As households move out of poverty, their spending patterns change. From a human development perspective, this is good and important, but changing consumer behaviour may result in significantly more CO2 emissions. The lifestyles of growing global middle classes decide whether this happens. The global middle classes consume an enormous amount …
Read More »The Crisis of the ‘Consensus Principle’ and the Joint Initiative Approach
In the aftermath of the Eleventh WTO Ministerial Conference held at Buenos Aires in December 2017, four groups of WTO Members launched negotiations, agreeing to advance discussions on four vital trade issues – investment facilitation, domestic regulations in services, electronic-commerce (E-Commerce), and micro, small and medium-sized enterprises (MSMEs). These joint …
Read More »News from SDSN Germany – International Development Blog
Presentation of the 2020 Europe Sustainable Development Report (2020 ESDR) by SDSN & IEEP ©SDSN Germany Am 8. Dezember 2020 veröffentlichten SDSN (Sustainable Development Solutions Network) & IEEP (Institute for European Environmental Policy) den 2020 Europe Sustainable Development Report (ESDR). After the ESDR was published for the first time last …
Read More »News from the Bonn Alliance for Sustainability Research
Digitainable Project: Mapping of digitization opportunities for water security With only a decade left to achieve the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) and progress so far inadequate, there is a growing need to increase the effectiveness of decisions and measures. Water is essential for the realization of all SDGs, for overcoming …
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digitainable project: Mapping the Digitalisation Capabilities for Water Security With no more than a decade left to achieve the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs), and the fact that progress has been inadequate so far, there is a growing need to increase the effectiveness of decisions and actions. Water is essential to …
Read More »Overview of Pandemic Preparations in Switzerland (1995-2020) – CSS Blog Network
This graphic illustrates how pandemic preparation in Switzerland has developed over the past 25 years as a step-by-step learning process in step with international developments. The most important driving forces behind the accelerating national and international pandemic preparations were the epidemics and pandemics that occurred between 2002 and 2010: above …
Read More »Corona crisis management in Switzerland during the first wave of pandemics – CSS Blog Network
The corona pandemic is undoubtedly one of the greatest challenges that Switzerland has faced since the Second World War. For this reason, the 2020 Bulletin on Swiss Security Policy is almost exclusively devoted to Corona crisis management in Switzerland during the first wave. The contributions draw initial assessments, raise important …
Read More »New initiative in the field of knowledge cooperation
© THE The Managing Global Governance (MGG) The program has started a new initiative in the field of knowledge cooperation on the external dimension of the European Green Deal. The cooperation with the Finnish Institute of International Affairs (FIIA) and the Konrad Adenauer Foundation (KAS) brings together scientists from Brazil, …
Read More »MGG intensifies international cooperation on training towards sustainability for the public sector
© THE In October and November, the Managing Global Governance (MGG) network intensified its collaboration with Schools of Public Administration (SPAs) from Brazil, China, India, Indonesia, Mexico, and South Africa, and the United Nations System Staff College (UNSSC). Building on the jointly developed ‘New York Programme of Action’ (2018), DIE …
Read More »MGG intensifies international cooperation in the field of training for sustainability with the public sector
© THE The Managing Global Governance (MGG) Netzwerk intensified its cooperation with the national public administration colleges in Brazil, China, India, Indonesia, Mexico and South Africa as well as the United Nations System Staff College (UNSSC) in October and November 2020. Building on the jointly developed ‘New York Action Program …
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