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Applying the concept of fit to water governance reforms in South Africa

Herrfahrdt-Pähle, Elke (2014)
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The Nagoya protocol: fragmentation or consolidation?

Richerzhagen, Carmen (2014)
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Post-2015: how to properly address biodiversity?

Richerzhagen, Carmen (2014)
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New middle-class consumers in rising powers: responsible consumption and private standards

Guarin, Alejandro / Peter Knorringa (2014)
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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.

How to shape development cooperation? The global partnership and the development cooperation forum

Janus, Heiner / Stephan Klingebiel / Timo Casjen Mahn (2014)
Briefing Paper 3/2014

The future shape of development cooperation as a policy field is under debate. In the context of the post-2015 agenda, the Busan "Global Partnership" and the UN's Development Cooperation Forum exhibit significant overlap.What platform will be seen as legitimate, effective and relevant?

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…

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…

The governance of scientific assessment in the context of the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change: lessons for international cooperation in science, technology and innovation

Yamineva, Yulia (2014)
Discussion Paper 7/2014

Is the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change an effective science-policy institution? How is it governed? Have recent reforms after error-finding improved the workings of the Panel? What are strengths and weaknesses of the IPCC model? This discussion paper sheds light on these questions.

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)
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Review of "Charles T. Call, Why peace fails: the causes and prevention of civil war recurrence"

Zulueta-Fülscher, Kimana (2013)
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Is GlobalGAP certification sustainable? Evidence from Thailand

Holzapfel, Sarah / Meike Wollni (2014)
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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)
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Measuring human development in a high-income country: a conceptual framework for well-being indicators

Burchi, Francesco / Pasquale De Muro (2016)
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