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IWRM implementation in East European and Central Asian post-socialist transition countries

Bonn, 10. January 2013

Many East European and Central Asian post-socialist transition countries have embarked on the design and implementation of structures and processes for an Integrated Water Resources Management (IWRM). International partners such as international organisations (World Bank, European Bank for Reconstruction and Development etc.), NGOs and…

Germany needs an Energy Transformation foreign policy

Messner, Dirk / Jennifer Morgan (2013)
The Current Column, 07. January 2013

”World in Transition: A Social Contract for a Great Transformation”

”World in Transition: A Social Contract for a Great Transformation” Presentation of WBGU-flagship report ”World in Transition: A Social Contract for a Great Transformation” Low-Carbon Economy and Sustainable Development Press Release of 7 April 2011 The German Advisory Council on Global Change (WBGU) will present its latest flagship report, “ World in Transition: A Social Contract for a Great Transformation ”, to Annette Schavan, Federal Minister of Education and…

Third European Report on Development (ERD)

Third European Report on Development (ERD) Third European Report on Development (ERD) on its way Press Release of 18 April 2011 Effective natural resources management for sustainable and inclusive growth – the development dimension By 2030 demand for food, water and energy is expected to rise by 30-40%. Population growth, together with a growing middle class in emerging and developing nations, will put worldwide food production and security under extreme pressure. In…

Now is the time. Rio+20 must succeed

Now is the time. Rio+20 must succeed International experts call upon their governments: Now is the time. Rio+20 must succeed Press Release of 4 July 2011 One year before Rio+20, the United Nations Conference on Sustainable Development (UNCSD), 13 high-ranking international experts from seven countries call upon their governments in a joint statement to prepare concrete summit results. World leaders should rise to the occasion and agree upon an ambitious green economy…

Recommendations for the Petersberg Climate Dialogue

Recommendations for the Petersberg Climate Dialogue Recommendations for the Petersberg Climate Dialogue – Climate Policy Post-Copenhagen: Action at three levels offers prospect of success Press Release of 29 April 2010 The German Advisory Council on Global Change ( Wissenschaftliche Beirat der Bundesregierung Globale Umweltveränderungen - WBGU) today submitted the Policy Paper " Climate Policy Post-Copenhagen: A Three-Level Strategy for Success " to the German…

European Consultation of “Human Development Report”

European Consultation of “Human Development Report” European Consultation of “Human Development Report” at German Development Institute / Deutsches Institut für Entwicklungspolitik (DIE) Press Release of 23 November 2011 On 24 November 2011, the German Development Institute / Deutsches Institut für Entwicklungspolitik (DIE) will host the European Consultation about the 2012 and 2013 Human Development Reports . The international workshop is organised by the Human…

Griefs for Jörg Meyer-Stamer

Griefs for Jörg Meyer-Stamer In Memoriam: the German Development Institute / Deutsches Institut für Entwicklungspolitik (DIE) griefs for Jörg Meyer-Stamer On the eve of 1 May 2009 Jörg Meyer-Stamer, having reached the age of only 50, unexpectedly died of a grave illness. Jörg Meyer-Stamer worked at the German Development Institute / Deutsches Institut für Entwicklungspolitik (DIE) from 1988 to 1998. The institute’s staff members mourn the passing of a colleague whose…

Options for improving the communication of seasonal rainfall forecasts to smallholder farmers: the case of Kenya

Shah, Parita / Chinwe Ifejika Speranza / Romanus Opiyo / Joshua Ngaina (2012)
Briefing Paper 17/2012

Gefährlicher Klimawandel als Zivilisationskrise

Gefährlicher Klimawandel als Zivilisationskrise Gefährlicher Klimawandel als Zivilisationskrise In einem Beitrag für das Magazin für Entwicklungspolitik der Bundesregierung beschreibt DIE-Direktor Dirk Messner Szenarien, die ein ungebremster Klimawandel mit sich bringen würde: Bonn, 02.12.2009 . Spätestens mit dem IPCC–Bericht des UN-Umweltbeirats (Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change) von 2007 wird es deutlich: Ein gefährlicher Klimawandel, jenseits einer…

Every day is Copenhagen

Every day is Copenhagen Every day is Copenhagen Press Release of 4 December 2009 A breakthrough in international climate policy is still possible, argue Claus Leggewie, Director of the Kulturwissenschaftliches Institut Essen (KWI) and Dirk Messner , Director of the German Development Institute / Deutsches Institut für Entwicklungspolitik (DIE) at euozine.com . Hopes for an internationally binding climate agreement were rudely dampened at the most recent meeting of…

Workshop "EU-Africa-China: Building Partnership"

Workshop "EU-Africa-China: Building Partnership" Auftaktveranstaltung zum Workshop "EU-Africa-China: Building Partnership" Pressemitteilung vom 26.09.2008 China bedroht europäische Interessen in Afrika, weil es korrupte Potentaten stützt? China ist Afrikas bester Partner, weil es als Entwicklungsland die Bedürfnisse vor Ort am ehesten versteht? China unterscheidet sich nicht von anderen Gebern, nur ist die Rhetorik um die Kooperation schöner? Sicher ist: China ist…

Peace in the world: what can the EU really achieve?

Leininger, Julia / Solveig Richter (2012)
The Current Column, 10. December 2012

Emerging African Middle Classes

Bonn, 10. December 2012

Due to the winter weather, the Panel Discussion has been CANCELLED For more than a decade, the perception of Africa as a continent of expanding economic opportunities has spread among international observers. Improvements in macroeconomic management and governance, investments in human capital, improving terms of trade and increased…

Dirty, not sexy: soils are in need of attention

Bauer, Steffen (2012)

Grabbing water? Large-scale investments in agriculture and perspectives for regulation

Bonn, 21. November 2012

Large-scale investments in agriculture have provoked heated debates in the past years - but effects on water resources are often neglected in this context. This Water Lecture sought to answer the question if such investments provoke "water grabbing" and discussed the perspectives for regulation and sustainable agriculture. Discussants:…

On the killing of women and girls

Hampel-Milagrosa, Aimée (2012)
The Current Column, 19. November 2012

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

Kaplan, Marcus (2012)
Briefing Paper 16/2012

China’s economic policy dilemma

Fischer, Doris (2012)
The Current Column, 05. November 2012

Landwirtschaft in den internationalen Klimaverhandlungen: Förderung einer nachhaltigen Entwicklung oder nur zweifelhafte Emissionsminderung?

Kaplan, Marcus (2012)
Analysen und Stellungnahmen 12/2012