Development and
Cooperation

Digital monthly 2/2022

Green recovery

Black Friday shopping in New Jersey, USA.
Outdated paradigms

Shaping a common sustainable future

In view of environmental crisis, political economist wants economic activity, growth and consumption to be reconsidered

New Mexico has oil, but is exposed to climate impacts. Its indigenous Navajo community was hit hard by Covid-19.
USA

The US needs to build back better

President Joe Biden so far has failed to get Congress to pass important climate policies

Afghans receive assistance donated by an aid agency in Jawzjan province, northern Afghanistan, January 2022.
Humanitarian crisis

UN calls for massive funding for Afghanistan

In order to tackle the humanitarian crisis in Afghanistan, a record amount of $ 4.4 billion for 2022 needs to be raised

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Maja Göpel at a climate protest in Berlin in 2021.
Transformation to sustainbility

New mindset needed

How to make transformation happen

Savannas are under severe pressure – unless they are protected.
Coherent policymaking

Weak governance systems do not consider long-term trends

In least-developed countries, community resilience depends on eco-system resilience

Robert Habeck shows emissions trends in Germany, January 2022.
Germany

Germany needs more than double speed for climate targets

The German economy is recovering from the pandemic, but must change quickly for effective climate protection

Flood damages in western Germany in August 2021.
Public finances

“This is not tax-payer money”

Bangladeshi climate scholar explains why global finance scenario is „totally unfair“

Report by IIED and ICCCAD, 2021.
Climate crisis

Learning from each other to cope with climate crisis

IIED/ICCCAD publication tackles loss and damage due to global heating

The world needs a green recovery.
International cooperation

How to escape global crises

Only international cooperation can deliver global green recovery

Joe Manchin and Kyrsten Sinema are two Democrats in the Senate who are increasingly resented by their party’s base.
Democracy

Looming minority rule in the USA

Joe Biden’s global influence is diminished by an unrepresentative Senate

Mauricio Claver-Carone, President of the Inter-American Developmental Bank (IDB).
Financing

A push from development banks

Multilateral development banks play an important role for the economic recovery of Latin American and Caribbean countries

Nature-based solutions are an often-neglected component of a green recovery: mangroves in Panama.
Latin America

Implementing a green recovery agenda

Latin America has room for improvement in using nature-based solutions, digitalising sectors, and improving transport and energy infrastructure