Sustainable Development Diplomacy Wageningen
Wageningen, The Netherlands
It should always be a good feeling to go back to my home country Indonesia. However, this time it’s somewhat a little different. I did my fieldwork for my thesis on the topic of forest certification in Indonesia.  Although I am actually aware that my country is well-known with its arduous bureaucracy, I still felt …
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We all seem to be very well aware of the increasing pressure on our planet’s water resources. And mostly, we are all well aware of the usual suspects; climate change, population growth and changing consumption patterns. However, an issue less addressed is the antagonistic and uncooperative practice among riparian countries. No matter how well refined …
Written by Roy Winkelhuijzen Transparency is a hot topic nowadays for policymakers and the private sector. Providing transparency is believed to lead to empowerment and is widely perceived as a prerequisite for sustainability, because how could you check this if the process is not transparent? However, transparency alone cannot solve all our problems, and sometimes …
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Over the last month, global crude oil prices have frequently been dropping below $30 per barrel, a drop from $120 per barrel in 2014. Cheap oil is a boon for many Western countries but ravages oil exporters who depend heavily on its revenues. How did this low oil price come about, and will it last? …
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About the project On September 2020, two representative of the National Youth Council (Aoife Fleming and Eefke van de Wouw) and two from the Dutch Ministry of Economic Affairs and Climate (Lenneke Ijzendoorn and Marcel Beukeboom) commissioned us (Alessandro, Cecilia, Max ,Sophie and Aneequah), five students from the SDD track of Wageningen University the development …
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Plastic pollution is one of the most predominant problems in our oceans. Coastal areas and reef environments are the most affected due mostly to land-based sources. This document’s purpose is to highlight the extent to which these areas are polluted and possible ways to solve this incumbent problem, as well as highlighting the importance of …
The Chagos Island disputed started in 1965, when prior to Mauritian independence, the UK split the archipelago from the territory of Mauritius to form the British Indian Ocean Territory. The Republic of Mauritius has since then claimed that the UK’s dominance over the archipelago is a violation of UN resolutions, however until recently the UK …
The Arctic Council is a high level political forum established in 1996 to enhance cooperation and environmental protection in the arctic region. Every two years its chairmanship is assigned to one of the eight members. At the 11th Ministerial meeting Iceland's Chairmanship presented their biennial strategy with the theme "Together towards a sustainable Arctic". The …
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When the term networking is mentioned, the picture that comes in mind is a forum where everyone is trying to establish contact with players in their career or general interest. The real networking experience, coupled with negotiations and decision making proceedings were unveiled right in front of my eyes during the annual WB/IMF meeting at …
Hippo’s raiding the crops along the Nile, leopards stalking through Indian villages and cities, boars colliding with cars, the everlasting battle with giant hogweed, and livestock and game alike being ravished by wolves. Human-nature conflicts have always been present throughout our history on every continent where humans were already present or set foot. When the …
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The Capita Selecta course, Sustainable Development Diplomacy (SDD), elaborated on the contested and ‘comprehensive’ definition of SDD. In addition to this course SDD students had the opportunity to attend several  masterclasses, and conferences. During this period it became apparent that the term of SDD is shaped by a mosaic of different interpretations and implementations, which …
On 16 and 17 January, a small delegation of our SDD community travelled to the Hague to attend the academic policy cross- over conference on the Unintended Effects of International Cooperation, organized by the Radboud University and the Netherlands Ministry of Foreign Affairs. The conference attracted a large variety of interested: researchers, evaluators, policymakers, and …
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Two weeks ago I had the pleasure of attending the Future Force Conference at the World Forum in the Hague. As a rapporteur working on behalf of the Hague Centre for Strategic Studies, I was part of a team of volunteers that sat in on the various break-out sessions taking rigorous notes on the current …
Want to know how to get SDDers excited? Invite the climate envoy of the Netherlands and we will make sure we will all be there! On Tuesday the seventh of February, in a week full of re-exams and essay deadlines, we had the opportunity to meet Marcel Beukeboom during his official visit to Wageningen University. …
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Sustainable Development Diplomacy Wageningen 