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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Messner, Dirk (2017)
The Current Column, 30 October 2017
Bonn, 30 October 2017. When it comes to climate protection, time and speed are of the essence. If global warming is to be kept below two degrees Celsius, worldwide greenhouse gas emissions need to be reduced to zero by the middle of the 21st century. To enable this, emissions need to be halved every consecutive decade. The success of this momentous project is by no means assured.
Fues, Thomas / Sven Grimm (2017)
The Current Column, 23 October 2017
International Organisations recently devoted great attention to voluntary sustainability standards (VSS). At conferences last September participants main reasons to align production and consumption patterns with certain social, environmental and ethical specifications.
Mehl, Regine (2017)
The Current Column, 18 September 2017
Hand on heart: who knows that the United Nations International Day of Peace is celebrated on 21 September? It is also important in this context to make reference to Agenda 2030, which makes some challenging key points with regard to the issue of peace.
Mathis, Okka Lou (2017)
The Current Column, 15 September 2017
Despite living in a democracy, we have been compromising a peaceful and stable future for decades: climate change is continuing to destroys our foundations of existence and contributes to conflicts - here too. Our democracy invites us to postpone the climate change problem rather than resolve it. The transformation to sustainability is only possible if we change it.
Rudolph, Alexandra / Armin von Schiller / Christoph Strupat (2017)
The Current Column, 02 October 2017
The relevance of impact assessments is not a new topic in development cooperation. There is an increasingly strong consensus in development policy that it is crucial to assess interventions by using rigorous methods. In Germany, the value and relevance of independent rigorous impact assessments has grown in recent years, although impact assessments are far less institutionalised than in other major donor countries.
Reiber,Tatjana (2017)
The Current Column, 21 August 2017
The MGG Academy of the German Development Institute / Deutsches Institut für Entwicklungspolitik (DIE) aims to promote future pioneers of sustainability. Participants come from six rising powers.
Tawfik, Rawia (2015)
The Current Column, 19 March 2015
Bonn, 19 March 2015. This year the United Nations selected “Water and Sustainable Development” as a theme for the World Water Day on 22 March. The World Water Day reminds us that there is no human, social and economic development without clean water – from health and sanitation to food, energy production and industrialisation.