Every Monday, the German Institute of Development and Sustainability (IDOS) comments on the latest issues and trends of international development policy by its Current Column. The column is intended for politically interested readers who want to get a brief overview on the state of German and international development policy.
Current and past issues can be downloaded for free from the IDOS website.
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Götze, Jacqueline, Dorothea Wehrmann, Michał Łuszczuk, Katarzyna Radzik-Maruszak (2021)
The Current Column, 02 November 2021
To achieve urban climate resilience, we need coherent solutions that are specific to local contexts – Arctic city networks show a great potential to contribute to this.
Bauer, Steffen (2021)
The Current Column, 25 October 2021
Five years after the Paris Climate Agreement entered into force and one year after the COVID-enforced hiatus, the 26th Conference of the Parties to the UN Framework Convention on Climate Change (“COP26”) will convene in the Scottish city of Glasgow on 31 October. At long last!
Faus Onbargi, Alexia / Saravanan V. Subramanian / Katharina Molitor (2021)
The Current Column, 20 December 2021
The resolution could be an important contribution in helping development actors to set global and national standards to protect people against environmental harm, to provide equal access to environmental benefits, and to ensure a common minimum standard of environmental quality for everyone.
Furness, Mark / Annabelle Houdret (2021)
The Current Column, 22 November 2021
The new German government can play a positive role in support of transition in Tunisia and Morocco without compromising on core principles like social justice, human rights and open economic exchange.
Balasubramanian, Pooja (2021)
The Current Column, 15 December 2021
One gap that is rarely discussed in research is the increasing penetration of finance within social policy that is further pushing individuals and households into a debt-poverty trap.
Rodríguez de Francisco, Jean Carlo (2021)
The Current Column, 11 October 2021
From October 11 to 15, 2021 and from April 25 to May 8, 2022, the 15th Conference of the Parties of the Convention on Biological Diversity (CBD) will be held in Kunming, China. The conference will bring together countries worldwide to agree on the global post-2020 biodiversity Framework (GBF).
Baumann, Max-Otto / Sebastian Haug / Silke Weinlich (2021)
The Current Column, 15 September 2021
Germany’s next federal government should ensure that intended contributions for UN organisations and processes are stably anchored in the federal budget.
Vogel, Johanna (2021)
The Current Column, 12 April 2021
The pandemic highlights the importance of knowledge networks as instruments. To be successful, they need to be interdisciplinary, as well as transnational and also need to pursue a common global vision.