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Dear Reader, DIE News • T20 Africa Standing Group We are eagerly looking forward to the up- The ASG plans to engage in cross-regional • DIE launches new study on coming G20 Hamburg summit under the joint knowledge production and to provide ownership in development German presidency this week. Over the past evidence-based policy advice related to co- cooperation few months, the federal government has operation between the G20 and Africa. The • New Science Platform supports conducted such a comprehensive dialogue network includes more than 30 leading Federal Government’s and Agenda with representatives from academia, busi- think tanks from Africa and the G20 coun- 2030’s sustainability goals ness and trade unions, with women and tries. • Research Project on Sustainable young people, as well as with non-govern- With just a few days ahead of the G20 Ham- Public Procurement in NRW mental organisations from the G20 coun- burg summit, public opinion on the summit, • SDSN • Online soon: TREND analytics tries, like no other host had done before. To- especially in Germany, is still controversial. • WBGU: Flagship Report on Digiti- gether with the Kiel Institute for the World At a panel discussion at this year‘s Deutsche zation and Sustainability Economy (IfW), the German Development Welle Global Media Forum in Bonn, organ- • Federal Ministry of Research funds Institute / Deutsches Institut für Entwick- ised by DIE together with SDSN Germany, 2nd Phase of the Centre for Global lungspolitik (DIE) had been entrusted by we asked whether the G20 itself was per- Cooperation Research the GermanChancellery to coordinate the ceived as a problem solver, overestimated in • 2nd Annual Meeting of the consor- respective dialogue forum for the group of its ability to act, or even as part of the prob- tium „The World in 2050“ in Vien- Think Tanks (T20) during the German pres- lem of fragmentation. na nd idency in 2016 and 2017. The T20 itself or- Taking into account all differences that ex- • Farewell for the 52 Postgraduate ganised its work within thematic Task Forc- ist between stakeholders and governments Course • MGG becomes 10! es. The results have recently been published worldwide only open and constructive dis- • MGG Academy 2017 about to start as more than 80 Policy Briefs to date. cussions and peaceful engagement of inter- • DIE congratulates Achim Steiner Central recommendations by the T20 – est groups form a basis to find sustainable on the assignment as UNDP head summed up in the paper „20 Solutions for solutions that address global challenges and • Alumnus of Postgraduate Training the G20“ – were handed over by Dennis our common future. Programme Germany Director at Snower and myself as co-chairs of the T20 the World Bank to , Head of the Federal Chan- • Ulrich Volz as Visiting Professor at cellery, as part of the Think 20 Summit „Glo- IDE-JETRO bal Solutions“ Berlin on 30 May. • Review Events During the T20 Summit, a new T20 Africa Dirk Messner • Forthcoming Events Standing Group (T20 ASG) was founded on initiative of the DIE, the South African Insti- New Publications tute of International Affairs (SAIIA) and IfW. Events

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T20 Africa Standing Group is an outcome of the first T20 Africa Con- • T20 Africa Standing Group ference that took place in February 2017 in • DIE launches new study on Initiated by the German Development Insti- Johannesburg. The Standing Group can also ownership in development tute / Deutsches Institut für Entwicklung- draw on significant support from the Ma- cooperation spolitik (DIE), the South African Institute naging Global Governance (MGG) Network of International Affairs (SAIIA), and the Kiel • New Science Platform supports coordinated by DIE. Federal Government’s and Agenda Institute for the World Economy (IfW), a 2030’s sustainability goals new Africa Standing Group (T20 ASG) was launched at the T20 Summit Global Solu- • Research Project on Sustainable tions in Berlin at the end of May. Public Procurement in NRW • SDSN Germany • Online soon: TREND analytics • WBGU: Flagship Report on Digiti- zation and Sustainability • Federal Ministry of Research funds 2nd Phase of the Centre for Global Cooperation Research

© Global Solutions / Tobias Koch © Global Solutions / Tobias nd Das Foto zeigt Mitglieder der T20 Africa Standing Group bei der Gründung auf dem T20 Summit Global Solutions • 2 Annual Meeting of the consor- tium „The World in 2050“ in Vien- DIE launches new study for the na The Africa Standing Group plans to engage Swedish Expert Group on Aid in cross-regional joint knowledge produc- • Farewell for the 52nd Postgraduate Studies with a focus on ownership in tion and provide evidence-based policy Course development cooperation advice related to cooperation between the • MGG becomes 10! G20 and Africa. The network encompasses In June, the German Development Institute • MGG Academy 2017 about to start more than 30 leading think tanks from ac- / Deutsches Institut für Entwicklungspoltik ross Africa and the G20 countries. The group (DIE) launched a new study for the Swedish • DIE congratulates Achim Steiner will work on a broad range of issues relevant Expert Group on Aid Studies, a government on the assignment as UNDP head to economic, social and political change in committee that commissions studies and • Alumnus of Postgraduate Training Africa and the world economy, including arranges seminars on issues with relevance Programme Germany Director at infrastructure, tax cooperation and illicit for the Swedish development sector. The the World Bank financial flows, trade and investment, agri- terms of reference require the study to pres- • Ulrich Volz as Visiting Professor at culture, climate, and the political and social ent “a thorough analysis of ownership and IDE-JETRO environment in which socio-economic re- its significance for aid effectiveness, as well • Review Events forms take place. Governance mechanisms as a better understanding of how Sweden for Africa-G20 cooperation will be a key fo- could/should relate to ownership given the • Forthcoming Events cus for the group. changing conditions, the character of Swed- ish aid and the new global agendas.” The starting points for the group’s joint research and advisory work are the African A wide range of actors acknowledge that the Union’s Agenda 2063 and the 2030 Agenda principle of ownership should feature at the for Sustainable Development as well as the centre of efforts to promote effective de- G20 work streams. The Deputy Chairperson velopment cooperation. Typically, though, of the African Union Commission, Kwesi actors have different views as to what own- Quartey, welcomed the initiative. During his ership would mean in both conceptual and address to the T20 Africa Standing Group operational terms. The study will simulta- at its inaugural meeting in Berlin he em- neously draw lessons from past efforts to phasized the need for evidence-based poli- promote ownership, as well as consider how cy-making. The T20 Africa Standing Group the principle may be conceptualized and

2 Newsletter No. 2/2017 www.die-gdi.de www.facebook.com/DIE.Bonn www.youtube.com/DIEnewsflash twitter.com/DIE_GDI promoted under the 2030 Agenda for Sus- objective of assuring a cost-efficient pro- tainable Development, which acknowledges curement. The project was financed by the Links that “national ownership is key to achieving Federal Government of NRW. DIE was in sustainable development”. The final report charge of coordinating the activities of the of the study will be published towards the network partners. This task was carried out “What is to be done end of 2018. by Maximilian Müngersdorff and Andreas with Agenda 2030!” Stamm. Other institutes involved in the pro- ject were Bonn International Center for Con- 13th BMBF-Forum for Sustain- New Science Platform supports Federal version (BICC), Hochschule Bonn-Rhein- ability Government’s and Agenda 2030’s sus- Sieg (H-BRS), Institut für Handelsforschung tainability goals (IfH), Newtrade NRW, Wuppertal Institute During the 13th Forum for Sustainability and Center for Development Research (Zen- BMBF of the Federal Ministry of Education trum für Entwicklungsforschung, ZEF). and Research in May, the Science Platform The project proved that recent amendments Research and transfer Sustainability 2030 was launched in the of the legal framework make it much easier network on sustainable presence of the Minister of Education and for public procurers to demand from their public procurement in Research Johanna Wanka and the head of suppliers the adherence to criteria of social North Rhine-Westphalia teh German Chancellery Peter Altmeier. The and environmental sustainability. Given an platform will be led by Dirk Messner as co- estimated amount of annually around 50 chair of SDSN Germany, together with Patri- billion Euros invested in public procurement zia Nanz (Institute for Advanced Sustaina- in NRW alone, significant effects may be bility Studies (IASS) Potsdam) and Martin achieved both near to the buying entities Visbeck (German Committee Future Earth). and – via international supply chains – also It will contribute to the implementation of in the global south. The leverage may fur- particularly important and difficult sustain- ther be boosted once the procuring entities ability challenges. agree on converging their allocation criteria. The outcomes of the research project will be published as DIE Discussion Papers in the upcoming months.

SDSN Germany SDSN Germany will extend its activities in the future and promote sustainable de- velopment through its commitment to the “Wissenschaftsplattform Nachhaltigkeit © FONA Press photo of the 13th BMBF-Forum for Sustainability Prof. 2030”(Science Platform Dr. Martin Visbeck, Head DKN Future Earth; Prof. Dr. Patrizia Sustainability 2030). The Nanz, IASS Potsdam; Prof. Dr. Johanna Wanka, Federal platform was launched Ministry of Education and Research, and Prof. Dr. Dirk Messner, German Development Institute / Deutsches Institut für in May 2017 and will sys- Entwicklungspolitik (DIE). tematically support the implementation of the Research Project on Sustainable Public German sustainability Procurement in NRW successfully strategy. Together with concluded the German Committee Future Earth and the Institute for Advanced Sustainability Between April 2016 and March 2017 sev- Studies Potsdam, SDSN Germany will be en institutes located in the German state one of the responsible institutions of this of North Rhine-Westfalia (NRW) explored, platform. DIE-Director Dirk Messner, who is how the allocation of funds for public pro- Co-Chair of SDSN Germany, will also be Co- curement may better be linked to sustain- Chair of the “Wissenschaftsplattform Nach- ability goals, without putting at stake the

3 Newsletter No. 2/2017 www.die-gdi.de www.facebook.com/DIE.Bonn www.youtube.com/DIEnewsflash twitter.com/DIE_GDI haltigkeit 2030”. agreements (PTAs) signed since 1945. With TREND analytics DIE and Jean-Frédéric Morin The role of the SDGs for German politics has Links make this database accessible and usable for been an important issue with regard to the broader audiences, including policy-makers, upcoming elections in September. SDSN Access the TRade & ENviron- academics and the civil society. Germany has published a press statement mental Database (TREND) at calling for a stronger integration of the TREND analytics is unique. It offers its users www.TRENDanalytics. 2030 Agenda into the election programmes not only a birds’ eye perspective of the up- info of the German political parties. take of environmental provisions in bilateral and regional trade agreements over time. It The SDSN Leadership Council took place also offers various ways of zooming into the in Berlin on 30 and 31 May. Together with “Good policy requires good data. great diversity of this environmental provi- the European Business Ethics Network Tools such as TREND analytics sions. help make it easier to visualize, Deutschland e.V. and the 2° Foundation, comprehend and access data on SDSN Germany organized a business din- environmental provisions in bi- ner on 30 May with business representa- WBGU: Flagship Report on Digitization lateral and regional trade agree- tives and members of the SDSN Leadership and Sustainability ments.” Council on “Transformative businesses for Roberto Azevêdo, Director- sustainable societies: Sharing German and Co-chaired by DIE-Director Dirk Messner, the General of the World Trade German Advisory Council on Global Change international experiences”. SDSN Germany Organisation (WTO) and Friedrich Ebert Foundation hosted a (WBGU) started working on its new flagship public panel discussion on 31 May with Jef- report on digitization and sustainability. The frey Sachs und Gesine Schwan on “Another council members will engage in the overar- America, Another Europe” and the recent ching question under which conditions dig- political developments and the impact on ital technology might facilitate or hinder sustainable development. the Great Transformation towards sustain- ability. Thus, potentials for emission reduc- tions in sectors like transport or energy will German Advisory Online soon: TREND analytics be subjects of discussions just as questions Council on Global concerning privacy or a fair access to digital TREND analytics is a joint project of the Change knowledge. In any case it is clear that digiti- German Development Institute / Deutsches zation is an enormous accelerator of global Institut für Entwicklungspolitik (DIE) and change and human development, compara- Jean-Fréderic Morin, Canada Research Chair ble to the invention of writing, mathematics in International Political Economy at the and book printing. The flagship report is ex- Laval University. It has been developed pected to get published by the end of 2018. within the project Klimalog.

Federal Ministry of Research funds 2nd Phase of the Centre for Global Coopera- tion Research After the successful evaluation of the Käte Hamburger Kolleg / Centre for Global Co- operation Research, which is co-chaired by the DIE, the Centre now prepares the second funding phase from 2018 to 2025. Co-di- rector Dirk Messner explains that in future The online tool is based on a comprehensive four central perspectives on dynamics of dataset developed by Jean-Frédéric Mor- successful or failing global cooperation will in: The TRade and ENvironment Database be examined. Which potentials can be mo- (TREND) tracks more than 300 different bilized by polycentric cooperation networks environmental provisions relying on the which are characterized by overlapping full texts of about 630 preferential trade authorities and diffuse power structures?

4 Newsletter No. 2/2017 www.die-gdi.de www.facebook.com/DIE.Bonn www.youtube.com/DIEnewsflash twitter.com/DIE_GDI Which basic mechanisms sustain relations requirements for human development and of cooperation for the protection of global environmental protection, but also calls on Links commons? How does political legitimation to intensify and to deepen the internation- in polycentric actor constellations emerge al cooperation. This will bring about new or erode? Which concepts of world order chances as well as needs for adaptation of develop in the global society and how can the cooperation with developing countries. the pluralisation of these concepts be made To understand those needs and to come up productive for global cooperation? with ideas and proposals should be the task of the DIE and all the other organisations working in the field of development coop- 2nd Annual Meeting of the consortium eration. Imme Scholz expressed her hopes „The World in 2050“ in Vienna that the alumni will stay in close contact The international research and advisory and exchange consortium „The World in 2050“ (TWI2050) with DIE . held its second annual meeting in Vienna in The head of the April 2017. The consortium examines the Postgraduate complex interdependences of the 17 Sus- Training Pro- tainable Development Goals and develops gramme Regine possible tranformation pathways to sus- Mehl focused tainability. Associates include, besides DIE, on the char- the International Institute for Applied Sys- acter and the tems Analysis (IIASA), the Earth Institute peculiarities of (Colombia University), the Potsdam Insti- this course and © Fromann tute for Climate Impact Research (PIK), the expressed her Participants of the 52nd course of the Postgraduate Training Programms Stockholm Resilience Centre, SDSN as well appreciation for as further partners from the USA, China, so many inspiring and fascinating debates India and Brasil. Dirk Messner is member of throughout the nine months of training. the consortiums’s steering committee. DIE She asked the former course participants heads of department Ines Dombrowsky and to quickly familiarise with their new role as Julia Leininger lead the Governance Working alumni and to benefit from the many arising Group of TWI2050. opportunities to stay in a lifelong profes- sional and personal contact with DIE.

Training MGG becomes 10! nd Farewell for the 52 Postgraduate In Autumn 2017 the Managing Global Course Governance (MGG) programme will cel- On 31st May the farewell ceremony for the ebrate its 10th anniversary. As part of the participants of the 52nd Postgraduate Trai- celebrations alumni and partners of the ning Course took place. In her farewell ad- MGG-network will attend the Global Alumni dress DIE’s deputy director Imme Scholz Conference in Bonn. Together they will recall focused on the processes of learning and the highlights of 10 years MGG, expand the reflecting, caused by the programme and in knowledge cooperation and create new ide- particular by the country working groups. as to further develop the network. She took a look at the professional field and the participants’ personal attractions to this field, with regard to their own future role and MGG Academy 2017 about to start the challenges this occupational area and The 15th course of the MGG Academy will they personally have to face: The challenges have its kick-off on 21st August 2017 in of the 2030 Agenda for sustainable deve- Bonn. Since 2007 DIE has been organising lopment, which demand not only universal the special four-month course for young

5 Newsletter No. 2/2017 www.die-gdi.de www.facebook.com/DIE.Bonn www.youtube.com/DIEnewsflash twitter.com/DIE_GDI leaders from six partner countries. This year “Messner added. the leadership of the Academy received a Steiner is an alumnus of the 21st course Links total of 199 applications from Brazil, China, of the Postgraduate Training Programm Germany, Hungary, India, Indonesia, Mexico and has been associated with the Institute and South Africa. Of these 23 participants since that time. His time at DIE was an ide- were selected. In Bonn, they will have an al preparation for his tasks in international exciting and instructive programme that of- cooperation, Steiner said recently about the fers much space for the exchange of experi- Postgraduate Programme: “The interlink- ence. The objective of the MGG Academy is age of research, practical reference and net- to strengthen the skills and competences of working with organizations worldwide has the participants in promoting a transforma- opened many doors for me over the years.” tive change within the 2030 Agenda.

Alumnus of Postgraduate Training Staff News Programme Germany Director at the World Bank DIE congratulates Achim Steiner on the assignment as UNDP head On 1 June 2017 Jürgen Zattler took over the German directorate at the World Bank, The German diplomat and alumnus of the Washington, DC. Jürgen Zattler was partici- Postgraduate Training Programme Achim pant and graduate of the 21st course of the Steiner took over the leadership of the Unit- Postgraduate Training Programme. Since ed Nations Development Program (UNDP) 2008 he had been serving as deputy Direc- on 19 June 2017. The 55-year-old had been tor general in BMZ’s subdivision 40 (EU and proposed by UN Secretary-General Antó- multilateral development cooperation). DIE nio Guterres as the administrator of the UN congratulates Mr Zattler sincerely on this body. Steiner follows in this position to the appointment with many best wishes for former New Zealand Prime Minister Helen successful years to come within the World Clark, who held the post since 2009. Already Bank. between 2006 and 2016 Steiner held a cen- tral role within the UN system as a sub-sec- retary of the United Nations and head of Ulrich Volz as Visiting Professor at the the UN environmental program UNEP. Most Institute of Developing Economies, recently, Steiner served as Director of the Japan External Trade Organization Oxford Martin School at the University of (IDE-JETRO) Oxford. Ulrich Volz, researcher in the department “We are very pleased that the United Na- World Economy and Development Finan- tions Development Program will once again cing and Associate Professor at the SOAS be led by an experienced development ex- University of London, spent one week in pert,” said Dirk Messner, Director of the Ger- June at the Institute of Developing Econ- man Development Institute / Deutsches In- omies, Japan External Trade Organization stitut für Entwicklungspolitik (DIE), on the (IDE-JETRO) in Chiba in the Greater Tokyo occasion of Steiner’s appointment. “Facing Area. During his stay, Prof. Volz taught an the difficult world situation, I would like to intensive course on wish Achim Steiner a lot of success with his Finance and Devel- new assignment. Through his experience opment at the IDE as a global environmentalist, he is particu- Advanced School larly prepared to advance the 2030 Agenda (IDEAS). IDEAS was and the Global Sustainability Goals within founded in 1990 for the UN Development Organization. Social, the purpose of train- © Volz_ political and environmental sustainability ing front-line devel- Ulrich Volz (forth from the right) with students of the IDEAS are inextricably linked in the 21st century, opment specialists

6 Newsletter No. 2/2017 www.die-gdi.de www.facebook.com/DIE.Bonn www.youtube.com/DIEnewsflash twitter.com/DIE_GDI in the field of economic development and many who have nothing but all to lose, as Links economic cooperation. their resources become controlled by con- servation projects and the non-commodi- fied relations of exchange that helped them to live are weakened. In this sense, he point- Review Events ed out that besides understanding the con- Water Lecture: Payments for Ecosystem ditions that define a PES transaction, it is Services: A fair deal? important to understand, for example, how ecosystem services are distributed by class On 26 April 2017, the German Development and race, the struggles that occur in each Institute / Deutsches Institut für Entwick- location for water control between ecosys- lungspolitik (DIE) organised a new session tem service buyers, sellers and users living of the Water Lecture. During this session, further downstream, and to analyse how Jean Carlo Rodriguez de Francisco addressed conservation collides with local food securi- the topic of payment for watershed ecosys- ty and non-market relations of production. tems services (PES) from a political ecology perspective. Annabelle Houdret moderated an intense © DIE Annabelle Houdret und Jean Carlo Rodriguez de Francisco (DIE)

session of questions and answers. The audi- Based on fieldwork in Latin America, Rodri- ence included a mix of people from NGOs, guez de Francisco argued that in many occa- research institutions, civil society, National sions PES schemes are not neutral initiatives ministries and implementing agencies. imposed upon blank canvases, but intersect with existing development trajectories and The Bonn Water Lecture is a series jointly power relations among ecosystem servic- organised by the Center for Development es’ buyers and sellers. He warned against a Research (ZEF), the department of Geogra- merely economic approach to conservation phy of the University of Bonn, the United which keeps blind eyes on the social and Nations University (UNU) Bonn, the United political dimensions in which PES interven- Nations Convention to Combat Desertifica- tions occur. In other words, PES produces tion (UNCCDD) and the German Develop- winners and losers. But if environmental ment Institute / Deutsches Institut für En- interventions are treated solely as technical twicklungspolitik (DIE ). interventions, ignoring power relations, his- For additional information on DIE’s activi- tory and distributional issues, the winners ties on “PES” please see our website. will be those few who always win – polit- ically and economically powerful agents who throughout history have dominated, Discussion with NRW State Chancel- at the expense of the poor, their property lery’s Chief of Staff Franz-Josef Lersch- rights and their access to land and water. Mense Therefore, if the political dimensions of PES are not considered, the losers will be those In April 2017, a roundtable discussion on the

7 Newsletter No. 2/2017 www.die-gdi.de www.facebook.com/DIE.Bonn www.youtube.com/DIEnewsflash twitter.com/DIE_GDI parallel sessions that elaborated on aligning Links and linking of SDGs and NDCs, tradeoffs and synergies between the agendas and market Storify mechanisms that could help their imple- Interconnections mentation. Confernce 2017 The second plenary panel featured experts from research, development banks, city net-

© DIE works, and governments in a discussion on from left to right.: Jürgen Hein, Franz-Josef Lersch-Mense, Dirk necessary capacities and financing to turn Messner agreements into action. According paral- global responsibility of Northrhine-West- lel sessions discussed this overall theme phalia (NRW) took place at the DIE, organ- in greater detail, focusing on financing of ized by the Forum Eine Welt of the SPD Bonn. low-carbon, sustainable and resilient devel- Franz-Josef Lersch-Mense, former Minister opment, energy transition and capacities for for Federal Affairs, Europe and Media of climate compatible local development. the State of NRW and Chief of Staff of the State Chancellery, Jürgen Hein, head of the The final plenary featured representatives Your way to the department “Europe and International Af- from non-state and subnational actor NDC-Explorer fairs” in the State Chancellery of NRW and networks and the UNFCCC Secretariat, to member of DIE’s board of trustees, as well discuss inter alia the Global Climate Ac- www.klimalog.info/#ndc as Dirk Messner discussed the Sustainbility tion Agenda, and possible non-state and Strategy of NRW, which has been adopted in subnational contributions to NDCs. Cor- 2016, the future of Bonn as a global center for sustainable development and the topic of flight and migration, which affects NRW in a particular manner.

Interconnections Conference From 12 to 13 May the German Devel- opment Institute / Deutsches Institut für Entwicklungspolitik (DIE) welcomed over

130 practitioners, policy makers, officials © DIE and academic/non-academic experts from Olawale Emmanuel Olayide at his lecture during the Interconnections conference more than 40 developed and developing responding parallel sessions discussed the countries to discuss the interconnections building of local and non-state capacities, between the 2030 Agenda and the Paris the realization of inclusive transformation, Agreement. The Interconnections Confe- governance for adaption and resilience, and rence took place, close by and in parallel non-state and sub-national engagement in with governmental negotiations at the for- developing countries. ty-sixth sessions of the Subsidiary Body for Implementation (SBI 46). Finally, in the “Vision Factory” participants were invited to make three-minute pitches The two day conference kicked off with of their best ideas and visions for realizing the opening session “all hands on deck”, in a sustainable and climate resilient future. which experts from governments, research, Among many ideas and visions were the in- and action networks discussed the neces- troduction of a new virtual currency based sary engagement and policy integration on the value of CO reductions; placing the towards the implementation of the Sus- 2 African continent central in both the sus- tainable Development Goals (SDGs) and the tainability and climate agendas; subsidy re- National Determined Contributions (NDCs). forms to help governments transition from This plenary also set the tone for further

8 Newsletter No. 2/2017 www.die-gdi.de www.facebook.com/DIE.Bonn www.youtube.com/DIEnewsflash twitter.com/DIE_GDI fossil fuels to renewable sources; future During a SBSTA Side Event co-hosted with Links (research) networks for the joint implemen- the German Federal Ministry of Food and tation of the 2030 Agenda and the Paris Agriculture (BMEL) and the Food and Ag- Agreement; and empowerment through riculture Organisation (FAO) on 11 May, collective bottom up action. Klimalog held an event on “Agriculture & All Side Events, pictures and Climate Change – Paris, Marrakech and bey- The exploration and realization of intercon- statements: Learn more on Kli- ond”. Participants shared experiences and nections between the climate action and malog acitivities during SB46 lessons learned from previous debates and the sustainable development agendas is discussed how “issues related to agriculture” Storify on anything but over. DIE is committed to con- could even enhance the implementation of tinuing the dialogue between civil society, #Klimalog @SB46 the Paris Agreement. researchers, policy-makers and other stake- holders - from both developing and devel- During an official SB Side Event together oped countries. with the German Federal Ministry for the Environment, Nature Conservation, Build- In this spirit, DIE announces the Intercon- ing and Nuclear Safety (BMBU), the German nections Zone as a transdisciplinary action Federal Ministry for Economic Cooperation space during the 23rd COP of the UNFCCC and Development (BMZ), the World Re- (Bonn, 6-17 November 2017), and invites source Institute (WRI), and the Wuppertal proposals for side events. At only five min- Institute, Klimalog discussed “Long-term utes walking distance from the main nego- strategies for climate resilient development” tiations venue, the Interconnections Zone with high-ranking panelists from many dif- aims to convene leading scholars, experts, ferent backgrounds and countries. and policy makers to exchange ideas and build bridges between sustainable develop- The online tool NDC Explorer, which has ment and climate change. For more infor- been developed within the Klimalog project mation, we invite you to visit our website. and launched in January, was presented at a mini-side event on 17 May as well as at the Klimalog booth within the exhibition area Bonn Climate Change Conference of the Bonn Climate Change Conference. In- (SBI46) terested SB participants used the chance to The Klimalog project-team was one of al- get an insight on how to analyse and com- most 4000 participants contributing to the pare all NDCs online.

Clear-eyed equity: Setting a climate equity and justice research agenda Issues of equity and justice are central to the analysis and design of climate policies and the practice of climate politics at all levels. A broadening range of scholars and practi- tioners have engaged with these issues, but a strong epistemic community has yet to emerge.

© DIE Together with the Arizona State University (ASU) and the Climate & Development Lab Bonn Climate Change Conference. From 8 to (CDL) at Brown University, the Klimalog pro- 18 May the forty-sixth sessions of the Sub- ject of the German Development Institute / sidiary Body for Implementation (SBI 46) Deutsches Institut für Entwicklungspolitik and Subsidiary Body for Scientific and Tech- (DIE) facilitated a one-day workshop to con- nological Advice (SBSTA 46) took place at tribute to the broader process of articulating the World Conference Center Bonn (WCCB) research agendas focused on climate and – just around the corner from the DIE.

9 Newsletter No. 2/2017 www.die-gdi.de www.facebook.com/DIE.Bonn www.youtube.com/DIEnewsflash twitter.com/DIE_GDI equity to build that community. understand how global SDG ambitions can Links translate into local implementation process- es, with insights from Madagascar, Algeria, Students from Rhine-Waal take a Block Seminar at DIE At the beginning of May 20 students from the master’s programme “Sustainable De- velopment Management” at Rhein-Waal University took part in a block workshop at DIE. Mark Furness (DIE) and Prof. Dr. Al- exander Brand (Faculty of Society & Eco- nomics, Hochschule Rhein-Waal) discussed aspects of German and EU development Participants of the Global Soil Week © DIE policy from the perspective of “sustaina- ble development management” together Benin, China and Germany. This dialogue workshop linked the challenges of critical demands put on natural resources with the two solution approaches of sustainable con- sumption and production (SCP) and land degradation neutrality (LDN) for the protec- tion of terrestrial ecosystems. The workshop concluded with three messages that will be transferred to the United Nations High Level Political Forum (HLPF) in New York: 1. Change consumption patterns in high-consuming countries because they © DIE Students of the Rhein-Waal University are responsible for land degradation in other parts of the world and. At the same with the students. A special feature of the time, we need to make production pat- block workshop was the visits and discus- terns sustainable. sions with development policy institutions 2. Enhance spatial planning and adopt terri- in Bonn. The students got close-up knowl- torial approaches to address the rural-ur- edge of the work of the Federal Ministry for ban continuum in an integrated way that Economic Cooperation and Development contributes to food security. (BMZ), the United Nations Campaign for Sustainability (UN SDG Action Campaign) 3. To assure food security, we need an inte- and the German Institute for Development grated implementation of SDG 2 (Zero Evaluation (DEval). In the future, DIE and hunger) and SDG 15 (life on Land). Entry the Rhein-Waal study program “Sustainable points for this are community empower- Development Management” are planning ment, high-quality and accountable ex- to continue their cooperation through fur- tension services that embrace the youth ther joint workshops and events. and open data access.

DIE Co-Host of Global Soil Week The T20 Summit Global Solutions The German Development Institute / On 29 and 30 May 2017 the T20 Summit Deutsches Institut für Entwicklungspolitik “Global Solutions” took place in Berlin. At (DIE), together with Töpfer Müller Gassner the T20 Summit, that was attended by more (TMG) Think Thank for Sustainability than 900 participants, the central findings co-hosted one out of three workshops at of the Think20 (T20) were presented and the Global Soil Week (GSW) that aimed to discussed with high-ranking decision-mak-

10 Newsletter No. 2/2017 www.die-gdi.de www.facebook.com/DIE.Bonn www.youtube.com/DIEnewsflash twitter.com/DIE_GDI © PricewaterhouseCooers - Thomas Ecke Links the Paris Climate Agree- ment and transparency of global financial markets. Storify DIE co-chaired the Task Forces on 2030 Agenda, T20 Summit Trade and Investment, „Global Solutions“ and International Tax Co-operation, which in- cluded a large number of researchers from the Managing Global Gover- The T20 during nance Programme. As part of the T20 Summit, Germany’s G20 Presidency from left to righ: Dennis Snower, Peter Altmaier, Dirk Messner a T20 Africa Standing ers from politics, business and civil society. Group was set up to accompany and advise The T20 is a comprehensive network of the G20’s cooperation with Africa. think tanks and research institutes from the G20 countries who are developing empir- ically-based policy proposals for the G20. Ulrich Volz delivered lecture at I.S.E.O. During the German G20 presidency in 2017, Summer School the T20 is led by DIE and the Kiel Institute Ulrich Volz gave a lecture on Asia’s Growth for World Economy (IfW). Challenges at the 14th I.S.E.O Summer At the T20 Summit Dirk Messner, Director School in Italy. The theme of this year’s of DIE, and Dennis Snower, President of the I.S.E.O. Summer School was “The Global IfW, handed over the 20 most important Economy: Searching for a New Equilibrium”. policy recommendations of the T20 to Pe- The 2017 summer school featured three ter Altmaier, Head of the German Federal Nobel Laureates in Economics: Michael Chancellery and Federal Minister for Special Spence (NYU), Jean Tirole (Toulouse School Tasks. In the keynotes, plenary debates and of Economics) and Eric Maskin (Harvard). parallel sessions an intensive exchange took Other speakers were Michele Boldrin (Wash- place over the central topics and challeng- ington University in St.Louis), Daniel Gros es of the German G20 presidency that fea- (Centre for European Policy Studies) and tured, among others, Germany’s G20 Sher- Dimitra Petropoulou (University of Surrey). pa, Lars-Hendrik Röller, the philanthropist 63 Masters and PhD students participated in and businessman, Mo Ibrahim, the former this year’s summer school. director of the World Trade Organization, The summer school is organized annually Pascal Lamy, and the Director of the Sus- by the I.S.E.O Institute (Institute for Stud- tainable Development Solutions Network, ies on Economics and Employment), which Jeffrey Sachs. was founded in 1998 by Nobel Laureate in A key element of the T20 Summit was the Economics Franco Modigliani. Robert Solow discussion of the policy proposals for the assumed the chairmanship of the institute G20, which were developed in the T20 Task after Modigliani’s death in 2003. Forces. These policy proposals have been presented in the various works streams of the G20. The T20, for example, called for Public debate with parliamentarians on the introduction of carbon pricing schemes Sustainability Strategy of the Saarland and the use of the revenues to support poor On invitation of the Netzwerk Entwicklung- populations, or the use of blockchain tech- spolitik im Saarland (Development Policy nologies to support the implementation of Network of Saarland), Engagement Global

11 Newsletter No. 2/2017 www.die-gdi.de www.facebook.com/DIE.Bonn www.youtube.com/DIEnewsflash twitter.com/DIE_GDI and BUND Saar, Imme Scholz gave a talk on On Tuesday, 4 July 2017, the German Devel- Links the implementation of the 2030 Agenda opment Institute / Deutsches Institut für En- for Sustainable Development by the Fed- twicklungspolitik (DIE) hosts a public panel eral States and on impulses of the German discussion with members of the Deutscher Sustainability Strategy in June. Numerous debating „Development cooper- members of civil society groups, representa- ation in the next legislative period – expec- tives of the parliamentary groups, State Sec- tations, challenges, and objectives“. retary in the Ministry of Environment and a In the run-up to Germany’s general elec- representative of the Ministry of Education tions (Bundestagswahlen) in September, took part in the following debate. development cooperation is gaining public attention. Development politics and in- ternational cooperation face new issues in a challenging global context (e.g. the un- certainty of America’s international com- mitment under the Trump administration, or changes within the EU), such as funda- mental changes in many partner countries, and last but not least a new perspective on development cooperation due to the chal- lenges of migration and a growing number Imme Scholz © Nicole Burkhardt of refugees. In addition, Germany stands out amongst international donor countries The implementation of the Agenda 2030 on due to its risen funds for the Federal Minis- the state level is closely accompanied by the try for Economic Cooperation and Develop- state level networks on develepment policy. ment (BMZ). In the Saarland the newly adopted guide- For the next legislative period, what are the lines for development policies have been concepts of the different political parties successfully aligned with the Agenda 2030, with regard to development cooperation? too. Before her talk in the Saarland, Imme Which are the key issues? Which reforms are Scholz already gave a talk at the equally well essential? How should development coop- attended public debate with parliamentari- eration interact with other fields of politics? ans in Wiesbaden in January 2017 with the Hessian Minister for Economic Affairs Tarek On the panel are: Dr. Claudia Lücking-Michel Al-Wazir as well as member of all Hessian (CDU), Gabi Weber (SPD), parliamentary groups taking part. In April, (Die Linke), and Dr. (Bünd- Imme Scholz gave a talk in the “Hamburg- nis 90 / Die Grünen). Opening address by er Ratschlag” in which the networks on de- Deputy Director Imme Scholz (DIE). Ste- velopment policies and further civil society phan Klingebiel (DIE) will moderate the organisations prepared the consultation of panel debate. the Senate of Hamburg on the implementa- Follow the debate on the future of devel- tion of the Agenda 2030. opment cooperation on our International Development Blog “Zukunft der Entwick- lungszusammenarbeit”. Forthcoming Events Panel discussion „Development cooper- ation in the next legislative period – ex- pectations, challenges, and objectives“ 4 July 2017, 15:30h – 17:00h, German De- velopment Institute / Deutsches Institut für Entwicklungspolitik (DIE)

12 Newsletter No. 2/2017 www.die-gdi.de www.facebook.com/DIE.Bonn www.youtube.com/DIEnewsflash twitter.com/DIE_GDI New Publications DIE-Publication Update The Publication Update is a service of the German Development Institute / Deutsches Institut für Entwicklungspolitik (DIE) that provides a monthly overview of DIE’s pub- lications, including a short summary and a direct hyperlink to the PDF download. To subscribe to the Publication Update, please write an e-mail stating “Publication Update” in the subject line to: [email protected] Briefing Paper Rodríguez de Francisco, Jean Carlo / Annabelle Brandi, Clara / Merran Hulse / Niels Keijzer Houdret / Ines Dombrowsky What next for the Economic Partner- Proceeding with River Basin Manage- ship Agreements? Thoughts on deepe- ment: legal, financial and political ning the EU-Africa trade partnership Briefing Paper are available on dimensions in Mongolia Bonn: German Development Institute / Deut- the DIE website: www.die-gdi.de. Bonn: German Development Institute / Deut- sches Institut für Entwicklungspolitik (DIE) sches Institut für Entwicklungspolitik (DIE) Briefing Paper 8/2017 Briefing Paper 6/2017 Brandi, Clara / Merran Hulse / Niels Keijzer Scheumann, Waltina / Annabelle Houdret / What next for the Economic Partner- Michael Brüntrup ship Agreements? Thoughts on deepe- Unlocking the irrigation potential in ning the EU-Africa trade partnership sub-Saharan Africa: are public-private Bonn: German Development Institute / Deut- partnerships the way forward? sches Institut für Entwicklungspolitik (DIE) Bonn: German Development Institute / Deut- Briefing Paper 9/2017 sches Institut für Entwicklungspolitik (DIE) Briefing Paper 7/2017

Henökl, Thomas Brexit: impact, risks and opportunities for European development policy Bonn: German Development Institute / Deut- sches Institut für Entwicklungspolitik (DIE) Briefing Paper 8/2017

Discussion Paper Houdret, Annabelle / Astrid Harnisch Serdeczny, Olivia Decentralisation in Morocco: the cur- What does it mean to “address dis- rent reform and its possible contributi- placement” under the UNFCCC? An ana- on to political liberalisation lysis of the negotiations process and The Discussion Paper are available online on the DIE Bonn: German Development Institute / Deut- the role of research website. Hard copies can be sches Institut für Entwicklungspolitik (DIE) Bonn: German Development Institute / Deut- ordered by mail at a price of 6 € Discussion Paper 11/2017 sches Institut für Entwicklungspolitik (DIE) Discussion Paper 12/2017

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Articles and other Akman, M. Sait / Axel Berger / Uri Dadush / Berensmann, Kathrin (2016): G20 support publications Simon Evenett / Lise Johnson / Maximiliano for SDGs, in: D+C: Development and

Mendez-Parra / Raul Ochoa / Claudia Cooperation 43 (12), 21-22 The external publications can be Schmucker (2017): Key policy options for ordered from bookshops or directly the G20 in 2017 to support an open Berger, Axel / Dominique Bruhn (2017): from the publishers. and inclusive trade and investment Vietnam’s preferential trade system, published on G20 Insights March 31, agreements: implications for GVC 2017 participation and upgrading, in: Claire H. Hollweg / Tanya Smith / Daria Taglioni (eds.), Axworthy, Lloyd / R. Andreas Kraemer / Vietnam at a crossroads: engaging in the next Cristina Cattaneo / Romy Chevallier / Shiloh generation of global value chains, Washington, Fetzek / Rajat Kathuria / Syed Munir Khasru D.C.: International Bank for Reconstruction and / Katriona McGlade / Shingirirai S Mutanga Development / The World Bank, 81-98 / Nedson Pophiwa / Aarsi Sagar / Benjamin ISBN: 978-1-46480-996-5 Schraven / Patrick Toussaint / Scott Vaughan / Emily Wilkinson (2017): Building global Bergmann, Julian/ Arne Niemann (2017): governance for ‚Climate Refugees‘, From neo-functional peace to a logic of published on G20 Insights March 24, 2017 spillover in EU external policy, published on Journal of Common Market Studies (JCMS) (online first)

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Bhaduri, Anik / Claudia Ringler / Ines April 2017 Articles and other Dombrowsky / Rabi Mohtar / Waltina DOI: doi.org/10.1016/j.worlddev.2017.03.022 Scheumann (2017): Introduction to publications „Sustainability in the water-energy- Burchi, Francesco / Pasquale De Muro / Eszter food nexus“, in: Anik Bhaduri / Claudia Kollar (2017): Constructing well-being Die externen Buchveröffentlichungen Ringler / Ines Dombrowsky / Rabi Mohtar / and poverty dimensions on political können bei den jeweiligen Verlagen Waltina Scheumann (eds.), Sustainability in grounds, published on Social Indicators oder im Buchhandel bestellt werden. the water-energy-food nexus, Abingdon, UK: Research 04 April 2017 (online first) Die externen Publikationen der DIE- Routledge, 1-10 DOI: 10.1007/s11205-017-1618-0 Mitarbeiter sind nur über die angege- ISBN: 978-1-13822-207-6 benen Quellen zu beziehen. Chen, Dongxiao / Imme Scholz / Paulo Bissio, Roberto / Carles Casajuana / Koen Esteves (2017): Implementation of De Feyter / Lelio Iapadre / Markus Loewe the 2030 Agenda by G20 members: / Fabiana Maglio / Annalisa Prizzon / how to address the transformative Liliana Rodrigues / Sahar T. Rad (2017): and integrated character of the SDGs Transforming our world, achieving by individual and collective action, a sustainable development model: published on G20 Insights March 14, 2017 the 2030 Agenda and the EU, in: Conny Reuter / Ernst Stetter (eds.), Progressive lab for El-Haddad, A. (2017): “Welfare Gains sustainable development: from vision to action, from Utility Reforms in Egyptian Brussels: Foundation for European Progressives Telecommunication”, Utilities Policy, 45, Studies / SOLIDAR / Group of the progressive April, pp. 1-26. http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j. alliance of the Socialist and Democrats in the jup.2016.10.003 European Parliament, 15-29 ISBN: 978-2-930769-13-4 Grimm, Sven / Christine Hackenesch (2017): The EU-South Africa strategic Blumenschein, Fernando / Clara Brandi / partnership: waning affection, persisting Barry Carin / Renato Flores / Max Gruenig / economic interests, in: South African Journal of Sebastian Helgenberger / R. Andreas Kraemer International Affairs (forthcoming) / Akshay Mathur / Hermann Ott / Rainer Quitzow / Joël Ruet / Thomas Spencer / Sonja Heldt, Sonja / Jean Carlo Rodríguez-de- Thielges / Scott Vaughan / Shelagh Whitley Francisco / Ines Dombrowsky / Christian K. (2017): Green shift to sustainability: Feld / Daniel Karthe (2017): Is the EU WFD co-benefits & impacts of energy suitable to support IWRM planning transformation on resource industries, in non-European countries? Lessons trade, growth, and taxes, published on learnt from the introduction of IWRM G20 Insights Platform April 25, 2017 and River Basin Management in Mongolia, in: Environmental Science & Policy Brandi, Clara (2017): Strengthening 75 (September), 28–37 (forthcoming) climate-friendly trade elements DOI: https://doi.org/10.1016/j. in future nationally determined envsci.2017.05.009 contributions, published on International Centre for Trade and Sustainable Development Houdret, Annabelle / Zakaria Kadiri / Lisa (ICTSD): Opinion (Opinion and analysis from Bossenbroek (2017): A new rural social ICTSD’s network of experts) 10 May 2017 contract for the Maghreb? The political economy of access to water, land and Breuer, Anita / Edward Asiedub (2017): rural development, in: Middle East Law and Can gender-targeted employment Governance 9 (1), 20-42 interventions help enhance community DOI: 10.1163/18763375-00901003 participation? Evidence from urban Togo, published on World Development 11

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Keijzer, Niels (2017): Expectation Rudolph, Alexandra / Lukas Figge (2017): management? Contrasting the EU’s Determinants of ecological footprints: 2030 Agenda discourse with its what is the role of globalization?, in: performance in evaluating policy Ecological Indicators (forthcoming) coherence for development, in: European Foreign Affairs Review 22 (2), 177–195 Neligan, Adriana / Axel Berger / Clara Brandi / Diego Navarro / Fernando Blumenschein Klingebiel, Stephan (2017): Transnational / Isabel Jandeisek / Johannes Blankenbach public goods provision: the increasing / Josef Wieland / Joshua Wickerham / Lise role of rising powers and the case of Johnson / Philipp Harms / Uri Dadush (2017): South Africa, in: Third World Quarterly 38 (6), Fostering the sustainability of Global (online first) Value Chains (GVCs), published on G20 DOI: 10.1080/01436597.2017.1333887 Insights March 28, 2017

Leininger, Julia / Benjamin Schraven (2017) Scholz, Imme / LI Yuefen / Paulo Esteves Migration: weg mit diesem Afrikabild!, / Venkatachalam Anbumozhi (2017): published on Zeit Online 27. März 2017 Reforming international cooperation towards transformative change, Martin-Shields, Charles (2017): Information published on G20 Insights March 15, 2017 communication technologies in atrocity response and prevention: Scholz, Imme (2017): National strategies deepening our understanding of the for sustainable development between legal, ethical and practical challenges, Rio 1992 and New York 2015, in: Michael in: Genocide Studies and Prevention: an von Hauff / Claudia Kuhnke (eds), Sustainable International Journal 11 (1), 100-103 development policy: a European perspective, DOI: http://doi.org/10.5038/1911- London: Routledge, 24-45 9933.11.1.1484 ISBN: 978-1-13828-499-9

Messner, Dirk / Dennis Snower (2017): 20 solution proposals for the G20 from the T20 Engagement Group, G20 Germany 2017 - Think 20 Dialogue

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Event Series 6 April - 13 July 2017 Research meets Development: Drought resilience in Sub-Saharan Africa Organiser: German Development Institute / Deutsches Institut für Entwicklungspolitik (DIE), United Nations Convention to Combat Desertification (UNCCD), University of Bonn, Gesellschaft für Internationale Zusammenarbeit (GIZ), Zentrum für Entwicklungs- forschung (ZEF), Deutsche Welle (DW), Kreditanstalt für Wiederaufbau (KfW), Bundesmin- isterium für wirtschaftliche Zusammenarbeit und Entwicklung (BMZ) Location: Bonn

Panel discussion (German only) 4 July 2017 15:30 - 17:00 h Entwicklungspolitik in der nächsten Legislaturperiode Organiser: German Development Institute /Deutsches Institut für Entwicklungspolitik (DIE) Location: Bonn

5 July 2017 Käte Hamburger Lecture 17:30 - 19:30 Knowledge Production, Area Studies and Global Cooperation Organiser: Käte Hamburger Kolleg / Centre for Global Cooperation Research (KHK/GCR21) Location: Duisburg

Academic Symposium 12 - 14 July 2017 Thinking and coping with the transformation of human togetherness Organiser: Council for European Studies (CES), German Development Institute / Deutsches Institut für Entwicklungspolitik (DIE) Location: Glasgow, Scotland

Panel discussion (German only) 18 July 2017 16:00 - 18:00 h „Finanzialisierung“ des afrikanischen Agrarsektors Organiser: German Development Institute / Deutsches Institut für Entwicklungspolitik (DIE) Location: Bonn

Mitglieder- und Partnerversammlung 26 October 2017 4th German SDSN-Meetin

Organiser: Sustainable Development Solutions Network (SDSN) Germany Location: Ankündigung folgt

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Conference back to back with COP23 4 - 5 November 2017 Climate Action and Human Wellbeing at a Crossroads: Historical Transformation or Backlash? Organiser: German Development Institute / Deutsches Institut für Entwicklungspolitik (DIE), IIASA - International Institute for Applied Systems Analysis Location: Bonn

Conference 6 - 17 November 2017 Interconnections Zone During Cop23 Organiser: Deutsches Institut für Entwicklungspolitik (DIE) Location: Bonn

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