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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.

Climate justice
Praveen Jha
Praveen Jha

Climate justice cannot be left to market dynamics

There is an international trend to draft green deals, but they are not up to task

German Policymaking
Svenja Schulze
Svenja Schulze
Hans Dembowski
Hans Dembowski

Towards an equitable world

Svenja Schulze, Germany’s new federal minister for economic cooperation and development, has told D+C/E+Z what her priorities are

Nationalist warfare
Hans Dembowski
Hans Dembowski

Putin’s attitude is imperialist and his mindset paranoid

Why Russia’s attack on Ukraine is totally unacceptable

Livestock farming
Farai Shawn Matiashe

Fodder for the dry season

Planting cattle-feed crops saves many heads of cattle from death due to drought

Transformation to sustainbility
Sabine Balk
Sabine Balk

New mindset needed

How to make transformation happen

Outdated paradigms
Sabine Balk
Sabine Balk

Shaping a common sustainable future

In view of environmental crisis, political economist wants economic activity, growth and consumption to be reconsidered

Development cooperation
Conrad Schetter
Katja Mielke

In spite of the Taliban, Afghanistan deserves help

To support Afghanistan’s people, international community should restart development cooperation

Reforestation
Rabson Kondowe

For a sustainable future, Malawi must restore forest lands

Country in southern Africa needs a vigorous programme of land conservation and tree-planting to reverse the steady erosion of forests

Restitution
Anke Schwarzer

The return of the Benin objects

Hamburg Museum will return first Benin bronzes to Nigeria this year

Coherent policymaking
David Mfitumukiza
David Mfitumukiza
Hans Dembowski
Hans Dembowski
Jörg Döbereiner
Jörg Döbereiner

Weak governance systems do not consider long-term trends

In least-developed countries, community resilience depends on eco-system resilience

Poverty Reduction

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

Mexico must include its indigenous population in the tourism sector
Rebounding tourism set to support Sri Lanka’s economic recovery
Why tourist arrivals in Sri Lanka peaked in 2018
Mexico’s first female president
Prioritise international solidarity over national interests

Gender Equality

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

Mexico’s first female president
Women-led businesses suffer most
Why you might find our newsletter useful
Why the acronym BIPoC does not have to explain anything
Defending the progress made

Governance

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

ODA under attack
Development policy must not ignore changing global realities
Imagine top judges in Africa or Asia ruling like the US Supreme Court
Turning point in sanctions policy
Advantages and pitfalls of sanctions

Sustainability

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

ODA under attack
Development policy must not ignore changing global realities
Imagine top judges in Africa or Asia ruling like the US Supreme Court
Turning point in sanctions policy
Advantages and pitfalls of sanctions