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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.

Historical background
Markus Loewe
Markus Loewe

“An appropriate approach”

Social-protection policies must not wait until a country becomes prosperous

Adapting to climate change
Hans Dembowski
Hans Dembowski

The view from below

What climate change means for livelihoods in Bangladesh

Climate change
Jennifer Morgan

Building momentum

Why the Paris climate summit in December is likely to deliver more than the one in Copenhagen in 2009

Gender
Gloria Laker Aciro Adiiki

Robbing widows of their land

In Uganda, women work in agriculture, but few own the land they till

Aquaculture
Angela Escosteguy

A trend towards ­organic fish

Organically farmed fish and other marine animals are becoming increasingly popular in Brazil

In brief

News of the week

Relevant news – 27 June to 3 July

Meat production
Barbara Unmüssig
Christine Chemnitz

When table and trough compete

Meat production can meet rising global demand in the long term – but only at excessive environmental and social costs

Livestock production
Paul Nyambe

Profitable goats

Zamgoat is working on improving farmer’s opportunities in Zambia

UN
Rebecca Renz

Hunger in numbers

UN argues that MDG 1 showed fighting hunger can succeed

Relevant reading
Hans-Jochen Luhmann

Economics beats politics

Relevant reading – who and what could drive climate protection forward

Poverty Reduction

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

Youth unemployment remains one of India’s great challenges
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

Gender Equality

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

The literary power of Black women writers
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

Governance

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

Youth unemployment remains one of India’s great challenges
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”

Sustainability

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

Youth unemployment remains one of India’s great challenges
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”