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World Development Report 2015: Mind, Society, and Behavior

Bonn, 12. März 2015

The German Development Institute / Deutsches Institut für Entwicklungspolitik (DIE) invited to a public brown bag lunch with Ryan Muldoon, member of the Core Team of the 2015 World Development Report, and Senior Research Fellow in the Philosophy, Politics and Economics program at the University of Pennsylvania. The World Development…

Is Democracy in Decline?

Diamond, Larry (2015)
Die aktuelle Kolumne, 23. Februar 2015

Why have freedom and democracy been regressing in many countries? The most important and pervasive answer is bad governance.

The Charter for the Future: A Southern perspective

Pérez Pineda, Jorge A. (2015)
Die aktuelle Kolumne, 04. Februar 2015

Even if there is “One World”, there is not a “one size fits all” solution for its problems. This means, how does Germany include the “common but differentiated responsibilities” statement in the Charter for the Future?

Urbanisation: a megatrend that will define our future

Messner, Dirk / Clara Brandi (2015)
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UN-Habitat III

Bonn, 28. Januar 2015

Urbanization is a mega trend that is shaping our future. By 2050, two thirds of the world population will live in cities. Both the potential as well as the challenges of global development will be decided in urban areas. The current preparations for Habitat III, the Third United Nations Conference on Housing and Sustainable Urban…

Regional energy trading: a new avenue for resolving a regional water dispute?

Scheumann, Waltina / Sahnaz Tigrek (2015)
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Wie geht es 2015 weiter mit der Energiewende?

Ruchser, Matthias (2015)
Die aktuelle Kolumne, 23. Januar 2015

Wie geht es 2015 weiter mit der Energiewende? Und was haben die fallenden Rohölpreise mit der Energiewende zu tun?

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Energy systems, IPCC Fifth Assessment Report of WGIII: mitigation of climate change

Bruckner, Thomas / Igor Alexeyevich Bashmakov / Yacob Mulugetta, with contributions from Ariel Macaspac Hernandez et al. (2014)
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Analysing the dynamics of transitions in residential water consumption in the Netherlands

Agudelo-Vera, Claudia / E. J. M. Blokker / Chris Büscher / J. H. G. Vreeburg (2014)
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Tackling Energy Behaviours: Insights from Developing Country Firms and Households

Bonn, 25. November 2014

The Workshop “Tackling Energy Behaviours: Insights from Developing Country Firms and Households” was hosted by the German Development Institute / Deutsches Institut für Entwicklungspolitik (DIE) in Bonn on 25 November 2014. It brought together researchers and practitioners in the fields of behavioural economics and energy efficiency,…

Development in Latin America

Bonn, 14. November 2014

Over the last 15 years, Latin American economies have grown increasingly dependent on natural resources and commodity exports. Many governments combine this with sound macro-economic management and smart social policies, leading to positive results with regard to fighting poverty and promoting social development. However, the economic and…

The innovation path of the Chinese wind power industry

Dai, Yixin / Yuan Zhou / Di Xia / Mengyu Ding / Lan Xue (2014)
Discussion Paper 32/2014

This paper attributes three factors, foreign technology and collaboration at firm level, the long-term, enduring public policy goals, as well as the trend towards an emphasis on research and development, as major influences over the innovation path formation of Chinese wind technology development.

The great transformation: climate - can we beat the heat?

Messner, Dirk / John Schellnhuber / Claus Leggewie / Reinhold Leinfelder / Stefan Rahmstorf / Jürgen Schmid / Nebosja Nakicenovic / Renate Schubert / Sabine Schlacke (2014)
Buchveröffentlichungen

MDGs and SDGs: are the concepts compatible?

Loewe, Markus (2014)
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Annual Report 2013-2014: 50 years of building bridges between research and practice

Deutsches Institut für Entwicklungspolitik (DIE) (ed.) (2014)
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World development agenda after 2015: merging human with sustainable development

Loewe, Markus (2014)
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From combustion engines to electric vehicles: a study of technological path creation and disruption in Germany

Altenburg, Tilman (2014)
Discussion Paper 29/2014

When shifting from high-carbon cars to electromobility, countries adopt different policies; also, industry characteristics and demand conditions differ, giving rise to country-specific technological pathways. This study on Germany is part of a comparative project also including France, China, India.

Green industrial policy: managing transformation under uncertainty

Lütkenhorst, Wilfried / Tilman Altenburg / Anna Pegels / Georgeta Vidican (2014)
Discussion Paper 28/2014

This topical paper elaborates the concept of green industrial policy, framed as a normative approach of managing the green transformation under conditions of uncertainty and long time horizons. It provides illustrative policy examples seeking to stimulate learning from both success and failure.

Post 2015: enter the UN General Assembly: harnessing Sustainable Development Goals for an ambitious global development agenda

Bauer, Steffen / Ines Dombrowsky / Imme Scholz (2014)
Briefing Paper 12/2014

The international process towards universal sustainable development goals has entered its decisive phase. This briefing paper critically appraises the proposal that was recently tabled by an Open Working Group and identifies priorities for the forthcoming negotiations of the UN General Assembly.