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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.

Trade-offs
Katja Dombrowski
Katja Dombrowski

Peacebuilding

Exclusion can cause and intensify conflicts

Alliance 90/The Green Party
Uwe Kekeritz

Venturing more sustainability

Greens want to drive forward climate-change mitigation and social justice worldwide

The Left
Heike Hänsel

Development policy needs to be active peace policy

The Left demands a fundamental change of policy for social justice worldwide

SPD
Stefan Rebmann

Focus on poverty reduction

SPD wants a life in dignity for every person in the world

CDU/CSU
Sibylle Pfeiffer

Making a difference

CDU/CSU wants to focus future development policy more directly on key countries and key sectors

Ecosystems
Sheila Mysorekar
Sheila Mysorekar

Himalayan tsunamis

Mountain communities in the Himalayas deserve assistance in order to adapt to global warming

Water scarcity
Sheila Mysorekar
Sheila Mysorekar

Thawing glaciers

Melting of Himalayan glaciers will cause water scarcity in various Asian countries

Financing
Oliver Schmidt

Is microcredit a debt trap?

Intricate factors determine if microcredits are a success or failure

Hans Dembowski
Hans Dembowski

Venezuela’s escalating crisis

Foreign mediation would be useful in Caracas – but unlikely to happen

Contraception
Renate Bähr

Facts and figures on family planning

Young women, in particular, are unable to use contraceptives and plan their families as they wish

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