Sustainability

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

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.

Ecosystems

Not only wildlife depends on Andaman biodiversity

How a small indigenous tribe is put at risk on an Indian Ocean island

The arts

Returning looted African art

In cooperation with African partners, Frankfurt’s Museum of World Cultures is tackling the issue of artefacts stolen in colonial times

Restitution of looted art

A difficult task

Debate on restitution of colonial looted art in Germany and France

Plastic waste

A tidal wave of trash

A tide of plastic waste threatens Zimbabwe’s environment and key industries

Farms

Environment-friendly pest management

Why organic agriculture does not need synthetic pesticides

Rural life

Activists raise awareness of ecosystem relevance in Malawi

Agricultural biodiversity has been neglected far too long, for instance in Malawi

Our point of view

Safeguard ecosystem services to save humanity

Determined international action on biodiversity is needed – and largely missing

Our view

On climate, advanced nations must deliver

Industrial countries have to scale up their action as time is running out for achieving the goals agreed in Paris

Price surges

Inflation’s unwelcome return

Brazilians tighten their belts in the face of price rises for food and fuel

Social media

“The vast majority does not get any kind of sex education”

Teenagers around the world use the internet for self-exploration

Governance

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

Sustainability

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