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We are living in a disaster movie

Fires are raging on every continent. Our planet is both drowning in water and withering away due to drought. Surely it must be clear to us all by now that humankind is heading for disaster.

by Katharina Wilhelm Otieno

08.09.2026

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The Munich Re Foundation supports disaster preparedness in developing countries: volunteers are trained in flood monitoring in a poor neighbourhood of Beira, Mozambique.

Philanthropic foundations

“The pros outweigh the cons”

by Thomas R. Loster

by Sabine Balk

by Hans Dembowski

02.12.2017

The WTO benefits from exchange with its critics

by Hans Dembowski

01.12.2017

Garment industry

Sustainability a long way off

by Katja Dombrowski

01.12.2017

Ahead of this year’s floods in Bangladesh, the German Red Cross distributed cash, so affected people could bring themselves and their cattle to safety.

Humanitarian aid

Prevention is better

by Katja Dombrowski

30.11.2017

Rare turtles lay their eggs on the coast of Mozambique.

New financial tool

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

by Friederike Bauer

29.11.2017

Bill and Melinda Gates with Warren Buffett, who has also pledged billions to the Gates Foundation.

Our view

Dangerous generosity

by Hans Dembowski

28.11.2017

Nationwide wave of arrests of alleged Gülen supporters on Turkey’s police force in April 2017.

Gülen movement

Creating an elite to lead the state

by Timur Tinç

26.11.2017

Defence Minister Ursula von der Leyen visiting German peacekeeping troops in Mali this summer.

Peacebuilding

Comprehensive approach

by Monika Hellstern

25.11.2017

South Korean scientist assessing the earthquake caused by a nuclear test in North Korea in September.

Weapons of mass destruction

Nuclear obsession

by Maysam Behravesh

24.11.2017

Zimbabwe

Zimbabwe’s inner-party coup

by Hans Dembowski

23.11.2017