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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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Farmers need protection against climate risks: Harvesting rice in Bangladesh.

Finance

Inclusive insurance for everyone

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by Dirk Reinhard
A pastoralist stands among goats and sheep that presumably died of exposure to extreme weather in Kenya, 2022.

Informal sector

Social protection for everyone

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by Markus Loewe
Markus Loewe
Natural disasters like this flood in Sudan in 2020 contribute to countries’ over-indebtedness.

National debt

Can debt relief help countries achieve climate goals?

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by Malina Stutz
Garment workers in a factory in Dhaka.

Garments production

Clothing must get more value again

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by Sabine Balk
Sabine Balk
Drought in Chimanimani in eastern Zimbabwe: The region is severely affected by climate change.

World Risk Index 2021

Small island states and Africa are particularly vulnerable

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by Monika Hellstern
Risk prevention: seed bank in the south Indian state of Karnataka.

World Risk Report 2021

Social protection for disaster preparedness

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by Monika Hellstern
Wheat harvest near Tbilisskaya, Russia

Ukraine war

To the benefit of the starving, hungry might be given less

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by Claudia Isabel Rittel
Alphonia Zali, a household helper in South Africa, was one of millions of women who lost their jobs during lockdowns.

Debt problems

World Bank sounds alarm as debt problems worsen

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by Roli Mahajan
Flood damage in Germany last summer.

Global environment

The climate crisis is escalating fast

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by Roli Mahajan
US Senator Elizabeth Warren is a critic of internet giants – would she have more than 3.3 million Facebook followers if she praised them instead?

Public discourse

Giving voice to the voiceless

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by Ndongo Samba Sylla
Ndongo Samba Sylla
by Hans Dembowski