Im Rahmen des UNSSC-Kurses “Multi-sectoral Country Leadership on Health and Well-being in the context of the 2030 Agenda” nahm Dr. Imme Scholz an einem Panel zum Thema „Integrated approaches to delivering on the 2030 Agenda” teil. Teilnehmende des Kurses, der vom 11. bis 14. November am UNSSC Campus in Bonn stattfand, waren Mitarbeitende verschiedener Ministerien aus sechs Golfstaaten (Oman, Bahrain, Saudi-Arabien, Kuwait, Vereinigte Arabische Emirate und Katar).
In the context of the UNSSC course “Multi-sectoral Country Leadership on Health and Well-being in the context of the 2030 Agenda”, Imme Scholz took part in the expert panel “Integrated approaches to delivering on the 2030 Agenda”. Civil servants from different Ministries of six Gulf countries (Oman, Bahrain, Saudi Arabia, Kuwait, UAE and Qatar) participated in the course, which took place at the UNSSC Campus in Bonn from 11 to 14 November 2019.
Am 6. bis 8. November richtete das DIE als Co-Veranstalter die „2019 Mexico Conference on Earth System Governance – Urgent Transformations and Earth System Governance“: Towards Sustainability and Justice“ aus. Weitere Co-Veranstalter waren die Universität Utrecht (NL) und die Universität Arizona (USA). Als Co-Moderator moderierte das DIE eine der speziellen „Semi-Plenar“-Sitzungen der Konferenz zum Thema „Earth System Governance and the pursuit of the Global Common Good“. Die Sitzung beinhaltete eine Keynote von Steffen Bauer mit dem Titel „Earth System Governance and the pursuit of the Global Common Good“, gefolgt von Kommentaren von Aarti Gupta (Universität Wageningen & Co-Autor des ESG Science and Implementation Plan 2018), Citlali Ayala Martínez (Instituto Mora, Mexico City & auch Partner Managing Global Governance (MGG) Netzwerk), Dimitris Stevis (Universität Colorado State, USA & Co-Chairman der ESG Task Force on Planetary Justice“. Die Diskussion am Runden Tisch unter dem Vorsitz von Clara Brandi war sehr fruchtbar, stieß auf großes Interesse und löste eine lebhafte Debatte mit dem Publikum über die Versprechungen und Fallstricke des Konzepts des globalen Gemeinwohls für Forschung und Politikberatung aus.
In einer weiteren Session zum Thema „Politische Herausforderungen für Nachhaltigkeit und Umweltgerechtigkeit“ unter dem Vorsitz der IPCC-Chefautorin Diana Liverman (Universität Arizona) war das DIE durch Sander Chan mit einem Keynote-Vortrag zum Thema „Gerechtigkeit als zentrale Herausforderung für die EU-Klimapolitik“ vertreten.
Mehrere wissenschaftliche Mitarbeiter*innen des DIE präsentierten ihre Arbeiten in verschiedenen parallelen Paneldiskussionen der Konferenz, darunter Forschungsarbeiten von u.a. Steffen Bauer, Clara Brandi, Anita Breuer, Sander Chan, Jean Carlo Rodriguez de Francisco, Mirja Schoderer und Andreas Stamm (alphabetische Reihenfolge).
On 6-8 November, DIE co-hosted the „2019 Mexico Conference on Earth System Governance – Urgent Transformations and Earth System Governance: Towards Sustainability and Justice“, together with Universiteit Utrecht (NL) and The University of Arizona (US). As co-host, DIE hosted one of the conference’s dedicated „semi-plenary“ sessions on „Earth System Governance and the pursuit of the Global Common Good“. The session included a keynote by Steffen Bauer, titled „Earth System Governance and the pursuit of the Global Common Good“ followed by commentaries by Aarti Gupta (Wageningen University & co-author of the ESG Science and Implementation Plan 2018), Citlali Ayala Martínez (Instituto Mora, Mexico City & also a partner in our MGG Network), Dimitris Stevis (Colorado State University, USA & Co-chair of the ESG Task Force on Planetary Justice“. The roundtable discussion, chaired by Clara Brandi, was very fruitful, sparked substantial interest and generated a lively debate with the audience about the promises and pitfalls of the concept of the global common good for research and policy advice.
In another semi-plenary on „Political challenges to sustainability and environmental justice“, chaired by IPCC lead author Diana Liverman (University of Arizona), DIE was represented by Sander Chan with a keynote presentation on „Justice as a core challenge for EU climate policy.“
Several DIE researchers presented their work in various of the conference’s parallel panel sessions including research papers from inter alia Steffen Bauer, Clara Brandi, Anita Breuer, Sander Chan, Jean Carlo Rodriguez de Francisco, Mirja Schoderer and Andreas Stamm (alphabetical order).
In June 2018, the European Commission tabled an ambitious new EU budget characterised by reform, tough choices, new aspirations and a budget where the 27 member states would increase relative spending so as to compensate for the anticipated withdrawal of the United Kingdom.
Good progress has been made during the past months in formulating the legal framework to govern the use of the budget under its various headings, ranging from research to the Union’s structural funds. However, the negotiations of the overall budget have been characterised by shadow boxing and limited concrete progress. This has to change rapidly during the coming months, including under the German Presidency of the EU during the second half of 2020, with the end of December 2020 as the absolute deadline for reaching an agreement.
Against this backdrop, the European Council on Foreign Relations, the German Development Institute / Deutsches Institut für Entwicklungspolitik (DIE) and the European Think Tanks Group (ETTG) jointly organised an event in Berlin on 20 November 2019. Held under the Chatham House rules, this event brought together a small group of policy-makers, researchers and civil society representatives – both from within and beyond Germany. The overall challenges and opportunities of the EU budget negotiations, and the specific challenges for ensuring a well-funded and effective foreign and development policy were considered.
The German Development Institute / Deutsches Institut für Entwicklungspolitik (DIE) is has been working on the politics of the European Union for many years. In our website special „Europe’s role in a changing world“ you will find an overview of our work.