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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.

Editorial
Sabine Balk
Sabine Balk

Particular urgency

In coastal regions, developmental challenges are especially evident

Nansen Initiative
Sabine Balk
Sabine Balk

The Nansen Initiative’s Protection Agenda

The Nansen Initiative’s Protection Agenda on what to do about disaster displacement

Global affairs
Platform on Disaster Displacement

The needs of displaced persons

Forced displacement related to disasters is one of the great humanitarian challenges of the 21st century

Adapting to climate change
Linda Engel

Valuable protection

The WAVE initiative calls attention to the value of ecosystem services that are provided by mangroves and coral reefs

Inequality
Katja Dombrowski
Katja Dombrowski

Redistributing money and power

Gap between rich and poor is widening

Emergency relief
Christoph Schneider-Yattara

Save human lives

In East and Central Africa, millions of people are fleeing drought, hunger, terror and civil war

Law of the sea
Alan C. Robles
Alan C. Robles

Pivoting Philippines

ASEAN leaders have long resisted China’s claims to the South China Sea, but the Philippines’ new president is strangely ambivalent

World economy
Sabine Balk
Sabine Balk

Sustainability requires fair wages

Sustainable economic development is not possible without fair pay

Adapting to climate change
Feisal Rahman

The way forward

Bangladesh has made progress on adapting to climate change, but more must be done

Climate change
Feisal Rahman

Predictable disasters

In Bangladesh, climate change is accelerating rural-urban migration

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