Theme special

IDOS@UNFCCC June Climate Meetings

IDOS is present with official side events and further involvements in the June Climate Meetings (SB64), taking place in Bonn, Germany, from 8 to 18 June 2026.

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At IDOS, we aspire to co-shape a collaborative multipolar world for sustainable futures. We do so by conducting high-quality research, offering independent policy advice, and learning across borders and regions while seeking to align development and sustainability.
Theme special

Strait of Hormuz

The blockade of the Strait of Hormuz is intensifying existing crises and hitting low-income countries the hardest. IDOS analyses the current situation in the Strait of Hormuz from a development policy perspective.

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Theme special

Disruption and Reform

In light of global crises and increasingly disruptive, authoritarian forms of politics, forward-looking, cooperative reforms are necessary to secure sustainable development, international cooperation and democratic foundations. In this web special you will find IDOS's work on the dynamics of our 2025/26 annual theme, ‘Disruption and Reform’.

Opinion pieces and media contributions

The Current Column

Who gets a seat at the table? Bonn's climate talks have a visa problem

Wagner, Niklas

Germany's consulates must not become the first barrier to legitimate global governance.

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Frankfurter Rundschau

Zukunftsorientierte Politik in einer alternden Gesellschaft sieht anders aus

Anna-Katharina Hornidge

Warum internationale Wissenskooperation kein Luxus, sondern strategische Notwendigkeit ist. Die Kolumne „Gastwirtschaft“.

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Events

Current publications

The risks of climate-nature silos: why we need alignment and integration between environmental agendas

The risks of climate-nature silos: why we need alignment and integration between environmental agendas

Pettoreli, Nathalie et al. (2026)

Social protection for better health in Arab countries

Social protection for better health in Arab countries

Loewe, Markus (2026)

Science-policy interfaces and sustainable development: institutionally bridging the knowledge–action gap

Science-policy interfaces and sustainable development: institutionally bridging the knowledge–action gap

Velander, Sara / Niklas Wagner / Lisa Biber-Freudenberger (2026)

The oil shock and the new political economy of development cooperation

The oil shock and the new political economy of development cooperation

Sumner, Andy / Stephan Klingebiel (18/2026)

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