Fues, Thomas / Dirk Messner (2016) Briefing Paper 9/2016
Eight years after its formation, the Group of 20 (G20) has consolidated its status as the power centre of global economic governance. In light of pressing challenges G20 leaders need to act as guardians of global well-being by supporting implementation of the 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development.
Bonn, 17. May 2016
The workshop kicked off with an introduction to the idea of Loss and Damage in the context of the UNFCCC and set the stage to discuss how the issue of Loss and Damage has been evolving since COP-19 in Warsaw via COP-21 in Paris towards COP-22 in Marrakesh and beyond. Dedicated workshop sessions notably included a review of pertinent…
Brandi, Clara / Steffen Bauer / Klaus Jacob (2016) The Current Column, 18. May 2016
The Bonn Climate Change Conference 2016 provides a first litmus test for the value of the Paris deal – will it prove as 'historic' as it has been heralded in the wake of the Paris conference or will it turn into another paper tiger of international law?
Bonn, 19. May 2016
J. Timmons Roberts, currently a guest researcher at the German Development Institute / Deutsches Institut für Entwicklungspolitik (DIE), and co-author Guy Edwards, summarized and updated their new book A Fragmented Continent: Latin America and the global politics of climate change (MIT Press, 2015). They argued that Latin American…
Messner, Dirk (2016) External Publications
Kreibaum, Merle (2016) The Current Column, 20. May 2016
Cash transfers offer potential for increasing self-determination and efficiency in emergency and transitional aid provision
Berlin, 23. May 2016
On 12 December 2015, the UN climate change conference in Paris adopted a new and universal global climate agreement that marks a watershed in international climate politics. Yet, how are we going to achieve its stated long-term goal of limiting global warming to “well below 2 °C above pre-industrial levels and to pursue efforts to limit…
Bonn, 25. May 2016
We are moving towards a more fragmented, domestically driven climate policy architecture under the Paris Agreement, in which some actors have pledged to significantly increase their climate ambition. Has now the time arrived for a more informed debate about border carbon adjustments? This invitation-only event offered a timely opportunity…
Kloke-Lesch, Adolf (2016) The Current Column, 25. May 2016
In September 2015, the EU heads of state and government joined their colleagues from around the world to adopt the transformational project of the 2030 Agenda. The focus is now on putting it into practice.
Bee, Skylar / Aaron Atteridge / Pieter Pauw / Pieter Terpstra / Paul Watkiss (2016) External Publications
2015 Jump to: 2015 Dezember 2015 November 2015 Oktober 2015 September 2015 August 2015 Juli 2015 Juni 2015 Mai 2015 April 2015 März 2015 Februar 2015 Januar 2015 2015 Jan. Feb. Mär. Apr. Mai Juni Juli Aug. Sept . Okt . Nov . Dez . Dezember 2015 Dirk Messner zur WTO-Konferenz in Nairobi Im Interview erläutert DIE-Direktor Dirk Messner warum es wichtig ist, dass den Entwicklungsländern der Zugang zu den Märkten der Industrie- und Schwellenländern ermöglicht wird und…
Lindenberg, Nannette (2016) The Current Column, 06. June 2016
Governments need to send the strong signal that economic models have irrevocably changed after Paris to prevent the transformation towards sustainability from losing momentum.
Bonn, 15. June 2016
The climate conference in Paris has been hailed as a milestone in international climate cooperation. For the first time, poorer and richer countries alike have drafted plans which are the basis of a comprehensive international agreement for global decarbonization. Now, however, follows the much less glorious phase of implementation – that…
Brussels, 15. June 2016
The Paris Agreement, adopted in December 2015, is a major breakthrough in our joint fight against climate change. In terms of the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs), it will be the main instrument to reach SDG 13: 'Take urgent action to combat climate change and its impacts.' Approaches such as the Deep Decarbonization Pathways Project…
Hackenesch, Christine / Thomas Henökl / Niels Keijzer (2016) The Current Column, 27. June 2016
The British have decided to leave the EU, with a narrow majority of 52 percent. What does the impending Brexit mean for European foreign and development policy?
Lindenberg, Nannette (2016) External Publications
Kiel Institute and DIE support G20 Kiel Institute and DIE support G20 Press Release, 29 July 2016 Kiel, Bonn, 29 July 2016. The Federal Government has jointly entrusted the Kiel Institute for the World Economy (IfW) and the German Development Institute / Deutsches Institut für Entwicklungspolitik (DIE) in Bonn, with the support of Germany's G20 presidency next year. The two institutes are tasked with chairing and organising the so-called T20 process, during which…
Jambi, 08. August 2016
Research has shown that forest conservation can create benefits for local communities. But forest conservation is not always leading to “win-win” outcomes. In the context of REDD+ and the oil palm boom the basic agrarian questions of who owns what and who gains what are (re-)gaining importance. Against this backdrop this workshops sought…
Dick, Eva / Maria-Theres Haase (2016) The Current Column, 17. October 2016
At the third UN Conference on Housing and Sustainable Urban Development (Habitat III) in Quito, Ecuador, central decisions will be made on the urban and global development of the next decades.
Bauer, Steffen / Clara Brandi (2016) External Publications
