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Sustainability
Economics
Hans Dembowski
Hans Dembowski

Count in human beings

Two Nobel laureates want economists to focus more on empirical reality

Water
Krupa Ge

Marginalised women’s plight

Women’s stressful duty of procuring water

Urban life
Krupa Ge

No water – or too much of it

2019 Chennai suffered a terrible drought – after devastating flooding four years earlier

Climate protection
Hans-Jochen Luhmann
Sabine Balk
Sabine Balk
Hans Dembowski
Hans Dembowski

Appropriate carbon prices

Why carbon emissions pricing and carbon shadow pricing both make sense

Multilateral agency
Karim Okanla

Africa needs the WHO

US President Donald Trump’s decision to halt funding to World Health Organization (WHO) is likely to hurt many Africans

Pandemic response
Gerd Müller

Global solutions required

Either we beat the Coronavirus worldwide or we will not beat it at all, says Gerd Müller, minister of development

Tumbling oil price
Aviva Freudmann

End of an era

The news went from bad to worse for OPEC in April

Shared responsibility
Kathrin Berensmann
Kathrin Berensmann

Debt relief for poorest countries

Left to themselves, developing countries can’t cope with the Covid-19 pandemic

Companies
Aviva Freudmann

Oil majors feel the shock

Multinational oil companies are under pressure

Oil markets
Aviva Freudmann

How the mighty have fallen

Oil producers are not able to send shock waves through the global economy anymore

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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.

Why Kenya is on fire
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

Sustainability

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

Why Kenya is on fire
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