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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 farmers 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.

Labour rights
Edith Koesoemawiria

Unachievable targets

Female workers particularly at risk on Indonesian palm oil plantations

Infrastructure
Dirk Messner

“We need to build shock resilience”

DIE-GDI director Dirk Messner assesses state of global climate action ahead of UN summit in Bonn

Labour relations
Aditi Roy Ghatak
Aditi Roy Ghatak

Nightmarish conditions

Workers in India’s informal sector use rather simple technology, so productivity is low

Climate change
Sheila Mysorekar
Sheila Mysorekar

Devastating consequences

Climate change may undo Asian development success

Decent work
Aditi Roy Ghatak
Aditi Roy Ghatak

Misleading dichotomy

India’s informal sector is the backbone of the economy

Katja Dombrowski
Katja Dombrowski

A bad situation turned worse

Myanmar’s Rohingya community on the run

Chinese foreign policy
Katja Dombrowski
Katja Dombrowski

Silk road across the Indian Ocean

China is building trade-related infrastructure in Africa

Climate change
Hans Dembowski
Hans Dembowski

The lasting impacts of the “little ice age”

In the 16th century, global cooling triggered a comprehensive transformation of European society

Cities
Alokananda Nath

Not smart enough

India’s otherwise remarkable Smart Cities Mission fails to heed international governance lessons

Hans Dembowski
Hans Dembowski

Deadly mix: extreme weather, global warming, climate denial

Houston does not look like the American Dream right now

Poverty Reduction

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

Why some Indian farmers 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.

Supporting local vaccine production in Africa
Don’t stop, do better
Risking collapse
Why you might find our newsletter useful
Drawing the right conclusions from data

Sustainability

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

Supporting local vaccine production in Africa
Don’t stop, do better
Risking collapse
Why you might find our newsletter useful
Drawing the right conclusions from data