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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.

Faith-based organisations
Hans Dembowski
Hans Dembowski

Building trust

The International Partnership on Religion and Sustainable Development

Inter-faith dialogue
Hans Dembowski
Hans Dembowski

Shared values

Involving faith-based organisations in the SDG agenda makes sense, but is nothing trivial

Oikocredit
Sabine Balk
Sabine Balk

Fostering sustainable projects and businesses

Oikocredit keeps growing, and has promoted ethical investments in developing countries finance for more than 40 years

Ecology
Lea Diehl

Unsustainable business

FAO assesses state of world fisheries

Environment
Hans Dembowski
Hans Dembowski

City shores

Coastal megacities are affected by global warming – but they also contribute to the phenomenon

SDGs
Markus Kaltenborn
Heike Kuhn

Acceptance, not enforcement

The 2030 Agenda largely reflects and reinforces existing international law

Authoritarian rule
Ellen Thalman

Stick to principles

For human-rights defenders in Iran, the situation has deteriorated since the 2015 “nuclear deal”

Hans Dembowski
Hans Dembowski

The UK is at sea

The UK is at sea

AIIB
Lea Diehl

Lacking standards

Civil-society organisations complain that AIIB does not take account of human-rights violations

Rural development
Mirja Michalscheck

May we participate in your lives?

To cooperate well with smallholder farmers, we must understand what they do and how they think

Poverty Reduction

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

Fundamental human right under attack
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

Gender Equality

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

The fate of a Rwandan man with disability
Fundamental human right under attack
Don’t leave sex education to internet pornography
Modern dowry payment in Kenya
Mexico’s first female president

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