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The proof of the haggis: making sense of the Glasgow climate change conference

Bauer, Steffen (2021)
External Publications

For the UN climate change conference to take place and to resume its work after the COVID19-imposed hiatus of 2020 was good news in itself. This blog post seeks to assess what "COP26" has actually delivered and, crucially, what remains to be done as the multilateral climate process moves on.

Trade experts urge globally balanced trade rules, foreign investment into development as G20 summit starts

Right before the start of the G20 summit in Hamburg on Friday, high-level policymakers and trade experts came together to emphasise the need for both globally balanced trade rules and foreign investment into development.

Are there universal values?

Lätt, Jeanne (2010)
The Current Column, 08. November 2010

EU engagement in fragile and conflict-affected countries: comprehensive policy, fragmented operations

Furness, Mark (2016)
External Publications

Knowing the ocean: epistemic inequalities in patterns of science collaboration

Hornidge, Anna-Katharina / Stefan Partelow / Kerstin Knopf (2023)
External Publications

Training for Transformation

Hamburg, 02. June 2025

The MGG Training and Learning Side Event to the Hamburg Sustainability Conference focused on multi-stakeholder processes. The Hamburg Sustainability Conference challenged barriers to SDG implementation with a systemic approach. It was driven by the vision that reaching the SDGs requires interdisciplinary and trustful collaboration among…

The Water-Energy-Food Security Nexus

Köln, 24. October 2011

Due to the occasion of the Bonn2011 Nexus Conference the lecture series “The Water-Energy-Food Security Nexus“ takes place in Cologne. The lecture series is organised by the Institute for Technology and Resources Management in the Tropics and Subtropics (ITT) of the Cologne University of Applied Sciences , the German Development Institute…

Further Theme Specials

Further Theme Specials Jump to: UN80 Initiative Trump's comeback in the White House Hamburg Sustainability Conference (HSC) Russia's war against Ukraine Investment Facilitation for Development Development Finance at a turning point Tomorrow's Development System Gender equity and development: Embracing an intersectional lens Setting the course for a new German development policy Strengthening global health Building knowledge on water governance Ocean and Polar regions…

Incorporating equity in the Sustainable Development Goals

Bonn, 19. August 2013

The Sustainable Development Goals are now in the process of being formulated. These goals will help focus global attention on the subjects identified, and their emphasis, for the next decade and a half at least. This talk focused on the issue of equity - why is it important and how the formulation of the SDGs can better reflect the…

What does it mean to “address displacement” under the UNFCCC? An analysis of the negotiations process and the role of research

Serdeczny, Olivia (2017)
Discussion Paper 12/2017

This discussion paper investigates how climate-related human mobility was included under the UNFCCC in two categories: adaptation and loss and damage. It reviews the role of research and analyses the loss and damage negotiations that led to the specific mandate of "addressing displacement".

Non-economic losses from climate change: opportunities for policy-oriented research

Serdeczny, Olivia / Steffen Bauer / Saleemul Huq (2017)
External Publications

IDOS at 60

Bonn, 04. July 2024

Founded in 1964, the German Institute of Development and Sustainability (IDOS, formerly the German Development Institute / Deutsches Institut für Entwicklungspolitik (DIE)) looks back at six decades of intensive research, policy advice, training and joint learning, with the constant aim of finding innovative and application-oriented…

Post 2015: the need for an enabling global economic governance framework

Berensmann, Kathrin / Axel Berger / Clara Brandi (2015)
Briefing Paper 15/2015

Whilst the 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development does more to address global economic governance issues than the Millennium Development Goals (MDGs), the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) fail to address key global economic challenges in the areas of trade and international finance.

Application Deadline expired: Call for bids: Expert on “Civil Society and Civic Spaces in Uzbekistan”.

The German Institute of Development and Sustainability (IDOS) in Bonn plans to contract an Expert on “Civil Society and Civic Spaces in Uzbekistan”.

Application Deadline expired: Call for bids: Expert on “Civil Society and Civic Spaces in Cambodia”

The German Institute of Development and Sustainability (IDOS) in Bonn plans to contract an Expert on “Civil Society and Civic Spaces in Cambodia”.

Trump's comeback in the White House

What changes and upheavals is President Donald Trump making for international cooperation? Possible scenarios, initial assessments and effects on trade, security and multilateral organizations.

Promoting civil society engagement in Afghanistan

Schetter, Conrad / Bernhard Trautner (2021)
The Current Column, 13. September 2021

In addition to addressing the extent and cause of the debacle in Afghanistan, the new German Government must urgently consider how to set a new course to prevent further destabilisation of the country.

Enabling factors for cooperation in the climate negotiations: a comparative analysis of Copenhagen 2009 and Paris 2015

Högl, Maximilian (2018)
Discussion Paper 14/2018

Humans are able to solve common pool resource problems according to interdisciplinary research. But does this apply to international relations also? This paper paper examines this question by comparing two major climate summits, thereby providing insights into how the Paris Agreement was negotiated.

The proposed single instrument: can it be all things to all people?

Keijzer, Niels / Clare Castillejo / Mariella Di Ciommo (2018)
External Publications

Appeal to G8

Appeal to G8 Appeal to G8: We need an “International Panel on Systemic Risks in the Global Economy” Press Release, 8 July 2009 Today, an international team of researchers under the leadership of Dirk Messner , Director of the German Development Institute / Deutsches Institut für Entwicklungspolitik (DIE), published an appeal to the world leaders participating in the G8 summit in L'Aquila in the German newspaper Frankfurter Rundschau : we need an “International Panel…