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Green Growth, Degrowth or Postgrowth?

Bonn, 11. Juni 2019

Since the first industrial revolution, economic growth has enabled unprecedented increases in living standards for ever larger global populations. Yet, the current pattern of growth is environmentally unsustainable. Some of the world’s most biodiverse ecosystems are about to collapse irreversibly with catastrophic effects on biodiversity,…

Vom Wissen zum Handeln

Bauer, Steffen / Robert Bradley (2019)
Die aktuelle Kolumne, 11. Juni 2019

Die bevorstehende Aktualisierung der nationalen Klimaschutzpläne (NDCs) ist für die internationale Klimapolitik eine entscheidende Phase. Die Begrenzung des Klimawandels ist jedoch eine gewaltige und komplexe Aufgabe. Oft ist es deshalb schwierig zu entscheiden, wo genau der Anfang gemacht werden soll.

Bonn Climate Change Conference 2019

Bonn, 13. Juni 2019

The 50th sessions of the UNFCCC Subsidiary Body for Implementation (SBI) and Subsidiary Body for Scientific and Technological Advice (SBSTA) took place in Bonn, Germany, from 14 to 27 June 2019. The Klimalog project at the German Development Institute / Deutsches Institut für Entwicklungspolitik (DIE) kept on playing an active role in…

Global Climate Action: Bridging Theory and Practice

Bonn, 13. Juni 2019

This event launched the recently published “Political theory and global climate action: recasting the public sphere” by Idil Boran and discussed the role of nonstate and subnational actors in climate action at the interface of research and practice. It was the first in a series of events hosted by the German Development Institute /…

Global Climate Action Beyond 2020

Bonn, 14. Juni 2019

Global Climate Action Beyond 2020 explores the role of non-state and subnational actors and initiatives between them in post-2020 climate governance. Efforts by such actors are crucial to demonstrating a multiplicity of solutions and to accelerate low-carbon and climate resilient transitions. This is especially urgent as current…

Let's plant forests for the future

Bonn, 17. Juni 2019

The 17th of June reminds us that the combat of desertification and drought is a global challenge. This is never more true than today, when it is increasingly becoming evident that loss of biodiversity, climate change, soil degradation, drought and water stress as well as poverty and food insecurity in rural areas are not only local…

Taking Global Climate Action beyond 2020 - Accelerating the Sustainable Future We Want

, 17. Juni 2019

The 50th sessions of the UNFCCC Subsidiary Body for Implementation (SBI) and Subsidiary Body for Scientific and Technological Advice (SBSTA) took place in Bonn, Germany, from 17-27 June 2019. The German Development Institute / Deutsches Institut für Entwicklungspolitik (DIE) and York University were honoured to convene an official side…

Das sind die Herausforderungen der „Dürremigration“

Adaawen, Stephen / Benjamin Schraven (2019)
Die aktuelle Kolumne, 17. Juni 2019

Werden Dürren und eine fortschreitende Wüstenbildung die nächste Flüchtlingswelle in Richtung Europa hervorrufen? Und was sagt eigentlich die Wissenschaft zum Zusammenhang zwischen Dürren, Wüstenbildung und Flucht? Wie sollte die Politik mit dieser „Dürremigration” umgehen?

What makes economic empowerment programmes successful? Experimental evidence from Malawi

Burchi, Francesco / Christoph Strupat (2019)
Externe Publikationen

Telling the wood from the trees

Bonn, 18. Juni 2019

This event presented innovative findings from empirical research on forest conservation in Indonesia. It launched the recently published book by Dr. Jonas Hein, “Political Ecology of REDD+ in Indonesia: Agrarian Conflicts and Forest Carbon” and discussed its insights at the nexus of development research, international climate governance…

Carbon Capture and Storage – A responsible bridge to a low-carbon future?

Bonn, 19. Juni 2019

Carbon Capture and Storage (CCS) is considered by many research groups working on climate change mitigation as a necessary element of a (more) sustainable energy future. For instance, WBGU in its 2011 “Great Transformation” report concludes, “CCS is a necessary mitigation measure for countries that continue to use fossil energies, if…

Trialog „Nachhaltig unterwegs - Mobilität jetzt attraktiv gestalten“

Berlin, 19. Juni 2019

Wie gelingt der Wandel hin zu nachhaltigen Verkehrs- und Mobilitätssystemen? Hinter dieser Frage stecken viele komplexe Herausforderungen – technische, finanzielle, infrastrukturelle, insbesondere aber auch gesellschaftliche Herausforderungen, die einer Erörterung und Diskussion auf breiter Basis bedürfen. Die Arbeitsgruppe „Mobilität“…

The Treaty of Aachen: opportunities and challenges for Franco-German cooperation in development policy and beyond

Krüger, Laura-Theresa / Julie Vaillé (2019)
Discussion Paper 8/2019

Despite the continued high-level commitment to French-German cooperation in development, bilateral cooperation so far remains rather opportunity- than strategy-driven. This Discussion Paper seeks to analyse the main obstacles and how these play out in practice.

Putting your money where your mouth is: geographic targeting of World Bank projects to the bottom 40 percent

Öhler, Hannes / Mario Negre / Lodewijk Smets / Renzo Massari / Željko Bogetić (2019)
Externe Publikationen

Klimaschutz nach 2020 neu denken

Boran, Idil / Sander Chan (2019)
Die aktuelle Kolumne, 24. Juni 2019

Die „Marrakech Partnership for Global Climate Action“ (MPGCA) endet 2020. Daher ist jetzt der Zeitpunkt, zu überlegen, wie eine Klimaschutzagenda für die Zeit nach 2020 aussehen sollte.

Why writing a new constitution after conflict can contribute to peace

Fiedler, Charlotte (2019)
Briefing Paper 11/2019

Countries coming out of conflict often adopt new constitutions, but the question how this affects their chances of sustaining peace remains unanswered. This paper summarises new research showing that post-conflict constitution-making processes and especially longer ones can contribute to peace.

Lecture, Symposium und Abendempfang der Bonner Allianz für Nachhaltigkeitsforschung

Bonn, 25. Juni 2019

Im Rahmen der Bonner Allianz für Nachhaltigkeitsforschung widmet sich das Deutsche Institut für Entwicklungspolitik (DIE) dem Aufbau des Innovations-Campus Bonn. Am 25. Juni 2019 wurde das Großprojekt mit einem Symposium und einem feierlichen Abendempfang vorgestellt. Zur 2017 gegründeten Bonner Allianz für Nachhaltigkeitsforschung…

Abendempfang der Bonner Allianz für Nachhaltigkeitsforschung

Bonn, 25. Juni 2019

Die Universität Bonn widmet sich seit Ende 2018 mit ihren Partnerorganisationen der Universität der Vereinten Nationen (Institut für Umwelt und menschliche Sicherheit), dem Zentrum für Entwicklungsforschung (ZEF), dem Bonn International Center for Conversion (BICC), dem Deutschen Institut für Entwicklungspolitik (DIE) sowie der Hochschule…

Approaches to Mobilize Finance for Addressing Climate Induced Loss and Damage

Bonn, 25. Juni 2019

The provision of finance support to avert, minimize and address climate-induced loss and damage has emerged as an increasingly important issue. However, tangible solutions how to mobilize finance from new and innovative sources are not yet agreed. The question of possible institutional set-ups to administer such additional finance is…

Human mobility in the context of climate change in Sub-Saharan Africa: trends and basic recommendations for development cooperation

Schraven, Benjamin / Stephen Adaawen / Christina Rademacher-Schulz / Nadine Segadlo (2019)
Briefing Paper 12/2019

Human (im-)mobility in the context of climate change is major challenge for the African continent. This paper identifies some key trends in "climate migration" in Sub-Saharan Africa. Based on that, three basic policy recommendations are formulated.