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Sustainability
Klaus Töpfer

“Tackle two crises at once”

Former head of UNEP puts financial crisis, climate change and mega-city development into context

Relevant reading
Katharina Michaelowa
Katharina Michaelowa
Jean Bourdon

Struck by crisis

Review article: The global financial crisis impact on universal primary education

Comment
Hans Dembowski
Hans Dembowski

Overblown argument

Dambisa Moyo’s anti-aid argument is completely overblown

Comment
Hermann E. Ott

A call to collective action

Only heads of states and governments can lead the way out of climate impasse

Climate
Claudia Isabel Rittel

Final sprint at snail's pace

Climate negotiations inch forward slowly ahead of Copenhagen

Energy
Will Swanson

Biofuels’ hidden costs

Energy: Biofuel's hidden costs

Assessing results
Hans Dembowski
Hans Dembowski

Much activity, but no system

Assessing results: much activity, but no system in Germany's development cooperation

Climate
Claudia Isabel Rittel

Unexplored dephts

Climate: The unexplored dephts of the sea

Comment
Claudia Isabel Rittel

EU fails to take a stand

EU bears responsibilty for Italy’s rabid policy on migration

International financial architecture
Claudia Isabel Rittel

Restore the balance of market and state

Stiglitz Commission calls for new paradigms for global economy

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Poverty Reduction

The first UN Sustainable Development Goal is to end poverty in all its forms everywhere.

Mexico must include its indigenous population in the tourism sector
Rebounding tourism set to support Sri Lanka’s economic recovery
Why tourist arrivals in Sri Lanka peaked in 2018
Mexico’s first female president
Prioritise international solidarity over national interests

Gender Equality

In order to achieve gender equality, it is necessary to empower women and girls.

Mexico’s first female president
Women-led businesses suffer most
Why you might find our newsletter useful
Why the acronym BIPoC does not have to explain anything
Defending the progress made

Governance

Achieving the UN Sustainable Development Goals will require good governance – from the local to the global level.

Building bridges to reconcile religious conflicts
ODA under attack
Development policy must not ignore changing global realities
Imagine top judges in Africa or Asia ruling like the US Supreme Court
Turning point in sanctions policy

Sustainability

The UN Sustainable Development Goals aim to transform economies in an environmentally sound manner, leaving no one behind.

Building bridges to reconcile religious conflicts
ODA under attack
Development policy must not ignore changing global realities
Imagine top judges in Africa or Asia ruling like the US Supreme Court
Turning point in sanctions policy