Global Issues

The Global Issues Division examines the diverse thematic fields of global governance and the underlying conflict lines and actor constellations at the governmental, intergovernmental, and non-state level; the common point of reference are the preconditions, potentials and limits of rule-based and efficient global cooperation.

External publications

- Jacopo Maria Pepe
The EU in Central Asia

in: Jakob Lempp, Sebastian Mayer (eds.), Central Asia in a Multipolar World, Berlin: Springer, 2024, pp. 305–321

doi:10.1007/978-3-031-63727-8_18
- Jacopo Maria Pepe
KlimaZeit: Klimawandel - Genauere Wettervorhersagen durch Satelliten

Interview mit Janina Schreiber, in: KlimaZeit, ARD Mediathek, 20.09.2024 (ab 23 min.)
- Daniel Voelsen
- Lisa Voigt
UNhörbar #43 - Der UN-Zukunftsgipfel: Die Verhandlungen zu Sicherheit und Digitalisierung

Interview von Steve Biedermann & Patrick Rosenow, UNhörbar-Podcast, DGVN-Verband Mitteldeutschland, 05.09.2024 (ab 51 min.)
- Heribert Dieter
Das Regime in Peking kann dem Schrumpfen der Bevölkerung nur noch zusehen, ein Dagegenhalten gibt es nicht mehr

Was die Demografie betrifft, hat die Volksrepublik China das geopolitische Ringen mit dem Westen im Grunde schon verloren. Die Entwicklung ist dramatisch: Am Ende des 21. Jahrhunderts wird sich die Bevölkerung des Landes mehr als halbiert haben.

Gastbeitrag, in: NZZ, 24.08.2024
- Marianne Beisheim
- Jens Martens
Zukunftspakt: Ein Turbo für den Multilateralismus?

Der bevorstehende UN-Zukunftsgipfel im September dieses Jahres in New York soll das Vertrauen in internationale Kooperation stärken und die Agenda 2030 für nachhaltige Entwicklung (Agenda 2030) vorantreiben. Erste Entwürfe des geplanten Zukunftspakts weckten gemischte Reaktionen. Viel wird von Nachfolgeprozessen abhängen.

in: Vereinte Nationen, 04/2024, 23.08.2024, S. 162-167

doi:10.35998/VN-2024-0018
NDCs 3.0: Der Streit ums Geld gefährdet ehrgeizige Klimaziele

Die dritte Generation der Nationalen Klimapläne (NDCs) im Rahmen des Pariser Abkommens soll einen Quantensprung bringen, um die globalen Klimaziele in Reichweite zu halten. Doch der Streit um die Klimafinanzierung droht, den Prozess zu untergraben.

Gastbeitrag, in: Climate.Table, table.media, 12.08.2024

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Cross-border migration is on the rise worldwide. Every year sees new record levels of forced displacement, and with the Covid-19 pandemic subsiding, the number of international migrants is also on the rise again. Migration presents significant challenges for many host countries, and German and European refugee and migration policies have already changed significantly as a result of the 2015/16 arrivals and the current displacement from Ukraine. Unlike seven years earlier, EU member states have responded to the arrival of Ukrainian refugees in a united and welcoming manner.
This research project investigates the debate around the reforms that the UN member states are negotiating for the High Level Political Forum on Sustainable Development (HLPF) in 2019/2020; these reforms are expected to be implemented in 2021. The empirical research strives to identify options for reform and, on that basis, will inform recommendations for action.
Founded in 2012, the Sustainable Development Solutions Network (SDSN) connects scientists around the world to develop solutions for sustainable development. The SDSN Germany combines knowledge and capacity within Germany to promote sustainable development within the country as well as promoting the German commitment for sustainable development worldwide.
The Covid-19 pandemic was and continues to be an endurance test for global and European health governance. Health governance refers to all institutionalised forms of social and political coordination aimed at developing and implementing binding rules and non-binding standards on health issues, or providing collective health goods for the benefit of society.
The project analyses current developments and challenges in international climate cooperation as well as their implications, options and priorities for German and EU climate diplomacy

Strategic Refugee and Migration Policy

Cross-border migration is on the rise worldwide. Every year sees new record levels of forced displacement, and with the Covid-19 pandemic subsiding, the number of international migrants is also on the rise again. Migration presents significant challenges for many host countries, and German and European refugee and migration policies have already changed significantly as a result of the 2015/16 arrivals and the current displacement from Ukraine. Unlike seven years earlier, EU member states have responded to the arrival of Ukrainian refugees in a united and welcoming manner.
High-level Political Forum on Sustainable Development (HLPF) / (2019-2021)

This research project investigates the debate around the reforms that the UN member states are negotiating for the High Level Political Forum on Sustainable Development (HLPF) in 2019/2020; these reforms are expected to be implemented in 2021. The empirical research strives to identify options for reform and, on that basis, will inform recommendations for action.
Sustainable Development Solutions Network (SDSN Germany)

Founded in 2012, the Sustainable Development Solutions Network (SDSN) connects scientists around the world to develop solutions for sustainable development. The SDSN Germany combines knowledge and capacity within Germany to promote sustainable development within the country as well as promoting the German commitment for sustainable development worldwide.
Health governance in crisis

The Covid-19 pandemic was and continues to be an endurance test for global and European health governance. Health governance refers to all institutionalised forms of social and political coordination aimed at developing and implementing binding rules and non-binding standards on health issues, or providing collective health goods for the benefit of society.
German climate diplomacy in the context of the European Green Deal

The project analyses current developments and challenges in international climate cooperation as well as their implications, options and priorities for German and EU climate diplomacy

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