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

- Max-Otto Baumann
- Marianne Beisheim
- Sebastian Haug
Trump 2.0 and the United Nations

Implications for multilateral funding and leadership

in: Global and Regional Order, Friedrich-Ebert-Stiftung, January 2025 (online)
- Heribert Dieter
Die erfolgreiche indische Diaspora

Hoch qualifizierte Inder insbesondere in den USA, Kanada oder Großbritannien bauen Netzwerke auf, die auch der Wirtschaft ihres Heimatlands nutzen können.

in: Internationale Politik, Jan/Feb 2025, S. 94-99
- Miranda Böttcher
- Kerryn Brent
The potential of the BBNJ clearing house mechanism to enhance knowledge pluralism in marine carbon dioxide removal assessment

in: Frontiers in Climate, Sec. Carbon Dioxide Removal, Volume 6 - 2024, 16.12.2024

doi:10.3389/fclim.2024.1497476
- Felix Schenuit
- Sonja Thielges
Carbon Management. A New Pathway for Transatlantic Cooperation?

in: Johns Hopkins University, American-German Institute, 09.12.2024
- Jule Könneke
Klimaschutz: Ergebnisse der COP29 in der Praxis

Interview mit Philip Banse und Ulf Buermeyer, in: Lage der Nation, Folge 409, 28.11.2024 (ab Minute 41)
- Sonja Thielges
Nach mir die Sintflut – Was bringt die Weltklimakonferenz?

Die 1,5-Grad-Grenze ist wohl schon überschritten. Und es könnte noch deutlich heißer werden auf der Erde. Darauf weisen aktuelle Zahlen von Klimaforschern hin. Trotzdem leugnet der künftige US-Präsident Trump den Klimawandel und die Klimabewegung verliert an Zulauf. In Baku in Aserbaidschan ringen derweil Vertreter aller Staaten der Welt um ein Klimaabkommen, das die Erderwärmung zumindest verlangsamen soll.

Diskussion von Claus Heinrich mit Niklas Höhne, Janina Schreiber und Sonja Thielges, in: SWR Kultur, 20.11.2024

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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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