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Dr. Mariya Aleksandrova

Wissenschaftliche Mitarbeiterin

Umwelt-Governance

Dr. Gabriela Iacobuta

Assoziierte Wissenschaftlerin

Umwelt-Governance

Bhavna Deonarain

Ehemals Alexander von Humboldt Research Fellow

Transformation der Wirtschafts- und Sozialsysteme

Offsetting Justice?

Bonn, 03. Dezember 2025

Despite mounting evidence of their limited effectiveness in reducing emissions or halting biodiversity decline, techno-managerial and market-based approaches—such as carbon markets, biodiversity offsets, green bonds and protected areas—remain widely used. These approaches continue to dominate responses to environmental crises. The global…

IDOS at World Water Congress

Marrakech, Morocco, 01. Dezember 2025

Event 1: Panel discussion, 1 December, 2:30-4:00pm Morocco at a critical juncture: expert debate on opportunities for improved water governance. Part 1: Gender mainstreaming in the water sector, part 2: Legal and institutional frameworks including for megaprojects Morocco faces a severe water crisis that affects different sectors,…

What will the global development architecture look like in 2030? And what can the EU and UK do to influence it?

Sumner, Andy / Stephan Klingebiel (2025)
Externe Publikationen

Picture the year 2030. US President JD Vance is in the White House, AI has reshaped labour markets, and climate shocks are harder to ignore. In that setting, what sort of global development system will exist? That question is already on the desks of G7 development ministers and also the G20, who are debating how the development “architecture” should be reorganised. In a new Policy Brief, we map in detail the competing political visions that are visible in 2025 and could dominate by 2030.

Fostering Sustainable Finance and Investment

London (hybrid), 27. November 2025

There is an urgent need to scale up sustainable finance and investment that supports just and resilient transitions. Financial markets are not sufficiently aligned with the goal of socially just and ecologically sustainable economies. In their current form, they continue to finance environmentally harmful activities, exacerbate economic…

Water crisis and rural women: insights from Moroccan oases

Houdret, Annabelle / Hind Ftouhi / Lisa Bossenbroek / Amal Belghazi (2025)
Policy Brief 30/2025

Moroccan oases illustrate how water scarcity affects women's daily lives, livelihoods, and development activities in arid rural areas. Yet these women who play a vital role in rural development and climate adaptation need more targeted support.

(How) does social protection promote climate change mitigation and adaptation?

Bonn, 26. November 2025

The deadline for applications has been extended to 21 May Social protection is crucial for achieving the 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development. In times of rising inequalities and poverty rates, social protection must continue addressing life cycle risks to prevent individuals from falling further into poverty while also aiding those…

Ten years of Global Climate Action: insights from the CoAct Database

Chan, Sander / Lisa-Maria Glass / Paul Hagenström / Pablo Imbach / Lauri Peterson / Sebastian Reyes de la Lanza / Kiri Van den Wall Bake (2025)
Externe Publikationen

From pledges to places: action agendas need spatial data to integrate climate and biodiversity action

Hagenström, Paul / Nathalie Pettorelli / Idil Boran / Peter Bridgewater / Deborah Delgado Pugley / Hollie Folkard-Tapp / Angel Hsu / Pablo Imbach / Marcel T. J. Kok / Stacy D. VanDeveer / Oscar Widerberg / Sander Chan (2025)
Externe Publikationen

The G7 and Global development architecture: gradual shift or pivotal moment?

Sumner, Andy / Stephan Klingebiel (2025)
Externe Publikationen

In late 2025 the development cooperation architecture or system is being openly renegotiated rather than quietly adjusted. Will it be a gradual shift or will 2025 be seen in the future as a pivot moment or a tipping point?

Critical Social Science Perspectives on Coastal Erosion for Transformative Adaptation

Kiel Marine Science Campus, 19. November 2025

Coastal erosion is not merely a physical process, but a deeply socio-political and ecological phenomenon that is gaining urgency in the context of climate change. Focusing on critical social science dimensions of coastal erosion and adaptation, this workshop brings together different perspectives from Human Geography, and Science and…

Guidelines for sustainable hydrogen projects in developing countries

UNIDO / UNEP / UNECE / AfDB / the JET Green Hydrogen Portfolio (South Africa) / IDOS / MENA Hydrogen Alliance (2025)
Externe Publikationen

Denise Matias

Denise Matias war wissenschaftliche Mitarbeiterin der Abteilung "Umweltpolitik und Ressourcenmanagement".

Schöfberger, Irene

Ehemalige Wissenschaftliche Mitarbeiterin Forschungsprogramm "Inter- und transnationale Zusammenarbeit".

Scholtes, Fabian

Ehemaliger Wissenschaftlicher Mitarbeiter Forschungsprogramm "Inter- und transnationale Zusammenarbeit".

IDOS at COP30

Belém, Brazil, 10. November 2025

From 10 to 21 November 2025 , the 30th UN Climate Change Conference (COP30) will take place in Belém, Brazil – the first COP hosted in the Amazon region. Building on the outcomes of the first Global Stocktake , COP30 marks a critical moment for translating global commitments into national implementation and locally just transitions…

The energy consumption challenge and disparities in the concentration of data centres among the G20 countries

Peng, Si / Tuhinsubhra Giri / Wulf Reiners (2025)
Externe Publikationen

The G7 and Global development architecture: gradual shift or pivotal moment?

Sumner, Andy / Stephan Klingebiel (2025)
Externe Publikationen

In late 2025 the development cooperation architecture or system is being openly renegotiated rather than quietly adjusted. Will it be a gradual shift or will 2025 be seen in the future as a pivot moment or a tipping point?