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The European Report on Development 2011/2012

Berlin, 14. June 2012

The third European Report on Development (ERD) – drawn up by three European think tanks, the Overseas Development Institute ( ODI ), the European Centre for Development Policy Management ( ECDPM ) and the German Development Institute / Deutsches Institut für Entwicklungspolitik (DIE) – focuses on the use of scarce resources for inclusive…

Governing international science, technology, and innovation co-operation for sustainable development

Rio de Janeiro, 15. June 2012

Since 2008, an international expert group has been working under the guidance of the OECD Committee for Scientific and Technological Policy on the question of how international co-operation in science, technology and innovation (STI) can be better organized to achieve faster and more effective knowledge-based responses to the challenges…

Sustainable Development: Do we need a green industrial policy?

Rio de Janeiro, 17. June 2012

Industrial policy has made a forceful comeback. The global economic and financial crisis demanded swift action by governments to support and restructure productive activities, and industry in particular, in order to protect employment. At the same time global challenges such as climate change cannot be addressed without decisive policy…

Sustainable legacy: Elinor Ostrom shaped sustainability research

Bauer, Steffen / Ines Dombrowsky (2012)
The Current Column, 18. June 2012

Sustainable Development Goals: From ‘silo thinking’ towards an integrated approach

Rio de Janeiro, 19. June 2012

Insights from the European Development Report The Rio+20 Conference is leading a new agenda around Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs), combining economic, social and environmental targets. Poor countries and the poorest people within them need growth and access to natural resources for human development - which will require…

Promoting renewable electricity generation in emerging economies

Becker, Bastian / Doris Fischer (2012)
Discussion Paper 9/2012

Rio+20 and the future of the UN sustainability architecture: what can we expect?

Bauer, Steffen / Silke Weinlich (2012)
Briefing Paper 6/2012

Intercultural dialogue on the challenges of global governance

Bonn, 25. June 2012

From 25 until 27 June 2012, the fifth Deutsche Welle Global Media Forum - Culture, Education, Media. Shaping a Sustainable World took place in Bonn with more than 1,500 participants from 95 countries. The German Development Institute / Deutsches Institut für Entwicklungspolitik (DIE) and Deutsche Gesellschaft für Internationale…

The G20 summit in Mexico: nothing but declarations of intent?

Wolff, Peter (2012)
The Current Column, 25. June 2012

Cooperation for a Green Transformation

Duisburg, 28. June 2012

We are increasingly exceeding our planet’s limits, with results such as advancing climate change and the destruction of biological diversity which jeopardises our natural life support systems. A major transformation towards sustainable societies is both necessary and feasible. It entails a considerable societal reorganization and…

Rio+20 and sustainable development: what role does the private sector play?

Berlin, 02. July 2012

Recently sustainability has become an ever more important part of global business. Since the 1992 Earth Summit in Rio de Janeiro, the publication of sustainability reports, environmental certification, and sustainable products and services have become commonplace in the private sector. The focus on sustainability has given rise to…

Rio+20 will soon be forgotten: but not the paradigm of sustainability

Messner, Dirk (2012)
The Current Column, 04. July 2012

The global economy is to become greener and fairer with a green economy. Yet the approach is controversial, not least because many developing countries are afraid that an ecological transformation of the economy will mask protectionist restrictions of international trade.

Power from the desert: what progress have Desertec and the Mediterranean Solar Plan made?

Ruchser, Matthias (2012)
The Current Column, 09. July 2012

The Inter-American Institute for global change research

Christmann, Lidija (2012)
External Publications

Split into North and South: a Sahel war in the offing

Leininger, Julia (2012)
The Current Column, 16. July 2012

Does the “resource curse” no longer exist?

von Haldenwang, Christian (2012)
The Current Column, 23. July 2012

Winners and losers from the crisis

Bonn, 26. July 2012

On financial prudence and the re-configuration of generosity The first Managing Global Governance (MGG) Public Lecture this year featured Andrew F. Cooper , Professor of Political Science at the University of Waterloo, Canada, and Distinguished Fellow at the Waterloo-based Centre for International Governance Innovation. A leading…

Shifting wealth: Rising powers and the new world order

Bonn, 30. July 2012

The second Managing Global Governance (MGG) Public Lecture this year featured Helmut Reisen , Head of Research at the OECD Development Centre in Paris and Professor of International Economics at the University of Basel. An award-winning writer and columnist, he has published extensively on the rise of new powers, global imbalances,…

Sustainable energy for all in India: reaching the poorest of the energy poor?

Bhasin, Shikha / Oliver Johnson (2012)
The Current Column, 30. July 2012

The global economy is to become greener and fairer with a green economy. Yet the approach is controversial, not least because many developing countries are afraid that an ecological transformation of the economy will mask protectionist restrictions of international trade.

China’s emerging role in global governance

Bonn, 06. August 2012

This year's third and last Managing Global Governance (MGG) Public Lecture was held by YE Jiang , Director of the Institute for Global Governance Studies and the Centre for European Studies at the Shanghai Institutes for International Studies (SIIS). He is a widely published expert on globalization, China’s role in global governance and…