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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”.

Editorial
Hans Dembowski
Hans Dembowski

Pave the way to the green economy

Europe must pave the path to the “green economy“

Comment
Raphael Mweninguwe

Summer of discontent

Malawi’s president is defying donors as well as civil society organisations

Aid effectiveness debate
Antonio Tujan Jr.

Demanding democratic ownership

A call for democratic ownership of development programmes

Development and environment
Dagmar Wolf
Dagmar Wolf

African perspectives

Supporting environment-friendly development in Africa

KfW Development Bank
Uli Brunner
Jens Drillisch

Appropriate grids

New grid infrastructure is needed to make full use of renewable energies

Multilateral politics
Liane Schalatek

Another opportunity

Ahead of the UN climate summit in Durban, the Green Climate Fund is taking shape

Comment
Mufudzi Moyo

Dashed hopes

Zimbabwe’s President Mugabe is making life impossible to his coalition partner

Global governance
Henning Melber

“To save us from hell”

The lasting lecagy of UN General-Secretary Dag Hammarskjöld 50 years after his death

Advice to Germany’s Federal Government
Benno Pilardeaux
Karin Boschert

Roadmap to a green society

German government’s advisory board on global environmental change demands world-wide transition to Green Society

Gender policies
Bimbola Oyesola
Bimbola Oyesola

The odds against women

Nigerian trade unions promote gender justice, though not with much bite

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