Sustainability

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

How to end hunger

The Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) are not a charitable programme for a few poor countries that we can afford to neglect in difficult times. They are the key to ensuring a liveable future on this planet, which, in a few decades, must feed 10 billion peop...

Media development

Freedom of expression promotes democracy

Alexander Matschke: Promoting free media is a task for development policy

Multilateral affairs

Global stability

Industrurialised countries must spell out how they intend to fulfil funding pledges made at UN climate summits

Comment

Global responsibility

Christian Schmidt, Germany’s federal minister for food and agriculture, calls for determined action to tackle hunger

Lifelong learning

Online follow-up

After face-to-face seminars have ended, development agencies should continue journalistic training online

Print edition

Contents December issue

D+C/E+Z: Contents page of December’s print edition with links to all contributions

Donor policy

Comprehensive approach

EU needs new strategy to tackle foreign, security and development affairs in an inter-connected manner

Infrastructure

Renewable energy

Obstacles to expanding renewable energy in Pakistan

Energy efficiency

Quantum leap for ­climate protection

Energy-efficiency measures can contribute to covering the global energy demand

Tuberculosis

Saving lives through discipline

Tuberculosis remains a huge challenge in Central Asia

Multilateral affairs

Sharing global burdens

Rich nations want to modify the UN principle of common but differentiated responsibility