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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Stamm, Andreas / Rita Strohmaier / Ece Oyan (2023)
The Current Column, 16 October 2023
Germany should develop strategies at an early stage to pursue the goal of a green, not blue, hydrogen economy. Future hydrogen partnerships with third countries should prioritise electrolytically produced hydrogen throughout.
Ali, Murad (2023)
The Current Column, 19 September 2023
Since its launch in 2013, no other initiative has gained such global limelight as President Xi Jinping’s Belt and Road Initiative (BRI). There is hardly a policy think tank or academic institute across the globe that has not addressed the enterprise.
Waltenberg, Tabea / Leonie Droste (2023)
The Current Column, 28 August 2023
Even though the very existence of the 2030 Agenda as a joint steering instrument can certainly be seen as a success in view of the complex conflicts of interest at a multilateral level, the agenda needs to act as a framework throughout the world through legally binding norms and laws in order to accelerate its implementation.
Altenburg, Tilman / Axel Berger/ Clara Brandi (2023)
The Current Column, 17 April 2023
If competition between major industrialised nations over subsidies is focused on key green technologies, then this will accelerate the urgently needed development of clean technologies.
Dombrowsky, Ines / Annabelle Houdret / Olcay Ünver (2023)
The Current Column, 21 March 2023
The March 2023 UN Water Conference should lay the ground for improved governance of water as a global commons, ideally through a UN mandated multi-stakeholder platform on water.
Walle, Yabibal / Clara Brandi (2023)
The Current Column, 24 April 2023
“The World Bank’s recently published Evolution Roadmap is a positive step in the right direction. But while the Bank’s plans for an expanded mission, putting a spotlight on resilience and sustainability, are welcome, they must be met with a corresponding substantial increase in its financing capacity.”
Nystø Keskitalo Anja Márjá / Jacqueline Götze (2023)
The Current Column, 06 February 2023
The green transition entails questions of justice – in the European Arctic and beyond. Why a rights-based approach is needed to implement sustainable policies.
Houdret, Annabelle / Ines Dombrowsky (2024)
The Current Column, 20 March 2024
This year’s theme of the United Nations’ World Water Day is ‘water for peace’. In one of the world’s most water-scarce and conflict-affected regions, Israelis, Jordanians and Palestinians work together across geographical, religious and other boundaries to make steps towards securing their joint water-dependent future.