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Shared challenges of cities in and beyond the Arctic

Götze, Jacqueline, Dorothea Wehrmann, Michał Łuszczuk, Katarzyna Radzik-Maruszak (2021)
The Current Column, 02. November 2021

To achieve urban climate resilience, we need coherent solutions that are specific to local contexts – Arctic city networks show a great potential to contribute to this.

Conference of the Parties (COP 21)

Paris, 30. November 2015

From 30 November to 11 December, the twenty-first session of the Conference of the Parties (COP21) of the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change (UNFCCC) will take place in Paris. A new global agreement on climate change is to be adopted. This agreement will be decisive for future life on our planet. Climate change…

About us

The German Institute of Development and Sustainability (IDOS) is locate in the UN City of Bonn and is one of the world’s leading research institutions and think tanks for global sustainable development. Our work is based on the interplay between Research, Policy Advice and Training. The IDOS is building bridges between theory and practice.

The Republic of Senegal at a political turning point as President Faye takes office

Grütjen, Klaus (2024)
Policy Brief 12/2024

Bassirou Diomaye Faye has been President of Senegal since 2 April 2024. With the election of this former anti-system candidate, a democratic transition of power has taken place that could usher in a fundamental renewal of the country's state and political structures.

European Development Policy under the von der Leyen Commission

Berlin, 19. December 2019

The beginning of this month saw the start of the new European Commission under the leadership of President Ursula von der Leyen. Together with her team of Vice Presidents and Commissioners she will promote European cooperation and integration during the next five years under the motto: A Union that Strives for More. President Ursula von…

The renaissance of coal vs climate policy necessities

Ruchser, Matthias (2012)
The Current Column, 16. January 2012

2018

2018 Jump to: Dezember 2018 November 2018 Oktober 2018 September 2018 August 2018 Juli 2018 Juni 2018 Mai 2018 April 2018 März 2018 Februar 2018 Januar 2018 Dezember 2018 Making Climate Action More Transparent and Ambitious: Lessons Learned From the NDCs This event was grounded in the notion that current Nationally Determined Contributions (NDCs) lack sufficient ambition and clarity for achieving the goals of the Paris Agreement. Moderated by Arunabha Ghosh, Council…

Further Theme Specials

Further Theme Specials Jump to: UN80 Initiative Trump's comeback in the White House Hamburg Sustainability Conference (HSC) Russia's war against Ukraine Investment Facilitation for Development Development Finance at a turning point Tomorrow's Development System Gender equity and development: Embracing an intersectional lens Setting the course for a new German development policy Strengthening global health Building knowledge on water governance Ocean and Polar regions…

Welcome to the club: the World Bank, too, accepts equal opportunities as a human right

Herrfahrdt-Pähle, Elke / Birte Rodenberg (2012)
The Current Column, 05. March 2012

Germany’s Energiewende – transformation of the energy system

, 10. October 2014

Programme Session 1: Green and Inclusive Energy Systems Georgeta Vidican , Department “Sustainable Economic and Social Development”, German Development Institute / Deutsches Institut für Entwicklungspolitik (DIE) Session 2: The Great Transformation Dirk Messner , Director, German Development Institute / Deutsches Institut für…

Biodiversity research: social sciences under-represented

Richerzhagen, Carmen (2016)
The Current Column, 20. May 2016

The rapid loss of biodiversity can be traced back to human activity, and yet social scientists, who analyse the impact of human society on the environment, are under-represented in the field of biodiversity research.

Social Policy, Poverty, Inequality

Researchers at IDOS analyse insurance and transfer systems as well as traditional and informal forms of social security and mechanisms to support small farmers.

PRODIGEES – Digitalisation and Sustainability

, 31. March 2020

On March 30, 2020 members from the MGG network and beyond held the kick-off meeting for the new EU Horizon2020 project PRODIGEES “ Promoting Research on Digitalisation in Emerging Powers and Europe Towards Sustainable Development ”. Due to the Covid-19 situation, the meeting was not held in Berlin, as originally planned, but as a series…

Presenting results in development cooperation: risks and limitations

Holzapfel, Sarah (2014)
Briefing Paper 4/2014

At a time of global economic crisis, donor agencies are under increasing pressure to provide evidence of the positive results of their work. This paper analyses the limitations and risks of using standard indicators to report on aggregate outputs and outcomes of interventions at agency level.

The global race to subsidise green technologies

Altenburg, Tilman / Axel Berger/ Clara Brandi (2023)
The Current Column, 17. April 2023

If competition between major industrialised nations over subsidies is focused on key green technologies, then this will accelerate the urgently needed development of clean technologies.

Priority setting – or rather not? Positive concerns for SDGs

Samanta, Sayan (2016)
The Current Column, 12. September 2016

There is not much leeway to deny that we are living in the Anthropocene – the epoch in which human activity is primarily responsible for the changes in the Earth’s climate and biodiversity.

Klimalog@COP26

Glasgow, 31. October 2021

Researchers of the project " Klimalog: Research and dialogue for a just and SDG-compatible implementation of the Paris Climate Agreement " of the German Development Institute / Deutsches Institut für Entwicklungspolitik (DIE) will co-host and take part in a number of events at the 26 th Session of the Conference of the Parties to the…

Rio+20 will soon be forgotten: but not the paradigm of sustainability

Messner, Dirk (2012)
The Current Column, 04. July 2012

The global economy is to become greener and fairer with a green economy. Yet the approach is controversial, not least because many developing countries are afraid that an ecological transformation of the economy will mask protectionist restrictions of international trade.

A time of reflection on development and development policies

Wiemann, Jürgen (2011)
The Current Column, 19. September 2011

European Think Tanks Group

Special "The European Think Tanks Group": The European Think Tanks Group (ETTG) brings together four leading European international development think tanks, among them the German Development Institute / Deutsches Institut für Entwicklungspolitik (DIE). Welcoming a new generation of European leaders, ETTG and this special call attention to the importance of a global perspective in European policy-making.