In this episode of "Think. Debate. Inspire.", Atje Drexler and Pradnya Bivalkar speak with Kwasi Prempeh about the core function of a democracy, why is not working for many people in its current form and democratic resilience.

References:

• Democrats join 2024’s graveyard of incumbents: https://www.ft.com/content/e8ac09ea-c300-4249-af7d-109003afb893;
• Francis Fukuyama: https://fukuyama.stanford.edu/; His essay: The End of History?, 1989, https://www.jstor.org/stable/24027184

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In this episode of "Think. Debate. Inspire.", Atje Drexler and Pradnya Bivalkar speak with Carlos Alvarado Quesada and Farhana Yamin about the impact of the changing international order on climate change negotiations and mitigation efforts.

References:

Green House Gas Emission Targets: https://climate.ec.europa.eu/eu-action/climate-strategies-targets/2030-climate-targets_en#:~:text=In%202023%2C%20the%20EU%20adopted,climate%2Dneutral%20continent%20by%202050.

Net Zero: https://www.un.org/en/climatechange/net-zero-coalition

Small Island Developing States: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Small_Island_Developing_States

AOSIS: https://www.aosis.org/

LDC: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Least_developed_countries

Adaptation and Resilience: https://unfccc.int/topics/adaptation-and-resilience/the-big-picture/introduction

Loss and Damage Fund: https://www.undp.org/belarus/stories/loss-and-damage-fund-developing-countries

Paris Agreement: https://www.un.org/en/climatechange/paris-agreement ; https://unfccc.int/sites/default/files/resource/parisagreement_publication.pdf

COP Glasgow: https://www.un.org/en/climatechange/cop26

BioDiversity COP: https://www.cbd.int/cop

ThirtybyThirty: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/30_by_30

COP Copenhagen 2009: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2009_United_Nations_Climate_Change_Conference

G20: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/G20

IPCC Report 2019: https://www.ipcc.ch/sr15/#:~:text=Under%20emissions%20in%20line%20with,and%20ambition%20of%20mitigation%20after

NDCs: https://unfccc.int/process-and-meetings/the-paris-agreement/nationally-determined-contributions-ndcs

Mia Mottley: https://www.gov.bb/Government/prime-minister

Bridgetown Initiative: https://www.bridgetown-initiative.org/

Bretton Woods Conference: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bretton_Woods_system

COP Baku, Azerbaijan: https://unfccc.int/cop29

COP Belém, Brazil: https://www.gov.br/planalto/en/latest-news/2023/12/formally-official-belem-pa-and-brazil-are-preparing-for-cop-30-in-2025

ODA: https://www.oecd.org/en/data/indicators/net-oda.html#:~:text=Definition-,Official%20development%20assistance%20(ODA)%20is%20defined%20as%20government%20aid%20designed,for%20military%20purposes%20are%20excluded

Climate Finance: https://unfccc.int/topics/introduction-to-climate-finance

NCQG: https://unfccc.int/NCQG

Kamal Amakrane: https://www.un.org/pga/78/kamal-amakrane/

Global Centre for Climate Mobility: https://climatemobility.org/

Seville Financing for Development Conference: https://www.un.org/en/civil-society/1st-prep-com-session-ffd4

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In this episode of "Think. Debate. Inspire.", Atje Drexler and Pradnya Bivalkar speak with Bernhard Straub about the legacy of Robert Bosch, the Robert Bosch Foundation and the Robert Bosch Academy.

References:

Robert Bosch: https://www.bosch-stiftung.de/en/robert-bosch-0

Robert Bosch's legacy: https://www.bosch.com/stories/robert-bosch-legacy/

Robert Bosch and politics: https://www.bosch.com/stories/robert-bosch-liberal-politics-and-social-responsibility/

The Robert Bosch Foundation - Who we are: https://www.bosch-stiftung.de/en/who-we-are

Richard von Weizsäcker: https://www.bundespraesident.de/EN/role-and-functions/the-german-federal-presidents/richard-von-weizsaecker/richard-von-weizsaecker_node.html?cms_submit=Search&cms_templateQueryString=richard

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In this episode of "Think. Debate. Inspire.", Henry Alt-Haaker and Atje Drexler speak with Bogolo Kenewendo about the evolution of development cooperation, the challenges it faces currently and climate finance.

References:

The Forum on China - Africa Cooperation (FOCAC): https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Forum_on_China%E2%80%93Africa_Cooperation ;

African Debt on China: https://www.chathamhouse.org/2022/12/response-debt-distress-africa-and-role-china/02-case-studies-chinese-lending-africa ;

German ODA in support of environmental protection: https://www.oecd-ilibrary.org/environment/germany-is-a-major-provider-of-oda-in-support-of-environmental-protection_2af383e8-en ;

Developing countries and their access to and prices of Covid-19 vaccines: https://journals.sagepub.com/doi/10.1177/01410768211053006 ; https://www.oxfam.org/en/press-releases/vaccine-monopolies-make-cost-vaccinating-world-against-covid-least-5-times-more ;

Gavi: https://www.gavi.org/our-alliance/about ;

Statement from US Trade Representative Katherine Tai regarding waiving intellectual property protections for COVID-19 vaccines, 2021: https://ustr.gov/about-us/policy-offices/press-office/press-releases/2021/may/statement-ambassador-katherine-tai-covid-19-trips-waiver;

UN: “No one is safe, until everyone is”: https://www.un.org/en/desa/%E2%80%9Cno-one-safe-until-everyone-%E2%80%9D

Climate Change enhances risk for Malaria infections in Europe in the future: https://climate-adapt.eea.europa.eu/en/observatory/evidence/health-effects/vector-borne-diseases/malaria-factsheet ;

Namibia and Germany signed a grant agreement for 7.5 m Euro for increasing access to electricity for households and small and medium enterprises in Namibia: https://windhuk.diplo.de/na-en/-/2671498#:~:text=On%208%20August%202024%2C%20the%20National%20Planning%20Commission,households%20and%20small%20and%20medium%20enterprises%20in%20Namibia

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In this episode of "Think. Debate. Inspire.", Henry Alt-Haaker and Pradnya Bivalkar speak with Kavita Nandini Ramdas about feminism in today’s time and age and the adoption of feminist foreign policy and what it means.

References:

• The Sound of Music: https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Sound_of_Music
• Drei ostdeutsche Frauen betrinken sich und gründen den idealen Staat: https://www.hanser-literaturverlage.de/buch/drei-ostdeutsche-frauen-betrinken-sich-und-gruenden-den-idealen-staat-9783446279841-t-5252
• Frantz Fanon: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Frantz_Fanon
• French Revolution: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/French_Revolution
• Olympe de Gouges was a French playwright and political activist, known for her declaration of the Rights of Woman and of the Female Citizen:https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Olympe_de_Gouges
• Sweden adopts a Feminist Foreign Policy: https://government.se/speeches/2015/02/statement-of-foreign-policy-2015/
• Sweden ditches "feminsit foreign policy": https://www.bbc.com/news/world-europe-63311743
• Germany's feminist foreign policy: https://www.auswaertiges-amt.de/en/aussenpolitik/themen/ffp-guidelines/2585074
• Angela Merkel: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Angela_Merkel
• Barenboim-Said Akademie: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Barenboim%E2%80%93Said_Akademie
• Edward Said: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Edward_Said
• Daniel Barenboim: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Daniel_Barenboim
• Audre Lorde: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Audre_Lorde
• Bell Hooks: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bell_hooks

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Nisreen Elsaim, Climate and Youth Activist and Richard von Weizsäcker Fellow talks about the complex interconnection between Climate Change, armed conflict and involuntary migration and how better governance, fresh ideas of younger generations and more global responsibility by wealthier nations, can bring hope in an otherwise depressing situation.

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In this episode of "Think. Debate. Inspire.", Henry Alt-Haaker and Pradnya Bivalkar speak with Reetta Toivanen about police violence, what racial profiling means, how it manifests itself and some of the things that can be done to tackle this.

References: ECRI: https://www.coe.int/en/web/european-commission-against-racism-and-intolerance ;

ECRI Report: https://rm.coe.int/ecri-report-on-germany-sixth-monitoring-cycle-/16809ce4be ;

Anti Discrimination Law in Germany: https://www.antidiskriminierungsstelle.de/EN/homepage/homepage-node.html ;

Fundamental Rights Agency: https://fra.europa.eu/en ;

United Nations Committee on Elimination of Racial Discrimination: https://www2.ohchr.org/english/bodies/cerd/ ;

Basu v. Germany: https://hudoc.echr.coe.int/fre#{%22itemid%22:[%22001-220007%22]} ;

Der Staat gegen Fritz Bauer: https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Der_Staat_gegen_Fritz_Bauer ; Ted Lasso: https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ted_Lasso ;

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