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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.

Disability
Sabine Balk
Sabine Balk

Empowering women and changing minds

Civil-society organisations are calling for the empowerment of disabled women who have experienced violence

New Federal Government
Hans Dembowski
Hans Dembowski

Several things to like

Two development scholars assess coalition agreement of Germany’s new federal government

Seaports
Derrick Silimina
Derrick Silimina

Building a better gateway

Tanzania aims to boost regional trade volumes with a major seaport upgrade

Blog
Hans Dembowski
Hans Dembowski

To promote democracy, Biden should lead by example

Anti-democratic leaders must not be allowed to shine on White House’ digital stage

Food insecurity
Anup Dutta

Food insecurity: alarming international trends

This year’s Global Hunger Index (GHI) shows that things are getting worse

Polish border crisis
Gerald Knaus
Sabine Balk
Sabine Balk

“There are viable and humane solutions”

Migration researcher calls for humane border controls

Agriculture and biodiversity
Susanne Neubert
Susanne Neubert

Tackling the global land-use trilemma

Protecting food security, biodiversity and climate requires new mindset everywhere

Social media
Moutaz Ali
Amel Sabri

When the music stops

A brief blackout of online communication channels caused a loss of trust

Pandemic impacts
Aenne Frankenberger

Covid-19 means more debt and more forced labour

Garment workers are worse off due to the coronavirus pandemic

Indian farmers’ victory
Hans Dembowski
Hans Dembowski

No, Narendra Modi is no liberal reformer

In India, the issues of rural poverty and farm subsidies remain unresolved

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”