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Decarbonizing power

Bonn, 15. June 2016

The climate conference in Paris has been hailed as a milestone in international climate cooperation. For the first time, poorer and richer countries alike have drafted plans which are the basis of a comprehensive international agreement for global decarbonization. Now, however, follows the much less glorious phase of implementation – that…

Getting to zero poverty and zero emissions

Brussels, 15. June 2016

The Paris Agreement, adopted in December 2015, is a major breakthrough in our joint fight against climate change. In terms of the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs), it will be the main instrument to reach SDG 13: 'Take urgent action to combat climate change and its impacts.' Approaches such as the Deep Decarbonization Pathways Project…

Today is gonna be the day: Stop planning how to implement the Paris Agreement, just start doing it

Lindenberg, Nannette (2016)
The Current Column, 06. June 2016

Governments need to send the strong signal that economic models have irrevocably changed after Paris to prevent the transformation towards sustainability from losing momentum.

Urban Solutions

Berlin, 01. June 2016

Cities will play a major role in realising the international community's climate and development goals. Already, they are home to half the world's population. By 2050, two thirds of the world's population will be living in cities. Yet cities are responsible for 75 per cent of all CO2 emissions. And the process of urbanisation is…

Public-Private Partnerships in irrigation

Bonn, 01. June 2016

This year, the Dialogue on Water has been jointly organized by the German Development Institute /Deutsches Institut für Entwicklungspolitik (DIE) and the International Fund for Agricultural Development (IFAD). Experts from North African, sub-Saharan and European countries met with practitioners of German development cooperation,…

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2015 Jump to: 2015 Dezember 2015 November 2015 Oktober 2015 September 2015 August 2015 Juli 2015 Juni 2015 Mai 2015 April 2015 März 2015 Februar 2015 Januar 2015 2015 Jan. Feb. Mär. Apr. Mai Juni Juli Aug. Sept . Okt . Nov . Dez . Dezember 2015 Dirk Messner zur WTO-Konferenz in Nairobi Im Interview erläutert DIE-Direktor Dirk Messner warum es wichtig ist, dass den Entwicklungsländern der Zugang zu den Märkten der Industrie- und Schwellenländern ermöglicht wird und…

Chapter 4: Private sector finance for adaptation

Atteridge, Aaron / Pieter Pauw / Pieter Terpstra / Fabio Bedini / Lorenzo Bossi / Cecilia Costella (2016)
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Chapter 1: Introduction to "The Adaptation Gap Report: United Nations Environment Programme (UNEP), Nairobi

Bee, Skylar / Aaron Atteridge / Pieter Pauw / Pieter Terpstra / Paul Watkiss (2016)
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A European narrative?

Kloke-Lesch, Adolf (2016)
The Current Column, 25. May 2016

In September 2015, the EU heads of state and government joined their colleagues from around the world to adopt the transformational project of the 2030 Agenda. The focus is now on putting it into practice.

A pioneers' alliance for climate action

Berlin, 25. May 2016

Effective implementation of the prospective new climate agreement will depend on ambitious climate action around the globe. Some countries are willing and able to go further faster to raise the level of ambition in international climate policy. This workshop brought together experts from all world regions and explored the potentials of a…

Border Carbon Adjustments

Bonn, 25. May 2016

We are moving towards a more fragmented, domestically driven climate policy architecture under the Paris Agreement, in which some actors have pledged to significantly increase their climate ambition. Has now the time arrived for a more informed debate about border carbon adjustments? This invitation-only event offered a timely opportunity…

2016 Berlin Conference on Global Environmental Change

Berlin, 23. May 2016

On 12 December 2015, the UN climate change conference in Paris adopted a new and universal global climate agreement that marks a watershed in international climate politics. Yet, how are we going to achieve its stated long-term goal of limiting global warming to “well below 2 °C above pre-industrial levels and to pursue efforts to limit…

Come on, donors, be courageous!

Kreibaum, Merle (2016)
The Current Column, 20. May 2016

Cash transfers offer potential for increasing self-determination and efficiency in emergency and transitional aid provision

Biodiversity research: social sciences under-represented

Richerzhagen, Carmen (2016)
The Current Column, 20. May 2016

The rapid loss of biodiversity can be traced back to human activity, and yet social scientists, who analyse the impact of human society on the environment, are under-represented in the field of biodiversity research.

Paris agreement: gateway to a decarbonised global society

Messner, Dirk (2016)
External Publications

Latin America and the Global Politics of Climate Change

Bonn, 19. May 2016

J. Timmons Roberts, currently a guest researcher at the German Development Institute / Deutsches Institut für Entwicklungspolitik (DIE), and co-author Guy Edwards, summarized and updated their new book A Fragmented Continent: Latin America and the global politics of climate change (MIT Press, 2015). They argued that Latin American…

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?

Financing Loss and Damage

Bonn, 17. May 2016

The workshop kicked off with an introduction to the idea of Loss and Damage in the context of the UNFCCC and set the stage to discuss how the issue of Loss and Damage has been evolving since COP-19 in Warsaw via COP-21 in Paris towards COP-22 in Marrakesh and beyond. Dedicated workshop sessions notably included a review of pertinent…

G20: Concert of great powers or guardian of global well-being?

Fues, Thomas / Dirk Messner (2016)
Briefing Paper 9/2016

Eight years after its formation, the Group of 20 (G20) has consolidated its status as the power centre of global economic governance. In light of pressing challenges G20 leaders need to act as guardians of global well-being by supporting implementation of the 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development.

Het kapitalisme heeft zijn langste tijd echt wel gehad

Pauw, Pieter (2016)
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