Table.Briefings

Interview

IPCC chief Jim Skea: 'Desperation prevents action'

Jim Skea has been Chairman of the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) for a year now. He points to positive signals in climate policy and wants to make the body more diverse and open. Why he doubts radical activism and what he expects from a climate scientist as President of Mexico.

Von Bernhard Pötter

BDI expert: Excluding China from procurement procedures would be only consistent

According to the current draft budget, the German Federal Ministry for Economic Cooperation and Development will have to make do with significantly less money in 2025. The Federation of German Industries is calling for a paradigm shift in development policy, not least in view of China's growing influence in the countries of the Global South. In this Table.Briefings interview, BDI expert Vanessa Wannicke explains what this means.

Von Arne Schütte

BDI-Expertin: China von Vergabeverfahren auszuschließen, wäre nur konsequent

Laut dem aktuellen Haushaltsentwurf muss das BMZ im nächsten Jahr mit deutlich weniger Geld auskommen. Der BDI fordert eine Zeitenwende in der Entwicklungspolitik. Im Gespräch mit Table.Briefings erklärt BDI-Expertin Vanessa Wannicke, warum bei internationalen Vergabeverfahren oft chinesische Unternehmen gewinnen – und wie sich das ändern ließe.

Von Arne Schütte