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Sustainability

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

Susanne Neubert
Susanne Neubert

The problems with Glyphosate

Pesticides have often caused controversy because their detrimental side-effects were initially ignored and later intentionally played down. The most recent example is probably the herbicide Glyphosate/Roundup.

SDG implementation
Beauty Emefa Narteh
Felix Meyerhoff
Hannah Janetschek

How to navigate complexity

Advisory bodies can help in the implementation of the SDGs if they involve all actors and coordinate diverse interests

D+C/E+Z
D+C / E+Z

Why we believe in our Digital Monthly

What purposes our Digital Monthly serves, and how it differs from the print issue

German policymaking
James Shikwati

The BMZ seems stuck in a European mindset

Africa strategy of Germany’s Federal Ministry for Economic Cooperation and Development does not answer Africans’ questions

D+C/E+Z
D+C / E+Z

Why we believe in our Digital Monthly

What purposes our Digital Monthly serves, and how it differs from the print issue

Multilateral institution
Jürgen Zattler
Hans Dembowski
Hans Dembowski

What the World Bank must do better

Leading German government official demands reforms at multilateral development bank

Climate crisis
Tian Xia
Nathalie Spath

Smart technologies in the fight against the climate crisis

Economic innovations and digitalisation are central to holding back climate change and mitigating its impacts, particularly in low-income countries

Global governance
Iwan J. Azis
Hans Dembowski
Hans Dembowski

What is wrong with WTO and IMF?

Indonesian economist assesses recent track record of two multilateral institutions of vital importance for international development

Our view
Hans Dembowski
Hans Dembowski

Digitalisation requires private dynamism and prudent regulation

How private-sector companies drove digital progress in developing countries and why governments still matter

Energy prices
Zohra Cosima Benamar

Oil price back to pre-war level

Why the oil price fell again and what happens to Russian oil

Environmental law
Suparna Banerjee
Suparna Banerjee

Humankind needs more stringent environmental regulations

Online courses on the UNEP website help to get a deeper understanding of international law

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Poverty Reduction

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

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

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

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The hard lot of old people
Women, climate and chocolate
Justice for victims of rape
How can we infer the colour of a person’s skin?

Governance

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

Lessons of failure
The exception of dengue
Overshadowed by the “Big Three”
Drug distribution is not enough in the fight against river blindness
Why we believe in our Digital Monthly

Sustainability

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

Lessons of failure
The exception of dengue
Overshadowed by the “Big Three”
Drug distribution is not enough in the fight against river blindness
Why we believe in our Digital Monthly