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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.

Why the European Union needs a new global strategy

Messner, Dirk / Imme Scholz (2015)
The Current Column, 20. May 2015

The EU's Foreign and Defense Ministers have met in Brussels on Monday. One point on their long agenda was the strategic review of the EU's security environment and the challenges and opportunities arising for the EU.

Aid was yesterday, what comes next?

Janus, Heiner / Stephan Klingebiel / Sebastian Paulo (2015)
The Current Column, 16. February 2015

On 2 February 2015 the House of Commons of the British Parliament released a report on what ‘beyond aid’ means for the future of British development cooperation.

Priority setting – or rather not? Positive concerns for SDGs

Samanta, Sayan (2016)
The Current Column, 12. September 2016

There is not much leeway to deny that we are living in the Anthropocene – the epoch in which human activity is primarily responsible for the changes in the Earth’s climate and biodiversity.

Cooperation for a Green Transformation

Duisburg, 28. June 2012

We are increasingly exceeding our planet’s limits, with results such as advancing climate change and the destruction of biological diversity which jeopardises our natural life support systems. A major transformation towards sustainable societies is both necessary and feasible. It entails a considerable societal reorganization and…

The Pittsburgh Summit: what has come out of the summit for the developing countries?

Wolff, Peter (2009)
The Current Column, 28. September 2009

Sustainable legacy: Elinor Ostrom shaped sustainability research

Bauer, Steffen / Ines Dombrowsky (2012)
The Current Column, 18. June 2012

Green Economy

Researchers at the IDOS are investigating instruments of ecological structural policy and global regulatory frameworks that support corresponding transformation processes.

Green hydrogen partnerships between the EU and the Southern Mediterranean: challenges and opportunities for coherent and just energy transitions

Aboushady, Nora / Alexia Faus Onbargi (2023)
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Water in a heated world

Drewes, Jörg E. / Alexander Bassen / Markus Fischer / Anna-Katharina Hornidge et al. (2025)
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Changing carbon footprints and the consequent impacts of carbon taxes and cash transfers on poverty and inequality across years: A Peruvian case study

Malerba, Daniele /Federico Roscioli / Anja Gaentzsch / Hauke Ward (2024)
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The stabilization and destabilization of marine carbon observations: co-producing knowledge in murky waters

Hägele, Ramona (2025)
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The hidden costs of coffee production in the Eastern African value chains

Adong, Annet / Lukas Kornher / Bezawit Beyene Chichaibelu / Aslihan Arslan (2024)
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Migration as a potential heat stress adaptation strategy in Australia

Zander, Kerstin K / Carmen Richerzhagen / Stephen T. Garnett (2020)
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The role of labour power in sustainability transitions: insights from comparative political economy on Germany’s electricity transition

Prinz, Lukas / Anna Pegels (2018)
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Supporting the Paris Agreement through international cooperation: potential contributions, institutional robustness, and progress of Glasgow climate initiatives

Kuramochi, Takeshi / Andrew Deneault / Sander Chan / Sybrig Smit / Natalie Pelekh (2024)
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Chapter scientists in the IPCC AR5: experience and lessons

Schulte-Uebbing, Lena / Gerrit Hansen / Ariel Macaspac Hernández / MartenWinter (2015)
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Introduction to "Global cooperation research"

Messner, Dirk / Silke Weinlich (2016)
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Crisis of Multilateralism?

Berlin, 28. March 2017

While the multilateral system celebrated two of its greatest successes in 2015, the Paris Climate Agreement and the 2030 Agenda, it experienced a severe setback in 2016. Under the label of „our country first“, many populist movements and governments started rejecting their responsibilities towards the international community. Brexit…

Grünes Wachstum in Europa voranbringen – Maßnahmen und Strategien

Berlin, 25. April 2013

Das anhaltend schwache Wachstum in Europa mit inzwischen 18 Millionen Arbeitslosen hat auch für den Rest der Welt negative Konsequenzen. Um das europäische Wachstum wiederzubeleben, müssen dringend spezifische Maßnahmen ergriffen werden. Richtungsweisend sind die beim Gipfeltreffen im Juni 2012 von den europäischen Staats- und…