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Solar energy even on cloudy days.

Good News

Solar energy despite clouds, and days off during menstruation

The two pieces of good news this month are about harnessing solar energy even on cloudy days and additional two paid days off for female employees experiencing menstrual pain.

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Bangladesh’s coastal areas have an extensive network of cyclone shelters.

Disaster preparedness

Boosting disaster preparedness in the Ganges Delta

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by Md Bodrud-Doza
Beneficiaries of India’s MGNREGA, the Mahatma Gandhi National Rural Employment Guarantee Act.

Social protection

How social-protection systems matter in the climate crisis

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by Stefan Beierl
Ukrainian refugees arriving in Berlin on March 2022.

Ukraine

Safety and new jobs for persecuted scientists

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Ugandan vegetable framer: women do most of agricultural work in Africa.

UNCCD

Ecosystems and other land-related resources must be secured

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by Chimezie Anajama
Svenja Schulze, Germany’s federal minister for economic cooperation and development.

Food security

New global alliance

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Villager in a maize crop field damaged by drought in Kenya, March 2022.

Our view

There is no excuse for lacking action anymore

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by Hans Dembowski
Textile Partnership Members' Meeting in 2016 with the then Federal Development Minister Gerd Müller (second from right).

Supply chains

Multi-stakeholder initiative held back by industry lobbies

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by Gisela Burckhardt
Bags bearing the Green Button label.

Human rights

Sustainability certifications: stricter criteria needed

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by Gisela Burckhardt
Worker in a polyester sewing production line in China's Guizhou Province.

Occupational health

Toxic substances in the life cycle of clothing

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by Olga Speranskaya
Staff of agricultural insurer Pula update details of a farmer in Kenya, 2021.

Digitalisation

Marketing digital microinsurance

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by Dirk Reinhard