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The G7 and Global development architecture: gradual shift or pivotal moment?

Sumner, Andy / Stephan Klingebiel (2025)
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In late 2025 the development cooperation architecture or system is being openly renegotiated rather than quietly adjusted. Will it be a gradual shift or will 2025 be seen in the future as a pivot moment or a tipping point?

Guidelines for sustainable hydrogen projects in developing countries

UNIDO / UNEP / UNECE / AfDB / the JET Green Hydrogen Portfolio (South Africa) / IDOS / MENA Hydrogen Alliance (2025)
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Henökl, Thomas

Henökl, Thomas Jump to: Vita Dr. Thomas Henökl Department Inter- and Transnational Cooperation Function Former Researcher Specialization Political Scientist Vita 1/2015-3/2017 German Development Institute / Deutsches Institut für Entwicklungspolitik (DIE) Senior Researcher Department "Bi- and Multilateral Development Cooperation" 10/2011-6/2015 University of Agder, Kristiansand - Norway Senior Research Associate Department of Political Science and Management…

COP30: The moment to make Just Transition work

Faus Onbargi, Alexia / Daniele Malerba (2025)
The Current Column, 10. November 2025

A genuine Just Transition cannot be confined to energy-sector decarbonisation or emissions cuts alone.

The G7 and Global development architecture: gradual shift or pivotal moment?

Sumner, Andy / Stephan Klingebiel (2025)
External Publications

In late 2025 the development cooperation architecture or system is being openly renegotiated rather than quietly adjusted. Will it be a gradual shift or will 2025 be seen in the future as a pivot moment or a tipping point?

Digital transformation in Africa: from gaps to goals

Crumpton, Ben / Melis Baydag / Niels Keijzer / Camilla Rocca / Benedikt Erforth (2025)
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Exploring 'Forever': Assessing the viability of the new Tropical Forest Forever Facility

Artioli, Marcel / Nathalia Dreyer / Jean Carlo Rodríguez-de-Francisco (2025)
The Current Column, 03. November 2025

An overly economic approach risks reducing forests to financial assets subject to market volatility, while leaving the underlying political economy of deforestation untouched.

Exploring 'Forever': Assessing the viability of the new Tropical Forest Forever Facility

Artioli, Marcel / Nathalia Dreyer / Jean Carlo Rodríguez-de-Francisco (2025)
The Current Column, 03. November 2025

An overly economic approach risks reducing forests to financial assets subject to market volatility, while leaving the underlying political economy of deforestation untouched.

Energy transition effects on food security amidst climate change and progress toward Sustainable Development Goals

Tamasiga, Phemelo / Valentine Munyaradzi Dzingai / Helen Onyeaka / Rose Daphnee Tchonkouang / Kehinde Favour Siyanbola / Ulakom Genesis / George T. Mudimu (2025)
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Ten years after Paris implementation is lagging far behind

Bauer, Steffen / Fariborz Zelli (2025)
The Current Column, 20. October 2025

In many ways the Paris Agreement is exemplary for an array of fundamental problems that plague global environmental diplomacy today.

In the name of justice: the case of riverine dwellers and the restoration of the Matanza Riachuelo River, Argentina

Ruete, Regina / Jean Carlo Rodríguez-de-Francisco (2025)
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International cooperation policy for sustainability transformations in disruptive times

Berger, Axel / Priyadarshi Dash / Paula von Haaren / Lena-Marie Putz / André de Mello e Souza (2025)
Policy Brief 22/2025

As global disruptions and power dynamics are reshaping aid and trade, how can low- and middle-income countries build resilience and new alliances? This policy brief explores how disruption can trigger new forms of cooperation.

Public debt and resilient futures in Latin America and the Caribbean

Volz, Ulrich / María Fernanda Espinosa / Alexander Dryden (2025)
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Rural women deserve more than celebration

Reich, Charlotte / Aiveen Donnelly / Katharina Molitor (2025)
The Current Column, 14. October 2025

Despite progress, our current data systems often fail to capture the diversity of women’s realities.

From Climate Negotiations to Resilient Health Systems

Berlin, 14. October 2025

This high-level event aimed to explore the critical role of international climate policies in building climate-resilient health systems on national and local level. Taking place at a strategically important time, immediately before the COP30 negotiations, the event examined how new policies can strengthen and protect the most vulnerable.…

Why do participatory approaches fail? Advancing sustainable urban development in the European Arctic

Wehrmann, Dorothea / Katarzyna Radzik-Maruszak / Jacqueline Götze / Michał Łuszczuk / Arne Riedel (2025)
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Clash of the ‘Asian giants’: the Sino-Indian battle for leadership of the Global South in the Modi-Xi era

Verma, Raj / Hangwei Li (2025)
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Montreal Protocol: lessons for future climate actions

Banerjee, Aparajita (2025)
The Current Column, 15. September 2025

The pertinent lessons from the success of the Montreal Protocol can inform future international climate agreements.

Global economic and earth system governance: a call for planetary justice

Brandi, Clara / Defne Gönenç / Prakash Kashwan / Frank Biermann / Aarti Gupta / Chukwumerije Okereke (2025)
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Katharina Bissinger

Katharina Bissinger is Economist and Reasearcher of the Research Programme "Transformation of Economic and Social Systems"