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Six transformations to create the world we want

The World in 2050 (TWI2050) initiative has launched a new report, setting out six key transformations that will enable the world to meet the United Nations Sustainable Development Goals.

Climate migration: a strategy of adaptation or a refugee catastrophe?

Schraven, Benjamin (2018)
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Met Halsema kan Amsterdam nu echt duurzamer worden

Chan, Sander (2018)
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Sustainable development pathways

van Vuuren, Detlef / Elmar Kriegler / Keywan Riahi / Caroline Zimm / Felix Creutzig / Anne Goujon / Arnulf Grubler / Tomoko Hasegawa / David McCollum / Raya Muttarak / Simon Parkinson / Pauline Scheelbeek / Sam Sellers / Ana Paula Aguiar / Avit Bhowmik / (2018)
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Framing and introduction

Messner, Dirk / Nebojsa Nakicenovic / Johan Rockström / Sebastian Busch / Geoff Clarke / Owen Gaffney / Caroline Zimm (2018)
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Synthesis

Messner, Dirk / Jeff Sachs / Nebojsa Nakicenovic / Johan Rockström / Guido Schmidt-Traub / Sebastian Busch / Geoff Clarke / Owen Gaffney / Elmar Kriegler / Peter Kolp / Julia Leininger / Keywan Riahi / Sander van der Leeuw / Detlef van Vuuren / Caroline Z (2018)
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What the Global Compact for Migration really means

Schraven, Benjamin / Eva Dick (2018)
The Current Column, 23. July 2018

The UN agreed upon a “Global Compact for Safe, Orderly and Regular Migration”.What is behind this global agreement, and what can we expect from it?

2018

2018 Jump to: Dezember 2018 November 2018 Oktober 2018 September 2018 August 2018 Juli 2018 Juni 2018 Mai 2018 April 2018 März 2018 Februar 2018 Januar 2018 Dezember 2018 Making Climate Action More Transparent and Ambitious: Lessons Learned From the NDCs This event was grounded in the notion that current Nationally Determined Contributions (NDCs) lack sufficient ambition and clarity for achieving the goals of the Paris Agreement. Moderated by Arunabha Ghosh, Council…

Zes redenen om de vliegtaks per direct in te voeren

Pauw, Pieter (2018)
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National climate change mitigation legislation, strategy and targets: a global update

Iacobuta, Gabriela / Navroz K. Dubash / Prabhat Upadhyaya / Mekdelawit Deribe / Niklas Höhne (2018)
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Opting for the middle ground: blended sustainability as the way forward

Mockshell, Jonathan (2018)
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Sozialökologische Folgen von Ölpalmboom und Naturschutzpolitik in Indonesien: die doppelte Exklusion lokaler Bevölkerungsgruppen in Jambi, Sumatra

Hein, Jonas / Heiko Faust / Yvonne Kunz (2018)
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Adapting in a carbon pool? Politicising climate change at Sumatra's palm oil frontier

Hein, Jonas / Yvonne Kunz (2018)
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New industrial revolution: upgrading trade and investment frameworks for digitalization

Meléndez-Ortiz, Ricardo / Axel Berger / Wallace S. Cheng / Santiago Díaz de Sarralde Miguez / Christian von Haldenwang / Tobias Hentze / Lucia Tajoli / Akihiko Tamura / Wei Wenfang (2018)
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Knowledge diplomacy in climate politics: global policy-making through regional lens

Hernandez, Ariel (2018)
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Dirk Messner departs the DIE in Bonn after 15 years as Institute Director

German Development Institute / Deutsches Institut für Entwicklungspolitik (DIE) and partners from the field of development co-operation paid tribute to the work of departing DIE-Director Dirk Messner.

Renewed efforts or further stalemate?

Bauer, Steffen / Clara Brandi (2018)
The Current Column, 10. September 2018

The purpose of the last round of international climate negotiations held in Bonn in May 2018 was to agree on such rules. Yet this goal was not achieved. An additional round of negotiations concluding last Sunday in Bangkok represented the latest attempt to find compromises and solutions.

On the way to the 2nd UN Conference on South-South Cooperation

Esteves, Paulo / Stephan Klingebiel (2018)
The Current Column, 12. September 2018

We have not reached a global approach for development cooperation. BAPA+40 is a crucial opportunity to identify common ground for an emerging consensus on SSC.

Demystifying green bonds

Berensmann, Kathrin / Florence Dafe / Nannette Lindenberg (2018)
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Pro-poor climate risk insurance: the role of community-based organisations (CBOs)

Matias, Denise Margaret / Raúl Fernández / Marie-Lena Hutfils / Maik Winges (2018)
Briefing Paper 19/2018

Insurance provides an opportunity to address ex-post climate risks. The relative flexibility and broader reach of mesoinsurance may tackle issues of accessibility and affordability of insurance for poor and vulnerable. Community-based organisations may be an appropriate vehicle for mesoinsurance.