Launch of the Bonn Water Network: Connecting competences for sustainable water futures

Online

Launch of the Bonn Water Network: Connecting competences for sustainable water futures on Tuesday, November 17, 2020, 5:30- 7:00 pm C.E.T. 2.1 billion people have no access to clean drinking water and more than 4.5 billion have no safe sanitation. In many countries, increasing water scarcity threatens food security and energy production or leads to […]

Rethinking Land in the Anthropocene: Strategies for Securing the Future and the Role of New Plant Breeding Methods

Zoom

An Online Discussion event on the latest WBGU Flagship Report The latest WBGU (German Advisory Council on Global Change) flagship report diagnoses a "trilemma" of global land use, consisting of diverse demands made on land for the purposes of climate-change mitigation, food security and the conservation of biological diversity conservation. The Council proposes five governance […]

Latecomer development in the global green economy

virtual

In recent years, the paradigm change toward a global green economy has been gaining speed. More than 110 countries, many of them in the low and middle income groups, have pledged to achieve climate neutrality by 2050 or earlier. More importantly, major players have substantiated their plans by finance and pathways to implementation. These transformative […]

(Im)mobility in international research cooperation: knowledge and partnerships between the South and North, East and West

virtual

As part of the “Forced Migration and Refugee Studies: Networking and Knowledge Transfer” (FFVT) cooperation project we would like to cordially invite you to our online workshop “(Im)mobility in international research cooperation: knowledge and partnerships between the South and North, East and West” on 22 June (9:45h-16:30h CET). This workshop provides a platform for representatives […]

Charting a roadmap towards deep decarbonisation: Carbon pricing and complementary incentives

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Event TypeVirtual DiscussionLocation/DateOnline, 22.03.2022OrganiserGerman Development Institute / Deutsches Institut für Entwicklungspolitik (DIE), German Institute for Economic Research (DIW Berlin), Potsdam Institute for Climate Impact Research (PIK)Most emitters do not pay for the harm they are doing. Arguably, the single most important measure for decarbonisation is to introduce a carbon price that is high enough to […]