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Taking stock of national climate policies to evaluate implementation of the Paris Agreement

Mark Roelfsema / Heleen L. van Soest / Mathijs Harmsen / Detlef P. van Vuuren / Christoph Bertram / Michel den Elzen / Niklas Höhne / Iacobuta, Gabriela [...] (2020)
External Publications

Impact of voluntary community-based health insurance on child stunting: evidence from rural Uganda

Nshakira-Rukundo, Emmanuel / Essa Chanie Mussa / Nicolas Gerber / Joachim von Braun (2020)
External Publications

Digital Transformation: Higher Education and Research for Sustainable Development

, 08. November 2018

Digitalisation has a transformative societal impact, providing solutions and creating new challenges. Against the background of the Sustainable Development Goals it is imperative to analyse this impact in further detail. The workshop “Digital Transformation: Higher Education and Research for Sustainable Development” aimed to provide a…

Christmann, Lidija

Christmann, Lidija Jump to: Vita The information in this profile corresponds to the stand of information at the time of departure. Lidija Christmann Department Transformation of Economic and Social Systems Vita 2011-2012 German Development Institute / Deutsches Institut für Entwicklungspolitik (DIE) Researcher Adviser to the German Federal Ministry for Economic Cooperation and Development, attached to the policy planning staff (Bonn/Berlin) 2010-2011 German…

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.

Mobilising and scaling up local climate action

São Paulo, 29. October 2025

The international roundtable gathered experts from Asia, Africa, Europe, and Latin America to discuss how local climate action can be scaled up and how national and international actors can support this process. Local actors play a decisive role in advancing climate action. Cities, municipalities, districts and other sub-national levels…

Mobilising and scaling up local climate action

São Paulo, 29. October 2025

The international roundtable gathered experts from Asia, Africa, Europe, and Latin America to discuss how local climate action can be scaled up and how national and international actors can support this process. Local actors play a decisive role in advancing climate action. Cities, municipalities, districts and other sub-national levels…

Enabling Sustainable Urban Growth

Bonn, 11. February 2015

Cities present a crucial challenge and opportunity in the coming decades, as more than 2.5 billion people are expected to be added to the world’s urban areas by 2050. There is strong evidence that improved economic productivity and resource efficiency that accompany urbanization can be achieved while simultaneously addressing the…

Voluntary Sustainability Standards (VSS) and the “greening” of high-emitting industry sectors in Brazil: mapping the sustainability efforts of the private sector

Thorstensen, Vera / Ariel Macaspac Hernandez / Rogerio de Oliveira Corrêa / Dolores Teixeira de Brito / Mauro Kiithi Arima Junior / Catherine Rebouças Mota / Tiago Matsuoka Megale / Amanda Mitsue Zuchieri / Fabio Jorge Thomazella (2024)
Discussion Paper 1/2024

Brazil seeks a global leadership that is compatible with its national identity. Its “pragmatism” is evident both in its multilateral efforts and its approach towards sustainability, particularly in the greening of its high emitting industry sectors – aluminium, chemical, steel, cement and oil & gas.

Bringing integrity in the Water-Energy-Food-Ecosystems Nexus

Online, 12. April 2023

Water security, energy security, food security and the health and sustainability of the planet’s ecosystems are deeply connected in the face of increased climate risks. That’s why an approach, like the WEFE Nexus approach, that emphasises interlinkages for planning and adaptation processes is so relevant. But it has its challenges. How…

Governing water sustainably in mining and post-mining landscapes

Online, 08. October 2020

Mining has the potential to offer rare employment opportunities in rural areas and, arguably, boosts national economies. However, it also carries vast social and environmental risks, many of them related to water contamination and worsening water scarcity. How risks and benefits of mining and mining-related water use are allocated touches…

Feminist research perspectives in peace and conflict studies and consultancy work

Ruppel, Samantha / Alena Sander (2022)
External Publications

The review of the resident coordinator system: give UNDS reform a chance!

Weinlich, Silke (2021)
External Publications

These days, the United Nations (UN) General Assembly is tasked with fine-tuning a centrepiece of the reform: the strengthened Resident Coordinator system – key driver of a more cohesive UN Development System (UNDS) working towards a common agenda. Negotiations have yet to reach a break-through. Member states should do their part in supporting a more cohesive UNDS. They should improve the current funding model of the RC system and thereby support the repositioning efforts. Assessed contributions would be a clear sign that states step up to their collective responsibility.

The review of the resident coordinator system: give UNDS reform a chance!

Weinlich, Silke (2021)
External Publications

These days, the United Nations General Assembly is tasked with fine-tuning a centrepiece of the reform: the strengthened Resident Coordinator system – key driver of a more cohesive UN Development System (UNDS) working towards a common agenda. Negotiations have yet to reach a break-through. Member states should do their part in supporting a more cohesive UNDS. They should improve the current funding model of the RC system and thereby support the repositioning efforts. Assessed contributions would be a clear sign that states step up to their collective responsibility.

International economic cooperation: the G7 as a bridge-builder

Berger, Axel (2020)
External Publications

Bureaucratic pluralism and the transformation of development cooperation

Lundsgaarde, Erik (2013)
Discussion Paper 16/2013

Herculean tasks for the G20 in 2017

Messner, Dirk / Dennis Snower (2016)
Mitarbeiter sonstige

Germany will take on the G20 Presidency in December 2016. This is a role which involves tremendous opportunities and responsibilities in a difficult global economic and political Situation. A visionary and global outlook is required in order to pave the way for a more secure future. The G20 is an indispensable actor when it comes to the future of global governance as a means of shaping globalisation. The industrialised nations and emerging economies that make up the G20 account for over 80% of global GNP, greenhouse gas emissions and resource consumption.

Klimalog @SB48

Bonn, 30. April 2018

The Klimalog project of the German Development Institute / Deutsches Institut für Entwicklungspolitik (DIE) is happy to play an active role in the forty-eighth sessions of the Subsidiary Body for Implementation (SB 48). 30 April to 5 May Official SB 48 exhibit: Klimalog Booth 30 April Official SB 48 Side Event: "Global ambition, local…

As governance crises worsen COVID-19 impact, is SDG 16 key for recovery?

Online, 06. July 2021

Background From 6 July to 15 July 2021, representatives from governments, civil society, and the private sector will gather at the annual UN High-level Political Forum on Sustainable Development (HLPF) in New York to take stock of progress on the 17 Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) of the 2030 Agenda. Among the SDGs under review at…

Impact of community-based health insurance on utilisation of preventive health services in rural Uganda: a propensity score matching approach

Nshakira-Rukundo, Emmanuel / Essa Chanie Mussa / Nathan Nshakira / Nicolas Gerber / Joachim von Braun (2021)
External Publications