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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…

Entscheidende Faktoren für das Wachstum von Klein- und Kleinstunternehmen

Hampel-Milagrosa, Aimée / Markus Loewe / Caroline Reeg (2014)
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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…

Let’s get comprehensive: European Union engagement in fragile and conflict-affected countries

Furness, Mark (2014)
Discussion Paper 5/2014

The EU faces three types of challenge in implementing programmes in fragile and conflict affected countries: cognitive challenges, conflicts of interest, and coordination challenges. This paper analyses the EU's efforts to overcome these in its engagement with South Sudan, Nepal and Liberia.

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…

Green Transformational Policies towards Sustainability

Berlin, 11. März 2014

If we are to prevent dangerous anthropogenic interference with the climate system and to preserve humanity's life support systems for future generations, we need a radical transformation in the way we use our planet's natural resources. The market is failing to bring about the necessary changes and its incentive structures even caused the…

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…

Privatization of Turkey’s rivers? The rise of water struggles and AKP government’s responses

Bonn, 12. März 2014

Rivers offer a huge potential for the generation of ‘clean’ electricity through hydropower development. But are the environmental impacts of dams really that small and does public interest in the name of renewable energy sources justify expropriation of local populations? In Turkey, these questions lead to heated debates– in midst of…

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…

Berlin: Leiser Startschuss für neue globale Entwicklungspolitik

Janus, Heiner / Stephan Klingebiel / Timo Mahn (2014)
Die aktuelle Kolumne, 17. März 2014

Warum sollte das DCF, das außerhalb enger Expertenkreise wenig bekannt ist, ein relevanter Ausgangspunkt für künftige entwicklungspolitische Debatten sein? Die Frage lässt sich mit Hilfe von vier Thesen beantworten.

"Mehr Verantwortung" in der Welt: die größten Herausforderungen sind nicht militärischer Art

Grävingholt, Jörn / Julia Leininger (2014)
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Beyond development diplomacy: ministerial diversity and international cooperation

Lundsgaarde, Erik (2014)
Externe Publikationen

World Water Day on Water and Energy: The Nexus and beyond

Bonn, 20. März 2014

At this Water Lecture, a panel of high-level experts from International Organizations, Policy think tanks and the academia discussed the various links between water and energy as well as potential challenges and opportunities of the interface between water and energy at different levels and settings. The emphasis of this panel discussion…

Russland und die Energiewende – ein Zusammenhang?

Ruchser, Matthias (2014)
Die aktuelle Kolumne, 27. März 2014

Der Westen hat sowohl Sanktionen gegen den russischen Bankensektor als auch auf russische und ukrainische Personen mit engen Kontakten zum Putin-Regime verhängt. Es bleibt abzuwarten, inwieweit die Europäer bereit sind, auch wirtschaftliche Sanktionen gegen Russland zu verhängen.

Die EU-Afrika-Partnerschaft: überdiversifiziert und unpolitisch?

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

Vom 2. bis 3. April kommen Staats- und Regierungschefs der Europäischen Union (EU) und Afrikas in Brüssel zusammen, um eine Zwischenbilanz ihrer bisherigen Zusammenarbeit zu ziehen und künftige Arbeitsschwerpunkte zu setzen.

Transformation of a policy area: development policy is in a systemic crisis and faces the challenge of a more complex system environment

Ashoff, Guido / Stephan Klingebiel (2014)
Discussion Paper 9/2014

Since the early 2000s, the development policy community has come to acknowledge two issues. (1) The aid system is in crisis; attempts are being made to reform the system. (2) The system environment in which development policy is being pursued has undergone considerable change.

Technological pathways to low carbon: Competition and collaboration between Europe and emerging Asia

Bonn, 07. April 2014

This was the final conference of an international research project " Technological trajectories for low carbon development in China, Europe and India ", generously funded by the Swedish Riksbankens Jubileumsfond under a joint call with Volkswagen Foundation and Compagnia de San Paolo. The project was jointly carried out by a team of 15…

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:…