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Sustainability

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

Boro Baski
Boro Baski

Why some Indian famers are backing away from rice cultivation

In West Bengal, the green revolution made high-yielding rice cultivation attractive. Four decades later, the associated environmental problems have increased – and the climate crisis is further compounding them.

Humanitarian aid
Thomas Gebauer

Triple mission

medico international insists on people’s right to having their basic needs fulfilled

SDGs
Helge Arends

Moving forward in Mexico

With support from the GIZ, Mexico is working on mainstreaming climate and development policy

Waste management
Sabine Balk
Sabine Balk

Anything but waste

KfW Development Bank is planning to intensify its efforts for waste management and to create new concepts

EU
Linda Engel

Anti-migration policy

New book critically assesses EU refugee policy concerning Africa

Tourism
Ali Shaaban Juma

Turtle conservation promotes eco-tourism

Civil-society projects in Zanzibar protect sea turtles, thereby attracting eco-tourists

Philanthropic foundations
Thomas R. Loster
Sabine Balk
Sabine Balk
Hans Dembowski
Hans Dembowski

“The pros outweigh the cons”

In spite of some black sheep, an insider assesses philanthropic foundations favourably

Hans Dembowski
Hans Dembowski

The WTO benefits from exchange with its critics

Argentina’s government is taking the wrong approach

Garment industry
Katja Dombrowski
Katja Dombrowski

Sustainability a long way off

The fashion industry is growing rapidly, consuming ever more resources

Humanitarian aid
Katja Dombrowski
Katja Dombrowski

Prevention is better

In Bangladesh, new preventive approaches are being taken in humanitarian aid

New financial tool
Friederike Bauer

Protecting the world‘s oceans – with the Blue Action Fund

The Blue Action Fund ought to become an important instrument for the preservation of the oceans

Poverty Reduction

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

Why some Indian famers are backing away from rice cultivation
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Lessons of failure
The problems with Glyphosate
Why pesticides are more a curse than a blessing

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