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The need for debt-for-climate swaps

Akhtar, Shamshad / Kevin P. Gallagher / Stephany Griffith-Jones / Jörg Haas / Ulrich Volz (2020)
External Publications

Digital MGG Academy 2020 has started

Press release of 18 August 2020: The MGG Academy has started. The four month dialogue and training programme will, for the first time in 13 years, not take place in Bonn.

Narratives and practices of environmental justice

Hein, Jonas / Florian Dünckmann (2020)
External Publications

Correcting course: the emission reduction potential of international cooperative initiatives

Lui, Swithin et al. (2020)
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Migration, Umweltwandel und nachhaltiges Wirtschaften

Schraven, Benjamin (2020)
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Taming the big green elephant. Setting the motion for transformation towards sustainability

Hernandez, Ariel Macaspac (2020)
Books

AU-EU cooperation on the Green Transition: What role of a European Green Deal?

Online, 02. September 2020

Preparations for the AU-EU summit offer an opportunity to give AU-EU cooperation on green transitions a new impetus. On the European side , the European Commission has proposed an ambitious agenda to transform the European Union in a carbon-neutral continent by 2050 and to decouple economic growth from resource use. While the Green Deal…

Climate change impacts on human (im-)mobility in Sub-Saharan Africa: recent trends and options for policy responses

Schraven, Benjamin / Stephen Adaawen / Christina Rademacher-Schulz / Nadine Segadlo (2020)
External Publications

Was bedeutet der Green Deal für den globalen Süden?

Iacobuta, Gabriela (2020)
External Publications

AU-EU cooperation on the Green Transition: What role for cooperation on energy transition?

Online, 09. September 2020

Preparations for the AU-EU summit offer an opportunity to give AU-EU cooperation on green transitions a new impetus. On the European side , the European Commission has proposed an ambitious agenda to transform the European Union in a carbon-neutral continent by 2050 and to decouple economic growth from resource use. While the Green Deal…

Germany’s funding to the UNDS: towards a better mix for stronger multilateralism

Weinlich, Silke / Max-Otto Baumann / Erik Lundsgaarde (2020)
Briefing Paper 17/2020

Germany has become the second-largest funder of UN humanitarian and development work, but its funding is rather fragmented and restricted. To be an effective supporter of multilateralism, the German Government should adopt a coordinated, strategically informed approach to funding UN organizations.

Science Policy for Earth System Governance

Online, 15. September 2020

Governing our earth’s systems requires us to know them: their structures, functions, internal processes, the resources and services they provide, their carrying capacities and triggers of change. In-depth research into our marine and terrestrial ecosystems as well as century-old experiential knowledge form the basis for their sustainable…

AU-EU cooperation on the Green Transition: What role for cooperation on international climate policy?

Online, 16. September 2020

Preparations for the AU-EU summit offer an opportunity to give AU-EU cooperation on green transitions a new impetus. On the European side , the European Commission has proposed an ambitious agenda to transform the European Union in a carbon-neutral continent by 2050 and to decouple economic growth from resource use. While the Green Deal…

Multilateralism needs action, not celebrations

Hendra, John / Silke Weinlich (2020)
The Current Column, 21. September 2020

On the occasion of their 75th anniversary, the United Nations will today adopt a political declaration including the telling sentence “We are not here to celebrate. We are here to take action.” 3d

Trade and climate change: a key agenda for the G20

Brandi, Clara / Axel Berger / Aaron Cosbey / Susanne Dröge / Manfred Elsig / Ilaria Espa / Jean-Frédéric Morin (2020)
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Investing in a green recovery: the pandemic is only a prelude to a looming climate crisis

Volz, Ulrich (2020)
External Publications

Case studies of environmental risk analysis methodologies

Ma, Jun / Ben Caldecott / Ulrich Volz (2020)
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Feeling the heat: climate risks and the cost of sovereign borrowing

Beirne, John / Nuobu Renzhi / Ulrich Volz (2020)
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Mensch, dein Lebensraum!

Wieczorek, Florian / Okka Lou Mathis (2020)
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How the European Green Deal should reshape Africa-EU relations

Högl, Maximilian / Christine Hackenesch / Gabriela Iacobuta (2020)
The Current Column, 28. September 2020

Ursula von der Leyen reiterated the European Green Deal’s importance as the flagship of the new EU Commission. The partnership with Africa is particularly important in this regard.