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341. Out of Africa: The 2016 Nairobi Conference on Earth System Governance leads by example

     

     Bauer, Steffen / Fariborz Zelli (2016)
     The Current Column, 12 December 2016

     The 2016 Conference on Earth System Governance (ESG) was a premiere. It was the first to convene in Africa. It was about time!

342. Crisis or progress? The Global Partnership for Effective Development Cooperation (GPEDC) after Nairobi

     

     Klingebiel, Stephan / Xiaoyun Li (2016)
     The Current Column, 06 December 2016

     From 28 November to 1 December, several thousand people gathered in Nairobi for the second High-Level Meeting (HLM) of the Global Partnership for Effective Development Cooperation (GPEDC). The first meeting was held in Mexico City 18 months ago. The question is: was the second meeting a success?

343. A new social contract for the countries in the Middle East and North Africa (MENA)

     

     Loewe, Markus / Amirah El-Haddad / Mark Furness / Annabelle Houdret / Bernhard Trautner / Tina Zintl (2016)
     The Current Column, 05 December 2016

     Western countries should no longer aim at ‘stabilising’ the existing political order in MENA countries but help them in designing new, more sustainable social contracts.

344. Development Effectiveness: restoring the sense of urgency

     

     Janus, Heiner / Niels Keijzer (2016)
     The Current Column, 28 November 2016

     On 28 November begins the second high-level meeting of the Global Partnership for Effective Development Cooperation (GPEDC) in Nairobi. When considering the future of effective development cooperation, we should start by appreciating the road it has travelled so far.

345. Food security in the face of climate change: impossible without water

     

     Herrfahrdt-Pähle, Elke / Waltina Scheumann (2016)
     The Current Column, 21 November 2016

     The issue of adapting African agriculture to climate change was finally addressed at the 22nd session of the Conference of the Parties (COP 22) to the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change (UNFCCC) in Marrakesh. We can only achieve food security by ensuring that overdue investment is made in irrigation infrastructure and institutions.

346. The EU's response to the "refugees crisis": one year after the Valletta Summit

     

     Castillejo, Clare (2016)
     The Current Column, 14 November 2016

     The EU Emergency Trust Fund for Africa (EUTF) demonstrates concerning trends in Europe’s response to migration and the future direction of its development policy. It also offers an interesting opportunity to do things differently.

347. Climate conference in Marrakesh: litmus test for the Paris Agreement

     

     Bauer, Steffen / Clara Brandi (2016)
     The Current Column, 07 November 2016

     The Paris Climate Agreement was hailed around the world as a historic achievement last December. Whether or not it makes history, however, depends on its successfull implementation. Being the first COP after the Paris summit in December 2015, the Marrakesh climate conference provides the first serious litmus test for the decisions reached in Paris.

348. Do rising powers still deserve their name?

     

     Grimm, Sven (2016)
     The Current Column, 31 October 2016

     The emerging economies are weakening. China’s economy is less dynamic and the country is regressing at political level. Brazil has been paralysed in domestic policy terms and has experienced a severe recession. The South African economy is stagnating and the nation’s democratic institutions are being undermined by nepotism. The coup in Turkey has rocked the country to the core in domestic-policy and economic terms, and the list could go on and on. And these are supposed to be “rising powers”?!

349. Economic Partnership Agreements: Why have they taken so long?

     

     Hulse, Merran (2016)
     The Current Column, 24 October 2016

     Lack of political will, geostrategic concerns, and weak institutional capacity have dragged out the Economic Partnership Agreements (EPAs). After 14 years, some countries are close to the finishing line, but delays and obstacles remain.

350. UN summit on housing and sustainable urban development: what is at stake?

     

     Dick, Eva / Maria-Theres Haase (2016)
     The Current Column, 17 October 2016

     At the third UN Conference on Housing and Sustainable Urban Development (Habitat III) in Quito, Ecuador, central decisions will be made on the urban and global development of the next decades.