©WTO, altered, https://www.wto.org/english/res_e/photo_gallery_e/photo_gallery_e.htm The current debate on the Investment Facilitation for Development (IFD) Agreement could be very consequential for the World Trade Organization (WTO) although it is not part of the official calendar of next week’s 13th Ministerial Conference (MC13) in Abu Dhabi. A group of WTO Members have launched discussions on a plurilateral agreement on Investment Facilitation for Development at the 11th Ministerial Conference in 2017. These discussions have turned into actual negotiations from September 2020 onwards and ..read more

© European Union / David Martin, Source:  https://www.flickr.com/photos/cor-photos/53379323878/in/album-72177720313008202/ When Sultan Al-Jaber, the United Emirates of Arabia President of COP28, finally presented an amended text for adoption in the closing plenary, the EU seemed relieved: For the first time in 30 years of climate negotiations, the decision now explicitly addressed fossil fuels. At last years “COP27” UN climate change conference, the EU took many by surprise with a gamble it appeared to have taken. Europe conceded to developing countries’ demands with regard to establishi ..read more

Many observers have expressed frustration with the G20’s growing ineffectiveness after its stellar role in averting a global financial meltdown and deep recession following the 2008 crisis. Its subsequent performance has never quite matched up to that as the body traversed from crisis to recovery mode. Consensus and cooperation has eluded it more often than not since, in part because of shift in focus to more complex, underlying economic issues. National interests and policies have subsumed the larger common objective of reviving global growth. Divergent growth dynamics of G20 members and unil ..read more

Foto: Alan Santos / PR  CC BY 2.0 The G20 summit in Osaka was perhaps most notable for the breakdowns that did not occur. Leaders have eventually agreed on a joint communiqué and endorsed consensual language on trade and many other issues. The nineteen members who had reaffirmed their commitment to the Paris Climate Agreement in Hamburg and Buenos Aires did so again. All of these outcomes were in doubt before and even during the summit. In one sense the Osaka communiqué has answered these doubts because it shows G20 leaders can still agree on issues of global importance. But agreeing on ..read more

The Group of Twenty (G20) Osaka Summit was relatively successfully, with progress on important policy issues, despite the awkward compromises on climate and trade. It might be remembered for its striking similarities with the preceding Buenos Aires G20 Summit. The unusually short, seven-month gap between the two summits left the core agenda largely unchanged, partly reflecting the broad continuities in world politics. There was a recurrence of earlier disagreements in Hamburg and Buenos Aires on climate and trade, with similar bargains reached for the leaders’ declaration. Another key feature ..read more

Direktorinnen und Direktoren, Mitarbeiterinnen der Geschäftsstelle und Focal Points der Bonner Allianz © DIE Am 25. Juni 2019 stellte die Bonner Allianz für Nachhaltigkeitsforschung vor Vertreterinnen und Vertretern aus Wissenschaft, Wirtschaft, Politik und Gesellschaft ihr gemeinsames Großprojekt in Bonn vor: den Innovations-Campus Bonn (ICB). Der Innovations-Campus Bonn soll zu einer integrativen Plattform für die gesamtgesellschaftliche Arbeit an einer nachhaltigen Zukunft werden. In der Bonner Allianz für Nachhaltigkeitsforschung engagieren sich neben dem Deutschen Institut für Entwicklu ..read more

v.l.n.r.: Jakob Rhyner (Bonner Allianz für Nachhaltigkeitsforschung), Imme Scholz (DIE), Achim Steiner (UNDP), Michael Hoch (Uni Bonn) © DIE Am 25. Juni 2019 war Achim Steiner, Leiter des UN-Entwicklungsprogramms (UNDP), zu Gast bei der Bonner Allianz für Nachhaltigkeitsforschung. Steiners Vortrag „Auf dem Weg zu globaler Nachhaltigkeit: Chancen und Herausforderungen bei der Umsetzung der Agenda 2030“ in der voll besetzten Aula der Universität Bonn setzte bei der Betrachtung der aktuellen Klimaproblematik und der Umsetzung der 17 Ziele für nachhaltige Entwicklung an. Der Untergeneralsekretär ..read more

Das Klimalog-Projekt am Deutschen Institut für Entwicklungspolitik (DIE) organisierte eine Vielzahl von Veranstaltungen bei und am Rande der 50. Sitzung des UNFCCC Subsidiary Body for Implementation (SBI) und Subsidiary Body for Scientific and Technological Advice (SBSTA), auch Bonner Klimakonferenz genannt. Diese fand vom 14. bis 27. Juni in Bonn statt. Wissenschaftlerinnen und Wissenschaftler des Projekts und seiner Partnerorganisationen informierten und diskutierten mit verschiedenen Akteuren, wie eine klimafreundliche, gerechte und nachhaltige Zukunft erreicht werden kann. Globale Klimasch ..read more

IPSS und DIE ©DIE Eine Delegation des Institute of Peace and Security Studies (IPSS) in Addis Abeba und der Kommission der Afrikanischen Union (AU) hat Anfang Juni das DIE besucht. Das IPSS ist einer der führenden Think Tanks in Ostafrika. DIE-Wissenschaftlerinnen und -Wissenschaftler aus den Forschungsprogrammen „Transformation politischer (Un-)Ordnung“ und „Inter- und transnationale Zusammenarbeit“ empfingen die afrikanischen Kolleginnen und Kollegen zu einem zweistündigen Austausch über laufende Aktivitäten in den Bereichen Forschung, Politikberatung und Ausbildung. DIE und IPSS kooperier ..read more

©Jonathan Cutrer/Flickr https://www.flickr.com/photos/joncutrer/48856177767 The World Bank’s current reform efforts are approaching a critical point during the Annual Meetings in Marrakech, Morocco, from October 9 to 15, 2023. The Bank should use this moment to adopt meaningful changes that enable it to tackle the twin challenges of global development and climate change and reflect voices of stakeholders from around the world. The recent consultations conducted by the World Bank, including the regional ones conducted in Africa in July, represent a significant step forward. But they also spot ..read more