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Sustainability

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

Stella Tushabe

Breaking gender stereotypes: female bus driver in Rwanda

Marie Rosine Ntabomvura, a mother of three, in Kigali, defies gender stereotypes that prescribe roles and abilities based on gender. When she turns the wheel of the humongous 60-seater town-bound bus, nothing about her skill suggests that she is intimidated by...

Water
Ika Ningtyas

Bamboo means water

Forests can store water for droughts – for example in Indonesian villages

Global warming
Lea Diehl
Sabine Balk
Sabine Balk

IPCC special report and Climate Change Conference

IPCC special report published ahead of the UN climate change conference in Poland in December

Global warming
Lea Diehl

A Herculean task

Climate experts call for global warming to be limited to 1.5 degrees Celsius by 2100

Hans Dembowski
Hans Dembowski

Understanding one's own culture and history is not enough

African heritage belongs to Africa, but some items could be repaid in kind

Hans Dembowski
Hans Dembowski

Why populists struggle to form cross-border alliances

It is a phantasy to believe national sovereignty can apply to everything

Minorities
Mahwish Gul
Mahwish Gul

Endangered languages

Indigenous languages have immense value

Minorities
Mahwish Gul
Mahwish Gul

On the verge of disappearing

An ancient language is at risk of dying in the Hindu Kush

WTO
Fabian Bohnenberger

No signs of sweeping reform

Why developing countries should become more assertive in international trade talks

Mexico
Virginia Mercado
Virginia Mercado

Missing people

Up to 35,000 people have “disappeared” in Mexico’s war on drugs

Change of government
Virginia Mercado
Virginia Mercado

Restart needed

Mexico’s new president has promised a new policy on security and drugs-related crime

Poverty Reduction

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

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

Gender Equality

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

Breaking gender stereotypes: female bus driver in Rwanda
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The hard lot of old people
Women, climate and chocolate
Justice for victims of rape

Governance

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

Risking collapse
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Drawing the right conclusions from data
The desert alliance
How to challenge a corrupt system

Sustainability

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

Risking collapse
Why you might find our newsletter useful
Drawing the right conclusions from data
The desert alliance
How to challenge a corrupt system