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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...

Energy
Madhuchandrika Chattopadhyay

Rapid change

Indian government expects renewables to account for half of power generation by 2040

Urbanisation
Majaletje Mathume

Inadequate infrastructure

Why the taps might have run dry in Cape Town

Electricity
Md Reaid Alam

Clean energy

To fully electrify Bangladesh by 2020, the government should invest in renewable energy

Humanitarian agencies
Raissa Robles

Unspoken competition

Downsides of international humanitarian aid after Typhoon Haiyan in the Philippines in 2013

Disaster risks
Raissa Robles

Changing attitude

The Philippines’ paradigm shift in regard to disaster preparedness

Hans Dembowski
Hans Dembowski

Kishore Mahbubani asks: “Has the west lost it?”

Valid criticism of established powers; excessive praise for rising ones

Urban development
Karim Okanla

Feeling the heat

Erosion and other impacts of climate change on urban life in Benin

Motherhood
Najma Rizvi

Healthy change

How Bangladesh reduced the average number of children per woman to a mere 2.1

Syrian refugee children
Dagmar Wolf
Dagmar Wolf

Urgent need for action

Syrian refugee children are exposed to many stress factors that can lead to permanent health problems

Private sector
Martin Geiger

Sustainability pays

Managers must be made aware of the advantages of sustainability

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.

Don’t stop, do better
Risking collapse
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Drawing the right conclusions from data
The desert alliance

Sustainability

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

Don’t stop, do better
Risking collapse
Why you might find our newsletter useful
Drawing the right conclusions from data
The desert alliance