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If you like the world, save it!

Mathis, Okka Lou / Matthias Ruchser (2015)
The Current Column, 21. September 2015

21 September 2015. This year the focus is on heads of state and government to save the world. Following the G7 summit in Elmau and the United Nations (UN) conference on Development Financing in Addis Ababa, this coming weekend sees the passing of the 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development in New York, with December 2015 set to see the negotiation of a new climate agreement in Paris. And what about us?

The new EU Development Commissioner: from Cutting Ribbons to Influencing Global Development?

Koch, Svea / Niels Keijzer / Christine Hackenesch (2014)
The Current Column, 04. November 2014

This week, the new EU Development Commissioner takes office. Immediate crises response and three major global events ask for an ambitious and risk-taking Development Commissioner.

Why a new quantum must go hand in hand with higher quality

Aleksandrova, Mariya / Svea Koch (2024)
The Current Column, 27. May 2024

To consolidate trust and resolve conflicting positions, developed countries need to acknowledge the weaknesses and lessons from the implementation of the 100 billion target.

National climate change mitigation legislation, strategy and targets: a global update

Iacobuta, Gabriela / Navroz K. Dubash / Prabhat Upadhyaya / Mekdelawit Deribe / Niklas Höhne (2018)
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Risks of maladaptation: climate insurance in agriculture

Müller, Birgit / Leigh Johnson / David Kreuer (2017)
Briefing Paper 22/2017

Innovative insurance programmes are viewed as promising climate mitigation tools for developing countries. This briefing discusses their potential adverse effects on local agriculture and social-ecological systems and suggests principles for their design that aim to minimise risks of maladaptation.

From Climate Negotiations to Resilient Health Systems

Berlin, 14. October 2025

This high-level event aims 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 will examine how new policies can strengthen and protect the most…

Flood risk perceptions and future migration intentions of Lagos residents

Ekoh, Susan S. / LemirTeron / Idowu Ajibade / Silje Kristiansen (2022)
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Impacts and synergies of weather index insurance and microcredit in rural areas: a systematic review

Lu, Yu / Lu Yu / Wen-Jun Li / Maria Aleksandrova (2022)
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Policy mixes for sustainable development pathways: representation in integrated assessment models

Dombrowsky, Ines / Gabriela Ileana Iacobuţă / Vassilis Daioglou / Dorothee Keppler / Bjoern Soergel / Isabelle Weindl / Elmar Kriegler (2024)
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Intellectual property rights as a challenge to providing global public goods: the cases of public health, food security and climate stability

Brandi, Clara / Christine Ladenburger / Anna Pegels (2010)
Discussion Paper 17/2010

The Arctic Council as a success case for transnational cooperation in times of rapid global changes?

Wehrmann, Dorothea (2020)
External Publications

Undoing “America First” at the UN

Hendra, John / Silke Weinlich (2021)
The Current Column, 18. January 2021

Biden has announced that “America is back”. To repair some of the damage at the UN, Biden already pledged to re-join the Paris climate change agreement and preserve American membership in, and financing to, the World Health Organisation (WHO)

Gender-transformative adaptation for food security, rural livelihoods, and agriculture: the case study of Mal Pahariya women in Eastern coalfield regions of India

Banarjee, Aparajita (2025)
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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.

Beyond national climate action: the impact of region, city, and business commitments on global greenhouse gas emissions

Kuramochi, Takeshi / Mark Roelfsema / Angel Hsu / Swithin Lui / Amy Weinfurter / Sander Chan / Thomas Hale / Andrew Clapper / Andres Chang / Niklas Höhne (2020)
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MGG Network – Brazil National Network Meeting 2024

Brasília, Brazil, 07. November 2024

With its G20 Presidency in 2024, its upcoming BRICS Presidency and the hosting of the UNFCCC COP30 in 2025, Brazil is taking the leading role in key multilateral processes. These chairmanships present exceptional opportunities to foster international cooperation on issues that challenge countries and societies around the globe. Among…

State of the science of “political futures”

Bonn, Germany, 24. October 2022

Rationale : Enhancing the use of social science expertise is fundamental to the development of scenarios of climate and societal futures that are responsive to a wider range of challenges towards strong climate action and sustainability. In particular, there is an agreement that socio-political factors must inform scenarios and be…

Which multilateralism is in crisis?

Klingebiel, Stephan / Silke Weinlich (2023)
Mitarbeiter sonstige

The first European Humanitarian Forum: talk shop or game changer?

Friesen, Ina / Pauline Veron (2022)
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Beyond adaptation? The changing nature of seasonal migration in Northern Ghana in the context of climate change, agricultural decline and food insecurity

Schraven, Benjamin / Christina Rademacher-Schulz (2015)
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