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Funk, Evelyn

Wissenschaftliche Mitarbeiterin Forschungsprogramm "Transformation politischer (Un-)Ordnung: Institutionen, Werte und Frieden".

Weinsheimer, Felix

Wissenschaftlicher Mitarbeiter im Programm "Umwelt-Governance und Transformation zur Nachhaltigkeit"

Experts argue for Sustainable Digitalisation Goals

Press release from 10 January 2019

Global Outlook on Financing for Sustainable Development: Time to face the challenge

Bonn, 19. Dezember 2018

Financing the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) in developing countries is a major challenge. Urgent and bold action is needed to implement the AAAA and fulfil the promise of the 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development. Financing sustainable development is an investment in the well-being of all nations. OECD countries must face the…

Developing Countries Navigating Global Banking Standards

Bonn, 18. Dezember 2018

In today’s world of globalised finance, regulators even in the world’s smallest developing countries have to weigh up the international ramifications of their decisions. In this seminar, Dr. Florence Dafe (London School of Economics and Political Science) presented the results of a three-year research project titled " Developing countries…

Pursuing 1.5 degrees

Katowice, 12. Dezember 2018

Implementing ambitious climate policies – aimed at limiting global warming to 1.5 degrees – should not be perceived as only posing challenges for countries and economies. On the contrary, ambitious climate policies can lead to new development prospects with substantial economic and social gains. The earlier action is taken, the greater…

Zelli, Fariborz

Zelli, Fariborz Prof. Dr. Fariborz Zelli Abteilung Umwelt-Governance Fachrichtung Politikwissenschaftler Referierte Publikationen Zelli, Fariborz / Aarti Gupta / Harro van Asselt (2012) Horizontal institutional interlinkages in: Frank Biermann / Philipp Pattberg (eds.), Global environmental governance reconsidered: new actors, mechanisms and interlinkages, Cambridge, MA: MIT Pr., 175-198 Reiber, Tatjana / Fariborz Zelli (2011) Klimawandel in der Perspektive…

From information to action – communication for change

Katowice, Poland, 09. Dezember 2018

Public awareness and participation are fundamental for enhancing actions under the Paris Agreement. Communication should play a vital role in providing the public with access to information in a form that is both easily understandable and motivates people to act for climate. However, climate communications faces various challenges: from…

Science based engagement - how to get the data out there

Katowice, Poland, 08. Dezember 2018

Scientific research and data is crucial for understanding, modelling, and predicting the effects of climate change and designing appropriate policy responses. However, to foster the implementation of data based solutions and hold policy makers accountable for their decisions, the public needs to be able to access and use this data in a…

What steps can local, business, and civil society take to boost action in developing and developed countries?

Katowice, Poland, 08. Dezember 2018

New non-state and local leadership are necessary in the face of political challenges, such as the intended withdrawal from by Paris Agreement by the US. Moreover, a wide gap persists between governmental climate commitments and pathways that are consistent with the climate goals under the Paris Agreement. Non-state and local climate…

Can climate insurance address climate risks while adhering to fair and pro-poor principles?

Katowice, Poland, 08. Dezember 2018

Approaches to managing disasters in the last century typically focused almost exclusively on response, and were detached in theory and practice from activities that influenced societal vulnerability and exposure. More recently these approaches have been replaced by integrated disaster and climate risk management. Integrated approaches…

Development and Climate Days 2018

Katowice, 08. Dezember 2018

This year’s D&C days aimed to influence the ‘Ambition Mechanism’ processes under the UNFCCC – particularly the Talanoa Dialogue and Global Stocktake – and to inform climate action on all levels, looking ahead to 2020. Klimalog was (co-)organising the following sessions: 8 December 11.30h Can climate insurance address climate risks while…

Lessons learnt from impact-oriented accompanying research: potentials and limitations to rigorously assessing the impact of governance programmes

Funk, Evelyn / Lisa Groß / Julia Leininger / Armin von Schiller (2018)
Discussion Paper 28/2018

How can we assess impact in governance programs? This publication presents lessons learnt on how to conduct impact-oriented accompanying research succesfully. The focus is on governance interventions but the lessons can also be applied to other development interventions.

MGG Alumni Conference Brazil

Rio de Janeiro, 06. Dezember 2018

Addressing global challenges by joint knowledge production is at the core of the dialogue, research and training programme Managing Global Governance (MGG). The programme is implemented by the German Development Institute / Deutsches Institut für Entwicklungspolitik (DIE) with partners from the emerging economies Brazil, China, India,…

Making climate action more transparent and ambitious: lessons learned from the NDCs

Katowice, 04. Dezember 2018

The first round of NDCs lacked sufficient ambition and clarity to provide a pathway for reaching the Paris Agreement' long term goals. Learning from past experience, the side event presents strategies for improving countries' next NDCs based on research from several upcoming academic publications. Presentations by: Niklas Hoehne (New…

MGG Alumni Conference China

Beijing, 03. Dezember 2018

Addressing global challenges by joint knowledge production is at the core of the dialogue, research and training programme Managing Global Governance (MGG). The programme is implemented by the German Development Institute / Deutsches Institut für Entwicklungspolitik (DIE) with partners from the emerging economies Brazil, China, India,…

Klimalog @COP24

Katowice, 02. Dezember 2018

The Klimalog project of the German Development Institute / Deutsches Institut für Entwicklungspolitik (DIE) has been happy to play an active role in the 24th Session of the Conference of the Parties to the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change. 03 to 14 December Official COP24 exhibit: Klimalog Booth in cooperation with…

MGG Conference on Voluntary Sustainability Standards

Jakarta, 28. November 2018

On 28-29 November 2018, the International Seminar: Public Awareness and Internal Meeting on VSS in Jakarta, Indonesia brought together more than 120 participants from the public sector, civic society, research and private sector. The event aimed to create public awareness in Indonesia on the importance of VSS, engage and empower multiple…

Conceptualising an Investment Facilitation Index

Geneva, 27. November 2018

After the successful adoption of the Trade Facilitation Agreement by the WTO, investment facilitation has recently been gaining in popularity in international policy debates. Investment facilitation refers to actions, mainly by host countries, to make legal and administrative rules and procedures more transparent, predictable and…

MGG Alumni Conference Indonesia 2018

Jakarta, 26. November 2018

Addressing global challenges by joint knowledge production is at the core of the dialogue, research and training programme Managing Global Governance (MGG). The programme is implemented by the German Development Institute / Deutsches Institut für Entwicklungspolitik (DIE) with partners from the emerging economies Brazil, China, India,…