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Development and cooperation

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Entwicklung und Zusammenarbeit

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Sustainability

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

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Emerging power
Melanie Müller
Anna Cavazzini

Coal, solar or nuclear power?

Energy: South Africa is torn between fossil, renewable and nuclear options

Editorial
Hans Dembowski
Hans Dembowski

Walk the talk

Rich nations must walk the talk on climate finance

Forests
Korinna Horta

High stakes

REDD+ approaches to protecting forests make sense, but need to be drafted prudently

Kyoto Protocol
Sven Harmeling
Alpha Oumar Kaloga

Significant progress

The Kyoto Protocol’s Adaptation Fund is setting the right examples

Private sector
Peter Hauff

“Manageable risks”

Productivity in many emergent countries is hampered by poor infrastructure and private investment would help

New institution
Liane Schalatek

Time pressure on the Green Climate Fund

Time pressure on the Green Climate Fund

Urban life
Jedida Oneko

Nairobi’s dividing river

Nowadays: Jedida Oneko writes about Nairobi’s dividing river

Private sector
Katharina Latif

New energy for investors

Institutional investors are interested in renewable energy generation, but regulations must improve

Natural resources
Floreana Miesen

“Bargain sale” hurts indigenous people

The sale of rights to natural resources undermines the livelihoods of Honduras' Indigenous communities

German policy
Dirk Niebel

Urgent action

Dirk Niebel: Germany is leading on climate finance

Poverty Reduction

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

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

Gender Equality

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

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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?

Governance

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

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Drawing the right conclusions from data
The desert alliance
How to challenge a corrupt system
Gukurahundi: Zimbabwe’s lingering genocide wounds

Sustainability

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

Why you might find our newsletter useful
Drawing the right conclusions from data
The desert alliance
How to challenge a corrupt system
Gukurahundi: Zimbabwe’s lingering genocide wounds