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Development and cooperation

D + C

Entwicklung und Zusammenarbeit

E + Z

Sustainability

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

Javier A. Cisterna Figueroa

Latin America is burning

Year after year, valuable ecosystems are destroyed by wildfires. This drives climate change and decimates biodiversity. Slash-and-burn agriculture is partly to blame.

Aid effectiveness
David Booth

Subtly distorted

Responsible policy ownership of developing countries is a goal and must not be taken for granted

Print edition

Contents January issue

D+C/E+Z: Contents page of January's print edition with links to all contributions

Editorial
Hans Dembowski
Hans Dembowski

Assume responsibility

Too little, too late – the Durban agreement on climate protection

Climate change
Noor Fatima

Pakistan’s untapped potential

Pakistan has hardly tapped its renewable energy potential yet

Relevant reading
Henrike Koschel
Ulf Moslener

The future of energy

Review essay: relevant reading on renewable energies

Somalia
Peter Hauff

About-turn recommended

More promising approaches against piracy in the Gulf of Aden

Poverty reduction
Peter Hauff

“Zero hunger” instead of 50 %

FAO's new director-general Graziano da Silva

Government revenue
Christian von Haldenwang

Taxes for the future

Prudent tax policies serve to manage natural resource wealth appropriately

Solar power
Ulrich Hueck

Solar power from the desert

Desertec’s recent developments

Urban development
Martina Otto

Dreaming electric

Smart grids for urban agglomerations will change power supply the way the internet changed communication

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.

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

Sustainability

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

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