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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.

Health care
Jutta Reinhard-Rupp

Wormy water

Merck, the German pharma corporation, is contributing to the elimination of schistosomiasis

Health care
Jutta Reinhard-Rupp

Transmission and implications of bilharzia

Transmission and impact of schistosomiasis

Ebola
Rebecca Renz

“Losing track means losing lives”

Civil-society organisation ONE criticises donors lack of funding transparency in Ebola crisis

Hospital financing
Julian Frede

Closing gaps in health care

A private hospital in Mozambique enhances public health care

In brief

News of the week

Relevant news – 11 July to 17 July

Food and nutrition security
Katja Dombrowski
Katja Dombrowski

More money means better food

The most important determinant for food and nutrition security is a family’s income

In brief

News of the week

Relevant news – 4 July to 10 July

Historical background
Markus Loewe
Markus Loewe

“An appropriate approach”

Social-protection policies must not wait until a country becomes prosperous

Adapting to climate change
Hans Dembowski
Hans Dembowski

The view from below

What climate change means for livelihoods in Bangladesh

Climate change
Jennifer Morgan

Building momentum

Why the Paris climate summit in December is likely to deliver more than the one in Copenhagen in 2009

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
Why you might find our newsletter useful
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.

Don’t stop, do better
Risking collapse
Why you might find our newsletter useful
Drawing the right conclusions from data
The desert alliance

Sustainability

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

Don’t stop, do better
Risking collapse
Why you might find our newsletter useful
Drawing the right conclusions from data
The desert alliance