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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.

Our view
Katja Dombrowski
Katja Dombrowski

Negative emissions to get to net zero

Governments must rise to their responsibility

Development finance
James Sundquist

China is offering alternatives to IMF programmes

Why it may be a good thing that Chinese lending is reducing the clout of the IMF

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SIDS
Kavydass Ramano
Katja Dombrowski
Katja Dombrowski

Mauritian minister warns: “It is a matter of life and death”

Small island developing states are hardly responsible for climate change but most affected

Afghanistan
Nawid Paigham

Afghans feel left alone in view of US withdrawal

President Biden’s exit from Afghanistan is likely to be followed by escalating civil war

Climate impacts
Saleemul Huq
Hans Dembowski
Hans Dembowski

To prevent death and destruction, accept climate science

Bangladeshi climate expert spells out expectations for next global summit on global warming

Decarbonisation
Katja Dombrowski
Katja Dombrowski

A carbon tax should promote redistribution

Redistribution is essential to the success of energy-price reforms in developing countries

Global Fund for Social Protection
Markus Kaltenborn
Laura Kreft

Social security for all

A Global Fund for Social Protection to help low-income countries finance basic social security

Global governance
Ronald Ssegujja Ssekandi
Ronald Ssegujja Ssekandi

Global sustainability depends on financial integrity

High-level panel makes proposals on curbing illicit financial flows internationally

Training
Laura Hinze

Preventing teacher violence

Training programme to curb teacher violence as an educational practice

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.

Building bridges to reconcile religious conflicts
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

Sustainability

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

Building bridges to reconcile religious conflicts
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