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Mapping Just Transition(s) to a Low-Carbon World

14 Dec 2018

2018/11 – United Nations Research Institute for Social Development (UNRISD); research paper; Author(s) The Just Transition Research Collaborative

Just Transition — the idea that justice and equity must form an integral part of the transition towards a low-carbon world — is increasingly being mobilized both to counter the idea that protecting the environment and protecting jobs are incompatible, and to broaden the debate to justice-related issues such as the kinds of jobs and societies we envision for the future. This report unpacks the different understandings, narratives and framings of Just Transition that underpin the concept’s growing popularity and uptake. Six short country case studies provide insights into how Just Transition is—or is not—being mobilized on the ground. The report calls for a progressive interpretation of Just Transition to promote transformative change and climate justice for all.

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How to spend €89.2 billion: Early developments in international cooperation programming

03 Dec 2018

2018/11 – European Centre for Development Policy Management (ECDPM); research paper; Author(s): Alisa Herrero Cangas; Andrew Sherriff; Mariella Di Ciommo; Sanne Thijssen

In the proposal for its next budget (2021-2027), the European Commission envisages a major restructuring of its external action architecture that reflects the EU’s ambition to pursue a more strategic, political and interest-driven external action. It includes the creation of a ‘Neighbourhood, Development and International Cooperation Instrument’ (NDICI) worth €89.2 billion, and of global scope. Up to 75% of funds are intended for political cooperation with partner countries and regions. This discussion paper by the European Centre for Development Policy Management (ECDPM) is an initial analysis of how the EU institutions are currently preparing for the next bilateral programming process. While there have been a number of encouraging developments, some potential policy-to-practice gaps need to be addressed early in the process, to ensure that the NDICI fulfils all of the EU’s external action aspirations.

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The Brown to Green Report 2018

03 Dec 2018

2018/11 – Institut du développement durable et des relations internationales (IDDRI); Overseas Development Institute (ODI);

The Brown to Green Report 2018 is the world’s most comprehensive review of G20 climate action. It provides concise and comparable information on G20 country mitigation action, finance and vulnerability. It gives an overview of all G20 countries, whether – and how well – they are doing on the journey to transition to a low-carbon economy. The report draws on the latest emissions data from 2017 and covers 80 indicators on decarbonisation, climate policies, finance and vulnerability to the impacts of climate change. Providing country ratings, it identifies leaders and laggards in the G20. Developed by experts from 14 research organisations and NGOs from the majority of the G20 countries, the report covers 80 indicators

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The EU and the corporate impunity nexus

09 Nov 2018

17 Oct 2018 - 2018/10, Transnational Institute, Research Paper

This report includes a collection of case studies illustrating how corporate impunity works and highlighting the failures of current approaches, particularly to address human rights violations and provide effective remedy to affected peoples and communities. The studies reveal a pattern where European corporations outsource their worst impacts to the Global South, with the help of the architecture of impunity that legitimises and legalises the operations of Transnational Corporation (TNCs). At the core of this architecture is the infamous investor-state dispute settlement (ISDS) system, a private arbitration system that allows TNCs to sue states whenever they consider that their future profits are threatened by new measures or policies aiming at improving social and environmental protection.

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Localising the 2030 Agenda in Colombia - Dag Hammarskjöld Foundation

2018/12 – Dag Hammarskjoeld Foundation (DHF); research paper; Author(s): Dag Hammerskjoeld Foundation
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Biodiversity Protection Through Networks of Voluntary Sustainability Standard Organizations?

2018/11 – Amsterdam Institute of Social Science Research (AISSR); Sustainability; Author(s): Luc Fransen; Jelmer Schalk; Marcel Kok; Vivek Voora; Jason Potts; Max Joosten; Philip Schleifer; Graeme Auld
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Blog: Problems of Development and "Development" as a Problem

2018/12 – Global Development Institute (GDI); blog post; Author(s): Henning Melber and Julia Schoeneberg
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Violence in African Elections (PDF)

2018/11 – Nordic Africa Institute (NAI); NAI Policy Note No 7; Author(s): Jesper Bjarnesen, Mimmi Söderberg Kovacs
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Swedish Aid in the Era of Shrinking Space – The Case of Turkey (PDF)

2018/11 – research paper; Author(s): Åsa Eldén and Paul T. Levin
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Blog: Green Lessons for the Blue Economy

2018/12 – International Institute for Environment and Development (IIED); blog post; Author(s): Laura Kelly
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Effects of an Education Reform on Household Poverty and Inequality - A Microsimulation Analysis on the Free Senior High School Policy in Ghana (PDF)

2018/12 – United Nations University World Institute for Development Economics Research (UNU-WIDER); WIDER Working Paper 2018/147; Author(s): Kwabena Adu-Ababio and Robert Darko Osei
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Armed Conflicts and the Erosion of the State (PDF)

2018/11 – Danish Institute for International Studies (DIIS); Working Papers; Author(s): Virginie Collombier (editor), Maria-Louise Clausen, Hiba Hassan, Helle Malmvig, Jan Pêt Khorto
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Financing EU External Action: Understanding Member State Priorities

2018/12 – Overseas Development Institute (ODI); research paper; Author(s): Clare Castillejo et al
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Blog: Insiders, Outsiders, and the Rise of Populism in Gated Communities by Cathy Wilcock - The ISS Blog on Global Development and Social Justice

2018/12 – International Institute of Social Studies (ISS); blog post; Author(s): Cathy Wilcock
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