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Image by David Amen, inspired by the favelas in Rio de Janeiro.

Urban life

Cities have many faces

For this edition, we asked ourselves what makes a city liveable. Many of the problems faced by Nairobi – and the ways they are being tackled – are typical of big cities in the Global South. Let’s go and explore.

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by Katharina Wilhelm Otieno

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Otto von Bismarck’s social-protection systems are arguably his most important legacy.

Reconsidering social protection

Why it would make sense to have internatonal safety nets

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by Hans Dembowski
Climate engineering aims to simulate the natural cooling effect of sulphate from volcanic eruptions on the atmosphere. Cotopaxi volcano, Ecuador.

Climate engineering

Buying time

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by Floreana Miesen
Increasingly controversial: President Patrice Talon speaking in Cotonou this year.

Governance

Restricted freedom

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by Karim Okanla
Food security is particularly at risk in East Africa’s mountainous regions – women in Kenya’s Machakos region are affected.

Land degradation

Highland challenges

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by Floreana Miesen
Pro-peace protest in Washington.

Global governance

Stand up to the White House

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by Hans Dembowski
Station platform in Marrakech in Morocco.

Sustainable mobility

Fundamental transformation required

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by Floreana Miesen
Traffic chaos in Thailand’s capital.

Vehicle density

Overburdened infrastructure

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by Nicholas Hollmann

Environment

Tribal leaders disagree on copper mine

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by Derrick Silimina
Maasai herder in Kenya: GDP statistics do not accurately reflect standards of living in the rural areas of developing countries.

Book review

The growth delusion

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by Hans Dembowski
Infrastructure in the Nairobi agglomeration mostly facilitates motorised traffic.

Non-motorised transport

Expand sidewalks and bike lanes

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by Nicholas Hollmann