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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.

Social stratification
Duncan Green
Hans Dembowski
Hans Dembowski

“The promise of well-paid, secure jobs did not come true”

Oxfam strategist Duncan Green explains why the economic paradigm seems to be shifting internationally

Industry strategies
Krupali Patel

Repurposing offers rays of hope

How finding new uses for established pharmaceuticals matters in the fight against Covid-19

Blog
Hans Dembowski
Hans Dembowski

G7 takes tiny steps in the right directions

To claim world leadership, the G7 must do more than what its members agreed in Carbis Bay

Agriculture
Farai Shawn Matiashe

Useful insects

Innovative recyclers are turning larvae of black soldier flies into animal feed

Multilateral cooperation
Hans Dembowski
Hans Dembowski

Why February 2020 became the month of lost opportunities

Independent Panel makes proposals on better pandemic preparedness and response

Ebola and Covid-19
Mesfin Teklu Tessema

Lessons learned from Ebola and Covid-19

In the fight against a deadly disease, more things matter than only vaccines and pharmaceuticals

Islamism
Rishikesh Thapa

Islamist ideology has softened a bit in Afghanistan

German expert’s insights into how the Taliban have changed

International relations
Myriell Fußer
Adrian Schlegel
Tanja Matheis
Julia Fritzsche
Florian Vitello

Postcolonial perspectives must be taken seriously

How international cooperation can transcend long established power relations

Multilateral affairs
Hans Dembowski
Hans Dembowski

Brief history of WTO flexibility regarding pharma patents

Why the international intellectual-property regime was modified in 2001

Our view
Hans Dembowski
Hans Dembowski

In the health sector, government action is indispensable

Unrestrained market forces do not deliver good health-care results

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.

The desert alliance
How to challenge a corrupt system
Gukurahundi: Zimbabwe’s lingering genocide wounds
Lessons of failure
The exception of dengue

Sustainability

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

The desert alliance
How to challenge a corrupt system
Gukurahundi: Zimbabwe’s lingering genocide wounds
Lessons of failure
The exception of dengue