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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 famers 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.

In brief

News of the week

Relevant news – 6 June to 12 June

Herding
Boro Baski
Boro Baski

Traditional education

Why herding matters so much in the culture of the Santals, an Indian Adivasi tribe

In brief

News of the week

Relevant news – 30 May to 5 June

Energy transition
Rebecca Renz

German responsibility

Friedrich Ebert Foundation wants Germany to share experience in energy efficiency and renewables

Energy supply
Rebecca Renz

Great need – great potential

Private investors need appropriate business climate to build energy infrastructure in Africa

Energy-efficient buildings
Marian Rzepka

China can save 40 % of its heating energy

In China, more and more houses are being made energy efficient – but 50 billion square metres of building area is a lot of ground to cover

Energy-efficient buildings
Marian Rzepka

Learning from China

Knowledge and expertise relating to energy-efficient retrofitting can be applied to many countries if they scale back their energy subsidies

In brief

News of the week

Relevant news – 23 May to 29 May

Global warming
Thomas R. Loster
Christoph Bals

Will the tide shift in Paris?

No matter what the results of the climate summit in Paris will be, humankind must adapt to global warming

Sustainable Development Goals
Katja Dombrowski
Katja Dombrowski

Speed, scale and mind shift

Bonn Conference for Global Transformation calls for a shift towards sustainability

Poverty Reduction

The first UN Sustainable Development Goal is to end poverty in all its forms everywhere.

Why some Indian famers 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