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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.

OECD Peer Review
Theresa Krinninger

Don’t neglect the poorest

German ODA at an all-time high

Trade
Theresa Krinninger

EPAs at risk

TTIP must not undermine development-friendly trade agreements

Terrorism
Hans Dembowski
Hans Dembowski

To fight ISIS, embrace Islam

Western governments would be wise to prove ISIS propaganda wrong

Hans Dembowski
Hans Dembowski

Climate change and civil strife

Failed harvests, for example, destablise agrarian societies

Indian multinational
Aditi Roy Ghatak
Aditi Roy Ghatak

Global leadership

Tata group excels in car making, steel production, IT services and other things

Global leader
Aditi Roy Ghatak
Aditi Roy Ghatak

The ethical route to bottom-line excellence

India’s Tata group introduced some labour norms before the so-called advanced world did

United Nations
Floreana Miesen

New challenges

Climate conference puts UN’s credibility to the test

Large Chinese companies
Doris Fischer

The government doesn’t control everything

Chinese corporations are new and ambitious actors on the world stage

Hans Dembowski
Hans Dembowski

German media inadvertently feed ISIS propaganda

ISIS is not a state, and must not be allowed to define meaning of "Islamic"

Chinese multinationals

Underestimated giants

The world market impact of Chinese corporations is growing

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.

Supporting local vaccine production in Africa
Don’t stop, do better
Risking collapse
Why you might find our newsletter useful
Drawing the right conclusions from data

Sustainability

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

Supporting local vaccine production in Africa
Don’t stop, do better
Risking collapse
Why you might find our newsletter useful
Drawing the right conclusions from data