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Systemic challenges and opportunities of Franco-German development cooperation

Kaplan, Lennart (2020)
Discussion Paper 10/2020

How can France and Germany develop a vision for an improved collaboration towards the 2030 agenda for sustainable development? This paper compares the French and German development systems to identify barriers and opportunities for a closer cooperation with partner countries.

Die Lufthansa retten – aber nur unter Bedingungen

Chan, Sander / Clara Brandi (2020)
External Publications

Wie soll die deutsche Regierung auf die schwere Krise des Lufthansa-Konzerns reagieren? Staatliche Unterstützung für die Lufthansa ist gerechtfertigt, die Beihilfe sollte jedoch an soziale und ökologische Bedingungen geknüpft werden.

Is the coronavirus threatening a developing-country debt crisis?

Berensmann, Kathrin (2020)
The Current Column, 20. April 2020

Nearly half of all low-income countries are living with high debt levels. In the wake of the pandemic the debt situation will now get even worse.

Transnational cooperation in times of rapid global changes: the Arctic Council as a success case?

Wehrmann, Dorothea (2020)
Discussion Paper 12/2020

How can transnational cooperation be more successful in times of rapid global changes? This discussion paper discusses central assumptions from global governance research on transnational cooperation and explores the Arctic Council as a case of success.

The trade-off between poverty reduction and carbon emissions, and the role of economic growth and inequality: an empirical cross-country analysis using a novel indicator

Malerba, Daniele (2020)
External Publications

Tackling the pandemic without doing away with democracy

Leininger, Julia (2020)
The Current Column, 27. April 2020

The pandemic has made autocratisation trends more visible. Protecting and promoting democracy is thus the order of the day in an international cooperation context.

Carbon consumption patterns of emerging middle classes

Never, Babette / Jose Ramon Albert / Hanna Fuhrmann / Sebastian Gsell / Miguel Jaramillo / Sascha Kuhn / Bernardin Senadza (2020)
Discussion Paper 13/2020

Changing consumption patterns of the emerging middle classes imply more carbon emissions. This paper explains how big the problem is, what drives it and which sustainable behaviours already exist. Being global middle class may be more important for climate change than country of origin.

How “One Health” can prevent pandemics

Strupat, Christoph / Paul Marschall (2020)
The Current Column, 29. April 2020

The corona crisis has grave consequences for health, the economy and society. Pandemics such as COVID-19, Ebola and cholera will return repeatedly unless we understand what causes them. New infectious diseases in humans are often unleashed by viruses and bacteria in wild animals.

How the international financial institutions are responding to the pandemic

Berensmann, Kathrin (2020)
The Current Column, 30. April 2020

Around half of low-income countries were already heavily in debt before the crisis. And more poor nations will become highly indebted as a result of the pandemic.

Can the global Green New Deal movement survive the pandemic?

Pegels, Anna / Clara Brandi / Tilman Altenburg (2020)
External Publications

With or without you: how the G20 could advance global action toward climate-friendly sustainable development

Bauer, Steffen / Axel Berger / Gabriela Iacobuta (2020)
External Publications

Assuring equitable access to COVID-19 vaccines and treatments

Stamm, Andreas / Jeffrey Orozco (2020)
The Current Column, 04. May 2020

The Costa Rican government has proposed to the WHO that it should lead a global effort to pool intellectual rights on technologies that are useful against Covid-19.

The marginalised as the weakest link in pandemics

Broocks, Anne-Katrin / Anna-Katharina Hornidge (2020)
The Current Column, 11. May 2020

How is the spread of the coronavirus related to marginalisation? An analysis of Guayaquil, the major Ecuadorian city bearing the brunt of Covid-19.

Sustainability after COVID-19

Online, 12. May 2020

Are there trade-offs or synergies between financing economic recovery and transitioning towards sustainability? Which areas, sectors or activities should be prioritized in a Green New Deal, given the economic crisis and competing claims? What could a Green Deal look like in a developing country context? On 12 May we discussed on these…

Incentives and rules for fair supply chains

Müngersdorff, Maximilian / Tim Stoffel (2020)
The Current Column, 14. May 2020

The corona crisis is intensifying social ills in many global supply chains. The negative consequences are hitting workers in the producer countries of the global South particularly hard.

How Germany and France could play a leading role in international donor coordination

Kaplan, Lennart (2020)
Briefing Paper 8/2020

In the framework of the Agenda 2030 for sustainable development, France and Germany face common challenges, ranging from security to global health. Against this background, this paper discusses opportunities and barriers for a French-German leadership in international donor coordination.

Nature cannot save us if we do not stop harming it

Rodríguez de Francisco, Jean Carlo / Ina Lehmann (2020)
The Current Column, 18. May 2020

May 22 is the International Day for Biological Diversity. Since biodiversity loss has major negative repercussions for the satisfaction of human needs, its motto for this year is “Our solutions are in nature”.

The Conservation Revolution

Online, 19. May 2020

Conservation needs a revolution. This is the only way it can contribute to the drastic transformations needed to come to a truly sustainable model of development. The good news is that conservation is ready for revolution. Heated debates about the rise of the Anthropocene and the current ‘sixth extinction’ crisis demonstrate an urgent…

From COVID-19 to climate action

Hägele, Ramona / Okka Lou Mathis (2020)
The Current Column, 25. May 2020

Despite the brief dip in greenhouse gas emissions related to COVID-19, the pandemic’s consequences may seriously set back climate action around the globe.

The AU-EU summit in October 2020

Online, 28. May 2020

Coping with the Corona crisis will significantly shape the cooperation between Germany and the EU with African partners in the coming months and years. Cooperation with Africa has been gaining in importance in the EU in the face of migration policy and increasing economic and geopolitical competition with China, Russia and other actors.…