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Access to environmental information: a driver of accountable governance in Morocco and Tunisia?

Houdret, Annabelle / Irene Pasqua / Saâd Filali Meknassi (2018)
Briefing Paper 10/2018

In North Africa, environmental problems increasingly lead to political protest. Governments and development partners should support access to environmental information and thereby accountable governance to avoid further discontent and destabilization.

Taxing carbon in developing countries

Pegels, Anna (2018)
Two Pager 1/2018

Carbon taxes are a straightforward way to align economic incentives with ecological boundaries. While development concerns often hinder their implementation, studies show that they can reduce poverty and foster competitiveness. The choice of taxed goods and revenue use are key to creating synergies.

Dirk Messner appointed head of the United Nations University in Bonn

On 1 October 2018 Dirk Messner, currently Director of the German Development Institute / Deutsches Institut für Entwicklungspolitik (DIE), will assume leadership of the United Nations University - Institute for Environment and Human Security (UNU-EHS) in Bonn.

Celebrating the first World Bee Day

Matias, Denise Margaret / Carmen Richerzhagen (2018)
The Current Column, 22. May 2018

The UN celebrated the first ever World Bee Day, an invitation to take concrete action in protecting bees and, in the process, protect the future of our food.

Creating wealth without labour? Emerging contours of a new techno-economic landscape

Lütkenhorst, Wilfried (2018)
Discussion Paper 11/2018

The paper addresses key technological trends in the digitalization of industrial production and their impact on employment, equality, productivity, global value chains and resource efficiency. It also reviews the implications for industrial policy and the measures taken in several countries.

Industry 4.0

Bonn, 28. May 2018

The policy research workshop explored the economic and social implications of emerging trends in new digital production technologies, their impact on national economies and the global economic systems and the role of industrial policy in steering the digital revolution in a socially desirable direction, preventing damaging consequences…

Strengthening integrated approach for promoting the SDGs: what role for the high-level political forum?

Janetschek, Hannah / Imme Scholz / Niels Keijzer (2018)
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Moving the G20’s investment agenda forward

Berger, Axel / Karl P. Sauvant / Silvia Karina Fiezzoni / Rodrigo Polanco / Matthew Stephenson / Akihiko Tamura / Pavel Trunin (2018)
External Publications

Motives, roles, effectiveness, and the future of the EU as an international mediator

Niemann, Arne / Toni Haastrup / Julian Bergmann (2018)
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Mitigating the adjustment costs of international trade

Akman, Sait / Clara Brandi / Uri Dadush / Peter Draper / Andreas Freytag / Miriam Kautz / Peter Rashish / Johannes Schwarzer / Rob Vos (2018)
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„A Digital Agenda for Sustainable Development – Perspectives from South Africa”

Pretoria, 27. June 2018

Addressing global challenges by joint knowledge production are at the core of the dialogue, research and training programme Managing Global Governance (MGG) that is implemented by the German Development Institute / Deutsches Institut für Entwicklungspolitik (DIE) with partners from emerging economies. The Sustainable Development Goals…

Art, culture and the 2030 Agenda

Sturm, Janina / Ronja Fitz (2018)
The Current Column, 02. July 2018

What role can art and culture play in the transformation to sustainable development? Creating a livelihood for all and maintaining this sustainably is the key concern of the 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development.

Future of Euro-Mediterranean Trade Cooperation

Berlin, 03. July 2018

Trade cooperation has long been a key mechanism for Europe to support prosperity and good governance in countries to the south of the Mediterranean. The key objective of the Euro-Mediterranean trade partnership is the creation of a deep Free Trade Area, which aims at removing barriers to trade and investment between the EU and Southern…

Six transformations to create the world we want

The World in 2050 (TWI2050) initiative has launched a new report, setting out six key transformations that will enable the world to meet the United Nations Sustainable Development Goals.

Transformative Pathways to Implement the 2030 Agenda

New York, 17. July 2018

The World in 2050 (TWI2050) is global multi-year, multi-stakeholder, interdisciplinary research initiative designed to provide a science-based, integrative approach to address all 17 SDGs building on the synergies and multiple benefits while alleviating trade-offs across competing SDGs. TWI2050 is a partnership between some 20 science and…

Transformations to achieve the sustainable development goals; Report prepared by The World in 2050 Initiative

Kriegler, Elmar / Dirk Messner / Nebojsa Nakicenovic / Keywan Riahi / Johan Rockström / Jeffrey Sachs / Sander van der Leeuw / Detlef van Vuuren (eds.) (2018)
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Sustainable development pathways

van Vuuren, Detlef / Elmar Kriegler / Keywan Riahi / Caroline Zimm / Felix Creutzig / Anne Goujon / Arnulf Grubler / Tomoko Hasegawa / David McCollum / Raya Muttarak / Simon Parkinson / Pauline Scheelbeek / Sam Sellers / Ana Paula Aguiar / Avit Bhowmik / (2018)
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Framing and introduction

Messner, Dirk / Nebojsa Nakicenovic / Johan Rockström / Sebastian Busch / Geoff Clarke / Owen Gaffney / Caroline Zimm (2018)
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Synthesis

Messner, Dirk / Jeff Sachs / Nebojsa Nakicenovic / Johan Rockström / Guido Schmidt-Traub / Sebastian Busch / Geoff Clarke / Owen Gaffney / Elmar Kriegler / Peter Kolp / Julia Leininger / Keywan Riahi / Sander van der Leeuw / Detlef van Vuuren / Caroline Z (2018)
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Maize seed systems in different agro-ecosystems; what works and what does not work for smallholder farmers

Hoogendoorn, J. Coosje / Genevieve Audet-Bélanger / Christian Böber et al. (2018)
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