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What does it mean to “address displacement” under the UNFCCC? An analysis of the negotiations process and the role of research

Serdeczny, Olivia (2017)
Discussion Paper 12/2017

This discussion paper investigates how climate-related human mobility was included under the UNFCCC in two categories: adaptation and loss and damage. It reviews the role of research and analyses the loss and damage negotiations that led to the specific mandate of "addressing displacement".

The Marshall Plan with Africa – Looking ahead to the principles of development effectiveness

Rudolph, Alexandra / Sarah Holzapfel (2017)
The Current Column, 02. May 2017

Development Minister Müller’s Marshall Plan with Africa includes key points for a new German development strategy with Africa. The Marshall Plan should include development effectiveness criteria for public and private players from the beginning, and thereby take the development effectiveness agenda further.

Online Platform Presents Policy Proposals to G20

How can the G20 ensure sustained progress on climate protection? How can governments leverage the opportunities of digitalization and mitigate the risks? How can migration and asylum policy challenges be overcome? Leading think tanks from the G20 countries have been grappling with these and other key poli-cy issues facing the 20 largest industrialized and emerging economies (G20) and are now presenting their recommendations to the G20 via the G20-Insights.org internet platform.

Managing coastal ecosystems in the Philippines: what Cash for Work programmes can contribute

Altenburg, Tilman / Cecilia Fischer / Kerstin Huck / Anna Kruip / Sören Müller / Stefanie Sörensen (2017)
Studies 94

Cash for Work (CfW) programmes can contribute effectively to the sustainable management of natural resources. We show this for fishery management and mangrove reforestation. The study compares CfW with alternative incentives schemes and shows how CfW should be designed to achieve its objective

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Expectation management? Contrasting the EU’s 2030 Agenda discourse with its performance in evaluating policy coherence for development

Keijzer, Niels (2017)
External Publications

Smart industrial policy is key to today’s development agenda

Altenburg, Tilman / Lütkenhorst, Wilfried (2017)
The Current Column, 08. May 2017

Decarbonisation, disruptive new technologies, massive urbanization: Today’s major challenges call for a new breed of industrial policy –a huge challenge for developing countries in particular. A new book by DIE researchers explains why and how.

Introduction to "Sustainability in the water-energy-food nexus"

Bhaduri, Anik / Claudia Ringler / Ines Dombrowsky / Rabi Mohtar / Waltina Scheumann (2017)
External Publications

Interconnections

Bonn, 12. May 2017

- Formerly known as One Agenda Conference - Interconnections between the 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development and the Paris Climate Agreement: Exploring the role of state, non-state and subnational actors The adoption of the 2030 Agenda (including 17 Sustainable Development Goals and the Financing for Development Process) and the Paris…

Determinants of ecological footprints: what is the role of globalization?

Rudolph, Alexandra / Lukas Figge (2017)
External Publications

Compact with Africa: fostering private long-term investment in Africa

Kappel, Robert / Birte Pfeiffer / Helmut Reisen (2017)
Discussion Paper 13/2017

How can the G20 Initiative “Compact with Africa” promote long-term investment in Africa? What is the potential role of institutional assets for infrastructure investment in Africa? Which preconditions are necessary to ensure that private investment drives structural change in Africa?

The Interplay between Fairness and Ambition

Bonn, 17. May 2017

In negotiations for international agreements, finding the delicate balance between ambition that matters and the fair and equitable treatment of the diverse parties is the vital factor of success. The Paris Agreement has addressed this interplay in a particularly intricate way. In global climate policy, ambition to cope with and avoid…

Entwicklungspolitische Eckpunkte in turbulenten Zeiten: Anmerkungen im Wahljahr

Klingebiel, Stephan / Dirk Messner / Imme Scholz (2017)
External Publications

The EU-South Africa strategic partnership: waning affection, persisting economic interests

Grimm, Sven / Christine Hackenesch (2017)
External Publications

Global Solutions

, 29. May 2017

The Group of Twenty (G20) is an international forum that brings together the world’s leading industrialised and emerging economies. The group accounts for 85% of world GDP and two-thirds of its population. The first summit of the G20 took place in Berlin in 1999. In 2017, the G20 summit returned to Germany. To mark Germany’s G20…

Political parties: weak point in the sustainability architecture

Kloke-Lesch, Adolf (2017)
The Current Column, 29. May 2017

A tragedy is looming. While the German Government and federal state governments are beginning to implement the 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development, the political parties behind them appear conspicuously unconcerned and are lagging perceptibly behind the dynamics in business and society.

Information communication technologies in atrocity response and prevention: deepening our understanding of the legal, ethical and practical challenges

Martin-Shields, Charles (2017)
External Publications

Is the EU WFD suitable to support IWRM planning in non-European countries? Lessons learnt from the introduction of IWRM and River Basin Management in Mongolia

Heldt, Sonja / Jean Carlo Rodríguez-de-Francisco / Ines Dombrowsky / Christian K. Feld / Daniel Karthe (2017)
External Publications

20 solution proposals for the G20 from the T20 Engagement Group

Messner, Dirk / Dennis Snower (2017)
External Publications

Implementing the 2030 Agenda in Pakistan: the critical role of an enabling environment in the mobilisation of domestic and external resources

Ali, Murad (2017)
Discussion Paper 14/2017

This discussion paper examines the role of ‘enabling environments’ for mobilizing resources needed for implementing the 2030 Agenda. It argues that generating additional resources depends on the prevalence of good governance and presence of effective institutions.