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An Italian researcher is tortured to death in Cairo – sombre cause to reconsider the way we work with Egypt

Loewe, Markus / Tilman Altenburg / Bernhard Trautner / Georgeta Vidican (2016)
The Current Column, 17. March 2016

In January Giulio Regeni, who spent last summer as a visiting researcher at our institute, was killed in Cairo. His gruesome death leaves us worried about future cooperation with Egypt.

Making climate action more transparent and ambitious: lessons learned from the NDCs

Katowice, 04. December 2018

The first round of NDCs lacked sufficient ambition and clarity to provide a pathway for reaching the Paris Agreement' long term goals. Learning from past experience, the side event presents strategies for improving countries' next NDCs based on research from several upcoming academic publications. Presentations by: Niklas Hoehne (New…

Dialogworkshop Nachhaltige öffentliche Beschaffung in NRW

Bonn, 27. April 2017

Im Zuge des Workshops werden die Forschungsergebnisse des Forschungs- und Transfernetzwerks „Nachhaltige öffentliche Beschaffung in NRW“ vorgestellt werden. Ziel ist der Austausch zu neuen Fragestellungen im Themenfeld. Inhaltliche Schwerpunkte werden, neben einer Neubestimmung der Treiber und Barrieren nachhaltiger Beschaffung in NRW,…

Climate change: the European Union towards COP21 and beyond

Bauer, Steffen / Clara Brandi / Simon Maxwell / Tancrède Voituriez / Alisa Herrero (2015)
External Publications

The ethics of biofuels

Bonn, 12. December 2011

Public lecture and expert discussion on the biofuels report of the Nuffield Council on Bioethics The promotion of biofuels has caused heated debates in recent years – mainly due to reported negative social and ecological effects. Against this backdrop, the Nuffield Council on Bioethics – an independent body that examines and reports on…

Johannes Brehm

Johannes Brehm is an Economist and former researcher in the research programme “Environmental Governance and Transformation to Sustainability” at the German Development Institute / Deutsches Institut für Entwicklungspolitik (DIE).

2030 Agenda Sustainable Development

Special "2030 agenda": DIE is participating in important discussions drawing from its wide-ranging expertise in development and environmental policy.

Looking back at the 2024 elections and their impact on global order

Online, 27. November 2024

2024 was an eventful election year with far-reaching political outcomes that will also have global implications. The election of Donald Trump in particular raises questions about how this decision could affect the world political order. On Wednesday, November 27, 13:00 - 14:00 CET, IDOS invites interested journalists to join us for a…

Introducing social protection in the Middle East and North Africa: prospects for a new social contract?

Markus Loewe, Rana Jawad (2018)
External Publications

Social protection in the MENA countries: prospects for a new social contract?

Jawad, Rana / Markus Loewe (eds.) (2018)
Books

Aligning the financial system with net-zero emissions

Online, 26. April 2022

Finance is critical to achieving deep decarbonisation by 2050. Article 2.i.c of the 2015 Paris Agreement sets out the goal of “making finance flows consistent with a pathway towards low greenhouse gas emissions and climate-resilient development”. Across the financial system, banks and investors need not only to analyse and mitigate…

WGBU-Gutachten: Deutsche G20-Präsidentschaft nutzen

WGBU-Gutachten: Deutsche G20-Präsidentschaft nutzen WGBU übergibt Sondergutachten "Entwicklung und Gerechtigkeit durch Transformation" an Bundesregierung Pressemitteilung vom 13.12.2016 Berlin, den 13.12.2016 . Die oft als Club der großen Wirtschaftsmächte geschmähten G20 können die Welt mit Entscheidungen in vier Bereichen voran bringen auf dem Weg zu Klimastabilisierung und Wirtschaftsdynamik – und dadurch autoritäre Bewegungen zurückdrängen helfen. Hierzu übergibt…

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…

How much aid is good for Africa - a big push as a way out of the "poverty trap"?

Klingebiel, Stephan (2005)
Briefing Paper 4/2005

Erkenntnisse aus der wirkungsorientierten Begleitforschung: Potential und Grenzen der rigorosen Wirkungsanalyse von Governance-Programmen

Funk, Evelyn / Lisa Groß / Julia Leininger / Armin von Schiller (2019)
Discussion Paper 13/2019

Wie kann die Wirkung von Governance-Programmen erfolgreich analysiert werden? In der vorliegenden Publikation dokumentieren die Autor/innen praxisorientierte und verallgemeinerbare Erkenntnisse über die Durchführung rigoroser Wirkungsanalysen in entwicklungspolitischen Governance-Programmen.

The implications of the UN’s ruling on 'climate refugees'

Aleksandrova, Mariya / Benjamin Schraven / Diogo Serraglio (2020)
The Current Column, 24. February 2020

Although it is not legally binding, the UN Human Rights Committee ruling is the first to address someone’s attempt to be granted refugee status due to the impacts of climate change.

The role of finance and related policies for biodiversity conservation

Bonn, 11. November 2015

2015 is a crucial year for biodiversity because this year’s decisions will have a huge impact for biodiversity conservation and funding in the next fifteen years. The Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) and their targets complement the goals of the Convention on Biological Diversity (CBD) on conserving and sustainably using biodiversity…

The Agenda 2030 – Dealing with Grand Challenges for Mankind

Bonn, 20. October 2016

In September 2015, countries agreed on a new sustainable development agenda in order to end poverty, protect the planet, and ensure prosperity for all by the year 2030. In the lecture series, experts from a variety of academic disciplines will analyze the most important grand challenges involved in this ambitious agenda. They will explore…

Development of local government - a key to poverty reduction in rural Africa

Otzen, Uwe (2002)
Briefing Paper 5/2002

Inclusive and sustainable industrial policy in developing countries

Bonn, 15. September 2014

In order to catch up with more advanced countries, low- and lower-middle income countries need to diversify their economies and accelerate structural change. In view of multiple market failures and huge capability gaps between local companies and their foreign competitors, few experts question the need for industrial policies. But two…