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.
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Never, Babette (2017)
The Current Column, 04 December 2017
Middle-income countries are seeing growth among their middle classes. The problem is that our planet’s resources are finite. Time for a new consumer policy.
Crncic, Zeljko (2017)
The Current Column, 20 November 2017
During faltering dialogue processes networks such as Managing Global Governance (MGG) become all the more relevant in the discussion of global problems and inequalities, which is also the focus of our MGG alumni and partner meeting this week.
Chan, Sander / Thomas Hale / Angel Hsu / Friederike Eichhorn / Ann Gardiner / Brendan Guy (2017)
The Current Column, 16 November 2017
The first Yearbook of Climate Action shows that effective climate action by could make significant contributions to narrowing the global emissions gap, adapting to climate change, and demonstrating to governments that higher ambition is desirable and doable. Key challenges of inclusion and scope remain, creating an urgent need to invest in scaling up climate action in 2018.
Bauer, Steffen (2017)
The Current Column, 15 November 2017
Two years after adopting the Paris Agreement in 2015, the UN Climate Change Conference reconvenes in Bonn for COP23 to advice the agreement's implementation. They seek to find ways of increasing their nationally determined contributions in the short term without losing sight of national and international development goals in the process.
von Weizsäcker, Franz / Clara Brandi (2017)
The Current Column, 13 November 2017
Working under the hashtag #Hack4Climate, hackers are pursuing the same objective as the climate experts, namely to push ahead with climate change mitigation efforts.
Tibig, Lourdes / Denise Margaret Matias (2017)
The Current Column, 08 November 2017
Governments must address not just rapid onset events but also slow onset events, which are a more silent but equal if not more dangerous and pervasive threat to lives, livelihoods and ecosystems.
Brüntrup, Michael (2017)
The Current Column, 12 June 2017
Do farmers have and/or need different rights to other people? Since October 2012 this question has been addressed by an open working group of the United Nations Human Rights Council.
Berger, Axel / Clara Brandi (2017)
The Current Column, 25 September 2017
When we look behind the headlines of the heated trade policy debate, it becomes apparent that alternative trade deals contain a whole range of regulations that go beyond the dismantling of trade barriers. The latest data from Canada’s Université Laval shows that 85 per cent of all free trade agreements contain environmental clauses. In fact, recently concluded agreements contain over 60 different environmental provisions.
Brandi, Clara / Hannah Janetschek / Adis Dzebo (2017)
The Current Column, 06 November 2017
This year’s climate conference needs to show how seriously the Paris Climate Agreement is being taken by the global community, and it should also be used as an opportunity to achieve better dovetailing of climate protection and sustainable development.