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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…

T20 Kick-Off

Berlin, 01. December 2016

On 1 December Germany officially takes over the G20 Presidency from China. With the beginning of Germany's G20 Presidency for 2016/2017, the T20 will hold its inaugural conference of this year's process, which will jointly be coordinated by the German Development Institute / Deutsches Institut für Entwicklungspolitik (DIE) and the Kiel…

Green finance: actors, challenges and policy recommendations

Berensmann, Kathrin / Nannette Lindenberg (2016)
Briefing Paper 23/2016

Broad international consensus exists about the need to scale up financing for green investments. However, private green finance is still scarce due to a range of microeconomic challenges. For enhancing private green investment, a coordinated approach of all actors of the financial system is needed.

The Turkish-Syrian friendship dam on the Orontes river: benefits for all?

Scheumann, Waltina / Omar Shamaly (2016)
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Effective and geographically balanced? An output-based assessment of non-state climate actions

Chan, Sander / Robert Falkner / Matthew Goldberg / Harro van Asselt (2016)
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Taxing carbon as an instrument of green industrial policy in developing countries

Pegels, Anna (2016)
Discussion Paper 23/2016

This study reviews evidence on competitiveness, employment and distributional effects of carbon taxes with a view on informing the decisions of policy makers and bureaucrats in developing and emerging countries. It emphasizes design options to mitigate negative and generate positive effects.

After the US 2016 elections

Bonn, 15. November 2016

One week after the 2016 US presidential elections we discussed the impact of the election outcome on global sustainability, climate and energy cooperation. With the United States being one of the most powerful nations in the world, these elections have a potentially game changing impact on challenges that can only be addressed by global…

Climate conference in Marrakesh: litmus test for the Paris Agreement

Bauer, Steffen / Clara Brandi (2016)
The Current Column, 07. November 2016

The Paris Climate Agreement was hailed around the world as a historic achievement last December. Whether or not it makes history, however, depends on its successfull implementation. Being the first COP after the Paris summit in December 2015, the Marrakesh climate conference provides the first serious litmus test for the decisions reached in Paris.

Klimalog@Cop22

Marrakesh, 07. November 2016

7 November 2016, 15:00-16:30, Green Zone The potential of private sector adaptation – a focus on Africa Organized by: Pieter Pauw , German Development Institute / Deutsches Institut für Entwicklungspolitik (DIE) and Adis Dzebo (SEI) Among the Parties to the UNFCCC, and in the context of the Green Climate Fund in particular, there is a…

Do rising powers still deserve their name?

Grimm, Sven (2016)
The Current Column, 31. October 2016

The emerging economies are weakening. China’s economy is less dynamic and the country is regressing at political level. Brazil has been paralysed in domestic policy terms and has experienced a severe recession. The South African economy is stagnating and the nation’s democratic institutions are being undermined by nepotism. The coup in Turkey has rocked the country to the core in domestic-policy and economic terms, and the list could go on and on. And these are supposed to be “rising powers”?!

Humanity on the move: unlocking the transformative power of cities, Summary

Kraas, Frauke / Claus Leggewie / Peter Lemke / Ellen Matthies / Dirk Messner / Nebojsa Nakicenovic / Hans Joachim Schellnhuber / Sabine Schlacke / Uwe Schneidewind / unter Mitarbeit von Clara Brandi, Anna Schwachula et al. (2016)
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Humanity on the move: unlocking the transformative power of cities

Kraas, Frauke / Claus Leggewie / Peter Lemke / Ellen Matthies / Dirk Messner / Nebojsa Nakicenovic / Hans Joachim Schellnhuber / Sabine Schlacke / Uwe Schneidewind / unter Mitarbeit von Clara Brandi, Anna Schwachula et al. (2016)
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The future of EU development policy

Paris, 24. October 2016

The past decade has witnessed times of existential crisis: the world is getting more complex, connected and contested. In a changing world, the EU has to change its development policy framework. For what goals and priorities? With what means? A new European Consensus on Development is about to be laid out by EU institutions, drawing on…

Voluntary Sustainability Standards and the Role of the Government

Berlin, 21. October 2016

DIE, BDI and UNFSS jointly organised a high-level launch event for the 2nd UNFSS Flagship Report. UNFSS is a joint initiative of the Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO), the International Trade Centre (ITC), the UN Conference on Trade and Development (UNCTAD), the UN Environment Programme (UNEP) and the UN Industrial Development…

The Agenda 2030 – Dealing with Grand Challenges for Mankind

Bonn, 20. October 2016

In September 2015, countries agreed on a new sustainable development agenda in order to end poverty, protect the planet, and ensure prosperity for all by the year 2030. In the lecture series, experts from a variety of academic disciplines will analyze the most important grand challenges involved in this ambitious agenda. They will explore…

An executive authority for the UN Development System: why this is necessary and how it could work

Baumann, Max-Otto (2016)
Briefing Paper 18/2016

With the 2030 Agenda on one hand, and unchecked fragmentation on the other, the need for an executive authority, discussed for decades, has become acute. The paper argues that it can be build from exisiting structures, mechanisms, and resources by separating the coordination function from UNDP.

Klimalog at UN Habitat III

Quito, 17. October 2016

Habitat III Side Events Migrants and refugees in urban areas: Lessons from Germany and internationally Organisers: German Development Institute / Deutsches Institut für Entwicklungspolitik (DIE), African Centre for Migration and Society (ACMS), Wits University, South Africa 17 October 2016, 12:00–12:45 h German Pavilion at Habitat III…

Normative compass

Messner, Dirk (2016)
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From World Hunger Day to World Food Day

Brüntrup, Michael (2016)
The Current Column, 12. October 2016

16 October is World Food Day. There are still 800 million people going hungry worldwide. How can we turn the day into a real celebration? Only with a tour de force.

Wood energy in sub-Saharan Africa: how to make a shadow business sustainable

Hoffmann, Harry / Michael Brüntrup / Clara Dewes (2016)
Briefing Paper 14/2016

Wood energy will remain crucial for meeting global energy demand. However, unsustainable production techniques prevail in poor countries. This paper reviews unsuccessful past attempts to control the value chain and derives recommendations for better, place-specific policies and regulations.