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Carbon Capture and Storage – A responsible bridge to a low-carbon future?

Bonn, 19. June 2019

Carbon Capture and Storage (CCS) is considered by many research groups working on climate change mitigation as a necessary element of a (more) sustainable energy future. For instance, WBGU in its 2011 “Great Transformation” report concludes, “CCS is a necessary mitigation measure for countries that continue to use fossil energies, if…

Telling the wood from the trees

Bonn, 18. June 2019

This event presented innovative findings from empirical research on forest conservation in Indonesia. It launched the recently published book by Dr. Jonas Hein, “Political Ecology of REDD+ in Indonesia: Agrarian Conflicts and Forest Carbon” and discussed its insights at the nexus of development research, international climate governance…

The challenges of “drought migration”

Adaawen, Stephen / Benjamin Schraven (2019)
The Current Column, 17. June 2019

Will droughts and advancing desertification send a new wave of refugees towards Europe? And what do researchers have to say about the correlation between drought, desertification and human mobility? How should policy-makers address this “drought migration”?

Let's plant forests for the future

Bonn, 17. June 2019

The 17th of June reminds us that the combat of desertification and drought is a global challenge. This is never more true than today, when it is increasingly becoming evident that loss of biodiversity, climate change, soil degradation, drought and water stress as well as poverty and food insecurity in rural areas are not only local…

Taking Global Climate Action beyond 2020 - Accelerating the Sustainable Future We Want

, 17. June 2019

The 50th sessions of the UNFCCC Subsidiary Body for Implementation (SBI) and Subsidiary Body for Scientific and Technological Advice (SBSTA) took place in Bonn, Germany, from 17-27 June 2019. The German Development Institute / Deutsches Institut für Entwicklungspolitik (DIE) and York University were honoured to convene an official side…

Human migration in the era of climate change

Cattaneo, Cristina / Michel Beine / Christiane J. Fröhlich / Dominic Kniveton / Inmaculada Martinez-Zarzoso / Marina Mastrorillo / Katrin Millock / Etienne Piguet / Benjamin Schraven (2019)
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The relevance of social policies for democracy: preventing autocratisation through synergies between SDG 10 and SDG 16

Leininger, Julia / Anna Lührmann / Rachel Sigman (2019)
Discussion Paper 7/2019

This paper explores whether different types, levels and changes in distributional inequalities (Sustainable Development Goal 10) contribute to the erosion of democratic institutions, thereby making governance less inclusive (SDG 16). It provides recommendations for integrated SDG implementation.

Global Climate Action Beyond 2020

Bonn, 14. June 2019

Global Climate Action Beyond 2020 explores the role of non-state and subnational actors and initiatives between them in post-2020 climate governance. Efforts by such actors are crucial to demonstrating a multiplicity of solutions and to accelerate low-carbon and climate resilient transitions. This is especially urgent as current…

With or without you: how the G20 could advance global action towards climate-friendly sustainable development

Bauer, Steffen / Axel Berger / Gabriela Iacobuta (2019)
Briefing Paper 10/2019

G20 represents 80% of global carbon emissions and 80% of global wealth. This briefing paper argues how the club's economic and political weight may be harnessed for ambitious action towards implementing the Paris Agreement and 2030 Agenda in spite of domestic agendas and geopolitical odds.

Dismantling the myth of the growth-inequality trade-off

Negre, Mario / José Cuesta / Ana Revenga / Prescott J. Morley (2019)
Briefing Paper 9/2019

Conventional economic wisdom has long maintained that there is a necessary trade-off between pursuit of the efficiency of a system and any attempts to improve equity between participants within that system. Evidence from recent decades suggests,, however, that the trade-off itself is, in many cases,

Bonn Climate Change Conference 2019

Bonn, 13. June 2019

The 50th sessions of the UNFCCC Subsidiary Body for Implementation (SBI) and Subsidiary Body for Scientific and Technological Advice (SBSTA) took place in Bonn, Germany, from 14 to 27 June 2019. The Klimalog project at the German Development Institute / Deutsches Institut für Entwicklungspolitik (DIE) kept on playing an active role in…

Global Climate Action: Bridging Theory and Practice

Bonn, 13. June 2019

This event launched the recently published “Political theory and global climate action: recasting the public sphere” by Idil Boran and discussed the role of nonstate and subnational actors in climate action at the interface of research and practice. It was the first in a series of events hosted by the German Development Institute /…

Translating knowledge into climate action

Bauer, Steffen / Robert Bradley (2019)
The Current Column, 11. June 2019

With the update of the Nationally Determined Contributions (NDCs), international climate policy is entering a decisive phase. However, tackling climate change is a big and complex task.

What the European elections mean for development policy

Högl, Maximilian / Benedikt Erforth / Niels Keijzer (2019)
The Current Column, 06. June 2019

The 2019 European elections did not lead to the wave of right-wing populism that many had feared they would. However, It is now time for the European Parliament to capitalise on the fresh relevance afforded to it by the European elections

Economic Development in Africa

Bonn, 04. June 2019

The Alexander von Humboldt Foundation in cooperation with the German Development Institute / Deutsches Institut für Entwicklungspolitik (DIE) is pleased to announce the Jan Walliser Memorial Lecture. The event took place in memory of Jan Walliser, Vice President of the World Bank’s Equitable Growth, Finance, and Institutions Global…

Global Value Chains for Inclusive Development

Tokyo, 28. May 2019

Foreign direct investment (FDI) offers a useful entry point for integration into global value chains (GVCs). It also offers a host of technology and financial resources that may bring tangible benefits to domestic firms and industries, thereby increasing their productivity and capability. However, FDI attraction is not without its…

The promise of private investment in fragile states and what can be done to mobilize it

Ragoussis, Alexandros (2019)
The Current Column, 27. May 2019

In international development cooperation, the private sector is often longed for a great source of opportunities for the economic development of fragile states. But reality is sobering.

Populism: consequences for global sustainable development

Marschall, Paul / Stephan Klingebiel (2019)
Briefing Paper 8/2019

Populist trends carry significant threats when it comes to dealing with cross-border challeng-es. States with strong populist outlooks can slow down global sustainable development. Conse-quently, countries less affected by such outlooks should take on key roles.

Gene editing – A responsible means to assure food security

Bonn, 22. May 2019

Since more than 35 years, genetic manipulation of organisms has been studied scientifically to change characteristics of organisms faster than and sometimes different from what can be reached by traditional ways of breeding. A number of countries, mainly USA, Brazil, Argentina, Canada and India have rolled out large-scale cultivation of…

Climate Change–Related Heat Stress and Subjective Well-Being in Australia

Kerstin K. Zander / Simon Moss / Stephen T. Garnett (2019)
External Publications