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Image by David Amen, inspired by the favelas in Rio de Janeiro.

Urban life

Cities have many faces

For this edition, we asked ourselves what makes a city liveable. Many of the problems faced by Nairobi – and the ways they are being tackled – are typical of big cities in the Global South. Let’s go and explore.

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by Katharina Wilhelm Otieno

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Masses of people deserve better and cheaper connections.

Digital divide

National broadband plans for faster, affordable internet

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by Claudia Isabel Rittel
Washed up microplastic debris in Depoe Bay in Oregon on the US West Coast.

Microplastics

Scientists consider tiny chemicals to be health hazards

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by Sabine Balk
Sabine Balk

Drought

Zimbabwe’s disappearing cows

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by Jeffrey Moyo
Jeffrey Moyo
Wind farm in northwest China.

CO2 emissions

Make Xi keep his climate promises

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by Ronald Ssegujja Ssekandi
Ronald Ssegujja Ssekandi
Children are curious and want to learn.

Schools

Eight-week module on plastic waste for school curricula

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by Mukta Martens
Learning about resin codes on plastic bottles in a Tamil Nadu government school.

Global environment

Waste less to avoid being inundated by plastic

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by Mukta Martens
Mobile health staff caring for a malnourished infant in Yemen.

Humanitarian catastrophe in Yemen

IRC: More money and peace talks needed for Yemen

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by Tamuna Sabadze
In terms of sales, BASF, the Ludwigshafen-based multinational, is the chemical industry‘s global leader.

Environmental sustainability

First steps towards keeping environment toxin free

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by Katja Dombrowski
: KoBoToolbox | Data Collection Tools for Challenging Environments

Remote management

KfW remote project management with KoBoToolbox

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by Jochen Harnisch
by Meinhard Rögner
The image, taken with a surveying drone, allows KfW to evaluate an irrigation project in the Sikasso region of Mali. The colours indicate the different crops: cabbage is blue, lettuce light green, onions dark green.

Technical solutions

Remote project management is helpful in times of crisis

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by Jochen Harnisch
by Meinhard Rögner