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Sustainability

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

Pamela Cruz
Pamela Cruz

Mexico must include its indigenous population in the tourism sector

Mexico owes many of its tourist attractions to its wealth of indigenous communities. It is important that they are included in the country’s tourism industry in a sustainable, respectful and empowering way.

Social media
Drake Jamali

When the government spreads fake news

Because of fake news regarding Ukraine and Syria, regular Russian citizens no longer know what is going on

Limits to growth
Katja Dombrowski
Katja Dombrowski

Preventing systemic collapse

Club of Rome report calls for a new enlightenment for the "full world"

Asian economies
Yasuyuki Sawada
Cyn-Young Park
Hans Dembowski
Hans Dembowski

New cross-border competition policy

ADB economists see need for multilateral rules to guide internet businesses

Hans Dembowski
Hans Dembowski

Misleading language in a German high-profile publication

Small, but ideologically relevant inaccuracies spoil otherwise good reporting

Child soldiers
Linda Engel

Back to a normal life

A former child soldier from Colombia reports how she found her way back into society

Disease prevention
Alejandro Calvillo
Sonja Peteranderl

Sugar crisis in Mexico

In Mexico, a consumer protection organisation campaigns against the food lobby and fights for sensible health policies

Environment
Moutaz Ali

The Turtles of Tripoli

Small groups in Libya have started waste-sorting to protect the environment

Global development
Matthias Meis

Ignored achievements

In order to rise to future challenges, humanity needs to be aware of past achievements

Blog
Hans Dembowski
Hans Dembowski

An erratic US president is playing with fire

Trump’s trade policy is ill-advised and dangerous

Theology
Hans Spitzeck

Many churches, many names

Scholars disagree about whether Africa’s independent churches constitute a group of their own

Poverty Reduction

The first UN Sustainable Development Goal is to end poverty in all its forms everywhere.

Why Kenya’s youth is taking to the streets
Don’t leave sex education to internet pornography
“I am angry because Kenya is not working for many of its citizens”
Mexico must include its indigenous population in the tourism sector
Rebounding tourism set to support Sri Lanka’s economic recovery

Gender Equality

In order to achieve gender equality, it is necessary to empower women and girls.

Don’t leave sex education to internet pornography
Modern dowry payment in Kenya
Mexico’s first female president
Women-led businesses suffer most
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Governance

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

“Dialogue of life”
Why Kenya’s youth is taking to the streets
“I am angry because Kenya is not working for many of its citizens”
Why Kenya is on fire
Building bridges to reconcile religious conflicts

Sustainability

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

“Dialogue of life”
Why Kenya’s youth is taking to the streets
“I am angry because Kenya is not working for many of its citizens”
Why Kenya is on fire
Building bridges to reconcile religious conflicts