Two Ideas for the G20 to keep the US in the climate-change lifeboat

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Image: Céline CharveriatAt the recent G7 energy ministerial in Rome, the Trump administration’s listlessness on climate change prevented attendees from being able to sign off on an endorsement of the Paris climate deal. With the G7 leaders summit in Taormina now only one month away, and the G20 leaders summit in Hamburg only two months after that, it seems Donald Trump is yet to be won over by those in his cabinet who believe it would be a mistake for an American President to attend both summits as the first world leader to cut and run from the Paris Agreement.

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Die Zukunft der multilateralen Entwicklungsbanken: Handlungsoptionen für Deutschland

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Entwicklungsbanken als Katalysatoren

2016 gab es ein „SDG-Lieferversprechen“ von zehn multilateralen Entwicklungsbanken und dem IWF. Die kommende Bundesregierung sollte die entsprechenden Institutionen in den nächsten Jahren an ihre Versprechen erinnern und womöglich in die Pflicht nehmen.
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Food security in poor rural areas: the twofold challenge of raising agricultural productivity and adapting to climate change

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Securing global food systems

On April 27 2017, representatives from some of the world’s most powerful economies will convene at the G20 international conference on rural development in Berlin. Ahead of this event, we argue that without concerted efforts to help small-scale farmers raise productivity and adapt to climate change the G20 will not come close to attaining its goal of securing global food systems as envisaged in the 2017 G20 Agriculture Ministers’ Declaration.

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2030 Agenda: An opportunity for the European Union

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A dream continues

The vision, ideals and principles of the 2030 Agenda are strongly anchored in the values of the European Union (EU). This Agenda and its 17 Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) can become an integral part of the identity of the EU and bring new energy to the dream that the EU continues to represent for so many people, way beyond its borders.

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