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Book review: "Hayley Stevenson / John S. Dryzek: Democratizing global climate governance"

Mathis, Okka Lou / Sander Chan (2016)
External Publications

The IMF and the macro-criticality of climate change

Volz, Ulrich (2021)
External Publications

Making sense of COP24

Bauer, Steffen / Gabriela Iacobuta (2018)
The Current Column, 17. December 2018

It is done! The COP24 finally delivered the rulebook that will guide the implementation of the 2015 Paris Agreement.

What does the Paris climate agreement mean for water policy?

Dombrowsky, Ines / Steffen Bauer / Waltina Scheumann (2016)
The Current Column, 22. March 2016

Feeling the heat: climate risks and the cost of sovereign borrowing

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

A pioneers' alliance for climate action?

Bonn, 16. October 2015

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 authors’ workshop brought together experts from all world regions and explored the…

EU climate leadership: five building blocks for ambitious action

Brandi, Clara / Steffen Bauer / Pieter Pauw / Sander Chan / Okka Lou Mathis (2015)
Briefing Paper 21/2015

While the upcoming UN climate summit in Paris is a crucial moment to sign a new global deal on climate, the real homework will only begin afterwards. The EU should lead by example. Five building blocks are of particular importance.

Private-sector finance for climate–resilient investments

Kigali, 13. December 2016

Rwanda is often recognized as a model for how to attract and reap the benefits of international development cooperation. Its economy grew by more than 8% per year between 2001 and 2015; corruption is low; and it has one of the best “ease of doing business” rankings in Africa. At the same time, achieving Rwanda’s sustainable development…

The inter-relationship between climate change, inequality, poverty and food security in Africa: a bibliometric review and content analysis approach

Tamasiga, Phemelo / Helen Onyeaka / Andenike Akinsemolu / Malebogo Bakwena (2023)
External Publications

Is Africa left behind in the global climate finance architecture: redefining climate vulnerability and revamping the climate finance landscape - a comprehensive review

Tamasiga, Phemelo / Malesela Molala / Malebogo Bakwena / Hugue Nkoutchou / Helen Onyeaka (2023)
External Publications

Effective and geographically balanced? An output-based assessment of non-state climate actions

Chan, Sander / Robert Falkner / Matthew Goldberg / Harro van Asselt (2016)
External Publications

Advancing Climate and Health Resilience

Bonn, 17. June 2025

In the margins of the UNFCCC Bonn Climate Change Conference (SB62), the German Institute of Development and Sustainability (IDOS), in collaboration with the German Federal Ministry for Economic Cooperation and Development (BMZ) and Save the Children will host a roundtable discussion. The event will explore practical strategies to…

Climate Protection as a World Citizen Movement

Climate Protection as a World Citizen Movement Climate Protection as a World Citizen Movement Copyright WBGU Press Release of the German Advisory Council on Global Change (WBGU) of 17 September 2014 Climate policy is getting nowhere, while climate change continues unchecked. Yet in the midst of this crisis of humankind there is new hope. It has to do with strong movements towards sustainability that have recently been forming everywhere in civil society: social…

Feeling the heat: climate risks and the cost of sovereign borrowing

Beirne, John / Nuobu Renzhi / Ulrich Volz (2020)
External Publications

Met Halsema kan Amsterdam nu echt duurzamer worden

Chan, Sander (2018)
External Publications

Delivering commitments and enhancing ambition

Lima, 08. December 2014

In this side-event organised by the German Development Institute / Deutsches Institut für Entwicklungspolitik (DIE), the Cambridge Institute for Sustainability Leadership, VU University Amsterdam, and Ecofys, experts, policymakers and representatives of non-state and subnational climate initiatives have discussed: the potential of…

Aligning transnational climate action with international climate governance: the road from Paris

Chan, Sander / Clara Brandi / Steffen Bauer (2016)
External Publications

Why it's Europe’s chance to rebuild trust with the Global South

Koch, Svea / Mariya Aleksandrova (2024)
The Current Column, 13. November 2024

Given the current political environment, the NCQG negotiations offer the EU a significant chance to demonstrate its reliability to the Global South.

COP23

Bonn, 04. November 2017

The international Climate Change Conference 2017, under the presidency of Fiji, was held in Bonn from 6 to 17 November 2017. This year’s delegations at the Climate Change Conference (23rd Conference of the Parties) needed to prove their commitment to the climate-related obligations passed in Paris 2015 and Marrakesh 2016. This time, it…

Global Climate Action: Bridging Theory and Practice

Bonn, 13. June 2019

This event launched the recently published “Political theory and global climate action: recasting the public sphere” by Idil Boran and discussed the role of nonstate and subnational actors in climate action at the interface of research and practice. It was the first in a series of events hosted by the German Development Institute /…