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Identifying future growth potentials: a consolidated approach

Altenburg, Tilman / Wilfried Lütkenhorst (2017)
Briefing Paper 15/2017

How can policynmakers anticipate future growth opportunities? We asssess various methodologies and highlight the to need to combine quantitative tools with qualitative techniques that allow to account for the possibility of disruptive structural change as well as societal preferences.

Sewage systems and energy: focus on urban India

Never, Babette (2016)
Two Pager 2/2016

Investment in energy efficiency and electricity production can also prove worthwhile with sewage treatment plants in developing countries. Resource and cost efficiency vary depending on the plant. India’s sewage system is largely still stuck in a lock-in situation.

Implementation of Sustainable Development Goals

Bonn, 19. September 2017

Implementation of the SDGs is being carried out in most countries, however with variable intensity. Often, interdependencies and trade-offs between SDGs are not or only insufficiently observed in research and the supporting policy process. A key role for agricultural production is given to SDG 2 on combating hunger, but agriculture has…

Digging our own grave – democratically

Mathis, Okka Lou (2017)
The Current Column, 15. September 2017

Despite living in a democracy, we have been compromising a peaceful and stable future for decades: climate change is continuing to destroys our foundations of existence and contributes to conflicts - here too. Our democracy invites us to postpone the climate change problem rather than resolve it. The transformation to sustainability is only possible if we change it.

Drivers and constraints for adopting sustainability standards in small and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs)

Sommer, Christoph (2017)
Discussion Paper 21/2017

To “make standards work” for SMEs and sustainable development, the challenges and incentives for take-up of sustainability standards need to be better understood. The paper analyses five country case studies to identify drivers and constraints for standard adoption by SMEs and to derive policy advice.

Water – the “blue” thread running through the 2030 Agenda and the Paris Climate Agreement

Janetschek, Hannah / Ines Dombrowsky (2017)
The Current Column, 28. August 2017

Bonn: German Development Institute / Deutsches Institut für Entwicklungspolitik (DIE) (The Current Column of 28 August 2017)

Pioneers of sustainability for global transformation

Reiber,Tatjana (2017)
The Current Column, 21. August 2017

The MGG Academy of the German Development Institute / Deutsches Institut für Entwicklungspolitik (DIE) aims to promote future pioneers of sustainability. Participants come from six rising powers.

More transparency on environmental commitments in trade: New online tool TREND analytics examines environmental provisions aspects in trade agreements

TTIP, CETA and TPP – the big trade agreements frequently make it into the media. The focus in public debates is often on controversial issues such as their consequences for the environment and for climate protection. But what do trade agreements tell us about these issues? Which types of diverse environmental provisions exist und how have they changed in the last years?

SDG 2 (Zero Hunger) in the context of the German Sustainable Development Strategy: are we leaving the starving behind?

Holzapfel, Sarah / Michael Brüntrup (2017)
Briefing Paper 13/2017

This analysis and commentary examines the German Sustainable Development Strategy, which outlines measures designed to implement the 2030 Agenda with regard to SDG 2: ending hunger, achieving food security and improved nutrition, and promoting sustainable agriculture.

G20 needs inclusive societies and sustainable growth

G20 needs inclusive societies and sustainable growth G20 needs inclusive societies and sustainable growth Joint Press Release by Kiel Institute for the World Economy and the German Development Institute / Deutsches Institut für Entwicklungspolitik (DIE) 30 May 2017 International think tanks in the Think20 group (T20) today called upon the twenty largest industrialized and emerging countries (G20)to foster inclusive societies and sustainable growth. The appeal came…

G20 and Africa after the summit: Need for continuity, global voice and vision

Hackenesch, Christine / Julia Leininger / Elizabeth Sidiropoulos (2017)
The Current Column, 17. July 2017

Africa has been a key priority of Germany’s G20 presidency. Can the G20’s priorities as outlined in the Communiqué make a difference for Africa’s global representation and its sustainable development? This edition of The current Column looks at where cooperation between G20 and Africa is making progress.

SDSN Leadership Council

Berlin, 13. July 2017

More than 60 SDSN Leadership Council members and representatives from around 20 national and regional SDSN networks came together on this year's spring meeting of the global SDSN Leadership Council (LC) in Berlin on 30 and 31 May 2017. The session took place in close association with the T20 summit (29 and 30 May). The German…

Successful agricultural mechanisation in sub-Saharan Africa and the significance of agricultural financing

Müller, Corinna / Christiane Ströh de Martínez / Michael Brüntrup (2017)
Briefing Paper 11/2017

The mechanisation of agricultural production is a top priority in sub-Saharan Africa. This paper discusses the essential requirements of successful agricultural mechanisation: target groups, direct and indirect effects, ownership models, accompanying measures and support, and particularly finance.

Beyond the agroecological and sustainable agricultural intensification debate: is blended sustainability the way forward?

Mockshell, Jonathan / Josey Kamanda (2017)
Discussion Paper 16/2017

With the Sustainable Development Goals has come a renewed interest in achieving zero hunger, ending poverty and preventing natural resource degradation. Yet, there is a lively debate over pathways to agricultural sustainability. This paper unravels the debate and contributes to its resolution.

Interdependenzen und Politikkohärenz zwischen Hungerbekämpfung (SDG2) und anderen Zielen der deutschen Nachhaltigkeitsstrategie

Bonn, 29. June 2017

Die 2015 verabschiedeten UN Nachhaltigkeitsziele ( Sustainable Development Goals , SDGs) werden als Basis vieler Interventionen in der Entwicklungszusammenarbeit (EZ) aber auch der nationalen Entwicklung genutzt. Auf der Grundlage der deutschen Nachhaltigkeitsstrategie wollten wir uns mit Ihnen über die Ziele des SDG 2 sowie…

Chinese National Platform on Voluntary Sustainability Standards

Qingdao, 27. June 2017

Voluntary Sustainability Standards (VSS) for an industry or product entail both opportunities and challenges for emerging economies. New national multi-stakeholder platforms on VSS in India (launched March 2016), Brazil (May/June 2017) and China reflect the increasingly proactive stance that business and government actors from these…

Brazilian Platform on Voluntary Sustainability Standards

Brasília & São Paulo, 31. May 2017

Voluntary Sustainability Standards (VSS) for an industry or product entail both opportunities and challenges for emerging economies. New national multi-stakeholder platforms on VSS in India (launched March 2016), Brazil and China (launched May and June 2017) reflect the increasingly proactive stance that business and government actors…

Political parties: weak point in the sustainability architecture

Kloke-Lesch, Adolf (2017)
The Current Column, 29. May 2017

A tragedy is looming. While the German Government and federal state governments are beginning to implement the 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development, the political parties behind them appear conspicuously unconcerned and are lagging perceptibly behind the dynamics in business and society.

Catalysing SDG Implementation through a Soil and Land Review

Berlin, 22. May 2017

Global Soil Week (GSW) 2017 was a conference that brought together actors from politics, economics, science and civil society to discuss about sustainable land use. This year's theme 'Catalysing SDG Implementation through a Soil and Land Review' aimed at contributing to the High-Level Political Forum (HLPF) 2017. The GSW'17 Lab, an open…

Wastewater reuse in nexus perspective

Dresden, 17. May 2017

Moderation Birguy Lamizana , UNEP Co-chairs Ines Dombrowsky , German Development Institute / Deutsches Institut für Entwicklungspolitik (DIE) Tamara Avellan , UNU-FLORES The seminar explored the opportunities of using wastewater within multifunctional land-use systems for the production of food and energy crops. In this approach the…