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The 2030 Agenda has been adopted and will now be implemented

Scholz, Imme (2015)
The Current Column, 30. September 2015

New York, Bonn, 28 September 2015. The gavel fell on 25 September 2015 at 11:46 a. m. New York time, signifying the adoption of the 2030 Agenda. What did the attending heads of state have to say?

Green finance: actors, challenges and policy recommendations

Berensmann, Kathrin / Nannette Lindenberg (2016)
Briefing Paper 23/2016

Broad international consensus exists about the need to scale up financing for green investments. However, private green finance is still scarce due to a range of microeconomic challenges. For enhancing private green investment, a coordinated approach of all actors of the financial system is needed.

Biodiversity is good for you!

Richerzhagen, Carmen / Jean Carlo Rodriguez (2019)
The Current Column, 20. May 2019

Species protection must become a cross-sectoral task of sustainable development

Aid was yesterday, what comes next?

Janus, Heiner / Stephan Klingebiel / Sebastian Paulo (2015)
The Current Column, 16. February 2015

On 2 February 2015 the House of Commons of the British Parliament released a report on what ‘beyond aid’ means for the future of British development cooperation.

The untapped potential of global climate funds for investing in social protection

Aleksandrova, Mariya (2021)
Briefing Paper 7/2021

Tapping climate finance for social protection through the Financial Mechanisms of the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change (UNFCCC) and the Paris Agreement can help countries increase their capacities to tackle the social and intangible costs of climate change.

China at the United Nations

Online, 28. May 2024

Global Policy Special Issue edited by Sebastian Haug , Rosemary Foot and Max-Otto Baumann Has China’s expanding engagement led to any power shifts at the United Nations? This launch event – co-hosted by the China Centre at the University of Oxford, Fudan University and IDOS – provided an overview of key findings from a Global Policy…

Modeling the potential impacts of climate change and adaptation strategies on groundnut production in India

Kadiyala, M.D.M. / Swamikannu Nedumaran / Jyosthnaa Padmanabhan / Murali Krishna Gumma / Sridhar Gummadi / Srinivas Reddy Srigirid / Richard Robertson / Anthony Whitbread (2021)
External Publications

The entanglement of climate change in north-south relations: stumbling blocks and opportunities for negotiation

Hernandez, Ariel / Ariel Penetrante (2011)
External Publications

Climate (im)mobility in urban contexts: from recognition to action

Ekoh, Susan S. (2023)
Policy Brief 15/2023

This policy brief presents gaps and challenges involved in addressing climate change and human mobility in cities. Although actors recognize the nexus of climate change and human mobility and the urban dimensions, efforts to address this is far from what it should be.

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…

Klimalog – Research and dialogue for a climate-smart and just transformation

The adoption of an ambitious international climate agenda at the upcoming UN climate conference in Paris and its resolute implementation are essential for sustainable development across the globe. With a view to prospective international climate policy, IDOS promotes the awareness of interlinkages between climate change and development and investigates specific conditions for a climate-smart and just transformation towards decarbonisation and resilience.

Bracing for the typhoon: climate change and sovereign risk in Southeast Asia

Beirne, John / Nuobu Renzhi / Ulrich Volz (2021)
External Publications

Bracing for the typhoon: climate change and sovereign risk in Southeast Asia

Beirne, John / Nuobu Renzhi / Ulrich Volz (2021)
External Publications

Water as an embattled resource?

Scheumann, Waltina (2011)
The Current Column, 21. March 2011

Knowledge diplomacy in climate politics: global policy-making through regional lens

Hernandez, Ariel (2018)
External Publications

“Climate refugees” in Europe? Climate-related migration affects developing countries in particular

Mathis, Okka Lou / Benjamin Schraven (2015)
The Current Column, 11. December 2015

The refugee crisis is this year’s central issue and one that we are likely to be dealing with for a long time to come. We are already receiving some very vocal warnings that the current refugee crisis is just a foretaste of larger and unbroken streams of “climate refugees” that could descend on Europe in future as climate change continues.

(How) does social protection promote climate change mitigation and adaptation?

Bonn, 26. November 2025

The deadline for applications has been extended to 21 May Social protection is crucial for achieving the 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development. In times of rising inequalities and poverty rates, social protection must continue addressing life cycle risks to prevent individuals from falling further into poverty while also aiding those…

COP23 – The eyes of the world are on Bonn

Bauer, Steffen / Clara Brandi (2017)
External Publications

60 years of research, policy advice and training at IDOS

Hornidge, Anna-Katharina / Axel Berger (2024)
The Current Column, 11. March 2024

We look back at six decades of intensive research, policy advice, training and joint learning, with the constant aim of finding innovative and implementation-oriented solutions to current development challenges.

The economic crisis has increased Africa’s economic importance for China

Hackenesch, Christine (2010)
The Current Column, 15. November 2010