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How we can raise the profile of female experts

Dick, Eva / Tatjana Reiber (2020)
The Current Column, 10. February 2020

On the occasion of the International Day of Women and Girls in Science Eva Dick and Tatjana Reiber highlight ways and means to increase the public presence of female scientists.

A WTO Framework on Investment Facilitation

, 11. February 2020

At a stock-taking and next-steps meeting of the Structured Discussions on Investment Facilitation for Development held last December in Geneva, participating WTO members decided to move into negotiating mode as of March 2020. Negotiations will be guided by the Joint Ministerial Statement on Investment Facilitation for Development adopted…

Anna-Katharina Hornidge appointed Director of DIE

Professor Anna-Katharina Hornidge has accepted the Professorship of Global Sustainable Development at the University of Bonn and has been appointed Director of DIE.

Africa’s employment perspectives towards 2040

Bonn, 17. February 2020

Sub-Saharan Africa (SSA) is the only world region where the number of poor people is still rising. The vast majority of the workforce is employed informally, often under precarious conditions. While many Asian countries have shown that such conditions can be overcome, it is unclear what could drive such structural transformation in SSA.…

2020

2020 Jump to: Dezember 2020 November 2020 Oktober 2020 September 2020 August 2020 Juli 2020 Juni 2020 Mai 2020 April 2020 März 2020 Februar 2020 Januar 2020 Dezember 2020 Eine Frau für die Transformation Porträt: Anna-Katharina Hornidge ist seit Oktober 2020 Mitglied im Wissenschaftlichen Beirat der Bundesregierung Globale Umweltveränderungen (WBGU), seit März 2020 Direktorin des Deutschen Instituts für Entwicklungspolitik sowie Professorin für Globale Nachhaltige…

Science and sustainable development (Victoria Falls)

Victoria Falls, 24. February 2020

Pre-Event to the African Regional Forum on Sustainable Development , hosted by the United Nations Economic Commission for Africa. Cooperation for sustainable development (as envisaged in SDG17) between external actors and Africa often discusses assistance schemes and aid or trade or investment priorities. The debate is often on separate…

The implications of the UN’s ruling on 'climate refugees'

Aleksandrova, Mariya / Benjamin Schraven / Diogo Serraglio (2020)
The Current Column, 24. February 2020

Although it is not legally binding, the UN Human Rights Committee ruling is the first to address someone’s attempt to be granted refugee status due to the impacts of climate change.

How Africa and Europe can work towards a different type of relationship

Hackenesch, Christine / Niels Keijzer / Julia Leininger (2020)
The Current Column, 02. March 2020

European Commission President Ursula von der Leyen will soon complete her first 100 days in office. One of her priorities for this period concerned the preparations for a comprehensive strategy with Africa, which will be released soon.

Concrete Measures to Facilitate the Flow of Sustainable FDI

Online Workshop, 11. March 2020

This capacity-building workshop aims at providing ground-level perspectives on issues relating to investment facilitation for development to enrich the negotiations of a multilateral Framework on Investment Facilitation for Development, which will begin on 12 March 2020. The discussions draw on the practical experiences of those most…

Global Transformation towards Sustainability

Bonn, 18. March 2020

The German Development Institute / Deutsches Institut für Entwicklungspolitik (DIE) and the University of Bonn are partners in the Bonn Alliance for Sustainability Research . In a joint Spring School we invite African Germany-Alumni from any field of study and Alumni of the Managing Global Governance (MGG) Academy of the DIE to come to…

Harnessing development cooperation to foster European climate leadership

Brüssel, 18. March 2020

The recent UN climate change conference in Madrid (COP25) was widely perceived as underwhelming in its failure to agree on key matters to support the implementation of the Paris Agreement and to ensure more ambitious climate action. All the while, the European Commission released its ambitious Green Deal and the European Parliament…

The role of a multilateral framework on investment facilitation for development in facilitating sustainable fdi

Webinar, 19. March 2020

Please register here if you are interested in attending this webinar. This webinar is part of a webinar series. Upcoming topics and dates will be published soon. Negotiations on a multilateral framework on investment facilitation for development are beginning in the World Trade Organization (WTO) on 12 March 2020 among 100 WTO members.…

Coronavirus as an opportunity for international cooperation

Marschall, Paul / Wulf Reiners (2020)
The Current Column, 23. March 2020

The novel coronavirus is keeping the world in suspense. The measures taken by numerous states are having a massive impact.

Why social protection is crucial in the corona crisis

Strupat, Christoph / Francesco Burchi / Daniele Malerba (2020)
The Current Column, 26. March 2020

The Spanish flu was one of the most devastating pandemics in human history, claiming up to 50 million lives worldwide between 1918 and 1919. It has many parallels with the current coronavirus and the international community would do well to learn from such past pandemics.

PRODIGEES – Digitalisation and Sustainability

, 31. March 2020

On March 30, 2020 members from the MGG network and beyond held the kick-off meeting for the new EU Horizon2020 project PRODIGEES “ Promoting Research on Digitalisation in Emerging Powers and Europe Towards Sustainable Development ”. Due to the Covid-19 situation, the meeting was not held in Berlin, as originally planned, but as a series…

What we can learn from and about Africa in the corona crisis

Roll, Michael (2020)
The Current Column, 02. April 2020

Is Africa defenceless in the face of the corona pandemic? In part, some African countries are even better prepared for pandemics than Europe and the United States. Nigeria’s success in fighting its 2014 Ebola outbreak illustrates why that is the case.

Approaches in smallholder farmer promotion

Kückelhaus, Adelheid / Michael Brüntrup (2020)
External Publications

The corona virus and its consequences for national, European and global sustainability and climate policy as well as international cooperation

Online, 03. April 2020

The coronavirus and the Covid-19 pandemic are currently determining our lives and thus also our work: not only in terms of organisation, but also in terms of content. While the current focus is of course on crisis management, some members and partners of SDSN Germany have already dealt with the consequences of the corona crisis for…

Earmarking in the multilateral development system: many shades of grey

Weinlich, Silke / Max-Otto Baumann / Erik Lundsgaarde / Peter Wolff (2020)
Studies 101

Earmarking has become a powerful and widely accepted, yet also loathed modality of funding multilateral development organizations. How is earmarking practiced by major donors? What options do they have? And how does earmarking affect organizations ability to effectively implement the 2030 Agenda?

How the EU and rising powers can shape their future sustainably

Grimm, Sven / Wulf Reiners / Benjamin Stewart (2020)
The Current Column, 06. April 2020

Given the catalytic function of the Covid-19 pandemic for digitalisation, the current crisis is an urgent call for a profound analysis of the impact of digitalisation on sustainability