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How sustainable procurement can fight modern slavery

Stoffel, Tim (2020)
The Current Column, 30. November 2020

A mix of political instruments, from laws on corporate due diligence through to sustainable public procurement, is increasingly leading the assault on modern slavery.

New Avenues to introduce Carbon Pricing in Developing Countries

Online, 30. November 2020

This online event investigates ways to introduce carbon pricing in developing countries. Carbon pricing is widely accepted as the most effective and efficient policy to reduce carbon emissions. Yet many countries, in particular in the Global South, face political and economic constraints when introducing carbon pricing. This workshop…

Achievements and needs for the climate change scenario framework

O’Neill, Brian C. et al. (2020)
External Publications

Agricultura inclusiva y sostenible en Costa Rica: un sello para promover el comercio solidario

Stamm, Andreas (2020)
External Publications

Social Protection in a Changing Climate

Online, 26. November 2020

Climate change will inevitably affect us in significant ways in the near and long-term future, reshaping many of the risks we face. While an increasingly growing number of frameworks recognize the relevance of climate-sensitive, adaptive or shock-responsive social protection, no vision fully articulates yet what role social protection…

Development policy from a systemic perspective: changes, trends and its future role within a broader framework for transnational co-operation

Klingebiel, Stephan / Victoria Gonsior (2020)
External Publications

Rural shadow wages and youth agricultural labor supply in Ethiopia: evidence from farm panel data

Sakketa, Tekalign Gutu / Nicolas Gerber (2020)
External Publications

How the EU and AU should strengthen their cooperation

Bergmann, Julian (2020)
The Current Column, 23. November 2020

Peace and security remain a key challenge on the African continent and therefore an important issue in EU-AU relations.

Towards more policy advice: maximizing the UN’s assets to build back better

Hendra, John / Max Baumann (2020)
Briefing Paper 24/2020

In order to effectively assist countries in building back better from the COVID-19 pandemic and return to a path towards the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs), the UN and its development organizations will need to focus more than in recent times on high-level policy advice.

The SDGs on the threshold of Germany’s election year 2021

Kranholdt, Dominic (2020)
The Current Column, 19. November 2020

The Bundestag debate on sustainability could serve as momentum to bring the 2030 Agenda and the sustainable development goals into focus in the 2021 election year.

Innovation in training and learning for sustainability during (and after) the Corona crisis

Online, 19. November 2020

Global challenges such as the economic recovery after the crisis and climate change require effective training of civil servants on the UN 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development. The COVID-19 pandemic has moved training into the digital sphere, with massive implications for learning & dialogue processes. This roundtable on innovation in…

Ocean Governance: Action insights and foreshadowing challenges

Online, 19. November 2020

We were excited to welcome researchers and policy makers from more than 29 countries to reflect on the last four years of the Action and to discuss new developing topics and upcoming challenges to the future of our oceans through a series of scientific panels, as well as keynotes featuring: Edward H Allison , Principal Scientist at…

Developing a framework for the analysis of Arctic indigenous institutions in a rapidly transforming region

Götze, Jacqueline (2020)
External Publications

The politics of data portals in international- and transdisciplinary research

Vila Seoane, Maximiliano / Anna-Katharina Hornidge (2020)
External Publications

56 Postgraduate Course

Participants and Research Teams of the 56 Postgraduate Course of the German Development Institute / Deutsches Institut für Entwicklungspolitik (DIE)

Press release: New Bonn Water Network strengthens competences for sustainable water solutions

Today we are launching the 'Bonn Water Network' in order to coordinate and intensify their endeavours for sustainable water futures.

Connecting competences for sustainable water futures

Online, 17. November 2020

2.1 billion people have no access to clean drinking water and more than 4.5 billion have no safe sanitation. In many countries, increasing water scarcity threatens food security and energy production or leads to conflict. For the past 15 years, seven Bonn-based organizations have been sharing their insights into solutions towards a more…

The Arctic Council as a success case for transnational cooperation in times of rapid global changes?

Wehrmann, Dorothea (2020)
External Publications

How can development cooperation be more sensitive to power relations?

Kornprobst, Tim / Anna Schwachula (2020)
The Current Column, 16. November 2020

While ownership has been a priority of development cooperation since the 2005 Paris agenda if not before, in practice the goals of development projects are often defined by experts from the global North, even though these goals are geared to strategies of the partner governments.

The External Dimension of the European Green Deal – Prospects for Cooperation with (Re)Emerging Powers

Online, 16. November 2020

The European Green Deal is the main roadmap of the EU Commission for energy transition and for tackling climate change. First and foremost, it defines internal plans and strategies for the EU that will also have global effects. For promoting the global public good, the EU will need partners to jointly work with. The Green Deal Diplomacy…