Berger, Axel / Henning Klodt (2016) Die aktuelle Kolumne, 04. März 2016
Vergangene Woche haben sich die Europäische Union (EU) und Kanada im Comprehensive Economic and Trade Agreement (CETA) auf grundlegende Reformen des Streitschlichtungsverfahrens für Investoren geeinigt. Ob die bei CETA angeschobenen Änderungen einen Reformschub für das gesamte internationale Investitionsschutzsystem auslösen, hängt jetzt vor allem von der Reaktion Washingtons in den Verhandlungen über die Transatlantic Trade and Investment Partnership (TTIP) ab.
Zintl, Tina / Markus Loewe (2025) Die aktuelle Kolumne, 17. März 2025
Es ist beim Wiederaufbau kriegszerstörter Länder gleichermaßen wichtig, das soziale Gefüge, sozusagen die ‚Software‘ des Landes, wie auch die gebaute Infrastruktur, also seine ‚Hardware‘, wiederherzustellen.
Hornidge, Anna-Katharina / Axel Berger (2024) Die aktuelle Kolumne, 30. September 2024
Es gilt, gesellschaftliche und politische Mehrheiten für den globalen Strukturwandel hin zu Klimastabilisierung und nachhaltigen Zukünften zu mobilisieren.
Nowack, Daniel (2025) Die aktuelle Kolumne, 05. Mai 2025
Eine wiederbelebte Erzählung dessen, was liberale Demokratie ausmacht, ist für den Schutz und das Fortbestehen von Demokratie allgemein und weltweit von Bedeutung.
Claudio Montenegro ist Ökonom und war Assoziierter Wissenschaftler im Forschungsprogramm "Transformation der Wirtschafts- und Sozialsysteme"
Brüssel, 22. März 2011
Since 2007, Brazil and the EU have been strategic partners and have held annual summits. In line with the EU’s recommendation to improve its strategic partnerships, this workshop will explore the opportunities to strengthen relations, particularly in the field of development. The presidency of Dilma Rousseff offers a window of opportunity…
Online, 22. März 2022
Worldwide decarbonization is not on track. While the magnitude of the challenge is beyond doubt, as well as the fact that inaction now drastically increases the costs of decarbonisation in the future, decision-makers around the world are shying away from determined action. While this is partly due to political opportunism, it also…
Online, 07. Oktober 2021
Climate change impacts cities in manifold ways and often affects water resources: floods and other natural hazards damage urban infrastructure, drinking water quality can deteriorate, and pressure on surrounding water-based ecosystems can increase. The Bonn Water Network (BWN) invites you to its session at the Daring Cities Conference…
von Schiller, Armin (2021) Buchveröffentlichungen
Online, 08. Dezember 2020
Die COVID-19-Pandemie und die sozio-ökonomischen Auswirkungen stellen die Europäische Union und die internationale Kooperation vor eine große Herausforderung für die Erreichung der Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) , das Pariser Klimaabkommen und den Europäischen Green Deal . Gleichzeitig sind die SDGs wichtiger denn je, da sie einen…
Webinar, 19. März 2020
Please register here if you are interested in attending this webinar. This webinar is part of a webinar series. Upcoming topics and dates will be published soon. Negotiations on a multilateral framework on investment facilitation for development are beginning in the World Trade Organization (WTO) on 12 March 2020 among 100 WTO members.…
Brussels, 08. Oktober 2019
Seizing the occasion of the upcoming launch of the Global Sustainable Development Report 2019 (GSDR), the event focused at the role of science as a leverage point for sustainable development in the EU and beyond. The EU is one of the world’s largest funding bodies for science, technology and innovation. Through its framework programmes…
Funk, Evelyn / Lisa Groß / Julia Leininger / Armin von Schiller (2019) Discussion Paper 13/2019
Wie kann die Wirkung von Governance-Programmen erfolgreich analysiert werden? In der vorliegenden Publikation dokumentieren die Autor/innen praxisorientierte und verallgemeinerbare Erkenntnisse über die Durchführung rigoroser Wirkungsanalysen in entwicklungspolitischen Governance-Programmen.
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.
Berlin, 20. März 2019
The G20 is struggling to provide strong support for global climate action and sustainable development. At the 2016 Hangzhou Summit the G20 leaders adopted the “G20 Action Plan on the 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development” and committed to supporting the Paris Climate Agreement. However, if one looks at the continuing rejection of a…
Xiamen, 10. September 2013
International investment rule-making is at a crossroad. One of the most striking developments in this respect is the emergence of developing countries, China being the most prominent example, with rising flows of outward foreign direct investment (FDI). As a result, China has a growing interest to support the global activities of its…
Berlin, 08. Oktober 2010
The 2010 Berlin Conference has been the 10th conference in the well established series of European Conferences on the Human Dimensions of Global Environmental Change. This year’s conference adressed the “Social dimensions of environmental change and governance”. For decades, the economic costs and, more recently, the potential economic…
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:…
Grimm, Sven / Nina Kielwein (2005) Analysen und Stellungnahmen 9/2005
Brussels, 28. September 2018
In order to deliver the outcomes set out in the Paris Agreement on climate change vast sums of finance must be mobilised quickly and efficiently. Public finance, both international and domestic, is insufficient, and as such there is recognition amongst climate policymakers in both the global North and South that private finance plays a…
