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Different perspectives on differentiated responsibilities: a state-of-the-art review of the notion of common but differentiated responsibilities in international negotiations

Pauw, Pieter / Steffen Bauer / Carmen Richerzhagen / Clara Brandi / Hanna Schmole (2014)
Discussion Paper 6/2014

This paper discusses options on how the international climate regime under the UNFCCC can move forward with one of its fundamental yet often disputed principles: Common But Differentiated Responsibility (CBDR).

Book Presentation and Discussion: Ben Ramalingam: Aid on the Edge of Chaos

Berlin, 11. März 2014

It is widely recognised that the foreign aid system - which today involves every country in the world - is in need of drastic change. But there are conflicting opinions as to what is needed. Some call for dramatic increases in resources, to meet long-overdue commitments, and to scale up what is already being done around the world. Others…

Opportunities for the 2015 Climate Agreement

Bonn, 11. März 2014

The notion of Common But Differentiated Responsibilities (CBDR) is a cornerstone of international climate policy. It essentially acknowledges that individual countries’ contributions to global warming are often at odds with the climate change impacts they will be facing while at the same time there exist considerable differences in…

Green and social: managing synergies and trade-offs

Bonn, 12. März 2014

Existing development pathways need to be transformed so that they are more environmentally sustainable and socially inclusive. These two agendas can be synergistic or conflicting. Synergies have been explored to some extent in recent concepts such as the ‘green economy’, while the associated trade-offs and conflicts have received less…

Empirical evidence and policy responses regarding climate change and migration

Bonn, 13. März 2014

Rationale for the workshop To the present day, a predominantly negative understanding of migration in the context of climatic and environmental change has prevailed. Migration has often been portrayed as a threat for human national and international security in policy fora or in media’s representation of the topic. Despite this fact,…

Green and social in the Post-2015 agenda

Bonn, 14. März 2014

In September 2013, the United Nations decided to only have “one single framework and set of goals” for international development after 2015. A single framework means that the ambitions for human development and the environment of the Millennium and the Sustainable Development Goals need to be integrated in order to achieve a coherent…

Beyond development diplomacy: ministerial diversity and international cooperation

Lundsgaarde, Erik (2014)
Externe Publikationen

To be or not to be a member of a primary co-operative in Brazil: any difference in household decision making and gender equality? (forthcoming)

Burchi, Francesco / Sara Vicari (2014)
Externe Publikationen

Have international sustainability norms reached the emerging economies? Evidence from dams in Brazil, China, India and Turkey

Scheumann, Waltina / Oliver Hensengerth / Nirmalya Choudhury (2014)
Externe Publikationen

Evolution of dam policies: evidence from the big hydropower states

Scheumann, Waltina / Oliver Hensengerth (eds.) (2014)
Buchveröffentlichungen

Africa-EU Summit: Stronger Political Orientation and Sharper Focus Needed

Lundsgaarde, Erik / Svea Koch / Julia Leininger (2014)
Die aktuelle Kolumne, 31. März 2014

On 2 and 3 April 2014, African and EU Heads of State and Government will meet in Brussels to take stock of achievements in Africa-EU cooperation and to outline priorities for future cooperation.

When do disarmament, demobilisation and reintegration programmes succeed?

Banholzer, Lilli (2014)
Discussion Paper 8/2014

Determining how to effectively demobilize and reintegrate combatants is essential for the peace process. This paper provides a synthesis of what current research can tell us about the factors maximizing chances for the successful implementation of demobilization and reintegration programs.

Presenting results in development cooperation: risks and limitations

Holzapfel, Sarah (2014)
Briefing Paper 4/2014

At a time of global economic crisis, donor agencies are under increasing pressure to provide evidence of the positive results of their work. This paper analyses the limitations and risks of using standard indicators to report on aggregate outputs and outcomes of interventions at agency level.

The post-2015 agenda: The role of Social Protection

Bonn, 15. April 2014

Social protection has significantly gained prominence in the international development debate. It is a key tool for the eradication of poverty, for the reduction of vulnerability and for the limitation of rising income inequality. Apart from this, however, social protection also has an economic and a political function: Its pure existence…

The Rise of Informal Summitry: Implications for Global Governance

Duisburg, 15. April 2014

In the 8th Käte Hamburger Lecture, Andrew Cooper examined the rise of pivotal informal summitry/organisations, above all the G20 and the BRICS, and the implications of this phenomenon for global governance. At a basic level informal organisations differ from the formal institutions such as the UN and the IMF in a number of key ways:…

South-South Cooperation and the Post-2015 Agenda for Global Development

Mexico City, 16. April 2014

First High-Level Meeting of the Global Partnership for Effective Development Co-operation The event covered mainly two aspects of the topic in the following two sections. 1. The first section focused on “Mutual Accountability and South-South Cooperation in the Post-2015 Agenda”. In the post-2015 debate, global accountability features…

The formation of a new technological trajectory of electric propulsion in the French automobile industry

Schamp, Eike W. (2014)
Discussion Paper 12/2014

Low carbon policies have initiated a new race for hybrid and battery electric propulsion technologies for vehicles. Forming a new technological trajectory that will become sustainable is a societal process. What can we learn from France, Europe’s current leader in electromobility?

Definition of green finance

Lindenberg, Nannette (2014)
Mitarbeiter sonstige

International cooperation and development: a conceptual overview

Paulo, Sebastian (2014)
Discussion Paper 13/2014

The implementation of an agenda for global development needs to integrate the broader framework of international cooperation. This paper provides a conceptual overview of the relationship between international cooperation and development that outlines the general contours of this challenge.

Development leaders call for the EU to think and act globally

Development leaders call for the EU to think and act globally Development leaders call for the EU to think and act globally Press Release, 6 May 2014 The Independent Vision Group on European Development Cooperation calls for a stronger global role of the European Union (EU), especially in its relations with the developing world. The Independent Vision Group on European Development Cooperation worries, that Europe is so preoccupied with its own economic and social…