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Sustainability

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

Susanne Neubert
Susanne Neubert

The problems with Glyphosate

Pesticides have often caused controversy because their detrimental side-effects were initially ignored and later intentionally played down. The most recent example is probably the herbicide Glyphosate/Roundup.

Personal experiences
Mireille Kanyange
Mireille Kanyange
Marva Khan
Marva Khan

Covid-19 impacts worldwide

D+C/E+Z contributors from very different countries share their personal experiences on the Corona pandemic

Personal experiences
Derrick Silimina
Derrick Silimina
Bimbola Oyesola
Bimbola Oyesola
Rukamanee Maharjan

Covid-19 impacts worldwide

D+C/E+Z contributors from very different countries share their personal experiences on the Corona pandemic

Rules of governance
André de Mello e Souza
André de Mello e Souza

Demise of Brazil’s democracy would speed up climate crisis

If President Bolsonaro stays in office, he will further undermine Brazil’s institutions of democratic governance

Informal sector
Marva Khan
Marva Khan

Undocumented job is best opportunity many Pakistanis get

In Pakistan, the informal sector accounts for 75 % to the workforce and one third of GDP

Women’s rights
Glory Makena
Brianna Guidorzi

Partnering with women’s groups can curb gender violence

Local women’s rights groups are often overlooked when global aid organisations plan responses to humanitarian crises. This should change

Sports
Friedhelm Julius Beucher
Jörg Döbereiner
Jörg Döbereiner

“Disabled sports are indispensable”

The president of the German Disabled Sports Association speaks in an interview about the importance of sports and international cooperation

International trade
Alphonce Shiundu
Alphonce Shiundu
Hans Dembowski
Hans Dembowski

The WTO has not collapsed, but it does look shaky

The big promises of the Doha Development Round did not come true

World economy
José Siaba Serrate
José Siaba Serrate

Multilateral order faces toughest test since World War II

Why Ukraine war may sound death knell for world-market integration

Food security
Hildegard Lingnau
Hildegard Lingnau
Hans Dembowski
Hans Dembowski
Jörg Döbereiner
Jörg Döbereiner

“Smallholder farms must benefit from innovations”

Research must pay more attention to family farms, says Hildegard Lingnau of the Global Forum on Agricultural Research and Innovation

Knowledge building
Derrick Silimina
Derrick Silimina

Training local artisans to produce school furniture

Hoping to improve school conditions in Zambia by producing locally made desks for students

Poverty Reduction

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

Lessons of failure
The problems with Glyphosate
Why pesticides are more a curse than a blessing
More financial support for college students
The hard lot of old people

Gender Equality

In order to achieve gender equality, it is necessary to empower women and girls.

The hard lot of old people
Women, climate and chocolate
Justice for victims of rape
How can we infer the colour of a person’s skin?
How GIZ gets young people moving

Governance

Achieving the UN Sustainable Development Goals will require good governance – from the local to the global level.

Gukurahundi: Zimbabwe’s lingering genocide wounds
Lessons of failure
The exception of dengue
Overshadowed by the “Big Three”
Why we believe in our Digital Monthly

Sustainability

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

Gukurahundi: Zimbabwe’s lingering genocide wounds
Lessons of failure
The exception of dengue
Overshadowed by the “Big Three”
Why we believe in our Digital Monthly