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IPI and the Global Challenges Foundation cohosted a virtual policy forum on April 20th that focused on the synergies and connections between the youth, peace, and security (YPS), and climate action agendas, including how to ensure more meaningful engagement with youth leaders across the world on peace and climate governance. It also launched an issue brief on this topic.
Youth have emerged as a powerful voice in the fight against climate change, demanding transformative change to safeguard the planet. Many youth-led organizations from around the world are also engaged in initiatives to build peace and prevent violence in their communities. Youth movements are increasingly calling for their voices to be heard and for policymakers to include them in decision-making processes at the local, national, and global levels.
The following questions guided the discussion:
This event brought together stakeholders from governments, the United Nations, and civil society, ensuring intergenerational and inclusive participation.
Opening Remarks:
H.E. Dr. Zeid Ra’ad Al Hussein, IPI President
Speakers:
H.E. Ms. Inga Rhonda King, Permanent Representative of Saint Vincent and the Grenadines to the UN
H.E. Ms. Johanna Lissinger Peitz, Ambassador for Stockholm+50
Mr. Selwin Hart, Special Adviser to the Secretary-General on Climate Action and Assistant Secretary-General for the Climate Action Team
Ms. Nisreen Elsaim, Chair of UN Secretary-General’s Youth Advisory Group and Chair of the Sudan Youth Organization on Climate Change
Ms. Disha Sarkar, Ambassador for the International Youth Conference from India
Moderator:
Ms. Jimena Leiva Roesch, IPI Senior Fellow and Head of the Peace and Sustainable Development Program
El presidente saliente de EEUU, Donald Trump, reconoció la soberanía de Marruecos sobre el Sáhara Occidental a cambio de que Marruecos normalizara sus relaciones con Israel. La nueva Administración Biden todavía tiene que hacer una declaración inequívoca que defina su posición sobre este conflicto. Mientras tanto, surgen varios escenarios, riesgos y oportunidades.
La Comisión Europea adelantó a diciembre de 2020 la publicación de la revisión de la Directiva NIS relativa a las medidas destinadas a garantizar un elevado nivel común de ciberseguridad de aquellas entidades que ofrecen servicios esenciales.
La Comisión Europea ha presentado una nueva propuesta de directiva para reforzar la ciberseguridad de las entidades que prestan servicios esenciales en la UE.
Mit der Bildung einer Einheitsregierung unter Abdelhamid Dabeiba gelang im März 2021 ein Durchbruch in den Bemühungen, die politische Spaltung Libyens zu überwinden. Doch die Kehrseite der Übereinkunft zeichnet sich bereits ab. Bislang haben sich die politischen Akteure lediglich darauf geeinigt, innerhalb der Regierung um den Zugang zu staatlichen Mitteln zu konkurrieren. Die Verteilungskämpfe könnten schnell zur Zerreißprobe werden. Derweil harren zahlreiche substantielle Streitpunkte ihrer Bearbeitung. So versucht die Regierung die Herausforderungen im Sicherheitssektor zu ignorieren. Spannungen zwischen Profiteuren und Gegnern der Regierung drohen eine neue politische Krise zu verursachen, falls Fortschritte hin zu den für Dezember 2021 geplanten Wahlen ausbleiben. Aber auch die Wahlen selbst bergen beträchtliches Konfliktpotential.
Das Projekt Nord Stream 2 stellt die Bundesregierung vor das Dilemma, sich zwischen energie- und außenpolitischen Interessen entscheiden zu müssen. Eine Priorisierung sollte nicht ohne den Blick auf den energiepolitischen Kontext erfolgen. In der Frage der Güterabwägung gibt es keine einfachen und »billigen« Antworten. Das gilt umso mehr, als die Energietransformation in Kooperation die größte Dividende für einen Interessenausgleich zu sein verspricht. Allerdings setzt sie einen Minimalkonsens innerhalb der Europäischen Union (EU), mit den USA, der Ukraine und auch Russland voraus.
Mit der Bildung einer Einheitsregierung unter Abdelhamid Dabeiba gelang im März 2021 ein Durchbruch in den Bemühungen, die politische Spaltung Libyens zu überwinden. Doch die Kehrseite der Übereinkunft zeichnet sich bereits ab. Bislang haben sich die politischen Akteure lediglich darauf geeinigt, innerhalb der Regierung um den Zugang zu staatlichen Mitteln zu konkurrieren. Die Verteilungskämpfe könnten schnell zur Zerreißprobe werden. Derweil harren zahlreiche substantielle Streitpunkte ihrer Bearbeitung. So versucht die Regierung die Herausforderungen im Sicherheitssektor zu ignorieren. Spannungen zwischen Profiteuren und Gegnern der Regierung drohen eine neue politische Krise zu verursachen, falls Fortschritte hin zu den für Dezember 2021 geplanten Wahlen ausbleiben. Aber auch die Wahlen selbst bergen beträchtliches Konfliktpotential.
Das Projekt Nord Stream 2 stellt die Bundesregierung vor das Dilemma, sich zwischen energie- und außenpolitischen Interessen entscheiden zu müssen. Eine Priorisierung sollte nicht ohne den Blick auf den energiepolitischen Kontext erfolgen. In der Frage der Güterabwägung gibt es keine einfachen und »billigen« Antworten. Das gilt umso mehr, als die Energietransformation in Kooperation die größte Dividende für einen Interessenausgleich zu sein verspricht. Allerdings setzt sie einen Minimalkonsens innerhalb der Europäischen Union (EU), mit den USA, der Ukraine und auch Russland voraus.
Youth movements have played an increasingly prominent role in calling for action to address climate change. Many youth-led organizations are also engaged in initiatives to build peace in their communities. In global policymaking fora, however, youth remain sidelined.
This issue brief outlines the synergies between the youth, peace, and security (YPS) and youth climate action agendas. It also examines the factors that contribute to young people’s exclusion from global governance, including negative misperceptions of youth, outdated policy frameworks, lack of funding, and weak links between youth and global governance fora.
The paper concludes with recommendations for governments and multilateral institutions to better assess the links between youth, peace, and climate change and include young people in decision-making processes. Recommendations include:
Despite the increasing foreign investment in many African economies, their participation in trade, and the economic growth that follows from it, structural transformation has remained limited. This blog takes a look at Ethiopia’s industrial policy and argues that the government has failed to sufficiently emphasize innovation in—and technology transfer to—domestic firms, leading to minimal “upgrading” of low to high value-added activities.
Despite the increasing foreign investment in many African economies, their participation in trade, and the economic growth that follows from it, structural transformation has remained limited. This blog takes a look at Ethiopia’s industrial policy and argues that the government has failed to sufficiently emphasize innovation in—and technology transfer to—domestic firms, leading to minimal “upgrading” of low to high value-added activities.
Despite the increasing foreign investment in many African economies, their participation in trade, and the economic growth that follows from it, structural transformation has remained limited. This blog takes a look at Ethiopia’s industrial policy and argues that the government has failed to sufficiently emphasize innovation in—and technology transfer to—domestic firms, leading to minimal “upgrading” of low to high value-added activities.
The COVID-19 crisis has been a significant setback for global development. In October 2020, the World Bank estimated that the pandemic “could push up to 40 million people into extreme poverty” in Africa alone in 2020, “erasing at least five years of progress in fighting poverty” (Zeufack et al., 2020: 1). Public debt — which was already unsustainable in many developing countries before COVID-19 — is increasing rapidly and constraining government responses to the health, social, and economic crises caused by the pandemic. The ability of many developing nations to mobilize resources has been hampered due to severe economic contractions,. Many are using 30 percent to 70 percent of what little government revenue to service debt payments (Bárcena, 2020). Indicative of a looming debt crisis, there have been more credit rating downgrades for emerging markets and developing countries in 2020 than in all previous crises over the past 40 years. According to the International Monetary Fund (IMF), almost half of low-income developing countries were at high risk of debt distress or in debt distress at the end of September 2020 (IMF, 2020a). This analysis does not comprise middle-income countries, many of which are also under severe strain. Many emerging markets and developing economies are facing serious obstacles in obtaining the fiscal space to combat the virus, protect the vulnerable, and mount a green and inclusive recovery. While developed countries have been able to respond forcefully to the crisis — through fiscal policy, loans and loan guarantees to businesses, and quantitative easing policies — the responses of emerging markets and developing countries have been on average much smaller. For many of them, calls for “building back better” ring hollow unless they receive international support to do so. Without a resolute global debt relief effort, the goals set out by the international community in the 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development and the Paris Agreement on climate change will not only be missed, but the progress made to date will be lost.
The COVID-19 crisis has been a significant setback for global development. In October 2020, the World Bank estimated that the pandemic “could push up to 40 million people into extreme poverty” in Africa alone in 2020, “erasing at least five years of progress in fighting poverty” (Zeufack et al., 2020: 1). Public debt — which was already unsustainable in many developing countries before COVID-19 — is increasing rapidly and constraining government responses to the health, social, and economic crises caused by the pandemic. The ability of many developing nations to mobilize resources has been hampered due to severe economic contractions,. Many are using 30 percent to 70 percent of what little government revenue to service debt payments (Bárcena, 2020). Indicative of a looming debt crisis, there have been more credit rating downgrades for emerging markets and developing countries in 2020 than in all previous crises over the past 40 years. According to the International Monetary Fund (IMF), almost half of low-income developing countries were at high risk of debt distress or in debt distress at the end of September 2020 (IMF, 2020a). This analysis does not comprise middle-income countries, many of which are also under severe strain. Many emerging markets and developing economies are facing serious obstacles in obtaining the fiscal space to combat the virus, protect the vulnerable, and mount a green and inclusive recovery. While developed countries have been able to respond forcefully to the crisis — through fiscal policy, loans and loan guarantees to businesses, and quantitative easing policies — the responses of emerging markets and developing countries have been on average much smaller. For many of them, calls for “building back better” ring hollow unless they receive international support to do so. Without a resolute global debt relief effort, the goals set out by the international community in the 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development and the Paris Agreement on climate change will not only be missed, but the progress made to date will be lost.
The COVID-19 crisis has been a significant setback for global development. In October 2020, the World Bank estimated that the pandemic “could push up to 40 million people into extreme poverty” in Africa alone in 2020, “erasing at least five years of progress in fighting poverty” (Zeufack et al., 2020: 1). Public debt — which was already unsustainable in many developing countries before COVID-19 — is increasing rapidly and constraining government responses to the health, social, and economic crises caused by the pandemic. The ability of many developing nations to mobilize resources has been hampered due to severe economic contractions,. Many are using 30 percent to 70 percent of what little government revenue to service debt payments (Bárcena, 2020). Indicative of a looming debt crisis, there have been more credit rating downgrades for emerging markets and developing countries in 2020 than in all previous crises over the past 40 years. According to the International Monetary Fund (IMF), almost half of low-income developing countries were at high risk of debt distress or in debt distress at the end of September 2020 (IMF, 2020a). This analysis does not comprise middle-income countries, many of which are also under severe strain. Many emerging markets and developing economies are facing serious obstacles in obtaining the fiscal space to combat the virus, protect the vulnerable, and mount a green and inclusive recovery. While developed countries have been able to respond forcefully to the crisis — through fiscal policy, loans and loan guarantees to businesses, and quantitative easing policies — the responses of emerging markets and developing countries have been on average much smaller. For many of them, calls for “building back better” ring hollow unless they receive international support to do so. Without a resolute global debt relief effort, the goals set out by the international community in the 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development and the Paris Agreement on climate change will not only be missed, but the progress made to date will be lost.
Das Bundesverfassungsgericht hat das Gesetz zur Mietenbegrenzung im Wohnungswesen in Berlin (Berliner Mietendeckel) für mit dem Grundgesetz unvereinbar und daher nichtig erklärt. Das Urteil kommentiert Immobilienökonom und DIW-Konjunkturchef Claus Michelsen:
Das Bundesverfassungsgericht hat den Berliner Mietendeckel heute für verfassungswidrig erklärt. Das war zu erwarten und wirbelt den Wohnungsmarkt in der Hauptstadt jetzt erneut durcheinander. Für die Haushalte bedeutet dies nun vielfach wieder höhere Mietzahlungen – auch Nachzahlungen der unrechtmäßig abgesenkten Miete werden auf die Haushalte zukommen. Dies wird gerade einkommensschwache Haushalte vor größere Herausforderungen stellen. Im Extremfall droht ihnen die Wohnungslosigkeit.