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With or without you: how the G20 could advance global action toward climate-friendly sustainable development

Bauer, Steffen / Axel Berger / Gabriela Iacobuta (2020)
External Publications

A multilateral framework on investment facilitation for development: issues concerning implementation

Webinar, 30. April 2020

Negotiations on a multilateral framework on investment facilitation for development will start in the World Trade Organization (WTO) among 101 WTO members as soon as circumstances permit. The main objective of the negotiations is to increase the flow of sustainable foreign direct investment with a view towards advancing sustainable…

Is the coronavirus threatening a developing-country debt crisis?

Berensmann, Kathrin (2020)
The Current Column, 20. April 2020

Nearly half of all low-income countries are living with high debt levels. In the wake of the pandemic the debt situation will now get even worse.

Sustainability through public procurement: the way forward

Stoffel, Tim (2020)
External Publications

How to finance virus response in a sustainable way? Scale up synergies with the Green Deal

Monasterolo, Irene / Ulrich Volz (2020)
External Publications

How the EU and rising powers can shape their future sustainably

Grimm, Sven / Wulf Reiners / Benjamin Stewart (2020)
The Current Column, 06. April 2020

Given the catalytic function of the Covid-19 pandemic for digitalisation, the current crisis is an urgent call for a profound analysis of the impact of digitalisation on sustainability

The corona virus and its consequences for national, European and global sustainability and climate policy as well as international cooperation

Online, 03. April 2020

The coronavirus and the Covid-19 pandemic are currently determining our lives and thus also our work: not only in terms of organisation, but also in terms of content. While the current focus is of course on crisis management, some members and partners of SDSN Germany have already dealt with the consequences of the corona crisis for…

Parallels between the corona pandemic and climate change

Fuhrmann, Hanna / Sascha Kuhn (2020)
The Current Column, 01. April 2020

Measures are being taken all over the world to slow down the spread of the virus and minimise the economic damage. In this situation, behavioural change of individuals is indispensable.

Sustainable finance in Japan

Schumacher, Kim / Hugues Chenet / Ulrich Volz (2020)
External Publications

Socially responsible public procurement (SRPP) in multi-level regulatory frameworks: assessment report on policy space for SRPP regulation and implementation in Germany and Kenya

Stoffel, Tim (2020)
Discussion Paper 9/2020

What leeway is there for Socially Responsible Public Procurement (SRPP) in Germany and Kenya? In both countries public procurement is influenced by a multi-level regulatory framework. Analysing it generates insights and policy considerations on how to overcome the implementation gap for SRPP.

PRODIGEES – Digitalisation and Sustainability

, 31. March 2020

On March 30, 2020 members from the MGG network and beyond held the kick-off meeting for the new EU Horizon2020 project PRODIGEES “ Promoting Research on Digitalisation in Emerging Powers and Europe Towards Sustainable Development ”. Due to the Covid-19 situation, the meeting was not held in Berlin, as originally planned, but as a series…

Sustainability through public procurement: the way forward - reform proposals

Andhov, Marta / Roberto Caranta / Tim Stoffel et al. (2020)
External Publications

Coronavirus as an opportunity for international cooperation

Marschall, Paul / Wulf Reiners (2020)
The Current Column, 23. March 2020

The novel coronavirus is keeping the world in suspense. The measures taken by numerous states are having a massive impact.

Water plays a key role in the implementation of the Paris climate agreement

Scheumann, Waltina / Annabelle Houdret (2020)
The Current Column, 20. March 2020

Without sustainable water management, both food production and electricity generation, let alone drinking water supplies, are at risk.

The role of a multilateral framework on investment facilitation for development in facilitating sustainable fdi

Webinar, 19. March 2020

Please register here if you are interested in attending this webinar. This webinar is part of a webinar series. Upcoming topics and dates will be published soon. Negotiations on a multilateral framework on investment facilitation for development are beginning in the World Trade Organization (WTO) on 12 March 2020 among 100 WTO members.…

Global Transformation towards Sustainability

Bonn, 18. March 2020

The German Development Institute / Deutsches Institut für Entwicklungspolitik (DIE) and the University of Bonn are partners in the Bonn Alliance for Sustainability Research . In a joint Spring School we invite African Germany-Alumni from any field of study and Alumni of the Managing Global Governance (MGG) Academy of the DIE to come to…

العقد الاجتماعي: أداة تحلیلیة للبلدان في الشرق الأوسط وشمال أفريقیا وأبعد (Arabic version of: The social contract: an analytical tool for countries in the Middle East and North Africa (MENA) and beyond)

Loewe, Markus / Bernhard Trautner / Tina Zintl // ماركوس لوفة / برنھارد تراوتنر/ تینا زينتلِ (2020)
Briefing Paper 6/2020

The social contract is a key term in social science literature focusing on state-society relations but has rarely been well. Our briefing paper suggests a concept where social contracts are sets of agreements between societal groups and the government on rights and obligations towards each other.

How Africa and Europe can work towards a different type of relationship

Hackenesch, Christine / Niels Keijzer / Julia Leininger (2020)
The Current Column, 02. March 2020

European Commission President Ursula von der Leyen will soon complete her first 100 days in office. One of her priorities for this period concerned the preparations for a comprehensive strategy with Africa, which will be released soon.

Walking the talk: leveraging the Green Deal to boost climate ambition through EU external action

Bauer, Steffen / Gabriela Iacobuta (2020)
External Publications

The implications of the UN’s ruling on 'climate refugees'

Aleksandrova, Mariya / Benjamin Schraven / Diogo Serraglio (2020)
The Current Column, 24. February 2020

Although it is not legally binding, the UN Human Rights Committee ruling is the first to address someone’s attempt to be granted refugee status due to the impacts of climate change.