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Dare to be more complex!

Schraven, Benjamin / Charles Martin-Shields (2018)
The Current Column, 19. February 2018

The (possible) new government should dare to discuss flight causes in all its complexity.

Tracing sustainability transformations and drivers of green economy approaches in the global south

Lederer, Markus / Linda Wallbott / Steffen Bauer (2018)
External Publications

The transnationalisation of competing state projects: carbon offsetting and development in Sumatra’s coastal peat swamps

Hein, Jonas / Heiko Faust / Yvonne Kunz / Rina Mardiana (2018)
External Publications

Deforestation and the Paris climate agreement: an assessment of REDD+ in the national climate action plans

Hein, Jonas / Alejandro Guarin / Ezra Frommé / Pieter Pauw (2018)
External Publications

Exploring national and regional orchestration of non-state action for a < 1.5 °C world

Chan, Sander / Paula Ellinger / Oscar Widerberg (2018)
External Publications

Internal Workshop

The world in 2050

Bonn, 29. January 2018

The World in 2050 ( TWI2050 ) seeks to frame the solution space for sustainable development pathways, based on comprehensively achieving the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) by 2030 and sustaining progress to 2050 and beyond within planetary boundaries. To this end TWI2050 is to provide fact-based knowledge to support the policy…

African economic development: what role can the G20 Compact play?

Thiele, Rainer / Maximilian Köster / Ikechukwu Okoli / Friederike Rühmann (2018)
Discussion Paper 3/2018

In this discussion paper, we provide a critical assessment of the role the Compact with Africa launched under the German Presidency of the G20 in 2017 could play for African development. We argue that the Compact has the potential to benefit the continent but only after major adjustments.

Plädoyer für die verknüpfte Umsetzung des Übereinkommens von Paris und der Agenda 2030 für nachhaltige Entwicklung

Brandi, Clara / Adis Dzebo / Hannah Janetschek (2018)
Analysen und Stellungnahmen 1/2018

Das vorliegende Papier stellt NDC-SDG Connections vor, diskutiert den thematischen Beitrag von Klimamaßnahmen zur Agenda 2030 für nachhaltige Entwicklung und beleuchtet Möglichkeiten für eine thematisch komplementäre Umsetzung beider Agenden.

Five big gaps in national climate plans – and how to close them

Pauw, Pieter / Richard Klein / Kennedy Mbeva / Adis Dzebo (2018)
External Publications

Beyond headline mitigation numbers: we need more transparent and comparable NDCs to achieve the Paris Agreement on climate change

Pauw, Pieter / Richard J. T. Klein / Kennedy Mbeva / Adis Dzebo / Davide Cassanmagnago / Anna Rudloff (2017)
External Publications

COP23

COP23 Jump to: COP23 Team Publications Infographics COP23 From 6 to 17 November, the 2017 Climate Change Conference (COP 23) took place in Germany under the Fiji Presidency. DIE has been conducting research on key issues in the field of climate change, UN climate negotiations and their implications for international cooperation for many years. During COP23, DIE was involved in many of the formats held during the negotations. Within our project “ Klimalog – Research…

NDC-SDG Connections

NDC-SDG Connections Jump to: Team Publications Projects The Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) and the Nationally Determined Contributions under the Paris Agreement (NDCs) have some important things in common. Both are universal – in the sense that they demand action in all countries of the world, and that they seek to benefit everyone, including the most vulnerable and marginalised. They are both designed to be implemented from the bottom up, as countries set…

Preventing the worst from happening is not enough.

Messner, Dirk (2018)
External Publications

We live in turbulent times. The world (economy) is becoming increasingly interconnected, as are political issues around the globe. However, it is the new nationalist approach to world affairs. This approach cannot go well in the long term.