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Development and cooperation

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Entwicklung und Zusammenarbeit

E + Z

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.

Ukraine

Safety and new jobs for persecuted scientists

The Philipp Schwartz Initiative is supporting Ukrainian and Afghani scholars at risk

UNCCD
Chimezie Anajama

Ecosystems and other land-related resources must be secured

Due to unsustainable economic activity, huge quantities of useful land are lost every year, warns UN agency

Coronavirus
Suparna Banerjee
Suparna Banerjee

Dramatically diverging Covid numbers

The dispute between the Indian government and the WHO regarding the Coronavirus death toll

Amitruck
Sabine Balk
Sabine Balk

Uber for trucks

Amitruck works like Uber for trucks and is a promising young company in Kenya

Financing
Thomas Festerling
Sabine Balk
Sabine Balk

“We consider impact with every investment”

A finance executive explains what new African businesses need and how he advises them and assists with financing

Drought
Christoph Schneider-Yattara

Travelling far to keep herds alive

Why drought exacerbates tensions between herders and farmers in East Africa

Drought
Christoph Schneider-Yattara

Linking humanitarian relief to development and peacebuilding

Lessons to learn from the Horn of Africa’s third consecutive year of drought

Climate crisis
Bimbola Oyesola
Bimbola Oyesola

Extreme heat endangers health

Nigeria is facing extreme heat – people have to adjust their lifestyle

Food security
D+C / E+Z

New global alliance

G7 are teaming up with international partners on the “Global Alliance for Food Security”

Our view
Hans Dembowski
Hans Dembowski

There is no excuse for lacking action anymore

Extreme weather is no longer only a natural phenomenon, but exacerbated by human-made climate change

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.

How to challenge a corrupt system
Gukurahundi: Zimbabwe’s lingering genocide wounds
Lessons of failure
The exception of dengue
Overshadowed by the “Big Three”

Sustainability

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

How to challenge a corrupt system
Gukurahundi: Zimbabwe’s lingering genocide wounds
Lessons of failure
The exception of dengue
Overshadowed by the “Big Three”