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[Publication] Climate Finance and Neo-colonialism: Exposing Hidden Dynamics
The Political Economy of Climate Finance: Lessons from International DevelopmentDespite the manifold loopholes of carbon markets, the demand for climate offsets has never been higher than in recent years. Besides the questionable efficacy of such climate compensating measures, growing critique has also been voiced concerning their role in perpetuating global power dynamics and neocolonial patterns. The history of nature conservancy and its implementation in the Global South under the veil of sustainable development, prepared the ground for the deployment of carbon markets, ...
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[Publication] From resource war to ‘Violent Peace’: Transition in the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC)
The first section of the paper provides an assessment of the current state of the ‘peace’ process: Political and security-related developments of the past years are analyzed with a special focus on continuities and changes of politico-economic structures and networks of its former war economy. This analysis provides the framework for two case studies that focus on the developments in two cities and their surroundings in North and South Kivu, Goma and Bukavu. The case studies give a more in-depth...
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[Publication] Global Militarization Index 2016
Compiled by BICC, the Global Militarization Index (gmi) presents on an annual basis the relative weight and importance of a country’s military apparatus in relation to its society as a whole. The GMI 2016 covers 152 states and is based on the latest available figures (in most cases data for 2015). The index project is financially supported by Germany’s Federal Ministry for Economic Cooperation and Development.With Armenia, Russia, Cyprus, Greece and Azerbaijan, five European countries are amongs...
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[Publication] Global Militarization Index 2016
Compiled by BICC, the Global Militarization Index (gmi) presents on an annual basis the relative weight and importance of a country’s military apparatus in relation to its society as a whole. The GMI 2016 covers 152 states and is based on the latest available figures (in most cases data for 2015). The index project is financially supported by Germany’s Federal Ministry for Economic Cooperation and Development.With Armenia, Russia, Cyprus, Greece and Azerbaijan, five European countries are amongs...
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[Publication] Global Militarization Index 2016
Compiled by bicc, the Global Militarization Index (gmi) presents on an annual basis the relative weight and importance of a country’s military apparatus in relation to its society as a whole. The GMI 2016 covers 152 states and is based on the latest available figures (in most cases data for 2015). The index project is financially supported by Germany’s Federal Ministry for Economic Cooperation and Development. With Armenia, Russia, Cyprus, Greece and Azerbaijan, five European countries are among...
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[Publication] Global Militarization Index 2016
Compiled by bicc, the Global Militarization Index (gmi) presents on an annual basis the relative weight and importance of a country’s military apparatus in relation to its society as a whole. The GMI 2016 covers 152 states and is based on the latest available figures (in most cases data for 2015). The index project is financially supported by Germany’s Federal Ministry for Economic Cooperation and Development. With Armenia, Russia, Cyprus, Greece and Azerbaijan, five European countries are among...
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[PDF Document] BICC_AR_2019_02.pdf (2.17 MB)
ANNUAL REPORT JAHRESBERICHT 2019 ENGA BICC staff member doing field research in northern Mali in July 2019 The researcher is talking to excombatants and members of the MOC Mécanisme Opérationnel de Coordination in Gao The MOC camps host members of signatory armed movements compliant armed groups and the Malian Armed Forces FAMA who are taking part in mixed patrols as envisaged by the Agreement for Peace and Reconciliation in Mali DEUWährend ihrer Feldforschung im Juli 2019 in Mali spricht ei...
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[PDF Document] BICC_AR_2019_03.pdf (2.17 MB)
ANNUAL REPORT JAHRESBERICHT 2019 ENGA BICC staff member doing field research in northern Mali in July 2019 The researcher is talking to excombatants and members of the MOC Mécanisme Opérationnel de Coordination in Gao The MOC camps host members of signatory armed movements compliant armed groups and the Malian Armed Forces FAMA who are taking part in mixed patrols as envisaged by the Agreement for Peace and Reconciliation in Mali DEUWährend ihrer Feldforschung im Juli 2019 in Mali spricht ei...
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[PDF Document] Bulletin54.pdf (1.41 MB)
bulletin No 54 OctoberDecember 2010 Which are the most urgent concrete steps on the way to Global Zero 1 By Sverre Lodgaard U S leadership is a must Obama has revived the vision of a nuclear weaponfree world and Security Council Resolution 1887 2009 recommits the five permanent members P5 to that objective All governments and nongovernmental organizations in a position to do so should weigh in on the American debate and urge US support for important disarmament goalposts Under the heading ...
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[PDF Document] Bulletin54.pdf (1.41 MB)
bulletin No 54 OctoberDecember 2010 Which are the most urgent concrete steps on the way to Global Zero 1 By Sverre Lodgaard U S leadership is a must Obama has revived the vision of a nuclear weaponfree world and Security Council Resolution 1887 2009 recommits the five permanent members P5 to that objective All governments and nongovernmental organizations in a position to do so should weigh in on the American debate and urge US support for important disarmament goalposts Under the heading ...