What explains North Korea's continued interest in environmental issues despite its unwillingness to engage with the international community on other issues? Could more intensive engagement with North Korea on environmental issues…
This project is funded by the German Federal Foreign Office and examines the geopolitics of the global energy transformation with a focus on an emerging hydrogen economy.
The project investigates geo-economic, as well as foreign and security cooperation between the Western Balkans and non-EU actors (Russia, China, Turkey, and others) and how it affects democracy and rule of law in the region.
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
Removing CO2 from the atmosphere (Carbon Dioxide Removal, CDR) is essential to achieving greenhouse gas neutrality in Germany, Europe and globally. A wide range of terrestrial, geological, material-based and marine CDR approaches…
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…
The Research Network Sustainable Global Supply Chains is a cooperative project led by four German research institutes. It brings together more than 70 leading international researchers to bundle and analyze existing knowledge…
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…
Geostrategic changes and the deterioration of the German and European security environment over the last decade pose new challenges for Germany's security and defence policy. In the context of Sino-American rivalry and the…
Especially Chinas entanglements in multiple territorial and maritime disputes and confrontations with the United States over the freedom of navigation are seen as evidence for how rising powers seek to redefine key norms of the…
This research project examines metal commodity supply chains and looks at possibilities of international regulation along the supply chain. The focus is on sustainability and ensuring the security of supply.
UPTAKE aims to facilitate the sustainable upscaling of carbon dioxide removal (CDR) methods by developing a set of robust strategies through technical, theoretical, and practical analysis accompanied by interactive dialogue within…