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48th Postgraduate Course starts

48th Postgraduate Course starts 48th Postgraduate Course of the German Development Institute starts on 3 September 2012 Press Release of 1 September 2012 Since 1965 the German Development Institute / Deutsches Institut für Entwicklungspolitik (DIE) trains German young professionals in its Postgraduate Training Programme for Development Cooperation . Alumni of the Training Programme are, among others, Achim Steiner, Executive Director of the United Nations Environment…

International team of researchers analyse International Summits

International team of researchers analyse International Summits International team of researchers analyse International Summits Press Release of 6 June 2009 The Centre for International Governance Innovation (CIGI) and the Brookings Institution have launched an innovative project entitled National Perspectives on Global Leadership . One significant output of this project is Soundings, a series of commentaries on public perceptions of national leaders’ performances at…

Potentials of Renewable Energies for Sustainable Development

Bonn, 15. November 2017

Increasing the share of renewable resources is one of the main strategies towards sustainable development. Yet, to ensure a successful energy transition towards sustainable development, energy planning ought to include and engage the various stakeholders. People-centric and participatory approaches can be key to advancing sustainable…

Institutionalizing Energy Innovations Towards Low-carbon Transformations? – Lessons from the Global South

Bonn, 25. June 2025

Background & Objectives States and non-state actors have pledged countless commitments to tackle climate change. They initiated projects, programs, and innovative approaches to demonstrate what is feasible and necessary to mitigate climate change. Yet, many of these projects struggle to survive and often remain locked-in their niches…

Green Growth, Degrowth or Postgrowth?

Bonn, 11. June 2019

Since the first industrial revolution, economic growth has enabled unprecedented increases in living standards for ever larger global populations. Yet, the current pattern of growth is environmentally unsustainable. Some of the world’s most biodiverse ecosystems are about to collapse irreversibly with catastrophic effects on biodiversity,…

It’s about water!

Online, 07. October 2021

Climate change impacts cities in manifold ways and often affects water resources: floods and other natural hazards damage urban infrastructure, drinking water quality can deteriorate, and pressure on surrounding water-based ecosystems can increase. The Bonn Water Network (BWN) invites you to its session at the Daring Cities Conference…

2030 Agenda Sustainable Development

Special "2030 agenda": DIE is participating in important discussions drawing from its wide-ranging expertise in development and environmental policy.

Marcelo Inacio da Cunha

Marcelo Inacio da Cunha is a Senior Researcher in the research programme "Environmental Governance and Transformation to Sustainability" at the German Institute of Development and Sustainability (IDOS).

Sustainable Development Solutions Network (SDSN)

Special “SDSN”: The Sustainable Development Solutions Network (SDSN) pools expertise from science, civil society and the business community to tackle global challenges with innovative and applicable solutions for sustainable development. IDOS shares in the working group on Low-Carbon Energy and Sustainable Industry in particular, which sketches strategies for a low-carbon economy and its political feasibility.

Implementing Integrated Water Resource Management

Bonn, 18. August 2015

International Conference Sustainable Development Goals: A Water Perspective - Indicators, Interlinkages and Implementation (17 - 18 August 2015) Panel: Implementing Integrated Water Resource Management In contrast to Millennium Development Goal (MDG) 7 which focused on improved water supply and sanitation, the proposed Sustainable…

Fostering inter-group cohesion

Online, 02. April 2024

We invited you to join us for an exciting, evidence-based discussion on inter-group cohesion, highlighting findings from evaluations of different strategies to promote trust or change perceptions, attitudes, and behaviors towards others in diverse societies. Salma Mousa offered a review of the evidence on the effectiveness of three…

A theory of change approach to enhance the post-2030 sustainable development agenda

Allen, Cameron et al. (2025)
External Publications

Natural resources: a new scramble for Africa?

Bonn, 10. September 2015

The extraction of natural resources leads to high growth rates in many African countries. At the same time many people in the region have to cope with the negative effects of resource extraction, among them rising corruption, violent conflicts and environmental damage. Which external powers engage in the resource-rich countries in Africa…

On the dilemma of flying for sustainability

Schwachula, Anna / Okka Lou Mathis / Daniele Malerba / Ramona Hägele (2019)
The Current Column, 27. September 2019

Mass mobilization of civil society is increasing global pressure to adopt more ambitious climate policies. A blessing for some people. But with the new consciousness, another debate comes into focus.

The commendation of experimental designs are well-deserved yet there is still a lot to do

Kuhnt, Jana / Julia Leininger / Armin von Schiller (2019)
The Current Column, 09. December 2019

Yesterday, Abhijit Banerjee, Esther Duflo and Michael Kremer held their Prize Lecture in Stockholm after being awarded the Nobel Prize in Economic Sciences. However, the nomination has stimulated a heated debate in the broader public and development community.

MGG Conference in New Delhi

New Delhi, 15. September 2018

Fulfilling its goal of contributing to transformative change at the global and domestic level, the ‘Managing Global Governance’ (MGG) programme of the German Development Institute / Deutsches Institut für Entwicklungspolitik (DIE) invited partners from six emerging countries (Brazil, China, India, Indonesia, Mexico and South Africa) as…

Relaunch of the Research Network External Democracy Promotion with Leibniz Funding

Relaunch of the Research Network External Democracy Promotion with Leibniz Funding Forschungsnetzwerk „Externe Demokratisierungspolitik“ künftig mit Förderung durch die Leibniz-Gemeinschaft Press Release of 9 May 2015 The Research Network has entered a new thematic and organisational phase under funding from the Leibniz Competition for the time period of 2015-2018. A kick-off meeting with all network members on May 7-8, 2015, at the Peace Research Institute Frankfurt…

Concrete measures to facilitate sustainable FDI and CSR

Online, 12. May 2020

The workshop made an input into the negotiations of a framework on investment facilitation for development at the WTO. The workshop was open to all WTO delegates and government representatives from capitals. Another workshop on the development dimension of a multilateral framework on investment facilitation for development, scheduled for…

Digital African-German Leadership Academy “Sustainable Development – Transdisciplinary peer learning between Africa and Europe”

Online, 26. April 2021

Between 26 April and 7 May 2021, the German Development Institute / Deutsches Institut für Entwicklungspolitik (DIE) offers a two weeks innovative digital training and dialogue programme for up to 25 young professionals from Côte d’Ivoire, Ethiopia, Ghana, Morocco, Senegal, Togo and Tunisia, who work in the area of sustainable development…

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