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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.

Evolution of dam policies: evidence from the big hydropower states

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

Which dimensions should matter for capabilities?A constitutional approach

Burchi, Francesco / Pasquale De Muro / Eszter Kollar (2014)
Externe Publikationen

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,…

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…

Universal, inclusive, sustainable - Shaping the EU's contribution to a global public policy in the Post-2015 world

Bruxelles, 06. März 2014

In 2014, negotiations for a Post-2015 global agenda will gain momentum. The Intergovernmental Open Working Group (OWG) established by the UN in 2013 will start elaborating a proposal which integrates work on the Sustainable Development Goals as decided by the UN Conference on Sustainable Develop­ment in Rio de Janeiro in 2012 and…

Low-carbon standards and labels in China

Brandi, Clara (2014)
Externe Publikationen

The German "Energiewende" in the global context: lessons and pitfalls for low-carbon transformation

Berlin, 04. März 2014

Germany’s energy transition is high on the political agenda. However, the so-called “Energiewende” still has a long way to go if it is to become a global model for low-carbon transformation. What is expected from the German “Energiewende”? Is energy transition primarily a technical or a sociopolitical challenge? And how can the…

With new expectations: German Foreign Policy is too complex to be left only to political insiders

Andrew F. Cooper (2014)
Die aktuelle Kolumne, 28. Februar 2014

The growing expectations for Germany to go beyond its built-in culture of limitations have been visibly on display.

An African Perspective: Pointers for Germany’s Foreign Policy Direction in Africa

Abou Jeng (2014)
Die aktuelle Kolumne, 26. Februar 2014

A debate has been emerging on the direction of Germany’s global engagement.

We Are in There Together with Germany: Observations by a Canadian

Gal-Or, Noemi (2014)
Die aktuelle Kolumne, 21. Februar 2014

To a Canadian, a bold speech such as the one recently delivered by the German President Joachim Gauck would not be expected from Canada’s Governor.

New international cooperation approaches_Lessons from Climate Politics – a Chinese Perspective

Bonn, 10. Februar 2014

China’s 12th Five Years Plan, with its ambitions to turn China into a model of low-carbon growth, reflects the enormous and uncontested efforts in the recent domestic climate policy of China. Yet, at an international level, negotiations for a global deal on CO2-reductions are constantly at an impasse. Do we need a change of perspectives…

Closing the Science-Practice Gap in Risk Management

Bonn, 30. Januar 2014

Public Lecture by Roger Kasperson, Research Professor at Clark University, Worchester/ USA The gap between science and decision making has long been a major concern in risk management. This presentation reports on the project "Vulnerability and Resilience in Science and Practice." This project has expored how knowledge enters into and…

Digital technologies for democratic governance in Latin America: opportunities and risks

Breuer, Anita / Yanina Welp (eds.) (2014)
Buchveröffentlichungen

Reforming fossil fuel subsidies in the MENA countries

Vidican, Georgeta (2014)
Externe Publikationen

Challenges in measuring the state of the environment in developing countries: a literature review

Stepping, Katharina M.K. (2013)
Discussion Paper 25/2013

The first comprehensive comparison of cross-country environmental composite indicators evaluates their conceptual and methodological strengths and weaknesses. The study also assesses how useful these environmental indices are in the context of developing countries.

The external-domestic interplay in democracy promotion: a case study on public administration reform in Croatia

Groß, Lisa / Sonja Grimm (2013)
Externe Publikationen

Considerations of efficiency and distributive justice in multidimensional poverty measurement

Rippin, Nicole (2013)
Externe Publikationen

What the EU could contribute, with a little EU-phoria

Furness, Mark (2013)
Externe Publikationen

Mobilising Long-Term Finance for Green Investments

Bonn, 08. November 2013

The workshop brought together policy makers, regulators, researchers, and investors to initiate result-oriented discussions of relevant stakeholders about concrete proposals to mobilise long-term green finance. The focus was on institutional investors and possibilities to overcome their investment barriers, but also a more holistic…