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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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A young man from Vietnam is trained to become a staff member in a retirement home near Munich in 2014.

Our view

Sharing fundamental values

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by Sabine Balk
Sabine Balk

Labour migration

Preserving the lifeline of migrants’ remittances

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by Dilip Ratha
Where even an oxen plough seems like a luxury: farm women in Burkina Faso.

Fighting poverty

A world without hunger is possible

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by Gerd Müller
View of Singapore’s Chinatown: in the background is a portion of the Pinnacle@Duxton housing complex, which was built by the state-run Housing Development Board.

Relevant reading

Singapore’s clever approach to public housing

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by Katja Dombrowski
Not all children have equal opportunities: learning online via smartphone in central Java in Indonesia during the Corona pandemic.

Digitalisierung

Do not expect too much of digitised education

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by Julia Maria Fesser

KfW

KfW promotes energy-efficient new buildings in Mexico

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by Sanna Stockstrom
by Matthias Zilbauer
EcoCasa is a KfW-supported project in Mexico that subsidises energy-efficient social housing construction.

Energy efficiency

Climate targets require energy-efficient buildings

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by Sanna Stockstrom
by Matthias Zilbauer
Germany’s Federal Government tends to prioritise the interests of the automotive industry over the global transition to sustainability: cars on display for promotional purposes at Hannover fairgrounds in 2019.

Blog

German government officer assesses the limits of ODA

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by Hans Dembowski
In Mali, so-called “Solartainers” are providing green and affordable electricity to village residents.

Environment

Book shows rays of hope in climate crisis

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by Dagmar Wolf
One of the priorities for Older People’s Associations is women’s participation, as here in Cambodia.

Senior citizens

A mobilising force

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by Jürgen Focke