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Niklas Wagner

Researcher

Environmental Governance

Alexia Faus Onbargi

Researcher

Environmental Governance

Dr. Mariya Aleksandrova

Senior Researcher

Environmental Governance

Dr. Gabriela Iacobuta

Associate Researcher

Environmental Governance

Bhavna Deonarain

Former Alexander von Humboldt Research Fellow

Transformation of Economic and Social Systems

Early engagement and co-benefits strengthen cities’ climate commitments

O'Garra, Tanya / Viktoriya Kuz / Andrew Deneault / Christopher Orr / Sander Chan (2024)
External Publications

Climate change and sovereign risk

Volz, Ulrich / John Beirne / Natalie Ambrosio Preudhomme / Adrian Fenton / Emilie Mazzacurati / Nuobu Renzhi / Jeanne Stampe (2020)
External Publications

The untapped potential of global climate funds for investing in social protection

Aleksandrova, Mariya (2021)
Briefing Paper 7/2021

Tapping climate finance for social protection through the Financial Mechanisms of the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change (UNFCCC) and the Paris Agreement can help countries increase their capacities to tackle the social and intangible costs of climate change.

Trade and climate change: how to design better climate-related provisions in preferential trade agreements

Brandi, Clara / Kateryna Holzer / Jean-Frédéric Morin / Harro van Asselt / Katharina Weber (2023)
Policy Brief 21/2023

Given the urgency of the climate crisis, using the toolbox of trade policies to help tackle climate change should be a priority. The Trade Day at COP28 also underlines the growing interest in trade and climate interlinkages.

The future of climate and development finance: balancing separate accounting with integrated policy responses

Koch, Svea / Mariya Aleksandrova (2023)
Policy Brief 19/2023

This paper discusses the blurring of development and climate finance and argues that the NCQG process and the integration of loss and damage into the climate finance system must go hand in hand with a separation of ODA and climate finance whilst ensuring integrated policy responses.

Trade elements in countries’ climate contributions under the Paris agreement

Brandi, Clara (2017)
External Publications

Managing climate risks

Online, 06. October 2021

A significant body of literature establishes the critical role of social protection in strengthening risk management and adaptive capacities of the poor and socially marginalized people to respond to climate change. Social protection instruments are generally categorized into i) social assistance, ii) social insurance and microinsurance,…

The global climate finance system – is the whole stronger than the sum of its parts?

Pickering, Jonathan / Carola Betzold / Jakob Skovgaard (2017)
The Current Column, 27. March 2017

Is progress within the climate finance system threatened by Trump? New special issue shows how the system has gained momentum but needs to build accountability and shared norms.

Climate-proofing the Global Financial System

Volz, Ulrich (2022)
External Publications

Global Climate Governance in the Face of Obstruction

Online, 08. June 2022

A first-of-its-kind conference will bring together leading social scientists to explore obstruction of global climate action. Co-hosted by the Climate Social Science Network headquartered at Brown University and the German Development Institute / Deutsches Institut für Entwicklungspolitik (DIE) , the conference held virtually on 8-10 June…

Why a new quantum must go hand in hand with higher quality

Aleksandrova, Mariya / Svea Koch (2024)
The Current Column, 27. May 2024

To consolidate trust and resolve conflicting positions, developed countries need to acknowledge the weaknesses and lessons from the implementation of the 100 billion target.

Enablers of ambitious climate action: challenges and opportunities to combine climate change and sustainable development

Iacobuta, Gabriela (2021)
Books

(How) does social protection promote climate change mitigation and adaptation?

Bonn, 26. November 2025

The deadline for applications has been extended to 21 May Social protection is crucial for achieving the 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development. In times of rising inequalities and poverty rates, social protection must continue addressing life cycle risks to prevent individuals from falling further into poverty while also aiding those…

2015 ICCG Climate Think Tank Ranking: DIE sharpens its profile among the worldwide leading think tanks in climate policy

2015 ICCG Climate Think Tank Ranking: DIE sharpens its profile among the worldwide leading think tanks in climate policy 2015 ICCG Climate Think Tank Ranking: DIE sharpens its profile among the worldwide leading think tanks in climate policy Press release, 28 June 2016 The German Development Institute / Deutsches Institut für Entwicklungspolitik (DIE) belongs to the leading research institutions in climate policy and climate economy worldwide: This is the assessment…

Climate (im)mobility in urban contexts: from recognition to action

Ekoh, Susan S. (2023)
Policy Brief 15/2023

This policy brief presents gaps and challenges involved in addressing climate change and human mobility in cities. Although actors recognize the nexus of climate change and human mobility and the urban dimensions, efforts to address this is far from what it should be.