On 26 September, the Acting Director of DIE, Imme Scholz, took part in a panel dealing with “German Histories of Law and Development” in the context of the Conference “The Plurality of Law and Development” at the Humboldt University of Berlin. The focus of the 4th annual conference of the Law and Development Research Network…
On 25 September, the founding event of the Institute for Sustainable Development and Learning (ISDL) took place at Leuphana University in Lüneburg. Imme Scholz has been appointed as member of the advisory committee of the ISDL as expert for sustainable development and the interfaces of environment, society and policy. The Institute for Sustainable Development and…
SDSN Germany organised a press briefing on the SDG and Climate Summit in cooperation with „Foundation 2° – German Businesses for Climate Protection“ and the network of journalists „Netzwerk Weitblick“ in Berlin on 6 September. Gesine Schwan and Dirk Messner (Co-Chairs SDSN Germany), Heike Janßen (Netzwerk Weitblick) and Sabine Nallinger (Foundation 2°) gave an overview…
Effective climate action is urgent in the light of the goal to limit global warming to well below 2°C or 1.5°C. Without such action decades of progress in sustainable development will be undermined by the impacts of climate change. Yet, the interlinked nature of climate and sustainable development action require that both governments and non-state…
In-depth insights into the impact assessment of governance programmes were provided at the final workshop ‘Making the most out of it: Impact assessments of governance programmes’ of the ‘Impact Initiative Governance’ that was jointly organised by the Deutsche Gesellschaft für Internationale Zusammenarbeit (GIZ) and the German Development Institute / Deutsches Institut für Entwicklungspolitik (DIE). The…