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Sustainability

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

Susanne Neubert
Susanne Neubert

The problems with Glyphosate

Pesticides have often caused controversy because their detrimental side-effects were initially ignored and later intentionally played down. The most recent example is probably the herbicide Glyphosate/Roundup.

HBO miniseries
Mustafa Shrestha

“Chernobyl”: The cost of lies

The miniseries “Chernobyl” revolves around the worst nuclear accident in the world

Exposition
Derrick Silimina
Derrick Silimina

Exposition showcases the potential of poultry farming in Zambia

Zambia’s first international poultry exposition provided a platform for all stakeholders to connect and learn about new technologies

Water supply
Daniel Nordmann
Dieter Rothenberger
Jörg Dux

Equipping water utilities to meet SDG6

Billions of people have no access to drinking water and sanitary facilities.

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D+C/E+Z
D+C / E+Z

Why we believe in our Digital Monthly

What purposes our Digital Monthly serves, and how it differs from the print issue

Basic needs
Prince Thompson

At current trends, water SDG will not be achieved

UN states that water management must improve internationally

Sub-Saharan Africa
Beth Kaplin
Roli Mahajan

“Building knowledge at the local level is essential”

Sub-Saharan Africa has numerous biodiversity hotspots, but they are at risk. In this D+C interview, Beth Kaplin, a biodiversity expert, discusses what threatens biodiversity

Second-hand trade
Audrey Simango

Reselling imported used couches and sofas in Zimbabwe

Second-hand furniture from the UK is very popular in Zimbabwe, being sold for good prices

Global governance
Jörg Döbereiner
Jörg Döbereiner

Working together for the human right to water

More cooperation is needed – from the local to the international level – to ensure that the UN targets for water are not missed

Multilateral policymaking
Jochen Flasbarth
Jörg Döbereiner
Jörg Döbereiner
Katharina Wilhelm Otieno

Involving local people in order to reach biodiversity goals

At the COP15 in Kunming-Montréal in 2022, Jochen Flasbarth helped broker consensus

Horn of Africa
Christoph Schneider-Yattara

The multiple layers of drought

Communities in the Horn of Africa are affected by complex and interrelated crises

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Poverty Reduction

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

Lessons of failure
The problems with Glyphosate
Why pesticides are more a curse than a blessing
More financial support for college students
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Gender Equality

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

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The hard lot of old people
Women, climate and chocolate
Justice for victims of rape
How can we infer the colour of a person’s skin?

Governance

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

Lessons of failure
The exception of dengue
Overshadowed by the “Big Three”
Drug distribution is not enough in the fight against river blindness
Why we believe in our Digital Monthly

Sustainability

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

Lessons of failure
The exception of dengue
Overshadowed by the “Big Three”
Drug distribution is not enough in the fight against river blindness
Why we believe in our Digital Monthly