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Bhutan is the first country that has become carbon negative.

Good news

Bhutan’s successful climate action and Vietnam’s new AI law

The two pieces of good news this month are about Bhutan’s way to become the first country in the world that is carbon negative, and about Vietnam’s new comprehensive AI law.

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Woman drying grain in Ghana’s Upper West Region.

Rural development

May we participate in your lives?

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by Mirja Michalscheck
Fishermen in Lagos Lagoon.

Editorial

Particular urgency

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by Sabine Balk
Sabine Balk
Small-island states are vulnerable in particular: damage caused by Cyclone Pam in Vanuatu in 2015.

Nansen Initiative

The Nansen Initiative’s Protection Agenda

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by Sabine Balk
Sabine Balk
Resilience matters: Lima, the capital of Peru, was hit by unusual rains in March.

Global affairs

The needs of displaced persons

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by Platform on Disaster Displacement
Coral reefs serve as sub-surface breakwaters and thus contribute to protecting coasts of Comoro Islands in the Indian Ocean, for example.

Adapting to climate change

Valuable protection

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by Linda Engel
Income disparity enforces other existing inequalities such as ethnic inequality: many members of ethnic minorities in Thailand need interpreters when dealing with public offices.

Inequality

Redistributing money and power

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by Katja Dombrowski
When the animals die, the people lose hope: bull near the Somali-Ethiopian border in March 2017.

Emergency relief

Save human lives

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by Christoph Schneider-Yattara
Chinese coast guard confronting Filipino fishermen near Scarborough Shoal, which is historically claimed by both countries.

Law of the sea

Pivoting Philippines

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by Alan C. Robles
Alan C. Robles
What most seamstresses earn in Bangladesh does not provide a decent living.

World economy

Sustainability requires fair wages

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by Sabine Balk
Sabine Balk
“Livelihood opportunities must be created in new urban centres, so migrants will be attracted to other places than the crowded existing cities”: traffic jam in the Dhaka agglomeration.

Adapting to climate change

The way forward

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by Feisal Rahman