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Globale Kooperation: sind Menschen auf diese zivilisatorische Herausforderung vorbereitet?

Messner, Dirk / Alejandro Guarín (2015)
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The new post-2015 agenda of the United Nations

Scholz, Imme (2014)
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A multiscalar and multiagent modelling framework for assessing sustainable futures in a globalised environment

Acosta-Michlik, Lilibeth A. / Bruno Henry de Frahan / Henrich Brucke / Kristina Hansen / Guy Engelen / Inge Uljee / Ann Van Herzele / Mark Rounsevell / Roger White (2011)
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Aid reform: southern voices excluded from crucial discussions

Keijzer, Niels / Adam Moe Fejerskov (2014)
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Shaping global development cooperation: The role of the EU in the UN

Shaping global development cooperation: The role of the EU in the UN Contact Timo Mahn : +49 (0) 228 94927-193 Heiner Janus : +49 (0)228 94927-259 Download The_Role_of_the_EU_in_the_UN_-_Workshop_Presentation_Koppers_BMZ_ENG_01.pdf The_Role_of_the_EU_in_the_UN_-_Workshop_outcomes_summary_ENG_01.pdf

Der Status Chinas als Entwicklungsland und dessen Folgen für die globale Zusammenarbeit

Li, Hangwei / Stephan Klingebiel (2025)
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China’s development country status and its implications for global cooperation

Li, Hangwei / Stephan Klingebiel (2025)
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It’s time to shift gears towards a balanced and equitable climate policy

Bauer, Steffen / Idil Boran (2022)
The Current Column, 07. March 2022

The Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) released the latest instalment of its Sixth Assessment Report (“AR6”). The landmark report comes at a time when stakes are particularly high.

Why the German G7 agenda needs a stronger social dimension

Böhl Gutierrez, Mauricio (2022)
The Current Column, 31. January 2022

The climate action proposed by the G7 must entail integrated social protection programmes to achieve an inclusive economic transformation.

How knowledge networks develop their transformative potential

Vogel, Johanna (2021)
The Current Column, 12. April 2021

The pandemic highlights the importance of knowledge networks as instruments. To be successful, they need to be interdisciplinary, as well as transnational and also need to pursue a common global vision.

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”.

“Transforming our world!”: Courage for restructuring the United Nations development system

Baumann, Max-Otto / Adolf Kloke-Lesch (2016)
The Current Column, 25. April 2016

“Transforming our world” – this is the guiding principle for the United Nations' 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development. It contains a new universal definition of development that should be used as a basis for re-visiting the underlying principles, tasks and global role of the UN development system.

Sustainable Development Goals: Pick and choose - or integration at last?

Heiner, Janus / Sarah Holzapfel (2016)
The Current Column, 01. February 2016

Since 1 January 2016, the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) guide development efforts around the world. 2016 will be about implementation. The key question is: How do we translate 17 goals and their 169 targets into policy making? One option is to continue business as usual and start selectively. Each country could pick and choose from the menu of goals and targets. A better option is to transform today’s policy making into a more coherent and integrated approach.

Joint Statement on commitment to the Paris Climate Agreement

This statement is supported by renowned scholars from rising powers of the South as well as Germany. The common position demonstrates our unwavering commitment to the Paris Accord and expresses our determination to deepen joint knowledge creation on existential issues for human survival and sustainable development, for global justice and social integration.

Die globale Flüchtlingskrise erfordert mehr als nur humanitäre Hilfe

Schraven, Benjamin / Niels Keijzer (2014)
The Current Column, 23. June 2014

Die vom UNHCR am Weltflüchtlingstag veröffentlichten Zahlen stellen einen traurigen neuen Rekord dar. Wie kann die internationale Gemeinschaft darauf reagieren?

Shifting gears and forging ahead: Research for transformative climate governance after "Paris"

Brandi, Clara / Steffen Bauer / Klaus Jacob (2016)
The Current Column, 18. May 2016

The Bonn Climate Change Conference 2016 provides a first litmus test for the value of the Paris deal – will it prove as 'historic' as it has been heralded in the wake of the Paris conference or will it turn into another paper tiger of international law?

G20-Gipfel in Hangzhou – was ist zu erwarten?

Berger, Axel / Peter Wolff (2016)
The Current Column, 02. September 2016

Das Treffen der G20 in Hangzhou hat eine ambitionierte Agenda. Am 4. und 5. September 2016 wollen die Staats- und Regierungschefs sich zu zentralen Themen wie der Agenda 2030 positionieren. Wir geben einen Überblick über die wichtigsten Streitpunkte.

South-South Cooperation: Global force, uncertain identity

Fues, Thomas (2016)
The Current Column, 11. April 2016

Rising powers in the South, are now ready to play a pro-active part in collective action on the Sustainable Development Goals, the Financing for Development Addis Agenda and the Paris Agreement on climate change.

Mind the (energy efficiency) gap!

Figueroa, Aurelia (2014)
The Current Column, 15. December 2014

Behavioural barriers to energy efficiency uptake have been demonstrated to impede uptake in OECD Member countries. New research points to the relevance of this topic in a global setting.

Promising action for nature and climate is easy, credible action a whole different matter

Chan, Sander / Idil Boran / Andrew Deneault (2022)
The Current Column, 07. November 2022

Governments and other actors must go beyond mere implementation and take bold steps to raise ambition.