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491. Fair enough? Equity is key to next year’s climate agreement

     

     Bauer, Steffen / Pieter Pauw (2014)
     The Current Column, 02 June 2014

     2 June 2014. The next round of international climate negotiations taking place in Bonn this week may be one of the last opportunities to advance a meaningful ‘global deal’.

492. Don’t let technical questions keep climate finance from flowing

     

     Pauw, Pieter / Adis Dzebo (2014)
     The Current Column, 26 May 2014

     The debate on climate finance focuses increasingly on technical questions which seems to delay action on mobilizing private-sector finance.

493. Factory Asia – another mega-regional trade agreement?

     

     Brandi, Clara / Dominique Bruhn / Max Büge (2014)
     The Current Column, 19 May 2014

     The ministers of the Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation (APEC) plan to promote a free trade agreement. What does that mean for the region and for world trade?

494. Post-2015: The future of the United Nations in Development?

     

     Mahn, Timo / Kristinn Sv. Helgason (2014)
     The Current Column, 12 May 2014

     The changing development landscape characterized by a number of ongoing tectonic shifts will necessitate a strategic repositioning of the UN in Development.

495. South Sudan’s tragedy is the responsibility of the country’s political elite

     

     Furness, Mark (2014)
     The Current Column, 08 May 2014

     The South Sudanese political elite have chosen violence over peace. Until this changes, the international community’s options are limited to trying to raise the costs of war.

496. The Global Partnership for Effective Development Cooperation: What next for a global architecture?

     

     Talaat, Abdel-Malek (2014)
     The Current Column, 08 May 2014

     The Global Partnership for Effective Development Cooperation (GPEDC) was endorsed in December 2011 by 3500 delegates as a reaffirmation of their will to accelerate progress in improving development cooperation outcomes.

497. Energy and water for MENA: From risks to opportunities

     

     Vidican, Georgeta / Annabelle Houdret (2014)
     The Current Column, 05 May 2014

     Innovative solutions are needed to transform risks of the energy and water crises into opportunities in MENA. A nexus approach could contribute to reducing regional vulnerabilities.

498. A Renewables Club to change the world

     

     Messner, Dirk / Hans Joachim Schellnhuber / Jennifer Morgan (2014)
     The Current Column, 30 April 2014

     The climate crisis needs an urgent international response, as the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) has recently reminded us.

499. Post 2015: Peace, security and development belong together

     

     Janus, Heiner / Gerrit Kurtz (2014)
     The Current Column, 22 April 2014

     There are still significant political obstacles to specific goals regarding peace and security in the post-2015 agenda. Germany should build bridges to the sceptical countries.

500. Unrequited love: What is the legacy of the first Global Partnership summit?

     

     Fues, Thomas / Stephan Klingebiel (2014)
     The Current Column, 17 April 2014

     The Mexican government has hosted the most important conference on development co-operation (DC) issues since the Busan meeting at the end of 2011.