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2020 Europe Sustainable Development Report

Online, 08. December 2020

Die COVID-19-Pandemie und die sozio-ökonomischen Auswirkungen stellen die Europäische Union und die internationale Kooperation vor eine große Herausforderung für die Erreichung der Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) , das Pariser Klimaabkommen und den Europäischen Green Deal . Gleichzeitig sind die SDGs wichtiger denn je, da sie einen…

Advancing the 2030 Agenda through municipal partnerships with the global South

Dick, Eva / Paul Marschall / Christopher Wingens (2020)
The Current Column, 07. December 2020

A growing number of municipalities are contributing directly to the implementation of the UN’s 2030 Agenda. Leading the way on climate action, supporting fair trade and facilitating societal participation by migrants

The world economy in times of COVID-19

Online, 07. December 2020

The Covid-19 pandemic represents a stress test for global economic governance and has far reaching effects for developing countries. This is particularly true in light of the global community’s ambition to advance the 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development as a key policy agenda to ensure a fairer and more inclusive globalisation. The…

Race to Zero

Online, 04. December 2020

To mark the fifth anniversary of the Paris Agreement, the EESC and the German Development Institute / Deutsches Institut für Entwicklungspolitik (DIE) organise an online event bringing together the EU Institutions, COP26 UK Presidency, High-Level Climate Champions and climate actors to discuss opportunities to strengthen engagement and…

Development cooperation in the context of contested global governance

Chaturvedi, Sachin / Heiner Janus / Stephan Klingebiel / Li Xiaoyun / André de Mello e Souza / Elizabeth Sidiropoulos / Dorothea Wehrmann (2020)
External Publications

Maximising goal coherence in sustainable and climate-resilient development? Polycentricity and coordination in governance

Chan, Sander / Gabriela Iacobuta / Ramona Hägele (2020)
External Publications

Transnational science cooperation for sustainable development

Schwachula, Anna (2020)
External Publications

The untapped functions of international cooperation in the age of sustainable development

Kloke-Lesch, Adolf (2020)
External Publications

Diffusion, fusion, and confusion: development cooperation in a multiplex world order

Esteves, Paulo / Stephan Klingebiel (2020)
External Publications

Conceptualising ideational convergence of China and OECD donors: coalition magnets in development cooperation

Janus, Heiner / Tang Lixia (2020)
External Publications

The implementation of the SDGs: the feasibility of using the GPEDC monitoring framework

Bhattacharya, Debapriya / Victoria Gonsior / Hannes Öhler (2020)
External Publications

Partnerships with the private sector: success factors and levels of engagement in development cooperation

Pérez-Pineda, Jorge A. / Dorothea Wehrmann (2020)
External Publications

Conclusion: leveraging development cooperation experiences for the 2030 Agenda - key messages and the way forward

Chaturvedi, Sachin / Heiner Janus / Stephan Klingebiel / Li Xiaoyun / André de Mello e Souza / Elizabeth Sidiropoulos / Dorothea Wehrmann (2020)
External Publications

Overcoming coordination gaps between water, energy and agriculture: future paths to water protection in Weser-Ems

Meergans, Franziska / Christina Aue / Christian Knieper / Sascha Kochendörfer / Andrea Lenschow / Claudia Pahl-Wostl (2020)
Briefing Paper 25/2020

Intensive agriculture is characteristic for the region of Weser-Ems and the major source of nitrate pollution in groundwater. The analysis of coordination and cooperation shows that incoherent policies in the water, (bio)energy and agricultural sector have exacerbated the problem situation at hand.

How sustainable procurement can fight modern slavery

Stoffel, Tim (2020)
The Current Column, 30. November 2020

A mix of political instruments, from laws on corporate due diligence through to sustainable public procurement, is increasingly leading the assault on modern slavery.

New Avenues to introduce Carbon Pricing in Developing Countries

Online, 30. November 2020

This online event investigates ways to introduce carbon pricing in developing countries. Carbon pricing is widely accepted as the most effective and efficient policy to reduce carbon emissions. Yet many countries, in particular in the Global South, face political and economic constraints when introducing carbon pricing. This workshop…

Social Protection in a Changing Climate

Online, 26. November 2020

Climate change will inevitably affect us in significant ways in the near and long-term future, reshaping many of the risks we face. While an increasingly growing number of frameworks recognize the relevance of climate-sensitive, adaptive or shock-responsive social protection, no vision fully articulates yet what role social protection…

Development policy from a systemic perspective: changes, trends and its future role within a broader framework for transnational co-operation

Klingebiel, Stephan / Victoria Gonsior (2020)
External Publications

How the EU and AU should strengthen their cooperation

Bergmann, Julian (2020)
The Current Column, 23. November 2020

Peace and security remain a key challenge on the African continent and therefore an important issue in EU-AU relations.

The SDGs on the threshold of Germany’s election year 2021

Kranholdt, Dominic (2020)
The Current Column, 19. November 2020

The Bundestag debate on sustainability could serve as momentum to bring the 2030 Agenda and the sustainable development goals into focus in the 2021 election year.