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Who should the next federal government co-operate with on sustainability?

Grimm, Sven / Wulf Reiners (2021)
The Current Column, 10. June 2021

Germany is not the only country faced with managing course-setting issues concerning the future: the manner in which we do business, consume and are mobile needs to take planetary limits into account.

Need for improved governance of marine protected areas

Lehmann, Ina (2021)
The Current Column, 07. June 2021

In order to strengthen the knowledge base for ocean protection, the United Nations launched the Decade of Ocean Science for Sustainable Development on June 1. This knowledge should inter alia inform existing international frameworks for protecting the ocean.

Latecomer development in the global green economy

Online, 01. June 2021

In recent years, the paradigm change toward a global green economy has been gaining speed. More than 110 countries, many of them in the low and middle income groups, have pledged to achieve climate neutrality by 2050 or earlier. More importantly, major players have substantiated their plans by finance and pathways to implementation. These…

Climate-neutral central banking: How the European system of central banks can support the transition to net-zero

Robins, Nick / Simon Dikau / Ulrich Volz (2021)
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Rethinking Land in the Anthropocene

Online, 27. May 2021

The latest WBGU (German Advisory Council on Global Change) flagship report diagnoses a "trilemma" of global land use, consisting of diverse demands made on land for the purposes of climate-change mitigation, food security and the conservation of biological diversity. The Council proposes five governance strategies to address this…

Seven principles to guide German development policy

Hornidge, Anna-Katharina / Imme Scholz (2021)
The Current Column, 10. May 2021

For Germany in this election year, a number of questions arise in its external policy areas. What will the future model for German development policy look like?

Unmasking the middle class in the Philippines: aspirations, lifestyles, and prospects for sustainable consumption

Never, Babette / Albert, Jose Ramon G. (2021)
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The second hand market for air conditioners in Metro Manila. Business models, resource use, policy options

Never, Babette (2021)
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Green transitions in Africa–Europe relations: what role for the European Green Deal?

Hackenesch, Christine / Maximilian Högl / Gabriela Iacobuta / Hanne Knaepen / John Asafu-Adjaye (2021)
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Reaching the poorest and most vulnerable: addressing loss and damage through social protection

Aleksandrova, Mariya / Cecilia Costella (2021)
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The ambiguous partner: Mexico and the European Green Deal

Ruano, Lorena (2021)
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Enter the "Green Twenties"

Bauer, Steffen (2021)
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How robust is the evidence on carbon pricing?

Vrolijk, Kasper (2021)
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Come on, into the “Green Twenties”!

Bauer, Steffen (2021)
The Current Column, 19. April 2021

“Restore Our Earth!” is the theme and rallying cry for this year’s Earth Day on 22 April. This is not something that can be achieved on a single day.

Avoiding too little, too late: debt relief for a green and inclusive recovery

Volz, Ulrich (2021)
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A new multilateralism for the post-COVID world: What role for the EU-Africa partnership?

Teevan, Chloe / Luca Barana / Daniele Fattibene / Gabriela Iacobuta / Silke Weinlich / Steffen Bauer (2021)
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How knowledge networks develop their transformative potential

Vogel, Johanna (2021)
The Current Column, 12. April 2021

The pandemic highlights the importance of knowledge networks as instruments. To be successful, they need to be interdisciplinary, as well as transnational and also need to pursue a common global vision.

The G20’s missed opportunity

Akhtar, Shamshad / Ulrich Volz / Moritz Kraemer / Stephany Griffith-Jones With dozens of low- an (2021)
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The IMF and the macro-criticality of climate change

Volz, Ulrich (2021)
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Climate ambition and sustainable development for a new decade: a catalytic framework

Chan, Sander / Idil Boran / Harro van Asselt et al. (2021)
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