations?

Online, 19. April 2023

This September, United Nations (UN) member states will come together in New York for the SDG Summit and the Ministerial Meeting on the 2024 Summit of the Future. The 2023 SDG Summit marks the mid-point of the implementation of the 2030 Agenda and the sustainable development goals (SDGs). The 2024 Summit of the Future (SOTF) has its…

Global Environmental Governance and (Sub-)national Transformation Strategies

Researchers at IDOS investigate interactions between actors and institutions of global environmental governance and transformative strategies of transnational, national and local actors.

What does the EU recovery plan mean for the European Green Deal?

Sturm, Janina (2020)
The Current Column, 17. June 2020

The “Next Generation EU” recovery plan aims to mobilise 750 billion euros to help the EU emerge from the recession caused by the Covid-19 pandemic. Negotiation on the project are starting this Friday at the meeting of the European Council.

Nach 2015: wie lassen sich die Millennium Development Goals mit den in Rio beschlossenen Sustainable Development Goals verbinden?

Loewe, Markus (2012)
Analysen und Stellungnahmen 14/2012

The development policy system under pressure: acknowledging limitations, sourcing advantages and moving towards a broader perspective

Gonsior, Victoria / Stephan Klingebiel (2019)
Discussion Paper 6/2019

This paper presents and discusses the changes within the development policy system over the past decade along three dimensions: narratives, concepts and theories; strategies and institutional set-up and instruments, modalities, tools and activities.

Cooperative climate action: global performance & delivery in the Global South - preliminary findings of the ClimateSouth Project for the Global Climate Action Summit (Research Report)

Chan, Sander / Thomas Hale / Kennedy Mbeva / Manish Shrivastava / Jacopo Bencini / Victoria Chengo / Ganesh Gorti / Lukas Edbauer / Imogen Jacques / Arturo Salazar / Tim Chilobois / Debora Leao Andrade Gouveia / Jose Maria Valenzuela (2018)
External Publications

Governing Planetary Health in an Unequal World

Online, 27. April 2022

The Covid-19 pandemic has highlighted the importance of planetary health – a framework that recognizes the interdependence of human, animal and environmental health – in a world marred by the climate change and biodiversity crises, as well as growing inequalities between and within countries. With the WHO’s calls for vaccine equity…

Entwicklungszusammenarbeit zur Umsetzung der Agenda 2030

Bonn, 09. May 2017

Öffentliche Entwicklungszahlungen (official development assistance, ODA) spielen eine wichtige Rolle für die Umsetzung und Erreichung der Ziele für nachhaltige Entwicklung (sustainable development goals, SDGs). Alle Akteure sind sich einig, dass ODA nicht das einzige Instrument zur Umsetzung der Ziele ist, allerdings wird seine Bedeutung…

Key players in national SDG accountability: the role of parliaments

Breuer, Anita / Julia Leininger / Kirsten Brosbøl / Léna Belly-Le Guilloux / Bora Sefa (2021)
Briefing Paper 15/2021

Achieving the ambitious SDGs requires the development of robust national-level accountability mechanisms. This Briefing Paper presents a cross-national overview and country examples on the role of parliaments in holding governments accountable in the implementation of the 2030 Agenda.

Effects of social protection on food consumption and nutrition

Burchi, Francesco (2021)
External Publications

Modelling the interaction between climate mitigation and income inequality: the use of integrated assessment models and the case of India

Emmerling, Johannes / Daniele Malerba (2022)
External Publications

The role of good governance in reducing poverty and inequality: evidence from a scoping review of interlinkages between SDGs 16, 10 and 1

Allen, Cameron / Anita Breuer / Julia Kercher / Julia Leininger / Pooja Balasubramanian / Arvinn Gadgil (2022)
External Publications

Data for development: an agenda for German development cooperation

Schwegmann, Claudia / Sarah Holzapfel (2018)
Briefing Paper 12/2018

Data is a central but underestimated prerequisite for the realisation of the 2030 Agenda. Although technical innovations have led to an explosion of data, significant data gaps still exist in developing countries in particular.

Mastering global challenges: Revamped Postgraduate Programme for Sustainability Cooperation

Press Release of 29 August 2024: In its sixtieth year, the programme is undergoing fundamental changes in order to continue successfully promoting skills for international cooperation.

Migration and the 2030 Agenda: making everyone count - migrants and refugees in the Sustainable Development Goals

Koch, Anne / Jana Kuhnt (2020)
Briefing Paper 11/2020

With its guiding principle “leave no one behind”, the 2030 Agenda aims at improving the living conditions of poor and marginalised groups. Migrants and refugees are not systematically considered in this process. In oder to do so, data disaggregated by migratory status is urgently needed.

Violence: a critical issue for development?

Bonn, 08. February 2023

At the event of the first meeting of IDOS’ newly appointed International Scientific Advisory Board , Prof Dr Anke Hoeffler held a lecture on “Violence - A Critical Issue for Development?”. Prof Hoeffler is Professor of Development Research, Department of Politics and Public Administration at the University of Konstanz. While the study of…

Financing the UN Development System: Embracing Change

Online, 29. November 2022

For the second year in a row, the world is no longer making progress on the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) . Contributing factors include the impacts of the Covid-19 pandemic, the war in Ukraine and accelerating climate change. This calls for more multilateral cooperation and a multilateral development system that reaches its full…