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Climate change mitigation in emerging economies: the case of Indonesia: hot air or leadership?

Hein, Jonas (2013)
Briefing Paper 8/2013

Indonesia committed to reduce its emissions significantly and announced to develop a domestic carbon market. Since land-based emissions are key to Indonesia’s climate goals the development of incentives and sanctions that promote climate friendly land-use practices are crucial, argues Jonas Hein.

Local feminist perspectives as transformative levers: women’s health and climate action in India

Sengupta, Sreerupa / Divya Singhal / Ananya Chakraborty (2025)
Discussion Paper 8/2025

Local feminist perspectives from India offer a transformative lens for addressing systemic inequalities in health and climate action, centering on the need for intersectional, community-led and collaborative approaches.

Contact & Directions

The German Development Institute (DIE) is headquartered at Tulpenfeld 6 in Bonn.

Germany’s role in Syria’s reconstruction through decentralisation

Abedtalas, Musallam / Jan Mohammad / Tina Zintl (2025)
The Current Column, 02. June 2025

Post-conflict reconstruction must go beyond infrastructure; it requires restoring trust between citizens and the state. Decentralised governance with local control over budgets and services can enhance responsiveness, legitimacy, and long-term stability.

Yet another development bank: the BRICS bank

Reisen, Helmut (2013)

Private financing of adaptation to climate change in poor countries?

Pauw, Pieter / Imme Scholz (2012)
The Current Column, 26. November 2012

Post 2015: enter the UN General Assembly: harnessing Sustainable Development Goals for an ambitious global development agenda

Bauer, Steffen / Ines Dombrowsky / Imme Scholz (2014)
Briefing Paper 12/2014

The international process towards universal sustainable development goals has entered its decisive phase. This briefing paper critically appraises the proposal that was recently tabled by an Open Working Group and identifies priorities for the forthcoming negotiations of the UN General Assembly.

Learning from KfW’s ex-post evaluations? How conflicting objectives can limit their usefulness

Dörrbecker, Nicola M. (2023)
Discussion Paper 14/2023

How can German development cooperation learn from evaluations that are primarily used to monitor success and are also rarely read? Nicola Dörrbecker analyses such conflicts of interest with a focus on ex-post evaluations (EPE) by the development bank of the Kreditanstalt für Wiederaufbau (KfW).

Land-sea interactions and coastal development: An evolutionary governance perspective

Schlüter, Achim / Kristof van Assche / Anna-Katharina Hornidge / Natasa Vaidianu (eds.) (2020)
External Publications

Coherence and equity in a post-Paris climate governance landscape

Nairobi, 08. December 2016

With the Paris Agreement coming into force, the landscape of global climate governance is set to change. This raises a number of questions: How should climate governance retain coherence at multiple levels and across different sectors? What institutions, procedures and policies are required to ensure delivery 'on the ground' and to…

Re-imagining the use of integrated assessment models from a social science perspective—lessons from the Sustainable Development Pathways (SDP)

Hernandez, Ariel Macaspac / Sarah E Cornell / Dorothee Keppler / Vassilis Daioglou / Bjoern Soergel (2024)
External Publications

World Economy and Development Finance

If we are to see a global transformation in line with the 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development, then we need to make further adjustments to the current model of global economic governance.

Setting the course for a new German development policy

The new German Federal Government is reorganising its relations with actors in the Global South. IDOS is involved in shaping foreign policies and international cooperation for sustainable development with debates, scientific analyses and recommendations for action.

Universal, inclusive, sustainable - Shaping the EU's contribution to a global public policy in the Post-2015 world

Bruxelles, 06. March 2014

In 2014, negotiations for a Post-2015 global agenda will gain momentum. The Intergovernmental Open Working Group (OWG) established by the UN in 2013 will start elaborating a proposal which integrates work on the Sustainable Development Goals as decided by the UN Conference on Sustainable Develop­ment in Rio de Janeiro in 2012 and…

Declaration by SDSN Germany on G7

Declaration by SDSN Germany on G7 Declaration by SDSN Germany: G7 must embrace strong commitments towards a sustainable and just world Press release of 24 March 2015 In a declaration on the upcoming G7 Summit in Germany, the German Sustainable Development Solutions Network ( SDSN Germany ) calls on the Federal Chancellor and her G7 counterparts to agree in June in Elmau on determined contributions to global sustainable development: In the G7 countries: overcome…

United Nations Youth Day

Eberz, Isabelle / Samantha Ruppel / Neringa Tumėnaitė (2023)
The Current Column, 07. August 2023

Green skills can have a transformational power as they play a key role in transitioning societies, economies, and industries towards a more sustainable future. However, green skills must also be taught in a transformative way, equipping learners with the ability to confront challenges in today’s complex world.

Children’s Rights are Future Rights!

Bauer, Steffen / Danuta Sacher (2014)
The Current Column, 10. December 2014

To mark the 25th anniversary of the UN Convention on the Rights of the Child, we are dedicating this year's Human Rights Day, annually commemorated on 10 December, to the children and young people of the world. In today's discussions of key future issues, only a few players in the field of development policy have committed to explicitly taking the rights of children and young people into account,

Embracing universality: toward the future of United Nations development work

Baumann, Max-Otto / Haug, Sebastian (2024)
External Publications

NDC-SDG Connections: Data on updated NDC submissions (V2)

Dzebo, Adis / Gabriela Iacobuţă / Raphaëlle Beaussart / Aparajita Banerjee (2023)
Research Data

Ocean governance for sustainability transformation

Partelow, Stefan / Maria Hadjimichael / Anna-Katharina Hornidge (2023)
External Publications