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Let's plant forests for the future

Bonn, 17. Juni 2019

The 17th of June reminds us that the combat of desertification and drought is a global challenge. This is never more true than today, when it is increasingly becoming evident that loss of biodiversity, climate change, soil degradation, drought and water stress as well as poverty and food insecurity in rural areas are not only local…

Taking Global Climate Action beyond 2020 - Accelerating the Sustainable Future We Want

, 17. Juni 2019

The 50th sessions of the UNFCCC Subsidiary Body for Implementation (SBI) and Subsidiary Body for Scientific and Technological Advice (SBSTA) took place in Bonn, Germany, from 17-27 June 2019. The German Development Institute / Deutsches Institut für Entwicklungspolitik (DIE) and York University were honoured to convene an official side…

What makes economic empowerment programmes successful? Experimental evidence from Malawi

Burchi, Francesco / Christoph Strupat (2019)
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Telling the wood from the trees

Bonn, 18. Juni 2019

This event presented innovative findings from empirical research on forest conservation in Indonesia. It launched the recently published book by Dr. Jonas Hein, “Political Ecology of REDD+ in Indonesia: Agrarian Conflicts and Forest Carbon” and discussed its insights at the nexus of development research, international climate governance…

On the move: migration can contribute to sustainable economic development

Hunter, Lori / Clara Brandi / John Connell / Kathleen Hermans / Jens Newig / Mark Stafford Smith (2019)
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Carbon Capture and Storage – A responsible bridge to a low-carbon future?

Bonn, 19. Juni 2019

Carbon Capture and Storage (CCS) is considered by many research groups working on climate change mitigation as a necessary element of a (more) sustainable energy future. For instance, WBGU in its 2011 “Great Transformation” report concludes, “CCS is a necessary mitigation measure for countries that continue to use fossil energies, if…

The Treaty of Aachen: opportunities and challenges for Franco-German cooperation in development policy and beyond

Krüger, Laura-Theresa / Julie Vaillé (2019)
Discussion Paper 8/2019

Despite the continued high-level commitment to French-German cooperation in development, bilateral cooperation so far remains rather opportunity- than strategy-driven. This Discussion Paper seeks to analyse the main obstacles and how these play out in practice.

Labor-intensive public works programs in sub-Saharan Africa: experiences and implications for employment policies

Sakketa, Tekalign Gutu / Joachim von Braun (2019)
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Putting your money where your mouth is: geographic targeting of World Bank projects to the bottom 40 percent

Öhler, Hannes / Mario Negre / Lodewijk Smets / Renzo Massari / Željko Bogetić (2019)
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Why writing a new constitution after conflict can contribute to peace

Fiedler, Charlotte (2019)
Briefing Paper 11/2019

Countries coming out of conflict often adopt new constitutions, but the question how this affects their chances of sustaining peace remains unanswered. This paper summarises new research showing that post-conflict constitution-making processes and especially longer ones can contribute to peace.

Approaches to Mobilize Finance for Addressing Climate Induced Loss and Damage

Bonn, 25. Juni 2019

The provision of finance support to avert, minimize and address climate-induced loss and damage has emerged as an increasingly important issue. However, tangible solutions how to mobilize finance from new and innovative sources are not yet agreed. The question of possible institutional set-ups to administer such additional finance is…

Human mobility in the context of climate change in Sub-Saharan Africa: trends and basic recommendations for development cooperation

Schraven, Benjamin / Stephen Adaawen / Christina Rademacher-Schulz / Nadine Segadlo (2019)
Briefing Paper 12/2019

Human (im-)mobility in the context of climate change is major challenge for the African continent. This paper identifies some key trends in "climate migration" in Sub-Saharan Africa. Based on that, three basic policy recommendations are formulated.

Does orchestration in the Global Climate Action Agenda effectively prioritize and mobilize transnational climate adaptation action?

Chan, Sander / Wanja Amling (2019)
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Exploring links between national climate strategies and non-state and subnational climate action in nationally determined contributions (NDCs)

Hsu, Angel / John Brandt / Oscar Widerberg / Sander Chan / Amy Weinfurter (2019)
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Islamization by secular ruling parties: the case of Bangladesh

Lorch, Jasmin (2019)
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Human migration in the era of climate change

Cattaneo, Cristina / Michel Beine / Christiane J. Fröhlich / Dominic Kniveton / Inmaculada Martinez-Zarzoso / Marina Mastrorillo / Katrin Millock / Etienne Piguet / Benjamin Schraven (2019)
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Regional cooperation on migration and mobility: experiences from two African regions

Dick, Eva / Benjamin Schraven (2019)
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The end of certainties

Klingebiel, Stephan (2019)
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When do international treaties matter for domestic environmental legislation?

Brandi, Clara / Dominique Blümer / Jean-Frédéric Morin (2019)
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China: same, same, but different?

Bader, Julia / Christine Hackenesch (2019)
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