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The 2030 Agenda – A Copernican revolution in development cooperation?

Gass, Thomas / Silke Weinlich (2015)
The Current Column, 05. October 2015

With its 17 Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs), the 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development represents a true paradigm shift in development cooperation.

A pioneers' alliance for climate action?

Bonn, 16. October 2015

Effective implementation of the prospective new climate agreement will depend on ambitious climate action around the globe. Some countries are willing and able to go further faster to raise the level of ambition in international climate policy. This authors’ workshop brought together experts from all world regions and explored the…

Are we dreamers in the world of international cooperation?

Grimm, Sven (2015)
The Current Column, 19. October 2015

Critics such as economist William Easterly describe the United Nations’ 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development as “senseless, dreamy, and garbled” - the kind of thing John Lennon was singing about in his famous song “Imagine”. Are we all just dreamers?

»… damit sie das Leben und volle Genüge haben sollen«: ein Beitrag zur Debatte über neue Leitbilder für eine zukunftsfähige Entwicklung; eine Studie der Kammer der EKD für nachhaltige Entwicklung

Scholz, Imme et al. (2015)
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Sustainability in the water-energy-food nexus

Bhaduri, Anik / Claudia Ringler / Ines Dombrowsky / Rabi Mohtar / Waltina Scheumann (eds.) (2015)
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Sustainability in the water-energy-food nexus

Bhaduri, Anik / Claudia Ringler / Ines Dombrowsky / Rabi Mohtar / Waltina Scheumann (2015)
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Financing Sustainable Development

Berlin, 09. November 2015

Governments all over the world are devising green growth strategies , aiming to reconcile economic growth with low carbon emissions as well as trying to limit other forms of environmental degradation such as soil, water, and air pollution. What is needed is no less than a “green transformation” to put green growth at the heart of…

The role of finance and related policies for biodiversity conservation

Bonn, 11. November 2015

2015 is a crucial year for biodiversity because this year’s decisions will have a huge impact for biodiversity conservation and funding in the next fifteen years. The Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) and their targets complement the goals of the Convention on Biological Diversity (CBD) on conserving and sustainably using biodiversity…

A comparative analysis of the effectiveness of four supply chain initiatives to reduce deforestation

Meijer, Karen (2015)
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Rescaling of access and property relations in a frontier landscape: insights from Jambi, Indonesia

Hein, Jonas / Soeryo Adiwibowo / Christoph Dittrich / Rosyani / Endriatmo Soetarto / Heiko Faust (2015)
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Decarbonising the world economy: what needs to happen after the UN Climate Change Conference

Brandi, Clara / Dominique Bruhn / Nannette Lindenberg (2015)
The Current Column, 23. November 2015

Bonn, 23 November 2015. In just a few days’ time, the world will be looking to the UN Climate Change Conference, where an ambitious agreement is set to be concluded with a view to protecting the world from a dangerous temperature increase and to preparing for and responding to the effects of climate change.

Conference of the Parties (COP 21)

Paris, 30. November 2015

From 30 November to 11 December, the twenty-first session of the Conference of the Parties (COP21) of the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change (UNFCCC) will take place in Paris. A new global agreement on climate change is to be adopted. This agreement will be decisive for future life on our planet. Climate change…

Private finance for adaptation in LDCs? Spelling out the options

Dzebo, Adis / Pieter Pauw (2015)
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What can the G20 contribute to international development cooperation?

Fues, Thomas / Maike Saltzmann (2015)
The Current Column, 08. December 2015

Bonn, 7 December 2015. On 1 December, China has taken over the presidency of the group of the twenty leading industrial and emerging countries (G20). In spite of its impressive economic success, the country continues to regard itself as a developing nation and its government intends to place particular emphasis on the interests of all developing countries. Following up on China’s leadership, Germany can use its chair of the G20 in 2017 to promote implementation of the 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development.

How sustainable is bioenergy production in the Philippines? A conjoint analysis of knowledge and opinions of people with different typologies

Acosta, Lilibeth A. / Nelson H. Enano Jr. / Damasa B. Magcale-Macandog / Kathreena G. Engay / Maria Noriza Q. Herrera / Ozzy Boy S. Nicopior / Mic Ivan V. Sumilang / Jemimah Mae A. Eugenio / Wolfgang Lucht (2013)
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Local adaptation to climate change: a case study among the indigenous Palaw’ans in the Philippines

Matias, Denise Margaret (2015)
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Uzbekistan: a region of world society (?) Variants of differentiation in agricultural resources governance

Hornidge, Anna-Katharina / Kristof van Assche / Anastasiya Shtaltovna (2015)
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Assessing the use of forest ecosystem services analyses as a national policy-making tool in Peru

Guarín, Alejandro / Hotz, Hannes (2015)
Mitarbeiter sonstige

El análisis de servicios ecosistémicos forestales como herramienta para la formulación de políticas nacionales en el Perú

Guarín, Alejandro / Hannes Hotz (2015)
Mitarbeiter sonstige

Mega-conferences

Chan, Sander (2015)
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