Die 2030-Agenda für nachhaltige Entwicklung enthält 17 Ziele für nachhaltige Entwicklung, die universell sind. Das bedeutet, dass alle Regierungen dafür verantwortlich sind, sie umzusetzen, auf ihrem eigenen Staatsgebiet und durch internationale Zusammenarbeit. Dies ist ein Meilenstein auf...

This paper analyses the past and present efforts by the German government at the federal level and its 16 federal states to contribute towards ongoing academic and policy debates on translating the 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development into action. The paper applies the concept of “policy...

Renewable energy technologies (RET) play an important role in industrialised countries’ strategies for reducing CO2 emissions, and thus in mitigating climate change, as well as for achieving long-term energy security. Based on the principle of common but differentiated responsibilities, the...

By the end of 2015, the United Nations will adopt a new global development agenda as a follow-up to the Millennium Development Goals (MDGs). To this end, UN member states are now engaged in a debate on defining universal Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs), as decided by the 2012 Rio+20 Summit....

With the wrapping up of the United Nations' Open Working Group (OWG) on Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) at the end of July 2014, the international process towards the adoption of universal sustainable development goals has entered its decisive phase. Established in the wake of the 2012...

The European Union (EU) is in crisis mode. Its capacity to implement domestic reforms and its position as a global power are being severely undermined by centrifugal forces within Europe and the risk that the EU will disintegrate. Euroscepticism and populism abound; the reactions to the refugee...

Ende 2015 werden die Vereinten Nationen eine neue globale Entwicklungsagenda als Nachfolge der Millenniumsziele (MDGs) verabschieden. Aus diesem Grund führen die UN-Mitgliedsstaaten, wie vom Rio+20-Gipfel 2012 beschlossen, derzeit eine Debatte über die Definition universeller Ziele...