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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.

Sustainability
Chinedu Moghalu

Building greening economies

Africa’s private sector must drive transformation to sustainability, but global cooperation is needed too

Youth
Hans Dembowski
Hans Dembowski

Radicalism is not necessarily bad

Africa’s young generation needs opportunities, and the structural reasons of unemployment must be tackled

Sustainability
Karl Falkenberg

A European brand

Europe must change course to achieve sustainability

Hans Dembowski
Hans Dembowski

Why “Marshall Plan” is a contentious term

Words have different implications in different political contexts

Multilateral affairs
Belay Begashaw

Global governance for SDGs

Peer pressure can contribute to achieving the SDGs – but more is needed

G20
Adolf Kloke-Lesch

Sustainably overstrained?

G20 needs to reaffirm the universality of the 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development

Sunni-Shia conflict
Maysam Behravesh

Saudi Arabia destroys Yemen

War in Yemen: A corollary of Saudi Arabia’s competition with Iran

Faith-based organisations
Hans Dembowski
Hans Dembowski

Building trust

The International Partnership on Religion and Sustainable Development

Inter-faith dialogue
Hans Dembowski
Hans Dembowski

Shared values

Involving faith-based organisations in the SDG agenda makes sense, but is nothing trivial

Oikocredit
Sabine Balk
Sabine Balk

Fostering sustainable projects and businesses

Oikocredit keeps growing, and has promoted ethical investments in developing countries finance for more than 40 years

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.

Success in Senegal and South Africa
Supporting local vaccine production in Africa
Don’t stop, do better
Risking collapse
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Sustainability

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

Success in Senegal and South Africa
Supporting local vaccine production in Africa
Don’t stop, do better
Risking collapse
Why you might find our newsletter useful