The theme of this year’s International Migrants Day was re-imagining human mobility, and for Master’s of Geography of Environmental Risks and Human Security student Ronja Winkhardt-Enz, the theme directly relates to her master’s thesis research on human mobility and landslide risk perception in Brazil.
At the end of this year we would like to pause for a moment, look back on this challenging and special year 2020.
We wish you happy holidays and a happy new year!
Wednesday 2 December 2020 (Suva, Fiji) In a landmark event held today, the New Zealand High Commissioner to Fiji, H.E. Jonathan Curr launched the Leaving No One Behind in the Digital Era: Pacific Insurance and Climate Adaptation Programme. It is a first of its kind initiative for the region where market-based climate risk insurance solutions will be made available to Pacific islanders in Fiji and Vanuatu first, and then progressively to other Pacific island countries. The Programme, jointly developed and to be implemented by the United Nations Capital Development Fund (UNCDF), the United Nations University Institute for Environment and Human Security (UNU-EHS) and the United Nations Development Programme (UNDP), is financially supported by the New Zealand Aid Programme and the Australian Aid Programme. […]
Every year students of the Master’s of Geography of Environmental Risks and Human Security participate in a simulation exercise to put their new knowledge of disaster management and humanitarian response to practice. Although in an adapted virtual format, this past week students of the 2019 batch got the chance to immerse themselves in the world of emergency response. […]
Das Sustainable Development Solutions Network (SDSN) und das Institute for European Environmental Policy (IEEP) veröffentlichten am 8. Dezember 2020 den Europe Sustainable Development Report. Es handelt sich um den zweiten unabhängigen quantitativen Bericht zum Fortschritt der Europäischen Union (EU), der Mitgliedstaaten und anderen Europäischen Ländern bei der Erreichung der Ziele nachhaltiger Entwicklung (SDGs), die von allen Mitgliedstaaten der Vereinten Nationen im Jahr 2015 beschlossen wurden. […]
The High Level Political Forum on Sustainable Development (HLPF) of the United Nations dedicates itself every year to the state of implementation of Agenda 2030 and specifically to the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs). For the second year in a row, the Federal Ministry for Economic Cooperation and Development (BMZ) and the Federal Ministry for the Environment, Nature Conservation and Nuclear Safety (BMU), have been organizing a “German HLPF Conference” to link the discussions on the German sustainability strategy with the debates at the United Nations. […]
Anna-Katharina Hornidge, Director of the German Development Institute / Deutsches Institut für Entwicklungspolitik (DIE) was selected as a new member of the German Commission for UNESCO (DUK). The DUK serves as a bridge between civil society, the state and the international working areas of UNESCO. The focus is on the protection and sustainable development of the cultural heritage and the promotion of education that fosters equal opportunities.
On 11 November 2020, Imme Scholz, Deputy Director of the German Development Institute / Deutsches Institut für Entwicklungspolitik (DIE) and Deputy Chairwoman of the German Council for Sustainable Development, participated in an event on the use of “green” hydrogen in North Rhine-Westphalia. […]
The digital launch event of the Bonn Water Network on 17 November 2020 attracted over 150 people from around the world. The network consists of seven Bonn-based institutions with longstanding experience on water and related issues; besides the German Development Institute / Deutsches Institut für Entwicklungspolitik (DIE), these include the Bonn International Center for Conversion (BICC); two institutes affiliated to Bonn University, the Institute of Geography (GIUB) and the Center for Development Research (ZEF); the International Water Management Institute (IWMI), and two UN institutions, the United Nations Institute for Environment and Human Security (UNU-EHS) and the Secretariat of the United Nations Convention to Combat Desertification (UNCCD).
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