Home » Press » Gutachten „Große Transformation“ “Great Transformation“ now online as E-Seminar Bonn, Berlin, Bremen, 15 November 2012 . The WBGU report "World in Transition – A Social Contract for Sustainability“ is now accessible online as an e-learning seminar ( http://wit.va-bne.de/ ). Council members and invited speakers present the report and address the challenges of scientific policy advice. The E-Seminar consists of 11 lectures (2 presentations of 30 minutes and…
Home » Press » WBGU: Now mobilize private capital for the global energy-system transformation WBGU: Now mobilize private capital for the global energy-system transformation WBGU Press Release of 6 September 2012 Germany and many other countries are facing a fundamental transformation of their energy systems. Billions will have to be invested worldwide in converting energy systems and raising energy efficiency. In its policy paper “Financing the Global Energy-System…
Home » Press » Today, the 48th Graduate Course has started Today, the 48th Graduate Course has started Bonn, 3 September 2012. Since 1965 the German Development Institute / Deutsches Institut für Entwicklungspolitik (DIE) trains German young professionals in its Postgraduate Training Programme for Development Cooperation . Alumni of the Training Programme are, among others, Achim Steiner, Executive Director of the United Nations Environment Programme (UNEP), Ingrid…
Home » Press » Low-Carbon Society for a Green Economy Special Volume: Low-Carbon Society for a Green Economy The “Journal of Renewable and Sustainable Energy” recently published the Special Topic on “Low-Carbon Society for a Green Economy”, which is edited by Nay Htun, Yi Jiang, Devinder Mahajan, Dirk Messner , and Richard Templer. This special volume complements the special volume “Energy Pathways to a Low-Carbon Society”, which was published in 2010. Since then, the…
Home » Press » New working paper: Fungibility and the choice of aid modalities New working paper: Fungibility and the choice of aid modalities Leiderer, Stefan: Fungibility and the choice of aid modalities: the red herring revisited UNU-WIDER Working Paper 2012/68 ISBN: 978-92-9230-531-4 The ‘right’ choice of instruments and modalities to provide aid to developing countries in support of poverty reduction and economic development is arguably one of the most contested…
Home » Press » DIE ranked as Top Five Development Think Tank DIE ranked as Top Five Development Think Tank Bonn, 20 January 2012 . An impressive success for the German Development Institute / Deutsches Institut für Entwicklungspolitik (DIE): For the fourth consecutive time DIE has been selected as one of the best think tanks and research institutions in several categories. The experts compiling the “2011 Global Go-To Think Tanks” consider the German Development Institute…
Home » Press » New Book: Development Cooperation and Emerging Powers: new partners or old patterns? New Book: Development Cooperation and Emerging Powers: new partners or old patterns Chaturvedi, Sachin / Thomas Fues / Elizabeth Sidiropoulus (eds.) (2012): Development cooperation and emerging powers: new partners or old patterns? London/New York: ZED Books ISBN: 9781780320632 The new book " Development cooperation and emerging powers: new partners or old patterns? "…
Home » Press » Press Releases » WBGU-Report "Great Transformation“ now online as E-Seminar WBGU-Report "Great Transformation“ now online as E-Seminar Press Release of 15 November 2012 The WBGU report "World in Transition – A Social Contract for Sustainability“ is now accessible online as an e-learning seminar ( http://wit.va-bne.de/ ) ( www.wbgu.de/en/trafoseminar ). Council members and invited speakers present the report and address the challenges of scientific policy…
Home » Press » Press Releases » The World Bank appoints DIE-Director Messner to the Bank’s ‘Knowledge Advisory Commission’ The World Bank appoints DIE-Director Messner to the Bank’s ‘Knowledge Advisory Commission’ Press Release of 26 April 2012 The World Bank appoints DIE-Director Dirk Messner to the Bank’s ‘Knowledge Advisory Commission’. Established by World Bank president Robert Zoellick, the new Commission will help the World Bank to be not only the most important…
Home » Press » Press Releases » Dirk Messner erneut Wissenschaftlicher Beirat der Bundesregierung Globale Umweltveränderungen Dirk Messner erneut in Wissenschaftlichen Beirat der Bundesregierung Globale Umweltveränderungen berufen Pressemitteilung vom 03.12.2008 Das Bundeskabinett hat heute die Mitglieder des Wissenschaftlichen Beirats der Bundesregierung Globale Umweltveränderungen (WBGU) für die kommende Vier-Jahres-Periode berufen. Dirk Messner , Direktor des…
Home » Press » Press Releases » Jahresbericht 2007-2008 des DIE Erschienen: Jahresbericht 2007-2008 des Deutschen Instituts für Entwicklungspolitik Pressemitteilung vom 22.12.2008 Pünktlich zum Jahresende ist der Jahresbericht 2007-2008 des Deutschen Instituts für Entwicklungspolitik (DIE) erschienen. Der Jahresbericht dokumentiert die Arbeiten und Entwicklungen des DIE der vergangenen beiden Jahre, die geprägt waren von der Umsetzung unserer Strategie, die (1) Wachstum,…