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Development and cooperation

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Entwicklung und Zusammenarbeit

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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.

Human rights
Ridwanul Hoque
Hans Dembowski
Hans Dembowski

Refugee suffering in Bay of Bengal and Mediterranean

Following EU example, Bangladesh is banning refugees to a remote island

Pandemic response
Chimezie Anajama

Covid-19 as a chance to re-imagine public finance in Africa

To respond to a pandemic, sub-Saharan governments need more fiscal space

The economics of biodiversity
Katja Dombrowski
Katja Dombrowski

Completely rethinking economics

The British Dasgupta Review considers nature an economic asset

Our view
Hans Dembowski
Hans Dembowski

Literacy empowers, so schools must do a good job

More than ever, people must be able to read and write

Scientific literacy
Carmel McNaught

Why everyone should understand climate change

Scientific literacy can boost awareness of global warming – and inspire faith in viable solutions

Digital divide
Claudia Isabel Rittel

National broadband plans for faster, affordable internet

National broadband plans are crucial for network coverage and affordable internet access

Microplastics
Sabine Balk
Sabine Balk

Scientists consider tiny chemicals to be health hazards

Microplastics probably have detrimental impacts on human health

Drought
Jeffrey Moyo
Jeffrey Moyo

Zimbabwe’s disappearing cows

Zimbabwe’s once-robust cattle herd is falling victim to drought and disease

CO2 emissions
Ronald Ssegujja Ssekandi
Ronald Ssegujja Ssekandi

Make Xi keep his climate promises

Environmental experts assess China’s CO2 emissions in report published by Heinrich Böll Foundation

Schools
Mukta Martens

Eight-week module on plastic waste for school curricula

The kNOw PLASTICS programme makes students understand waste problems and change their lifestyle accordingly

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