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Contributors

At D+C/E+Z, we are proud of our international network of authors. It is particularly important to us to be a platform for voices from the global south. Some authors contribute on a regular basis, others don't. Here you can find information about the people behind the contributions.

Katja Dombrowski

Katja Dombrowski

dombrowski@wfd.de

is a former member of the editorial team of D+C/E+Z and currently a media specialist for the WFD in southern Bolivia.

 

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All articles of Katja Dombrowski

Climate protection
Katja Dombrowski
Katja Dombrowski

UNEP sees climate opportunities in pandemic-related stimulus

Carbon emissions have gone down because of Covid-19, but that is no real transformation

Relevant reading
Katja Dombrowski
Katja Dombrowski

Singapore’s clever approach to public housing

Why UN-Habitat praises Singapore in its latest issue of its "Housing Practice Series"

Our view
Katja Dombrowski
Katja Dombrowski

More than a mere shelter

Upgrading slums is one of the crucial issues to provide adequate housing for all

Biodiversity
Katja Dombrowski
Katja Dombrowski

Digitalisation undermines profit sharing

Gene databases facilitate scientific research, but questions arise regarding the ownership of natural resources

Private-sector banks
Katja Dombrowski
Katja Dombrowski

No money for coal

Study demonstrates that private-sector banks are acting with "extreme irresponsibility" in relation to the climate crisis

Summer Special
Katja Dombrowski
Katja Dombrowski

The shattered soul of Mauritius

In his latest novel, J. M. G. Le Clézio searches once again for a lost paradise

REDD+
Johannes Berliner
Katja Dombrowski
Katja Dombrowski

No panacea

REDD+ money is reinvested in forest protection and sustainable land use

Our view
Katja Dombrowski
Katja Dombrowski

Human action

Deforestation continues on a global level although it is damaging to human interests in several ways

Nature conservation
Nicolas Zuël
Katja Dombrowski
Katja Dombrowski

Threatened by invasive species

A private initiative is trying to rebuild endemic forest in Mauritius

Governance
Riad Sultan
Katja Dombrowski
Katja Dombrowski

“Digitalisation and advanced technologies must be applied”

Mauritius’ water-supply problems result from faulty bad governance

Our Contributors

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Modi won, but no longer looks invincible
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Whose development?
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African responsibility for climate justice
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José Siaba Serrate
Disagreement between China and the Paris Club
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Alphonce Shiundu
There are many ways you can be scammed on the web in Africa
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Pressure on wildlife in Uganda
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Aditi Roy Ghatak
India’s tiny plutocratic elite is growing fast
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Financing health systems for informal workers
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Svenja Schulze
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There are very few educational opportunities for refugees in Lebanon
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Ronald Ssegujja Ssekandi
When qualifications don’t decide your career
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Mahwish Gul
Don’t leave sex education to internet pornography
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Need for government advertising makes media vulnerable
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Imran Mukhtar
Pakistan’s rural infrastructure is inadequate
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Kathrin Berensmann
Reforming development finance
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Virginia Mercado
Mexico’s first female president
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Hildegard Lingnau
From GFAR to GFAiR
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Financing development and climate goals
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A powerful role model for African girls
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Walk the talk regarding SDGs
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André de Mello e Souza
Colonialism and environmental preservation in Brazil
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Tangible action needed in Pakistan
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Fabio Andrés Díaz Pabón
How to challenge a corrupt system

Poverty Reduction

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

Why you might find our newsletter useful
Financing development and climate goals
Pakistan’s rural infrastructure is inadequate
The Global NARS Consortium’s revolutionary approach to food security
Lessons to be learnt from Nepal’s recent excessive rains

Gender Equality

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

Improving female entrepreneurs’ self-esteem
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Kenyan military ordered to end HIV discrimination in recruitment
A cookbook reveals the connection of diet and tradition
A story is always part of the currents of its time

Governance

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

Voodoo allows a holistic view of the cosmos
Brazil’s colonial legacies and current challenges
Indigenous banks collapsing in Zambia: A closer look at Investrust
Why you might find our newsletter useful
Financing development and climate goals

Sustainability

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

Voodoo allows a holistic view of the cosmos
Brazil’s colonial legacies and current challenges
Indigenous banks collapsing in Zambia: A closer look at Investrust
Why you might find our newsletter useful
Financing development and climate goals