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Green Transformational Policies towards Sustainability

Berlin, 11. March 2014

If we are to prevent dangerous anthropogenic interference with the climate system and to preserve humanity's life support systems for future generations, we need a radical transformation in the way we use our planet's natural resources. The market is failing to bring about the necessary changes and its incentive structures even caused the…

Opportunities for the 2015 Climate Agreement

Bonn, 11. March 2014

The notion of Common But Differentiated Responsibilities (CBDR) is a cornerstone of international climate policy. It essentially acknowledges that individual countries’ contributions to global warming are often at odds with the climate change impacts they will be facing while at the same time there exist considerable differences in…

Privatization of Turkey’s rivers? The rise of water struggles and AKP government’s responses

Bonn, 12. March 2014

Rivers offer a huge potential for the generation of ‘clean’ electricity through hydropower development. But are the environmental impacts of dams really that small and does public interest in the name of renewable energy sources justify expropriation of local populations? In Turkey, these questions lead to heated debates– in midst of…

Green and social: managing synergies and trade-offs

Bonn, 12. March 2014

Existing development pathways need to be transformed so that they are more environmentally sustainable and socially inclusive. These two agendas can be synergistic or conflicting. Synergies have been explored to some extent in recent concepts such as the ‘green economy’, while the associated trade-offs and conflicts have received less…

Empirical evidence and policy responses regarding climate change and migration

Bonn, 13. March 2014

Rationale for the workshop To the present day, a predominantly negative understanding of migration in the context of climatic and environmental change has prevailed. Migration has often been portrayed as a threat for human national and international security in policy fora or in media’s representation of the topic. Despite this fact,…

Darstellung von Ergebnissen in der Entwicklungszusammenarbeit: Risiken und Grenzen

Holzapfel, Sarah (2014)
Analysen und Stellungnahmen 4/2014

EZ-Organisationen sind in Zeiten der globalen Wirtschaftskrise einem vermehrten Legitimationsdruck ausgesetzt. Dieses Papier analysiert die Risiken und Grenzen einer Ergebnisberichterstattung, die primär auf die Erfüllung von Rechenschaftsplichten in Geberländern ausgerichtet ist.

Green and social in the Post-2015 agenda

Bonn, 14. March 2014

In September 2013, the United Nations decided to only have “one single framework and set of goals” for international development after 2015. A single framework means that the ambitions for human development and the environment of the Millennium and the Sustainable Development Goals need to be integrated in order to achieve a coherent…

"Mehr Verantwortung" in der Welt: die größten Herausforderungen sind nicht militärischer Art

Grävingholt, Jörn / Julia Leininger (2014)
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Weniger ist mehr

Berger, Axel (2014)
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World Water Day on Water and Energy: The Nexus and beyond

Bonn, 20. March 2014

At this Water Lecture, a panel of high-level experts from International Organizations, Policy think tanks and the academia discussed the various links between water and energy as well as potential challenges and opportunities of the interface between water and energy at different levels and settings. The emphasis of this panel discussion…

Die Globale Partnerschaft für wirksame Entwicklungszusammenarbeit (EZ) als Bestätigung und Herausforderung für die EZ der Bundesländer und Kommunen (in Erscheinen)

Ashoff, Guido (2014)
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Die EU-Afrika-Partnerschaft: überdiversifiziert und unpolitisch?

Lundsgaarde, Erik / Svea Koch / Julia Leininger (2014)
The Current Column, 31. March 2014

Vom 2. bis 3. April kommen Staats- und Regierungschefs der Europäischen Union (EU) und Afrikas in Brüssel zusammen, um eine Zwischenbilanz ihrer bisherigen Zusammenarbeit zu ziehen und künftige Arbeitsschwerpunkte zu setzen.

Wie soll Entwicklungszusammenarbeit gestaltet werden? Die Globale Partnerschaft und das Development Cooperation Forum

Janus, Heiner / Stephan Klingebiel / Timo Casjen Mahn (2014)
Analysen und Stellungnahmen 5/2014

Im Kontext der Post-2015 Ziele wird die Entwicklungszusammenarbeit derzeit neu ausgerichtet. Mit der „Busan Partnerschaft“ sowie dem „Development Cooperation Forum“ der Vereinten Nationen bestehen dafür überlappende Plattformen. Welches Forum wird sich als legitim, wirksam und relevant erweisen?

Technological pathways to low carbon: Competition and collaboration between Europe and emerging Asia

Bonn, 07. April 2014

This was the final conference of an international research project " Technological trajectories for low carbon development in China, Europe and India ", generously funded by the Swedish Riksbankens Jubileumsfond under a joint call with Volkswagen Foundation and Compagnia de San Paolo. The project was jointly carried out by a team of 15…

The Rise of Informal Summitry: Implications for Global Governance

Duisburg, 15. April 2014

In the 8th Käte Hamburger Lecture, Andrew Cooper examined the rise of pivotal informal summitry/organisations, above all the G20 and the BRICS, and the implications of this phenomenon for global governance. At a basic level informal organisations differ from the formal institutions such as the UN and the IMF in a number of key ways:…

The post-2015 agenda: The role of Social Protection

Bonn, 15. April 2014

Social protection has significantly gained prominence in the international development debate. It is a key tool for the eradication of poverty, for the reduction of vulnerability and for the limitation of rising income inequality. Apart from this, however, social protection also has an economic and a political function: Its pure existence…

South-South Cooperation and the Post-2015 Agenda for Global Development

Mexico City, 16. April 2014

First High-Level Meeting of the Global Partnership for Effective Development Co-operation The event covered mainly two aspects of the topic in the following two sections. 1. The first section focused on “Mutual Accountability and South-South Cooperation in the Post-2015 Agenda”. In the post-2015 debate, global accountability features…

Post 2015: Peace, security and development belong together

Janus, Heiner / Gerrit Kurtz (2014)
The Current Column, 22. April 2014

There are still significant political obstacles to specific goals regarding peace and security in the post-2015 agenda. Germany should build bridges to the sceptical countries.

Klimaschutz in der Land(wirt)schaft: Chancen und Risiken für Kleinbauern in Entwicklungsländern

Lottje, Christine / Marcus Kaplan / Anika Schroeder / Karl Schüle (2014)
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Konkurrenz um’s „blaue Gold“ : nur durch nachhaltiges Management kann Marokko der Wasserkrise begegnen

Houdret, Annabelle (2014)
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