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351. 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.

352. From World Hunger Day to World Food Day

     

     Brüntrup, Michael (2016)
     The Current Column, 12 October 2016

     16 October is World Food Day. There are still 800 million people going hungry worldwide. How can we turn the day into a real celebration? Only with a tour de force.

353. Cherry picking the reasons for hunger?

     

     Hampel-Milagrosa, Aimée / Michael Brüntrup (2016)
     The Current Column, 29 March 2016

     The issue of household food security is not simple. And the recipe for a solution is even more complex.

354. Greater mobilisation of domestic revenue in developing countries – a key issue for the post-2015 agenda

     

     von Haldenwang, Christian / Armin von Schiller (2015)
     The Current Column, 02 February 2015

     Higher tax revenues in developing countries in combination with improved international co-operation on tax matters constitutes a key aspect of the post-2015 agenda. However, positive developments in recent years should not mask the fact that this part of the agenda still needs to be spurred on further. In few areas of action is the mutual responsibility of the states as evident as it is here. Now is the time for this to be substantiated for all, in a comprehensible manner.

355. Too much fuss about China's new development bank

     

     Wolff, Peter (2015)
     The Current Column, 23 March 2015

     Several European countries announced that they intend to become members of the Asian Infrastructure Investment Bank (AIIB). The founding of the AIIB may be interpreted as signalling the end of US hegemony within the international system of development banks. Equally, however, it could be understood as a step towards normalisation, that is, towards a greater degree of regionalisation in development financing.

356. China and Africa: the new normal

     

     Grimm, Sven / Christine Hackenesch (2015)
     The Current Column, 30 November 2015

     The next summit between China and the African states is set to be held in South Africa on 4/5 December. The outcome of the meeting will reflect the new normal.

357. South-South co-operation: Words, just words?!

     

     Grimm, Sven / Alexandra Rudolph (2016)
     The Current Column, 01 August 2016

     The United Nations Development Cooperation Forum (UNDCF) and the United Nations Conference on Trade and Development (UNCTAD) last week saw the discussion of a concept for measuring South-South co-operation (SSC). The objective is to determine the contribution of developing and emerging countries to the 2030 Agenda.

358. The global refugee crisis: The key role of cities

     

     Dick, Eva / Benjamin Schraven (2016)
     The Current Column, 02 May 2016

     According to the United Nations Refugee Agency (UNHCR), there were over 60 million displaced persons worldwide in 2015, a figure unparalleled since 1945.

359. COP23: not great, but good enough

     

     Bauer, Steffen (2017)
     The Current Column, 23 November 2017

360. Germany and Europe cannot give up on North Africa

     

     Houdret, Annabelle / Mark Furness (2018)
     The Current Column, 26 February 2018

     Three measures that could help to support longterm democratic change in North Africa.