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Climate finance

“Cutting funds won’t save them”

Hindou Oumarou Ibrahim is an Indigenous Peoples representative at high-level international conferences. She is convinced: If donor countries cut development and climate funding, it is they who will pay the price in the long term.

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by Hindou Oumarou Ibrahim

04.03.2025

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Plastic waste

Malawi’s journey towards a plastic-free future

After years of legal disputes, Malawi has enforced a ban on thin single-use plastics. The challenge now lies in consistent implementation to address pollution, protect ecosystems and align with global environmental efforts.

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by Raphael Mweninguwe

03.03.2025

International cooperation

In a time of disruption, we still have prospects

Our conversation with Achim Steiner, head of UNDP, took place on 20 January 2025, the day that US President Donald Trump was inaugurated. In the hours and days that followed, the USA would withdraw from the Paris climate agreement and WHO and shutter USAID. A look into the future of development financing and this summer’s International Conference on Financing for Development.

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by Achim Steiner

by Eva-Maria Verfürth

28.02.2025

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Roundtable discussion

“Designing an environment where money drives meaningful change”

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by Helmy Abouleish

by Richard Rugendo

by James Shikwati

by Bruno Wenn

27.02.2025

Misogyny and authoritarianism

When authoritarians are on the rise, it’s bad news for women’s rights

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by Macarena Sáez

by Eva-Maria Verfürth

26.02.2025

Fashion industry

Promoting sustainability in Kenya’s fashion sector

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by Joseph Maina

25.02.2025

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Investing in the future

International cooperation

In a time of disruption, we still have prospects

International donors are withdrawing, and nationalism has more momentum than multilateralism. What will the consequences be? A look into the future of development financing with Achim Steiner.

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by Achim Steiner

by Eva-Maria Verfürth

28.02.2025

Conflict

The international community must pay attention to the DRC

The situation in the east of the Democratic Republic of the Congo is escalating once again. It has the potential to drag the entire region into it. The global community must take a stand, not least because the conflict centres on resources we all rely on.

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by Miriam Ogutu

21.02.2025

International cooperation

The destruction of American development policy

US President Donald Trump had been in office for less than one week when his administration put the work of USAID on ice. The destruction can be slowed, but no longer stopped. What German development policy can do now.

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by Stephan Klingebiel