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National Climate Policy and Sustainable Development in Urban Kenya

Nairobi, 25. April 2017

The goals and objectives of the United Nations' 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development and the Paris Agreement under the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change (UNFCCC) create profound challenges for the development and implementation of coherent policies in all countries and at all levels of governance. Kenya has…

Unlocking the irrigation potential in sub-Saharan Africa: are public-private partnerships the way forward?

Scheumann, Waltina / Annabelle Houdret / Michael Brüntrup (2017)
Briefing Paper 7/2017

Can public-private partnerships in irrigation improve food security in Africa? Our briefing paper argues that it is possible if partnerships go beyond irrigation, farmers are organized and supported, and governments secure stable conditions especially for land and water use and protect public goods.

Proceeding with River Basin Management: legal, financial and political dimensions in Mongolia

Rodríguez de Francisco, Jean Carlo / Annabelle Houdret / Ines Dombrowsky (2017)
Briefing Paper 6/2017

This policy brief analyses the challenges that Mongolia faces in the implementation of River Basin Management and provides suggestions on how to move its legal, financial and political implementation further.

Drought resilience in Sub-Saharan Africa

Bonn, 06. April 2017

Drought is one of the four horsemen of the Apocalypse. It often has large-scale and serious consequences particularly in poor countries. It has accompanied humankind ever since, but is projected to increase with climate change. Yet, in our present time drought no longer needs to be a disaster, its consequences can be managed, though it is…

Expanding oil palm cultivation in Indonesia: changing local water cycles raises risks of droughts and floods

Merten, Jennifer / Alexander Röll / Surya Tarigan / Dirk Hölscher / Jonas Hein (2017)
Briefing Paper 1/2017

Oil palm cultivation is expanding rapidly across the globe. Current discussions on ecological impacts focus on the destruction of forests, greenhouse gas emissions and biodiversity loss. Little attention has been paid to concerns that oil palm expansion has severe impacts on local water resources.

Why data access matters: the NDC Explorer reveals new insights on national climate action plans

Pauw, Pieter / Kennedy Mbeva / Adis Dzebo (2017)
Die aktuelle Kolumne, 16. Januar 2017

With the NDC Explorer, an online visualisation tool, we aim to create more transparency about countries’ ambitions and priorities.

Sustainability in the water-energy-food nexus

Anik Bhaduri / Claudia Ringler / Ines Dombrowsky / Rabi Mohtar / Waltina Scheumann (eds.) (2017)
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Women, wealth and waterborne disease: smallholders’ willingness to pay for a multiple-use Water Scheme in Ethiopia

Sakketa, Tekalign Gutu / Martin Prowse (2018)
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Assessing agricultural systems vulnerability to climate change to inform adaptation planning: an application in Khorezm, Uzbekistan

Aleksandrova, Mariya / Animesh K. Gain / Carlo Giupponi (2016)
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Reconceptualising water management in Khorezm, Uzbekistan: recommendations towards IWRM

Hornidge, Anna-Katharina / Lisa Oberkircher / Bernhard Tischbein / Gunther Schorcht / Anik Bhaduri / Usman K. Awan / Ahmad M. Manschadi (2016)
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Capacity development for integrated water resources management: lessons learned from applied research projects

Ibisch, Ralf B. / Marco Leidel / Steffen Niemann / Anna-Katharina Hornidge / Ruth Goedert (2016)
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Reconsidering counter-hegemonic dam projects: the case of the Grand Ethiopian Renaissance Dam

Tawfik, Rawia (2016)
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The Grand Ethiopian Renaissance Dam: a benefit-sharing project in the Eastern Nile?

Tawfik, Rawia (2016)
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Changing hydropolitical relations in the Nile basin: a protracted transition

Tawfik, Rawia (2016)
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A critical review of the follow-the-innovation approach: stakeholder collaboration and agricultural innovation development

Amankwa, Kwadwo / Anastasiya Shtaltovna / Girma Kelboro / Anna-Katharina Hornidge (2016)
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Urban sewage in Brazil: drivers of and obstacles to wastewater treatment and reuse; governing the Water-Energy-Food Nexus Series

Stepping, Katharina M. K. (2016)
Discussion Paper 26/2016

Wastewater collection and treatment still largely struggles with overcoming barriers related to financial, institutional, political and socio-economic factors as well as limited capacity. The great potential for wastewater reuse has not yet been fully tapped, despite initial promising initiatives.

Private finance for climate-change adaptation: challenges and opportunities for Kenya

Pauw, Pieter / Adis Dzebo (2016)
Briefing Paper 22/2016

Private investments are important for countries to adapt to climate change. Yet how realistic is it to rely on the mobilisation of private investments in adaptation, in particular for less developed countries? This Policy Brief aims to answer this question in relation to Kenya

Ernährungssicherheit trotz Klimawandel: ohne Wasser nicht zu haben

Herrfahrdt-Pähle, Elke / Waltina Scheumann (2016)
Die aktuelle Kolumne, 21. November 2016

Die Anpassung der afrikanischen Landwirtschaft an den Klimawandel war endlich ein Thema der 22. Vertragsstaatenkonferenz der UN-Klimarahmenkonvention (UNFCCC) in Marrakesch. Ernährungssicherung kann nur erreicht werden, wenn jetzt überfällige Investitionen in Bewässerungsinfrastruktur und -institutionen getätigt werden.

Nexus-Forschung trifft Nexus-Praxis

Bonn, 21. November 2016

Mit der Agenda 2030 für Nachhaltige Entwicklung haben die Vereinten Nationen ein ehrgeiziges Programm formuliert. Wenn die 17 Ziele – und insbesondere die Ziele Ernährungs-sicherheit (SDG 2), Wassersicherheit (SDG 6), Energiesicherheit (SDG 7), Bekämpfung des Klimawandels (SDG 13) und Schutz von Landökosystemen (SDG 15) – erreicht werden…

The mobilisation of sub-national revenues is a decisive factor in the realisation of the 2030 Agenda

von Haldenwang, Christian / Armin von Schiller (2016)
Briefing Paper 21/2016

Sub-national units will play an increasing role in the mobilisation of domestic resources for the 2030 agenda. They are also at the forefront in the implementation of the global reform agenda. Consequently, they also contribute to overcoming problems of fragile statehood.