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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.

Sustainability
Gerd Müller

From free trade to fair trade

Gerd Müller, German minister for international cooperation and development, demands fair rules for sustainable export industries

Ecology
Ceciel Shiraz Raj

Global hazard

UNEP and Interpol demand internationally coordinated action against environmental crime

Garment production
Nico Beckert

Niche market: fair trade

Consumers’ purchasing choices can have an impact on how goods are produced

Europe / Africa
Hans Dembowski
Hans Dembowski

EU needs coherent approach to African development

For Europe, Africa spells trouble and opportunity

Comment
Erik Solheim

Need for global action

Environmental crime is destroying our planet, undermining peace and endangering our lives

Technology industry
Nanjira Sambuli

Making Africa a better place

Why Nairobi’s innovative start-up community needs global links

Namibia
Bettina Kieck

The situation of people with disabilities in Namibia

Little progress on disability mainstreaming in Namibia

Handicaps
Bettina Kieck

Including everyone

Study and manual: Practical advice on how to include people with disabilities in mainstream life in developing countries

Policymakers’ dilemma
Renata Buriti

Lessons from Mariana

Brazil should learn lessons of Mariana disaster and make economic development environmentally sustainable

Hans Dembowski
Hans Dembowski

Technocrats don't appreciate democratic deliberation

Yugoslavia's civil war was triggered by structural adjustment

Poverty Reduction

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

What Zanzibar's spices have to do with gender equality
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”

Gender Equality

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

What Zanzibar's spices have to do with gender equality
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

Governance

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

Waithood – endless adolescence
“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

Sustainability

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

Waithood – endless adolescence
“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