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Governance

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

Karol Kempa
Michael König-Sykorova
Ulf Moslener
Oliver Schenker

Phasing out fossil fuels with climate finance

Fossil-fuel subsidies can help to keep everyday goods affordable. However, they also undermine climate protection and burden tight national budgets. Climate finance, if applied well, helps to reform subsidy systems in a socially just way.

Biodiversity
Roman Herre

Productive smallholders

High-tech agriculture threatens smallholders as well as biodiversity

Security
Meike Scholz

In search of African solutions

African security architecture developing at snail's pace

Biological diversity
Linda Siegele
Le'a Malia Kanehe

Tough talks

Biodiversity talks must respect rights of indigenous peoples and local communities

Comment
Thomas Bärthlein

Surprise victory

Maoist triumph in Nepal's election

Comment
Beatrice Schlee

Any hope left for Zimbabwe?

Any hope left for Zimbabwe after the elections?

Food
Hans Dembowski
Hans Dembowski

100 million more people face hunger

Food: 100 million more people face hunger

Poverty and biodiversity
Frithjof Schmidt
Janna Schönfeld

Plundering West Africa

EU trade policy is undermining EU goals in terms of development and environment in West Africa

Biodiversity
Lennart Båge

Feeding a growing population

Biodiversity: Feeding a growing population

Crisis state
Heinrich Plote

Infrastructure of peace

Infrastructure for Liberia’s new start

Interview
Håkan Hydén

“Hope for incremental progress”

Hope for incremental progress on rule of law in China

Poverty Reduction

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

India’s tiny plutocratic elite is growing fast
BRICS-members are not coordinating their West-Africa strategies
When a relatively strong African country is struggling on all fronts
When qualifications don’t decide your career
Whose development?

Gender Equality

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

Defending the progress made
Pakistan’s politically assertive women
Consequences of cyclone Freddy
Jobless due to epilepsy
Why ODA is better than its reputation in donor countries

Governance

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

Phasing out fossil fuels with climate finance
Chinese funded steel mill displaces locals in Zimbabwe
India’s tiny plutocratic elite is growing fast
From colonial division to bloody conflict
BRICS-members are not coordinating their West-Africa strategies

Sustainability

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

Phasing out fossil fuels with climate finance
Chinese funded steel mill displaces locals in Zimbabwe
India’s tiny plutocratic elite is growing fast
From colonial division to bloody conflict
BRICS-members are not coordinating their West-Africa strategies