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Promoting evidence-based implementation of the Global Compact on Refugees

Maison de la Paix, Graduate Institute, Geneva & Online, 12. Dezember 2023

This linked event was part of the Global Refugee Forum session on Shifting Power and Expanding Refugee Access to Higher Education and Self-Reliance Multi-Stakeholder Pledges. Objectives: Celebrate the 20th anniversary of the Sergio Vieira de Mello Chairs and pay tribute to Sergio Vieira de Mello Showcase the impact of academic…

Pressemitteilung: Bericht unterstreicht Potenzial von grünem Wasserstoff als Katalysator für nachhaltige Entwicklung

Gestern fand eine wichtige Veranstaltung statt, die das Potential hat, das Verständnis der Rolle von grünem Wasserstoff (GH2) zu prägen. Ein Bericht "Green hydrogen for Sustainable Industrial Development: A Policy Toolkit for Developing Countries" vorgestellt.

Scaling up green investment in the Global South: strengthening domestic financial resource mobilisation and attracting patient International capital

Volz, Ulrich / Yuen Lo / Vaibhav Mishra (2024)
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Alle Hebel auf Umsetzung: Die SDGs als globaler Kompass in Krisenzeiten

Potsdam, 04. Dezember 2023

Die Halbzeitbilanz der Agenda 2030 und der SDGs fällt besorgniserregend aus. Nur 18 Prozent der 169 Unterziele werden voraussichtlich bis 2030 erreicht. Ein bloßes Fortschreiten in der bisherigen Umsetzungsgeschwindigkeit wäre fatal. Für die Erreichung der SDGs braucht es mehr Ambition und einen Fokus auf transformative Politikreformen…

Pandemic prevention: a planetary health perspective

Berlin, 01. Dezember 2023

The Covid-19 pandemic has led to an enormous socio-economic and ecological impact. In the post-pandemic phase there is much discussion what policy actions are required at several governance levels to prevent, prepare and respond (PPR) to future pandemics. An international pandemic accord, under negotiation at the World Health…

The BEPS Project: achievements and remaining challenges

Laudage Teles, Sabine (2023)
Policy Brief 22/2023

The OECD/G20’s Base Erosion and Profit Shifting (BEPS) project aims to reduce harmful tax avoidance. This policy brief evaluates the achievements and remaining challenges of the BEPS project to mobilise more domestic revenues, in particular in low- and middle-income countries.

The implementation of sustainable finance taxonomies: learning from South African experiences

Lötters-Viehof, Steffen / Sören Hilbrich / Kathrin Berensmann / Giovanna Artmann / Sam Ashman / Theresa Herbold / Agnese Monti / Felix Paffhausen / Stephanie Roigk / Lee-Ann Steenkamp (2023)
Policy Brief 20/2023

Embracing sustainable finance taxonomies – potential to facilitate investments in sustainable economic activities. This Policy Brief presents recommendations for a successful introduction of sustainable taxonomies based on research conducted in South Africa.

IDOS@COP28

Dubai, 30. November 2023

The 2023 UN Climate Change Conference (COP28) in Dubai, United Arab Emirates, which will take place from November 30 to December 12, would be decisive to advance multilateral responses to the climate crisis. IDOS will be active as an observer organisation. We will showcase our research findings at events and analyse progress made on…

INTERFACES Colloquium Series #4

Online, 30. November 2023

The fourth lecture in the INTERFACES colloquium series on “Sustainable land management in sub‐Saharan Africa: Improving livelihoods through local research” was on 30 November 2023 by Juliane Wiesenhütter and Nina Bisom, from GIZ on “United for Land – Partners, networks and contributions from a German perspective” . They introduced the…

China's footprint in Africa

Cissé, Daouda / Karoline Eickhoff / Julia Fath / Christine Hackenesch / Rainer Thiele (2023)
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Working better together? A comparative assessment of five Team Europe Initiatives

Keijzer, Niels / Iliana Olivié / Marie Santillán O’Shea / Svea Koch / Gabriel Leiva (2023)
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Sustainable Development Solutions Network (SDSN)

Das Sustainable Development Solutions Network (SDSN) bündelt Expertise aus Wissenschaft, Zivilgesellschaft und Privatwirtschaft, um globalen Herausforderungen mit innovativen und praktisch umsetzbaren Lösungsstrategien.

Promoting and Protecting Democracy in Times of De-Democratization

Bonn, 16. November 2023

Since the 1990s, external democracy promotion and protection has become a prominent tool of bi- and multilateral donors, as well as international and civil society organizations to promote and protect democracy in aid-recipient countries. However, democracy itself as well as promoters and supporters of democracy are challenged by a…

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.

Greening economies in partner countries

Bonn, 09. November 2023

Smart industrial policy anticipates the shift to a green economy; it guides and promotes the domestic economy so that it can take advantage of the opportunities offered by this structural change early on. At the same time, it is increasingly evident that the sustainability transition must be just to be acceptable and, thus, feasible.…

Learning from KfW’s ex-post evaluations? How conflicting objectives can limit their usefulness

Dörrbecker, Nicola M. (2023)
Discussion Paper 14/2023

How can German development cooperation learn from evaluations that are primarily used to monitor success and are also rarely read? Nicola Dörrbecker analyses such conflicts of interest with a focus on ex-post evaluations (EPE) by the development bank of the Kreditanstalt für Wiederaufbau (KfW).

Die Internationale Gemeinschaft muss endlich eine Schuldenerleichterung gewähren

Berensmann, Kathrin (2023)
Die aktuelle Kolumne, 06. November 2023

Die hochverschuldeten ärmsten Länder der Welt sind auf eine Schuldenerleichterung angewiesen, ansonsten drohen die Entwicklungsfortschritte der letzten Dekade verloren zu gehen.

Social cohesion amidst the global polycrisis

Bonn, 06. November 2023

Soziale Kohäsion – oder auch sozialer Zusammenhalt – prägt die Resilienz einer Gesellschaft gegenüber Schocks und Krisen. Gesellschaften, in denen sich Menschen vereint und solidarisch miteinander verbunden fühlen, sind eher imstande, Notlagen und schwierige Zeiten gemeinsam zu überstehen. Die derzeit vorherrschende globale Polykrise ist…

Technology assessment in a multilateral science, technology and innovation system

Ladikas, Miltos / Andreas Stamm (2023)
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58. Postgraduiertenkurs

58. Postgraduiertenkurs Direkt zu: 58. Kurs 58. Kurs Forschungsteams im 58. Postgraduiertenkurs Die Umsetzung der südafrikanischen Green Finance-Taxonomie Leitung: Dr. Kathrin Berensmann und Sören Hilbrich Mitglieder: Giovanna Artmann (International Development Studies) Theresa Herbold (Agricultural Economics) Agnese Monti (Political Science- Political Economy Track) Steffen Lötters-Viehof (Internationale Beziehungen und Entwicklungspolitik) Felix Paffhausen (Public…