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Sustainability

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

Hans Dembowski
Hans Dembowski

Self-righteous aggressiveness versus universal values

Humankind’s religions share a common core of values, as the Swiss theologian Hans Küng prominently argued. He called it the “global ethic”.

Climate change
Noor Fatima

Pakistan’s untapped potential

Pakistan has hardly tapped its renewable energy potential yet

Relevant reading
Henrike Koschel
Ulf Moslener

The future of energy

Review essay: relevant reading on renewable energies

Somalia
Peter Hauff

About-turn recommended

More promising approaches against piracy in the Gulf of Aden

Poverty reduction
Peter Hauff

“Zero hunger” instead of 50 %

FAO's new director-general Graziano da Silva

Government revenue
Christian von Haldenwang

Taxes for the future

Prudent tax policies serve to manage natural resource wealth appropriately

Solar power
Ulrich Hueck

Solar power from the desert

Desertec’s recent developments

Urban development
Martina Otto

Dreaming electric

Smart grids for urban agglomerations will change power supply the way the internet changed communication

Rural development
Johannes Fischbeck

Informal energy supply

Remote villages need off-grid power supply

Op/Ed voices

Meagre result and new alliances

Op/Ed voices from around the world assess Durban climate summit

Comment
Kai Ambos

Room for improvement

Promising change of guard at the International Criminal Court

Poverty Reduction

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

Brief history of ARV treatment in South Africa
HIV/AIDS still haunts South Africa
An Indian student expresses her concern about global heating
Biogas innovation: Clean energy and fertiliser for Malawi’s farmers
Why we believe in our Digital Monthly

Gender Equality

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

NGO documents worsening plight of Afghan women
Improving female entrepreneurs’ self-esteem
Why you might find our newsletter useful
Kenyan military ordered to end HIV discrimination in recruitment
A cookbook reveals the connection of diet and tradition

Governance

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

Self-righteous aggressiveness versus universal values
Brief history of ARV treatment in South Africa
HIV/AIDS still haunts South Africa
NGO documents worsening plight of Afghan women
Coping with strife, climate impacts and a broken economy

Sustainability

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

Self-righteous aggressiveness versus universal values
Brief history of ARV treatment in South Africa
HIV/AIDS still haunts South Africa
NGO documents worsening plight of Afghan women
Coping with strife, climate impacts and a broken economy