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Refugees and international trade: are we ready to talk about the day after?

Ragoussis, Alexandros (2016)
The Current Column, 11. May 2016

It is of paramount importance to reiterate the arguments about the day after, and make sure they enter the equation when policy makers decide on the practical who, where and how of this matter.

Implementation of the 2030 Agenda

Berlin, 12. May 2016

The Berlin T20 (Think Tanks 20) conference was part of the official programme of the three Chinese think tanks mandated by their government to lead the T20 process during the country’s G20 presidency in 2016. The conference centred on the contributions of the G20 to the implementation of the United Nations 2030 Agenda for Sustainable…

Vertreibung, Flucht und Migration

Bonn, 12. May 2016

Gesellschaftliche und politische Debatten, aber auch die Medien zeichnen das Bild eines kontinuierlichen Migrationsstroms vom afrikanischen Kontinent nach Europa. Die EU und ihre Mitgliedsstaaten reagieren darauf mit Abschottung, Verschärfung der Asylgesetzgebung und der Bekämpfung von Schleusern. Dabei wird ein Aspekt vernachlässigt: die…

G20: Global Governance in Transition

Berlin, 12. May 2016

The G20 has become one of the central forums for international cooperation. This year, China holds the G20 presidency, which will be followed by Germany in 2017. Both countries will aim to strengthen the role of the G20 in the global governance structure despite increasing regional fragmentation. The discussion of the event focused on the…

Financing Loss and Damage

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…

Shifting gears and forging ahead: Research for transformative climate governance after "Paris"

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?

Latin America and the Global Politics of Climate Change

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…

2016 Berlin Conference on Global Environmental Change

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…

A pioneers' alliance for climate action

Berlin, 25. May 2016

Effective implementation of the prospective new climate agreement will depend on ambitious climate action around the globe. Some countries are willing and able to go further faster to raise the level of ambition in international climate policy. This workshop brought together experts from all world regions and explored the potentials of a…

Border Carbon Adjustments

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…

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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…

Global Summit Prenegotiation: The Case of the Australian G20 Presidency

Bonn, 31. May 2016

Public Lecture with Larry Crump In 2017, Germany will take over the G20 presidency after China. After ‘middle powers’ such as Australia and Turkey chaired the G20 for years, global economic heavyweights are now taking over. While continuity and effectivity have become crucial for G20 to maintain its relevance, we know little about the…

Public-Private Partnerships in irrigation

Bonn, 01. June 2016

This year, the Dialogue on Water has been jointly organized by the German Development Institute /Deutsches Institut für Entwicklungspolitik (DIE) and the International Fund for Agricultural Development (IFAD). Experts from North African, sub-Saharan and European countries met with practitioners of German development cooperation,…

Urban Solutions

Berlin, 01. June 2016

Cities will play a major role in realising the international community's climate and development goals. Already, they are home to half the world's population. By 2050, two thirds of the world's population will be living in cities. Yet cities are responsible for 75 per cent of all CO2 emissions. And the process of urbanisation is…

No elephants in the room?

Klingebiel, Stephan / Li Xiaoyun (2016)
The Current Column, 14. June 2016

We are approaching the 2nd GPEDC meeting in Nairobi from 28 November- 1 December 2016. How did the context change since the 2014 Mexico meeting? What is on the agenda for Nairobi? Are we going to see all ‘big elephants’ in the conference hall?

Decarbonizing power

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…

Getting to zero poverty and zero emissions

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…

Flucht, Migration, Integration – Herausforderungen und Chancen aus Sicht der Forschung

Düsseldorf, 17. June 2016

Etwa eine Millionen Menschen sind im Jahr 2015 nach Deutschland geflüchtet. Die Aufnahme von Flüchtlingen stellt uns in NRW und darüber hinaus vor große Herausforderungen. Dabei stellen sich zahlreiche Fragen: Mit welchen Strategien kann Fluchtursachen vorgebeugt werden und wer sollte sie erarbeiten? Was unterscheidet Flucht eigentlich…

Dekarbonisierung der Weltwirtschaft: wie es nach COP21 weitergehen muss

Brandi, Clara / Dominique Bruhn / Nannette Lindenberg (2015)
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The Post-Paris Action Agenda

Rabat, 22. June 2016

The Galvanizing the Groundswell of Climate Actions Workshop on the Global Climate Action Agenda was held in conjunction with the 1st Alliances and Coalitions Global Forum (23-24 June 2014), organized by the COP 21 and COP 22 presidencies, France and Morocco, to discuss the Global Climate Action Agenda . The objective of the workshop was…