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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.

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Beyond trade

For Philippines, decision to join TPP may depend on geopolitical concerns rather than trade deal’s merits and downsides

Land reform
Theresa Krinninger

Zimbabwe’s waste land

According to experts, Zimbabwe’s people benefited hardly from the fast-track land reform

Food
Shenggen Fan
Floreana Miesen

“A balanced diet”

IFPRI director says a healthy diet includes some meat, some vegetables, some fruits, dairy product and beans

In brief

News of the week

Relevant news – 6 June to 12 June

Herding
Boro Baski
Boro Baski

Traditional education

Why herding matters so much in the culture of the Santals, an Indian Adivasi tribe

In brief

News of the week

Relevant news – 30 May to 5 June

Energy transition
Rebecca Renz

German responsibility

Friedrich Ebert Foundation wants Germany to share experience in energy efficiency and renewables

Energy supply
Rebecca Renz

Great need – great potential

Private investors need appropriate business climate to build energy infrastructure in Africa

Energy-efficient buildings
Marian Rzepka

China can save 40 % of its heating energy

In China, more and more houses are being made energy efficient – but 50 billion square metres of building area is a lot of ground to cover

Energy-efficient buildings
Marian Rzepka

Learning from China

Knowledge and expertise relating to energy-efficient retrofitting can be applied to many countries if they scale back their energy subsidies

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”