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Sustainability

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

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Editorial
Hans Dembowski
Hans Dembowski

Ambition is needed

Further urbanisation will happen, but it must be done in a smart way

Scholarship
D+C / E+Z

Taking stock of global change

Call for papers – EADI NORDIC conference on development matters in August 2017

Relevant reading
Franziska Schreiber

Remaking cities

Relevant reading on reinventing urbanisation

Hans Dembowski
Hans Dembowski

Sealing off the EU makes it harder to promote human rights

European leaders want foreign countries to make refugees stay

Global environment
Dirk Messner
Hans Dembowski
Hans Dembowski

“Normative compass”

The dramatic global impact of urbanisation is being underestimated, warns WBGU

Habitat III
Franz-B. Marré
Maria-Theres Haase

Urbanisation as opportunity

Sustainable mobility is a prerequisite for inclusive urban growth

Regional integration
Katja Dombrowski
Katja Dombrowski

Far from united

National interests and EU crisis threaten regional integration in Africa

weltwärts volunteers
Francis Aidoo
Leon Wilken
Lois Fontaine

“Our vision is to empower the youth”

Leader of Ghanaian skills-training centre discusses his work with German weltwärts volunteers

Governance
Rüdiger Korff

Listen to everyone

Urban planning all too often fails because it is based on illusions

Bus Rapid Transit
Nicholas Hollmann

TransMilenio – a model for success

Rapid transport buses carry 2 million people a day across Bogotá

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