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Sustainability

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

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.

Traditional crops

Useful lessons

In Malawi, Slow Food campaigners are promoting the cultivation of traditional crops – and not only for health reasons

Our view

Lack of awareness

In regard to healthy diets, all world regions need better education

Our view

Taking stock of pandemic impacts

Covid-19 is proving to be an even more complex and longer lasting challenge than initially expected

Healthy nutrition

It’s all in the mix

Political will and raising public awareness are the basis for good nutrition

Multilateral development banks

Too many loopholes

The AIIB needs clear time-bound rules on information disclosure to mitigate environmental and social risk

Population growth

Putting Africa first

A ‘demographic dividend’ is a first step towards eradicating poverty in Africa

Chile

An energy transformation without subsidies

Since 2014, Chile has recorded one of the world’s largest percentage expansion of renewable energies in the electricity sector

Municipal development cooperation

Learning from one another

The positive effects of municipal exchange programmes

Public finance

In the driver’s seat

African governments must make economies more productive, gear them to sustainability and ensure their own financial viability

Honey trade

When the bee stings

Zambia is strengthening its organic honey sector, but a special deal with China has stung local traders