Category: Worth Reading and Watching

This fact sheet provides an overview of implemented sustainability practices in the partner institutions of the Bonn Alliance for Sustainability Research. It serves as a source of information and inspiration to implement sustainability strategies into practice. It is divided into five chapters: Sustainable Travel and Mobility, Sustainable Event Management, Sustainability at the Workplace, Institutional Sustainability Strategies, and Sustainable Procurement.

The accelerated adoption of D&AI has fuelled the discussion on the responsible use of technology for the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs). Responsible means thinking well about the risks and opportunities it may pose for the SDGs. In this paper, we present a participatory tool that can help identify the potential of D&AI to the SDGs at the indicator level.

The German Advisory Council on Global Change has just published a new Policy Brief dealing with these issues on „Beyond Climate Neutrality“ ahead of the climate conference. Prof. Dr. Anna-Katharina Hornidge, director of the German Development Institute / Deutsches Institut für Entwicklungspolitik (DIE) as one of the members oft he WBGU, participated in the discussion and the writing of the Policy Brief.

Tilman Altenburg, Head of Programme “Transformation of Economic and Social Systems” at the German Development Institute / Deutsches Institut für Entwicklungspolitik (DIE) sets forth how German development cooperation could establish a unique profile from which, incidentally, the German economy would also stand to benefit.

Ramona Hägele and Mirja Schoderer demonstrate why marine CO2 measurements provide essential inputs for climate change scenarios, for international climate change negotiations and policies around the globe. They explain why it is so important that data on marine CO2 observations is openly shared, cognitively accessible by various kinds of users, and trustworthy.

Beatrice Dippel and Irina Rafliana explain why 2022 is an important year to build on Southeast Asia’s experiences and knowledge with regard to the ocean and its risks. How can awareness of coastal risks and ocean resilience also be strengthened in other regions of the world?