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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.

Katja Dombrowski
Katja Dombrowski

Southeast Asia is suffering the worst drought in decades

Poor rains mean rice price is set to rise

Marine ecology
Katja Dombrowski
Katja Dombrowski

Saving the seas

New action plan for better protection of the world’s oceans

Global governance
Nannette Lindenberg

Coordinating the willing

How international financial institutions must contribute to achieving Sustainable Development Goals

Global affairs
Adolf Kloke-Lesch

The EU needs new confidence

SDGs could help EU escape its malaise

Hans Dembowski
Hans Dembowski

Wrong Austrian response to the refugee crisis

The EU cannot shield itself from global challenges

International sports
Theresa Krinninger

Glow time

Scandals have forced anti-doping agencies to act more forcefully

Waste management
Hans Dembowski
Hans Dembowski

The new plastics economy

World Economic Forum demands radical change in plastics industry to reduce environmental damage and boost economic efficiency

Fashion industry
Floreana Miesen

Mainstreaming responsibility

NGOs want to mobilise consumer pressure towards higher production standards in fashion industry

Standardisation
Andreas Hauser

Turning wastewater into drinking water

TÜV SÜD is working on an international standard for decentralised wastewater treatment systems

Editorial
Katja Dombrowski
Katja Dombrowski

Consumerism’s side-effect

Formal waste management is one of the most important municipal services

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
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