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Chinese National Platform on Voluntary Sustainability Standards

Qingdao, 27. Juni 2017

Voluntary Sustainability Standards (VSS) for an industry or product entail both opportunities and challenges for emerging economies. New national multi-stakeholder platforms on VSS in India (launched March 2016), Brazil (May/June 2017) and China reflect the increasingly proactive stance that business and government actors from these…

Interdependenzen und Politikkohärenz zwischen Hungerbekämpfung (SDG2) und anderen Zielen der deutschen Nachhaltigkeitsstrategie

Bonn, 29. Juni 2017

Die 2015 verabschiedeten UN Nachhaltigkeitsziele ( Sustainable Development Goals , SDGs) werden als Basis vieler Interventionen in der Entwicklungszusammenarbeit (EZ) aber auch der nationalen Entwicklung genutzt. Auf der Grundlage der deutschen Nachhaltigkeitsstrategie wollten wir uns mit Ihnen über die Ziele des SDG 2 sowie…

Erfolgreiche landwirtschaftliche Mechanisierung in Subsahara Afrika und die Bedeutung der Agrarfinanzierung

Müller, Corinna / Christiane Ströh de Martínez / Michael Brüntrup (2017)
Analysen und Stellungnahmen 12/2017

Die Mechanisierung der Agrarproduktion hat in Subsahara Afrika hohe Priorität. Der Text erörtert essentielle Bedingungen erfolgreicher Agrarmechanisierung: Zielgruppen, direkte und indirekte Wirkungen, Eigentümermodelle, Begleitmaßnahmen, Unterstützungsbedarf und insbesondere Finanzierung.

Beyond the agroecological and sustainable agricultural intensification debate: is blended sustainability the way forward?

Mockshell, Jonathan / Josey Kamanda (2017)
Discussion Paper 16/2017

With the Sustainable Development Goals has come a renewed interest in achieving zero hunger, ending poverty and preventing natural resource degradation. Yet, there is a lively debate over pathways to agricultural sustainability. This paper unravels the debate and contributes to its resolution.

MGG Academy 2016

MGG Academy 2016 MGG Academy 2016 Teilnehmende der MGG Academy 2016 Assumpção Alves, Pedro National School of Public Administration Brazil Arcos Rodríguez, María Elena Ministry of Foreign Affairs Mexico Barros, Krishna Ministry of Environment Brazil Chen, Qingyi China Institutes of Contemporary International Relations China de Diego Correa, Lilia Green Momentum Mexico Gutshwa, Bheki National Treasury South Africa Karun, Honey National Institute of Public Finance and…

Knowledge Production, Area Studies and Global Cooperation

Duisburg, 05. Juli 2017

In our differentiated and stratified globalized world, different ideas, initiatives and perceptions of global cooperation partly co-exist, and partly clash. This is the starting point for Claudia Derichs's most recent book, titled 'Knowledge Production, Area Studies and Global Cooperation' and published in the Routledge Global Cooperation…

Should China join the GPEDC? The prospects for China and the Global Partnership for Effective Development Co-operation

Li, Xiaoyun (2017)
Discussion Paper 17/2017

The “Global Partnership for Effective Development Co-operation (GPEDC)” is regarded as an epitome of a polycentric world within the arena of international development cooperation. It is a valuable platform to spearhead reforms and contributes to implementing the 2030 Agenda and the SDGs.

The G20 and the “Base Erosion and Profit Shifting (BEPS) Project”

Picciotto, Sol (2017)
Discussion Paper 18/2017

This report provides a survey and analysis of the efforts to reform the rules on international corporate taxation under the G20/OECD project on base erosion and profit shifting (BEPS).

What remains of the G20 Hamburg Summit?

Berger, Axel (2017)
Die aktuelle Kolumne, 10. Juli 2017

At the G20’s Hamburg Summit an unruly US president questioned a number of common positions that had already been adopted by the G20 in previous years, the communiqué entails a number of encouraging commitments that did not at all seem possible just a couple of days ago.

Thinking and coping with the transformation of human togetherness

Glasgow, Scotland, 12. Juli 2017

With the era of the anthropocene, transformation on a planetary scale has reached unparalleled dimensions. Humanity now faces the task to find ways of understanding, adapting to, and living with a whole range of consequences of its evolution. In this day and age, politics has as its mission nothing less than to facilitate and to mange…

Successful agricultural mechanisation in sub-Saharan Africa and the significance of agricultural financing

Müller, Corinna / Christiane Ströh de Martínez / Michael Brüntrup (2017)
Briefing Paper 11/2017

The mechanisation of agricultural production is a top priority in sub-Saharan Africa. This paper discusses the essential requirements of successful agricultural mechanisation: target groups, direct and indirect effects, ownership models, accompanying measures and support, and particularly finance.

Did the G20 Hamburg Summit advance 2030 Agenda implementation?

Scholz, Imme / Clara Brandi (2017)
Mitarbeiter sonstige

One major goal of the German G20 Presidency was to promote the implementation of the 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development and its 17 Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs), which are essential to addressing the challenges faced by the world. The outcome of the 2017 Hamburg Summit is not a breakthrough for sustainable development, but it does offer some opportunities for real progress.

Nach dem Gipfel: G20-Afrika Kooperation auf der Suche nach Kontinuität, Einfluss und politischen Visionen

Hackenesch, Christine / Julia Leininger / Elizabeth Sidiropoulos (2017)
Die aktuelle Kolumne, 17. Juli 2017

Afrika war ein Schwerpunkt der deutschen G20-Präsidentschaft. Doch können die im Gipfel-Kommuniqué skizzierten G20-Prioritäten die globale Vertretung Afrikas und seine nachhaltige Entwicklung voranbringen? In dieser Ausgabe der Aktuellen Kolumne untersuchen die Autorinnen, ob die G20-Afrika-Zusammenarbeit Schritte in die richtige Richtung macht.

The green economy: pragmatism or revolution? Perceptions of young researchers on social ecological transformation

D’Amato, Dalia / Nils Droste / Sander Chan / Anton Hofer (2017)
Externe Publikationen

Upscaling green bond markets: the need for harmonised green bond standards

Berensmann, Kathrin (2017)
Briefing Paper 12/2017

For exhausting the enormous potential of green bonds for the green transition standards on the international and national level need to be harmonised. However, where diverse standards are needed, transparency on the differences is crucial.

Joint Statement on commitment to the Paris Climate Agreement

This statement is supported by renowned scholars from rising powers of the South as well as Germany. The common position demonstrates our unwavering commitment to the Paris Accord and expresses our determination to deepen joint knowledge creation on existential issues for human survival and sustainable development, for global justice and social integration.

G20 needs inclusive societies and sustainable growth

G20 needs inclusive societies and sustainable growth G20 needs inclusive societies and sustainable growth Joint Press Release by Kiel Institute for the World Economy and the German Development Institute / Deutsches Institut für Entwicklungspolitik (DIE) 30 May 2017 International think tanks in the Think20 group (T20) today called upon the twenty largest industrialized and emerging countries (G20)to foster inclusive societies and sustainable growth. The appeal came…

New Africa Standing Group for joint knowledge production and policy advice launched

Initiated by the German Development Institute / Deutsches Institut für Entwicklungspolitik (DIE), the South African Institute of International Affairs (SAIIA) and Kiel Institute for the World Economy (IfW), a new Africa Standing Group (T20 ASG) was launched at the G20 summit in Berlin.

Experten fordern zum Auftakt des G20-Gipfels weltweit ausgewogene Handelsregeln und Auslandsinvestitionen in Entwicklung

Vor dem Beginn des G20-Gipfels haben am Freitag hochrangige Politiker und Handelsexperten in Hamburg die Notwendigkeit global ausgewogener Handelsregeln und ausländischer Investitionen in Entwicklung betont.

SDG 2 (Zero Hunger) in the context of the German Sustainable Development Strategy: are we leaving the starving behind?

Holzapfel, Sarah / Michael Brüntrup (2017)
Briefing Paper 13/2017

This analysis and commentary examines the German Sustainable Development Strategy, which outlines measures designed to implement the 2030 Agenda with regard to SDG 2: ending hunger, achieving food security and improved nutrition, and promoting sustainable agriculture.