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Diabetes-awareness campaign in 2016 in Bangladesh.

Chronic disease

Silent epidemic

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by Max Klein
Smoke caused by Australian wildfire in late December.

Global environment

Less food, more dengue infections

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by Roli Mahajan
Otto von Bismarck’s social-protection systems are arguably his most important legacy.

Reconsidering social protection

Why it would make sense to have internatonal safety nets

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by Hans Dembowski
Climate engineering aims to simulate the natural cooling effect of sulphate from volcanic eruptions on the atmosphere. Cotopaxi volcano, Ecuador.

Climate engineering

Buying time

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by Floreana Miesen
Food security is particularly at risk in East Africa’s mountainous regions – women in Kenya’s Machakos region are affected.

Land degradation

Highland challenges

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by Floreana Miesen
Station platform in Marrakech in Morocco.

Sustainable mobility

Fundamental transformation required

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by Floreana Miesen
Maasai herder in Kenya: GDP statistics do not accurately reflect standards of living in the rural areas of developing countries.

Book review

The growth delusion

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by Hans Dembowski
Infrastructure in the Nairobi agglomeration mostly facilitates motorised traffic.

Non-motorised transport

Expand sidewalks and bike lanes

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by Nicholas Hollmann
A cable car connects the Bolivian capital La Paz with neighbouring city El Alto.

Our view

Indispensable arteries

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by Katja Dombrowski
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