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Every Monday, researchers from the German Institute of Development and Sustainability (IDOS) comment on the latest issues and trends of global sustainable development by its ‘Current Column’. The column is aimed at politically interested readers who would like to get a brief assessment of a topic or want to read different positions on a respective topic. The views expressed in these columns are those of the author(s) and do not necessarily reflect the views or policies of the German Institute of Development and Sustainability (IDOS).

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Green hydrogen – support for the just transition?

Altenburg, Tilman / Andreas Stamm / Rita Strohmaier (2023)
The Current Column, 13. March 2023

The energy transition will only be widely accepted if it is a socially responsible, i.e. a just, transition. This is possible, but it requires adapting the German approach to hydrogen policy.

Approaches for the implementation of a feminist development policy

Roll, Michael (2023)
The Current Column, 06. March 2023

As a substantial part of German development policy, how must bilateral development cooperation (DC) change to do justice to the transformative claim of FDP?

The European Union’s Global Gateway should reinforce but not replace its development policy

Koch, Svea / Niels Keijzer / Mark Furness (2023)
The Current Column, 28. February 2023

The Global Gateway is a welcome, timely and politically salient initiative. Yet, the EU still needs to clarify its contribution to development policy.

Integrated approaches for a circular economy in German development cooperation

Never, Babette (2023)
The Current Column, 13. February 2023

In the context of green industrial policy, the circular economy offers tremendous overlooked potential for creating green jobs and conserving resources in Africa and beyond.

A rights-based approach for implementing the European Green Deal

Nystø Keskitalo Anja Márjá / Jacqueline Götze (2023)
The Current Column, 06. February 2023

The green transition entails questions of justice – in the European Arctic and beyond. Why a rights-based approach is needed to implement sustainable policies.

Global structural policy 2.0 – more self-critical, credible and values-based?

Erforth, Benedikt / Lena Gutheil (2023)
The Current Column, 30. January 2023

German cooperation with African partners wants to distinguish itself by being based on common interests and values. Germany wants to increase its attractiveness as a partner bilaterally and as part of the EU through an even stronger commitment to democracy, the rule of law and human rights.

More inspiration on the sustainability front, please!

Berger, Axel (2023)
The Current Column, 16. January 2023

Germany will need to step up its work as a driving force and an implementor at regional and global level in 2023 and beyond in order to promote peace, international law and sustainable development. This will require bold, practical action, not just good intentions.

(Green) capitalism will not save biodiversity!

Hein, Jonas / Jean Carlo Rodriguez (2022)
The Current Column, 05. December 2022

Scientific evidence is clear, alarming and disappointing. Despite of a growing number of protected areas and market-based instruments biodiversity dropped worldwide by 68% since 1970. Yet, infinite economic growth remains the dominant paradigm despite of devastating impacts on ecosystems.

How do transnational knowledge networks create impact?

Vogel, Johanna / Wulf Reiners (2022)
The Current Column, 28. November 2022

Networks can bring together countries, political levels, and disciplines, overcome boundaries and implement change with “the right people at the right time”.

“Morals have to be affordable!”

Klingebiel, Stephan (2022)
The Current Column, 14. November 2022

Close relations with autocracies and agreements to supply more fossil fuels are not part of a deliberate policy.

Promising action for nature and climate is easy, credible action a whole different matter

Chan, Sander / Idil Boran / Andrew Deneault (2022)
The Current Column, 07. November 2022

Governments and other actors must go beyond mere implementation and take bold steps to raise ambition.

How Open Science can revolutionize global knowledge cooperation

Stewart, Benjamin / Wulf Reiners (2022)
The Current Column, 04. November 2022

Investments in digital infrastructure must ensure that “open” means always openly accessible.

Governing just transitions in a fraught world, with courage and fast

Bauer, Steffen / Alexia Faus Onbargi (2022)
The Current Column, 26. October 2022

Joined by a strong research delegation from IDOS, participants addressed a plethora of questions that are also being asked by decision-makers who today find themselves in a messy policy pickle.

A long-term perspective for the current energy crisis

Böhl Gutierrez, Mauricio / Daniele Malerba (2022)
The Current Column, 17. October 2022

Carbon fiscal reforms could improve coherence between the current energy crisis policies and longer-term approaches, establishing a link between short-term measures and the just transition process.

Social protection: An effective shield against global crises

Burchi, Francesco / Markus Loewe (2022)
The Current Column, 04. October 2022

The recent crises have affected people’s life not only in financial terms but also unveiled the limited capacities of social systems.

An opportunity to demand more effectiveness for better results

Esser, Daniel (2022)
The Current Column, 26. September 2022

The Bundestag’s first debate on the proposed federal development budget for 2023, which took place earlier this month, was a worrisome testament to the state of international development politics in Germany.

Early insights from the first year of the UN Decade for Ocean Science

Schoderer, Mirja / Ramona Hägele (2022)
The Current Column, 19. September 2022

As discussions within the UN Decade of Ocean Science and at the UN Oceans Conference in Lisbon have shown, ocean science struggles with accessibility

Urbanization, the Climate Crisis, and the Role of the G7

Roll, Michael (2022)
The Current Column, 12. September 2022

Considering the large number of international initiatives that already deal with urbanization and the climate crisis, what contribution to global sustainable urban development could the G7 make?

Have we failed to capitalise on the momentum for the SDGs?

Kranholdt, Dominic (2022)
The Current Column, 29. August 2022

The Sustainable Development Report 2022 shows that the international community has seen a reversal in progress on SDG achievement for the second successive year

Keeping global sustainability in mind

Berger, Axel (2022)
The Current Column, 20. June 2022

The German Government launched an ambitious sustainability agenda in early 2022 as part of its G7 Presidency. Less than two months later, it was confronted with Russia’s war of aggression against Ukraine, requiring a change of priorities and calling old certainties into question.