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From Lima to Paris, and beyond: options for ex ante assessment of intended nationally determined contributions under the UNFCCC

van Asselt, Harro / Håkon Sælen / Pieter Pauw (2014)
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The ambiguous partner: Mexico and the European Green Deal

Ruano, Lorena (2021)
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Questioning growthism: Why and how we should question growth

Malerba, Daniele (2025)
External Publications

Debates on the feasibility and necessity of continuous economic growth have increased, not least due to the urgent need for action to mitigate climate change and the current polycrises. Thinking about degrowth models to reduce material consumption and production in the richer countries must strongly involve lower-income countries to avoid a neo-colonial research agenda. It is also closely linked to the need for greater equity in global systems

Conflicts, crises, climate change: Germany’s global responsibility for a sustainable migration policy

Bauer, Steffen / Benjamin Schraven (2014)
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Climate Change as a Security Threat

Climate Change as a Security Threat To our Info-Mailings Please note During our online, hybrid and presence events photos and/or videos or screenshots may be taken which may be published in various media for the purposes of documentation and PR activities. By participating in the event, you agree to this. You have the right to inform us at any time that you do not want to be photographed or filmed.

With which H2 can a global hydrogen economy be constructed?

Stamm, Andreas / Rita Strohmaier / Ece Oyan (2023)
The Current Column, 16. October 2023

Germany should develop strategies at an early stage to pursue the goal of a green, not blue, hydrogen economy. Future hydrogen partnerships with third countries should prioritise electrolytically produced hydrogen throughout.

Outlook for the new legislature: Energy transition at sea

Ittner, Irit (2025)
The Current Column, 10. February 2025

Continuity is required in order to secure previous successes and to achieve sustainable development goals.

60 years of research, policy advice and training at IDOS

Hornidge, Anna-Katharina / Axel Berger (2024)
The Current Column, 11. March 2024

We look back at six decades of intensive research, policy advice, training and joint learning, with the constant aim of finding innovative and implementation-oriented solutions to current development challenges.

Water Security and Ecosystem-based Adaptation to Climate Change

Rodríguez de Francisco, Jean Carlo / Mirja Schoderer / Carmen Richerzhagen (2018)
The Current Column, 22. March 2018

The motto of this year’s World Water Day states “the answer is in nature”, referring to nature-based solutions to the “water challenges we face in the 21st century”. One of these challenges is climate change, the impacts of which threaten water se-curity worldwide.

Biodiversity is good for you!

Richerzhagen, Carmen / Jean Carlo Rodriguez (2019)
The Current Column, 20. May 2019

Species protection must become a cross-sectoral task of sustainable development

Cities for sustainable global development

Dick, Eva (2018)
The Current Column, 29. October 2018

The theme of this year’s World Cities Day on 31 October is “Building Sustainable and Resilient Cities”. The growing importance of cities is also reflected in the self-perception of the “urban community”.

Mind the (energy efficiency) gap!

Figueroa, Aurelia (2014)
The Current Column, 15. December 2014

Behavioural barriers to energy efficiency uptake have been demonstrated to impede uptake in OECD Member countries. New research points to the relevance of this topic in a global setting.

What is the potential for a climate, forest and community friendly REDD+ in Paris?

Hein, Jonas / Karen Meijer / Jean Carlo Rodríguez de Francisco (2015)
Briefing Paper 3/2015

How can we mitigate climate change, protect the shrinking tropical forest and support local communities? This paper assesses different prospects for REDD+ within a post-2015 Paris agreement and suggests a middle road based on regulatory measures and result-based finance.

Agriculture in the international climate negotiations: supporting sustainable development or just dubious emission reductions?

Kaplan, Marcus (2012)
Briefing Paper 16/2012

Inclusive green finance: a new agenda for central banks and financial supervisors

Volz, Ulrich / Peter Knaack (2023)
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Can drought insurance reduce Ethiopian pastoralists’ exposure to conflict?

Sakketa, Tekalign Gutu (2023)
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Local infrastructures and global crises in the remote Arctic: implications for the EU arctic policy

Götze, Jacqueline (2022)
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Mainstreaming Climate Change Adaptation into Development in the Gambia: A Window of Opportunity for Transformative Processes?

Lauer, Hannes / Irit Eguavoen (2016)
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From drumbeating to marching: assessing non-state and subnational climate action using data

Hsu, Angel / Sander Chan / Mark Roelfsema / Marco Schletz / Takeshi Kuramochi / Sybrig Smit / Andrew Deneault (2023)
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Look North: the Arctic Council as an example for the management of transboundary challenges?

Wehrmann, Dorothea (2019)
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