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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.

Global governance
Hans Dembowski
Hans Dembowski

Sensible utopian visions may eventually come true

In view of climate crisis, Covid-19 pandemic and computerised communication, we need more stringent global governance

Covid-19 vaccination
Ben Ezeamalu
Ben Ezeamalu

Covid-19 vaccination: Don’t leave Africa behind

Africa’s coronavirus statistics look comparatively good, but inoculation is needed urgently nonetheless

Côte d’Ivoire
Christoph Hoffmann

Reform-oriented Côte d’Ivoire has come to a standstill

To entrench democratic principles, admonishing words are not enough

Serious health hazards
Olga Speranskaya

Consumers need better information concerning toxic chemicals

Common consumer goods contain dangerous substances that are known to harm human health

Turkish immigrants
Timur Tinç

Divided community with identity problems

People in Germany with Turkish roots have identity problems – a situation fuelled by the Turkish president

Blog
Hans Dembowski
Hans Dembowski

More things Eva von Redecker misunderstands

Advanced capitalist societies do have an idea of the common good

Blog
Hans Dembowski
Hans Dembowski

Von Redecker’s “revolution promoting life” is a distraction

Demographic trends show that global capitalism is not a death cult

Climate protection
Katja Dombrowski
Katja Dombrowski

UNEP sees climate opportunities in pandemic-related stimulus

Carbon emissions have gone down because of Covid-19, but that is no real transformation

Burundi
Mireille Kanyange
Mireille Kanyange

Burundi’s diaspora and its remittances are largely unknown

Burundi wants to improve its exchange with its citizens abroad

Relevant reading
Dagmar Wolf
Dagmar Wolf

The Middle East and the challenge to the west

French scholar wants western governments to reconsider approach to MENA region

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